Watching the Olympics

Thoughts on the opening ceremony:

Beautiful ceremony but:

Everyone looks the same. Cloning? A giant xerox machine? In a country that large,homogeneous, and under totalitarian rule, the authorities can select an almost infinite number of people based on the way they look to present a uniform appearance.
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If one guy or girl made a mistake in the choreographed performances, they will "disappear". "Yo!Wang 136.You kinda dropped that oar in the ship scene. Step this way." No way they would allow someone to embarrass the party and get away with it.
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It is so easy to do so many of these things with slave labor. All of those prison camps had to be working overtime.
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Wonder what kind of show they would have been able to put on if they had to contend with unions and OSHA?
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How many citizens of Beijing were made to "disappear" for the duration of the games?
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So the director of the show didn't like the black light suits the guys originally had and immediately ordered 2000 in green? I bet the prisoners had to work nights and weekends for that change order!
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Did I miss it or did they just happen to gloss over Mao, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution? And a couple million deaths?
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And the Party, itself?
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Totalitarian states sure make things look pretty.
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Going forward, count how many times the announcers chalk up the terrible smog to "morning fog".
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Nominated for worst team uniform: Hungary-Women. What were they thinking? Hadn't they ever watched one episode of "What Not to Wear"?. Runner up-Denmark. looks as though they bought some clam-diggers at the last minute at Old Navy.
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Admit it. You loved those Chinese "cheerleaders" who lined the track, waving their arms in welcome, and wearing those short, white dresses and white go-go boots.
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Very warm welcome for the United States team. If I recall correctly, the chinese name for the United states is Mei Mei, "Beautiful Country". Wonder if any regular Chinese citizens are actually spectators in the stadium?
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Nominated for newest Olympic event: "Twister"! Then "Boggle"!
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One of the best team costumes was Mongolia. Do you remember several Olympics past, when the Mongolian delegation consisted on one guy, either a weightlifter or wrestler, massive guy, who carried his country's flag on one of his hands while holding his arm outstretched for the entire lap of the field.? Impressive. Oh, and he was wearing some kind of animal skin. VERY Impressive!
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Guilty Pleasure-The gorgeous women who carried in each country's name placard.
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Remember when all the teams marched in with military precision and stayed in their designated infield areas? Much nicer to see a little more relaxed approach to this business. In the "old" day, the only times the teams mixed was during the closing ceremony.
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Love the costumes of the African and Pacific nations. US team uniforms were more classic 1930s style from Ralph Lauren (The former Ralph Lifshitz of the Bronx. You can run but you can't hide, Ralphie Boy!)
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Looking forward to watching 40 year old Dara Torres compete. Go, Girl!
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China enters the stadium. Massive cheers. Never forget that China is one of this planet's most politically repressive countries.
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Massive and beautiful fireworks from the inventors of the art.
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Bob Costas and his on air buddy are nauseating. They have a lot of time to fill and it's a tough job. But they clutter the air with utter nonsense.
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN!