If women can fake it all the time, then why not the Chinese?

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I'm so over the 'Olympics' even before they began. I had a party at my house the evening of the opening ceremonies, but that was more an excuse to have friends over rather than any interest in what was going on. When receiving the bid a long time ago, it was promised that there would be unfettered access to the media and that all these changes would be made. Nothing was done except to hide the reality of life there. Just because that government wants to put on a biggest PR campaign, tens of thousands of people are harmed.

Reporters at the Olympics are constantly finding access blocked by the 'Great Firewall' to many Internet sites. The 'spectacular' fireworks seen on TV were faked by computer generated graphics. The claim was because it was 'too dangerous' for helicopters, but no one buys that. While there were fireworks of course, the external display shots were all pre-made, with even some camera shake to trick the user that it was real or live. The girl that sang was fake. Sure it was a real girl on camera, but the singing was lip synced and was the pre-recorded voice of another girl that was deemed to not be cute/perfect enough to be on display. Walls are put up all around the venues, not for security, but to keep people from seeing the reality of the poverty of those that live nearby.

Now there are additional articles about China passing off gymnasts under the age, possibly 14 according to reports, as being at least 16, the required minimum. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html?_r=3&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=login [use login no-forced-login and password buggeroff to read article w/o registering]. Even the weather was sort of faked with complex concentric defense networks to take out any terrorist clouds of vapor by salting them before any approach the Olympic complex.