[oyez]

This what V.I. Lenin, Stalin, Marx intended. Pliable people working for the Party’s goals. No family, personal or religious interferences. There are plenty of people meeting in Denver this week thinking of the wonders a single party can do..

[BigEdLB]

Objective Sports - Goals, Quickness, Accuracy (eg Basketball, Track, Shooting)
USA 33 Gold, China 25 Gold
Judged Sports (Gymnastics, Diving, Boxing, etc)
China 26 Gold, USA 3 Gold.
pliable officiating, and loose rules regarding age help too....

[CedarDave]

And Obama thinks China is great too:

Everybody’s watching what’s going on in Beijing right now with the Olympics. Think about the amount of money that China has spent on infrastructure. Their ports, their train systems, their airports are vastly the superior to us now, which means if you are a corporation deciding where to do business you’re starting to think, “Beijing looks like a pretty good option.”

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