lunes 15 de septiembre de 2008

Olympic incoherence.

   Ladies and gentlemen, dear readers from all over the world (I wish!). After a short hiatus forced by the sudden death of my computer, I’m back with all the cavalry, so get ready.

   As a matter of fact, at this point I’m not interested in dissect a particular topic (the current events are boiling, by the way). Instead, I’m going to touch, just touch, one of the events that caught my eye in this past month.

   Oh, The Olympic games! What a great party with so much countries sharing and billions of people watching all over the world. I really enjoy the Olympics since ever, I consider myself a fan, even though is every four years that I become a real “Sport expert”.

   But this time, it really made a difference and I’m not referring to Michael Phelps and his eight gold medals or the supremacy of the China teams, I’m talking here of the fact that last time I checked China was a communist country, Am I wrong?

   Apparently, that’s not a big deal, at least for the majority of mortals living in this planet. However, what about the president of the United States having fun in the stadiums? Cheering his fellow girls of the Beach Volleyball team? I can imagine the nights in Beijing with all his court, having fun with his daughters and drinking a lot (Apparently he’s used to that) and partying like a Party Animal.

   Weird ah? Isn’t the Communism the evil of all evils? The ultimate enemy of freedom and civil rights? So, why was the president of the arguably the most powerful country in the world, sharing his “sacred” presence in that communist country? The president of the country commonly referred to as the “World police”? Of course, the same country which is in war with two (2) sovereign countries. Is that for the USA the most important issue in a government would be the money? Or the capacity of handle “Capitalism” even though it may be disguised in another political form? Is that the only thing that matters? That the country doesn’t pose a real financial o military threat to the USA? And what’s more disturbing, if the government is just a puppet government of the USA, even better?

   The only thing that comes up to my mind is…Double standard?