This is what I enjoyed most in the opening ceremony in Beijing. The Chinese managed to actually fool me into thinking they had found a way to defy gravity. Better than anything from David Copperfield let me tell you!
Over the next few weeks we will be hearing much about all the horrible terrible things Chinamen do. Not only from the lunatic Right like Dana Rohrabacher and G Gordon Liddy who want them nuked now, but from the Left as well who blame them for Darfur and Tibet. As to Darfur – we in the United States have backed genocidal murdering regimes ourselves. As to Tibet – which is mostly about religious extremists wanting a theocracy that even the Dali Lama thinks is crazy – think of how we would deal with Texas and its oil leaving the Union. Or the 13 Southern states doing the same for that matter. So while you process all the horrible terrible things you will be hearing about Chinamen over the rest of your lives, keep these two very recent polling facts in mind.
Do you think your country is going the right direction? China 86% Yes
Do you think your country is going the right direction? USA 80% No
Which causes one to wonder what exactly democracy means.