Comments on: An Olympics So Fake, I’m Doubting Michael Phelps Can Swim http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/ The two-faced and famous have something new to worry about. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DECEIVER MADNESS Round 1: Olympic Cheat vs. Tax Cheat | Deceiver.com http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-22587 DECEIVER MADNESS Round 1: Olympic Cheat vs. Tax Cheat | Deceiver.com Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:01:29 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-22587 [...] 2008 Beijing Olympics had it all: Fake IDs, fake fireworks, fake concern for the environment. “Made in China” used to mean something, man. [...] [...] 2008 Beijing Olympics had it all: Fake IDs, fake fireworks, fake concern for the environment. “Made in China” used to mean something, man. [...]

]]> By: Kim http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8264 Kim Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:37:22 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8264 The olympics bore me. The only reason I still pay attention to them is because I'm required to watch for my swim team. @ Everyone talking about IL: The whole Midwest has boring in it. I would know, I live in MN. The olympics bore me. The only reason I still pay attention to them is because I’m required to watch for my swim team.

@ Everyone talking about IL: The whole Midwest has boring in it. I would know, I live in MN.

]]> By: Silanga http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8205 Silanga Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:30:47 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8205 I am not from China nor have ever been there, I was just pointing out that i thought people were coming down hard on the place. I do not think you have to be from somewhere in order to have an opinion on it. Otherwise pretty much all our comments on the subject would be null and void. I feel one of the issues is just that, that when I say something in defense to China some people feel I much be Chinese, which shows the polarizing affects of nationality. I have traveled the world quit a bit while growing up and have yet to find a place that was as bad as advertised. Americans are not as stupid and ignorant as the world says, you do not see lions and elephants on your way to school in Africa, not all Italians eat pasta and talk using their hands (I am sure the ones without hands do not) From my experience looking at a place form the outside you will usually have more negative information than positive. Whether the positive sticks out more or if nit is just makes sense that your country would want you to think it is worse in other countries lest you decide to change your allegiance. I am not saying there are not great issues that should be dealt with in China, I am just saying that this may not be the right venue for it nor are switching a pretty face or cgi fireworks truly issues to be discussed. Does it not seem that peopel will discuss these things now off of something as inconsequential as this then after the Olympics it will eb no more. They will still not really care that 50% or more of the things they have are made in china. They wont care about leaders all over the world benefiting from this same china that a few months ago they were abhorring for potentially scarring one little girls life. Which i really doubt she will be scarred, We should not forget that she probably did not grow up seeing britney and the other teen pop phenomena of the western world so she did not really have dreams of fame from being seen by billions, i think more Chinese may have heard it on radio than on tv as is. Ok I would be nice if we could just all discuss everyones problems all the time. If we did away with the kid gloves of courtesy and away with 'respect' for other nations and their governments and their decisions. Tibet is being occupied at the time being but to most Chinese they may not feel it is an occupation, they may look at it as a decision that the govt they trust and love, for better or for worse, has made. I would be saying the same thing if i was watching the suberbowl and some European announcer decided to go off on how wrong the Iraq situation is, while his country is still buddy buddy with the place. I remember seeing a comment on some blog this week that was referring the birds nest stadium that went something like "how can that justify spending 200 million on a stadium?" Welll USA just built a 434 million dollar embassy in Beijing. Yes Tibet is still occupied. so I can tell you some people that apparently do not give two ishts about that situation. most of the us government I am not from China nor have ever been there, I was just pointing out that i thought people were coming down hard on the place. I do not think you have to be from somewhere in order to have an opinion on it. Otherwise pretty much all our comments on the subject would be null and void. I feel one of the issues is just that, that when I say something in defense to China some people feel I much be Chinese, which shows the polarizing affects of nationality. I have traveled the world quit a bit while growing up and have yet to find a place that was as bad as advertised. Americans are not as stupid and ignorant as the world says, you do not see lions and elephants on your way to school in Africa, not all Italians eat pasta and talk using their hands (I am sure the ones without hands do not) From my experience looking at a place form the outside you will usually have more negative information than positive. Whether the positive sticks out more or if nit is just makes sense that your country would want you to think it is worse in other countries lest you decide to change your allegiance.

