Posted on 08/08/2008 4:20:10 PM PDT by retrokitten
Lost-boy Lomong to carry U.S. flag
RK!!!!!
Sorry I missed it last night, well the thread and all of you:)
I hope to catch up during the endless coverage.
Matt Lauer. I know he's ridiculous.
Thanks for all the links!
Maybe you stepped away for a minute and missed her? She had super long hair extensions and I remember Bob saying she was going to come out of the globe. A few of us commented on her. It wasn’t a long segment.
Thanks for the pics and links SW:) It was a breathtaking opening. Beautiful and frightening..
No, I agree with you. I don’t remember what country it was, New Zealand maybe? They had similar outfits to ours, but the women wore white skirts and their jackets were shorter and fitted at the waist. It was very sharp.
Twin2!!! Good to see you!! I hope you’re having a good summer!
I hope you can join us for the DNC live threads! Those should be excellent! We all may not agree on the Olympics in China, but we can all agree that the dems are at best silly and at worst dangerous.
Ah, then I take back my outburst.
Matt Lauer was calling the event with Costas. Explains a lot...he’s a total Clymer.
Nice post!
beijing welcome you. we chinese love peace and welcome friends all over the world. I can’t understand your idear about “Red China would kill us all if and when they see the chance”. What makes you think that?
Found this thread this AM and wanted to see if anyone else thought the opening ceremonies were disturbing... and you're the first on the thread that I saw, anyway.
I didn't watch the whole thing. Tuned in about the time of the drums and after being reminded of the pomp, circumstance and pageantry of the opening of the 1936 Olympics hosted by Nazi Germany (only bigger and badder in Beijing), I changed channels with a shudder. The physical manifestation of the heart of communism on display: there are no individuals.
Makes you want to run for an Ayn Rand book. Anthem comes immediately to mind.
That’s Lang Lang. World famous Concert pianist.
The diatonic scale recurs throughout the world.
Why do you say that? Chicago is a world class city.
Welcome .... it was jaw dropping!
Sheer #’s of Chinese .......... sheer #’s under government control .... you’re right, se mom.
Your people were very kind and good to us when we were in Beijing and Xi’an ten months ago. I would like to visit again.
How pissed my the ChiComs be with the russians stealing the world stage over in Georgia. I dont think the timing of the invasion was a coincidence either.
I don’t think so either.
I loved the opening ceremonies (and the closing) at Lillehammer! The Norse mythology and the colors... it was wonderful and I really enjoyed that one.
This opener was nicely colorful (and looked good in HD) but altogether very boring.
Great post! Thank you!
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