This satellite image provided by GeoEye, taken Aug. 27, 2006, shows the Beijing Olympic venues. The director of a little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery from the skies says that the increasing availability of commercial satellite photos may require the government to restrict their distribution. (AP Photo/GeoEye)
2 posted on
05/09/2007 9:55:20 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
Chinese workers cleaning up a river on the outskirts of Beijing. Rice farmers have been told by city officials to stop growing China's staple crop in areas near Beijing to ensure the water supply for next year's Olympic Games.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)
3 posted on
05/09/2007 9:56:30 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
To: NormsRevenge
Why in the hell have the Olympics in China anyway? They must have been the highest bidder...
4 posted on
05/09/2007 9:59:28 PM PDT by
Texas_Jarhead
("nothing gets figured out if you don't bother to stop and think about it", Thomas Sowell)
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
I thought the Chinese were used to the germs in their tap water?
7 posted on
05/09/2007 10:02:33 PM PDT by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: NormsRevenge
All you have to do, when attending these Olympics, is bring a canvas and collect pure rainwater to drink....
oh, wait, I forgot, this will be impossible... the Olympics will be rain-Free!
8 posted on
05/09/2007 10:02:36 PM PDT by
C210N
(Bush SPIED, Terrorists DIED!)
To: NormsRevenge
“Avoiding the pots” will be the official un-official event of the 2008 Olympics.
9 posted on
05/09/2007 10:02:51 PM PDT by
Ieatfrijoles
("Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial")
To: NormsRevenge; Thinkin' Gal
And hey, have fun using the 'restrooms'.
12 posted on
05/09/2007 10:05:50 PM PDT by
Lijahsbubbe
(Ah don't feeeeel no ways taihrd.)
To: NormsRevenge
The five star hotels in China all have signs warning you not to drink the water. They even supply bottled water for bushing your teeth.
14 posted on
05/09/2007 10:40:20 PM PDT by
Jeff Gordon
(“Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” - Thomas Jefferson)
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