tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post2989351403304017543..comments2023-11-01T02:06:39.543+11:00Comments on Ella's child - family stories and other: Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-68643527226833735582008-08-08T13:26:00.000+10:302008-08-08T13:26:00.000+10:30The government of china is a terrible tyranny. the...The government of china is a terrible tyranny. the athletes want there long awaited and hard won time to perform. I pray there will be some good achieved for Tibet and all those oppressed by this dictatorship.Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708010694158542241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-3214938791403455092008-08-08T02:28:00.000+10:302008-08-08T02:28:00.000+10:30at least KRudd is THEREwith our team.and when I sa...at least KRudd is THERE<BR/>with our team.<BR/>and when I saw him on the late news he was chirpy and enthusiastic and I couldn't help thinking how JWHoward would be guarding his words and be frightened to relax in the same situation.<BR/>Things must be bad if I'm feeling sorry for bloody Howard.<BR/>Of course Lateline had film of that shockin Chinese swim team on steroids.<BR/>They did not look like humans it was sorta creepy, well really creepy. Of course they all 'retired' after that Olympics where they won 12 of the 16 events.<BR/>bwah ha ha.<BR/><BR/>peace and loveAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-5476512442988228092008-08-06T15:17:00.000+10:302008-08-06T15:17:00.000+10:30Sling...yes I know. Its always been that way. Actu...Sling...yes I know. Its always been that way. Actually a friend of mine just sent me a link to software which will enable all and sundry in China to get around the "firewall" china had ereted on the Internet... so thats a smack in their chops. And no doubt the sight of some Auyssie Atheletes training with oxygen type snorkles so they don't get sick from the air is a hoot, and considering many swimmers are asthmatic...hmmm.<BR/><BR/>I just ahve a real probelm with that sort of hive mentality which results in 1984 social engineering all for the common good. I think they's have to get rid of me in China, i just can't hack all this stuff. <BR/><BR/>I believe what you say about the athletes, but hope they are not pressured to perform in the smog of Beiging which was the other day 26 times worse than the worst smog recorded in Sydney. Thats going to make some of them quite sick and they'r just youngsters. How will the "audience" handle it when some of them choose not to run the marathon? I think I know.<BR/><BR/>Look I'll tell you what a miserable sod I am, I didn't even want it to come to Sydney - we're a small countru of only 22 million... about 10 mill of us in NSW. Those of us in NSW will be paying this huge debt of till the cows come home.<BR/><BR/>I wish they'd just get all countries to put inmoney, set up a permanent one in Greece, well away from Athens, and make that a doozy - the Greeks are really nice people mainly.<BR/><BR/>Just feeling cantankerous today sorry Sling. Must be getting old! Its cold here so thats my excuse.Middle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-61026166038771910612008-08-06T14:53:00.000+10:302008-08-06T14:53:00.000+10:30I hear what you're saying doll.I really do.But,(yo...I hear what you're saying doll.<BR/>I really do.<BR/>But,(you knew that was coming),I think the Olympics should always be about more than politics.<BR/>I think about the 1936 Olympics in Berlin,and how Hitler whas hell bent to turn it into a demonstration of so-called 'German superiority'..I am German after all.<BR/>And then I think about a young,black American named Jesse Owens,who showed the Nazis,and the world,exactly what personal strength and dedication was truly about...Hitler was pissed!<BR/>That pleases me.<BR/>I'm looking forward to this Olympics,because regardless of the venue,the athletes will no doubt demonstrate the best that resides in all of us.Slinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com