Think Again: The Olympics

[frankcor]

I haven't watched either, Dave. I predict they are still beating the "America bad" drum.

I keep hoping Luciano Pavarotti will return one more time to sing Nessun Dorma for the opening ceremony tomorrow night. All future Olympiads will pale in comparison to Turino, 2006. ::sigh::

[dgriffin]

I was watching the women's 26 mile race tonight and was struck by the "walls" along the streets that prevent international viewers from seeing into the neighborhoods of Beijing. So I went to Google Earth and looked in the area of Tienanmen Square and The Forbidden City. In the two photos below, compare a Beijing neighborhood and a suburban neighborhood near Albany. The photos are the same scale, that is "taken" from the same height. I did a similar comparison of the same Albany suburb and Hanoi last fall at:
www.windsweptpress.com/comparison.pdf

[frankcor]

They sure know how to pack 'em tight in Beijing.

[dgriffin]

Yup, and I'm thinking that may be the reason all the women are flat chested. But then again, my powers of logic are sometimes faulty.