Glen Mills just forwarded this one:
Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.
www.iht.com/.../china.php
Then there was this:
Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for cats
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Olympics-clean-Chinese-style-Inside-Beijings-shocking-death-camp-cats.html
This was early on, but it sounds like they will have as much as half the amount of cars on the road by banning all government workers from driving:
Olympians air a gripe about Beijing
March 12, 2008
Matt Reed was 1,500 meters into the last segment of the triathlon when he found himself gasping for oxygen. His legs were still pounding away at the pavement, his body pumped up after cruising through the swimming and cycling contests, but his lungs were shutting down.
The 32-year-old triathlete from Boulder, Colo., blames air pollution for triggering his asthma attack during the September track meet.
articles.latimes.com/.../fg-olyair12
My cat(may he rest in peace) was named Charlie, thankyouverymuch. So now I have a dog named Rosie. Charlie, Rosie, what movie, chime in everyone.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
they said yes to China because they have been saying no for so long. It is truly ne of the worse governments in the world. what is truly upsettign is that we will only see the "Beautiful China' I'm sure NBC is going to kiss the toes of the Chinese leaders and sho nohting truly happening in The Peoples Republic of China. If NBC leaves the olympics we will see beautiful little children, the Great Wall, the buried Army and maybe pandas. Nothing about the polution in northeastern China where daily people die from efects of pulotion, no world about the coditions in china's prisons (the worst in the world), no story about the flood of young going into the cities leaving the countryside full of elderly who can't take care of themselves nor provide the agricultural needs of the cities.
Many poeple have said tha there will never be another Olympics in the southern USA because of the fanatic Christians and the bomb. I bet on one will ever see the Olympics in China again. I hope there is a huge protest conducted by Chinesse citizens. Probably can't happen because so few people o f the country can get tickets or even near where there will be any competition.
Interestingly I did not know that McVeigh was from the South, neither Kaczynski. I guess the Atlanta members of this forum will be happy with your comparisons...your prejudice is not only towards China and the Chinese people but it overflows into the Southern USA and sprinkles slightly on Christians....
My cat(may he rest in peace) was named Charlie, thankyouverymuch. So now I have a dog named Rosie. Charlie, Rosie, what movie, chime in everyone.
When Harry met Sally?
Kinky Friedman has a few quotes about cats that might be applicable to this discussion, some of which even border on politics, but at least put them in the rightful humorous perspective:
Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other.
Friedman, Kinky (1993), When the cat's away. New York (Wings Books), 421
I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.
Friedman, Kinky (1993), Greenwich Killing Time. New York (Wings Books), 12
When you have a cat, you assume certain responsibilities that, in a spiritual sense, may transcend those of a marital or a business relationship.
Friedman, Kinky (1993), Greenwich Killing Time. New York (Wings Books), 88
Cats, as a rule, don't like lawyers. They have great insight into human character.
Friedman, Kinky (1993), Greenwich Killing Time. New York (Wings Books), 48
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Many poeple have said tha there will never be another Olympics in the southern USA because of the fanatic Christians and the bomb.
WHAT THE CRAP are you talking about?? :shakeshead:Can you make a more politically incorrect, stereotypical statement? I am sick and tired of the snide, rude remarks about southerners. YES, I take them personally!::rant3::censor: I also happen to be a Christian.....My first day back on the forum in a while and this is what I see.......I'm walking AWAY from the computer.....
"Heed get doon! Would you look at the size of that boy's cranium!"
The piper is doon, the piper is DOON!
BTW: When did a bomb go off in the Olympic Village? Not that I know about and I was the Night Logistcs Manager for the 1996 Olympic Village.
