China get's the Gold

I haven't really been watching olympics, mostly because I'm either working or well... lets face it, it's not World Cup.

Anyway, what I have been watching is all the scandal and misfortune that China is experiencing at the moment and have to wonder, was this always going on, or is it just poetic justice for vast crimes against humanity?

• I mean everything from telling a little girl her voice is pretty, but she's not so let's replace her with a cute lip syncher. (hmm what could this do to the self esteem of both these girls: one's not pretty enough, the other one shut up and be pretty)
• There's the underage gymnast who is competing against olympic rules
• Photoshopped firewoks at the start of the event. That's pretty awesome actually. That's exactly what let the 8 American bloggers to be imprisoned, for reporting that what they saw one TV was NOT what they saw in real life (although they'r ein jail for what they saw in Tibet).
• What about the martial arts team that was locked in a prison for a year and forced to practice everyday for the opening ceremony. They weren't fed properly so that they'd maintain weight.
• How about the story, and this is a personal favorite, and speculated to be false; China announces to in two provinces that Blacks and Mongolians shall not be served alcohol and to notify authorities of thier presence because they are all drug dealers and prostitutes (they were also advised to dress modestly and not serve gays either, but not for any particular reason)
• Then there's the two elderly ladies that have been jailed for being pissed off about what's going on, oh wait not just jailed "re-educated" meaning a forced labor camp.
• I just watched an HBO special about how bad the one child rule actually is.
• Misfortune would be stating that the earthquakes, and giant vat of green slime that appeared on the nearby beach was just bad luck, but I think it was warning people not to come.

Now it's not fair to the common people of china, in any capaity, but I'm rather amused that the government, which prides itself on such an illusion of total conrtol has had to face so much embarrassment. I mean it's one thing to be caught red handed, but when you're caught lying and you're a total control freak, well that renders you feeling insignifcant.

Maybe, just hopefully, all this will bring light to what they're doing elsewhere in the world. Help us to focus ont he things that matter far more, like the fact that they fund terrorism and genocide. Maybe this kind of exposure is exactly what the world needs to see. America has been outed as a bunch of country blundering idiots, but everybody knows, it's the quiet kids in class that are the ones to fear. And China has been a silently growing super power for quite some time.