"Sunday Times UK
August 17, 2008
China’s iron Olympic grip starts to slip
The mystery of the half-filled stands at many events at the 2008
Olympic Games has been solved, according to Chinese internet users,
who say it is the result of a policy to prevent the gathering of large
and possibly uncontrollable crowds.
They claim ticket sales to the public were secretly restricted. Blocks
of tickets went to government departments, Communist party officials
or state-owned companies, which have quietly obeyed orders not to hand
them out. “People are so angry because they slept all night outside
ticket booths and got nothing and now they see this,” said one
blogger, Jian Yu.
Official explanations eroded swiftly because internet insurgents have
rapidly identified cracks in the perfect facade constructed for the
Olympics.
In the nine days since Chinese leaders presided over a grandiose -
and, it turns out, partly faked - opening ceremony, one fact after
another has eluded the censors and fuelled public indignation at the
costs and the charade. Protected, they hope, by online anonymity, some
of China’s 1.3 billion people are daring to wonder where it will all
end.
At some football matches in the northern city of Shenyang, only a
third of the seats were taken. Even some gymnastics finals, usually
one of the biggest attractions on the programme, were not sold out.
Nobody seems to have explained it to the International Olympic
Committee, which is baffled by the empty seats, or to the sponsors,
who are disappointed. "
You're being awfully harsh on the country responsible for your Wal-
Mart greeter "McJob".
---firefly
"ChasNemo" <chas...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:ba6f6908-3b21-4f5d...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 19, 7:29 am, JakTheHammer <jakthh...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Yup.........The Facade has FALLEN.........From the Fake Fireworks, to
> > the Under-Age Gymnasts, to the Deliberately Restricted
> > Attendance..........The Heavy Hand of the Chinese Government has
> > Fucked Up the 2008 Olympics.........Whatta Buncha
> > MORONS..........Donchaknow..........
> >
> > "Sunday Times UK
> > August 17, 2008
> >
> > Chinaąs iron Olympic grip starts to slip
> >
> > The mystery of the half-filled stands at many events at the 2008
> > Olympic Games has been solved, according to Chinese internet users,
> > who say it is the result of a policy to prevent the gathering of large
> > and possibly uncontrollable crowds.
> >
> > They claim ticket sales to the public were secretly restricted. Blocks
> > of tickets went to government departments, Communist party officials
> > or state-owned companies, which have quietly obeyed orders not to hand
> > them out. łPeople are so angry because they slept all night outside
> > ticket booths and got nothing and now they see this,˛ said one
> > blogger, Jian Yu.
> >
> > Official explanations eroded swiftly because internet insurgents have
> > rapidly identified cracks in the perfect facade constructed for the
> > Olympics.
> >
> > In the nine days since Chinese leaders presided over a grandiose -
> > and, it turns out, partly faked - opening ceremony, one fact after
> > another has eluded the censors and fuelled public indignation at the
> > costs and the charade. Protected, they hope, by online anonymity, some
> > of Chinaąs 1.3 billion people are daring to wonder where it will all
> > end.
> >
> > At some football matches in the northern city of Shenyang, only a
> > third of the seats were taken. Even some gymnastics finals, usually
> > one of the biggest attractions on the programme, were not sold out.
> >
> > Nobody seems to have explained it to the International Olympic
> > Committee, which is baffled by the empty seats, or to the sponsors,
> > who are disappointed. "
> You're being awfully harsh on the country responsible for my Wal-
> Mart greeter "McJob".
Tough luck.
Do they have Wal-Marts in the Country you Live In,
Charlene?..........I don't think so............
Sure we have a Wal-Mart right in the area right up here in Hell, MI.
Fortunately it's a semi-rural area and too far to ride your seester's
trike to a greeter job. <snicker>
Yes, quack Laura is the one with expert advice on China, according to
Laura Schlessinger, memba her?
http://www.nudepedia.net/celebrity/free/nude/pictures/gallery/l/laura_schlessinger/images/laura_schlessinger-3.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/06/0607_dr_laura_ex_getty.jpg
Remembering Laura Schlessinger.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.royalty/msg/9df20cdc69205242
Help solve the McCain family mysteries...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.true-crime/msg/19605b6708774232
Help solve the lady kicker mysteries...
http://bp3.blogger.com/_0qTU784XP0M/R-Xy9FwkXUI/AAAAAAAACrk/JbpGw9RPF5M/s1600-h/UNSOLVED+MYSTERY+2004.jpg
We KNOW you DON'T live in America, Charlene..........Nice
"Try".........DumbAss...........
> <snip the Kook Crap>
Good luck
The most unpopular quack, Dr. Laura, is a kook.
This is kook quack Dr. Laura's toilet. Use.net is largely kooks. It's
the #1 language with the right wing. Some only speak in kook.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.talk.dr-laura/msg/d39a37afa7e19555
"When in Rome...." "Donchaknow..."
Too Many Kooks.........Donchaknow..........
"When in Rome...." "Donchaknow..."
On Aug 19, 9:34 pm, "theloneranger...@aol.com"
Really Looney Kooks in Fact..........
Keep that KKKrap up, and Wal-Mart will "can" your greeter job for sure!
>Nemise:----
>Sure we have a Wal-Mart right in the area right
>up here in Hell, MI.
Oz:----
You wanna tell people that you live in Hell, Mi because you worship the
devil and that you can commune with your Lord Satan better because he
hangs around in Hell? You wanna ask people if they think you're NUTZ.
Careful, sonny boi, or your fairy white Hostess Hoho's will turn into
pitch black Ding Dongs imported from China. <snicker>