I am not saying there are not great issues that should be dealt with in China, I am just saying that this may not be the right venue for it nor are switching a pretty face or cgi fireworks truly issues to be discussed. Does it not seem that peopel will discuss these things now off of something as inconsequential as this then after the Olympics it will eb no more. They will still not really care that 50% or more of the things they have are made in china. They wont care about leaders all over the world benefiting from this same china that a few months ago they were abhorring for potentially scarring one little girls life. Which i really doubt she will be scarred, We should not forget that she probably did not grow up seeing britney and the other teen pop phenomena of the western world so she did not really have dreams of fame from being seen by billions, i think more Chinese may have heard it on radio than on tv as is.

Ok I would be nice if we could just all discuss everyones problems all the time. If we did away with the kid gloves of courtesy and away with ‘respect’ for other nations and their governments and their decisions. Tibet is being occupied at the time being but to most Chinese they may not feel it is an occupation, they may look at it as a decision that the govt they trust and love, for better or for worse, has made. I would be saying the same thing if i was watching the suberbowl and some European announcer decided to go off on how wrong the Iraq situation is, while his country is still buddy buddy with the place.

I remember seeing a comment on some blog this week that was referring the birds nest stadium that went something like “how can that justify spending 200 million on a stadium?” Welll USA just built a 434 million dollar embassy in Beijing. Yes Tibet is still occupied. so I can tell you some people that apparently do not give two ishts about that situation. most of the us government

]]> By: Pastafarian http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8147 Pastafarian Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:49:26 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8147 "Mongolian hordes to help liberate parts of Iran". They make a Hell of a chicken too. The Mongols are on my side. Up yours peta! “Mongolian hordes to help liberate parts of Iran”. They make a Hell of a chicken too.

The Mongols are on my side. Up yours peta!

]]> By: Moy Stun Dhee http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8145 Moy Stun Dhee Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:44 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8145 I love Jon Stewart's observation on the fact that the decision to switch little girl singers went all the way up to the Politburo: "How tough is it for a 7-year old girl when her own country's government tells her "You're not cute?"' I love Jon Stewart’s observation on the fact that the decision to switch little girl singers went all the way up to the Politburo:

“How tough is it for a 7-year old girl when her own country’s government tells her “You’re not cute?”‘

]]> By: phoenix http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8137 phoenix Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:11:02 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8137 Awww, Scott F., I don't hate Indiana! Hell, again, I'm from ILLINOIS. Yeah, we got boring down too. Anything south of Chicago is a non-mentionable. I just didn't realize that you guys were oppressed recently. Why didn't ya call for help, neighbor? Awww, Scott F., I don’t hate Indiana! Hell, again, I’m from ILLINOIS. Yeah, we got boring down too. Anything south of Chicago is a non-mentionable. I just didn’t realize that you guys were oppressed recently. Why didn’t ya call for help, neighbor?

]]> By: nene http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8108 nene Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:25:28 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8108 i've been reading this blog since around january, but am a first time commenter. first i have to say I LOVE IT! it's the first thing i read when i go online. even though i don't read too many blogs (just deceiver, thesuperficial and iwatchstuff), this one is, by far, my favorite. thank you for the laughs and the fine reporting! i have to say i wouldn't be too surprised either, if michael phelps couldn't swim. lol. i'm kidding of course. i was watching the synchronized diving competition yesterday morning and i felt some of the judges weren't paying too much attention. to say the least. i don't remember the pair in question, but they had a nice execution, few mistakes, and they got a 6.5 from the judges! fortunately it was the only one, so it was dismissed, but i smell something fishy in this year's games. the chinese pair was getting pretty high marks, even though their execution (and the difficulty was almost minimum) was average. but that's my opinion. i'm not an expert. regarding marta karolyi's suspicions, i share them! i'm not american, and the only gymnastics we're competing in is the trampoline (i'm portuguese, waiting for my athletes from athletics :p), but i love to watch gymnastics and the first thing i said when i saw he kexin was - "there is no way in hell this girl is 16!" now i read that an official record from this year stated her age as 14? hmm.. i don't mind though! as my dad says: "let them have steroids, we want to see a show!" lol keep up the great work :) i’ve been reading this blog since around january, but am a first time commenter.
first i have to say I LOVE IT! it’s the first thing i read when i go online. even though i don’t read too many blogs (just deceiver, thesuperficial and iwatchstuff), this one is, by far, my favorite. thank you for the laughs and the fine reporting!
i have to say i wouldn’t be too surprised either, if michael phelps couldn’t swim. lol. i’m kidding of course. i was watching the synchronized diving competition yesterday morning and i felt some of the judges weren’t paying too much attention. to say the least. i don’t remember the pair in question, but they had a nice execution, few mistakes, and they got a 6.5 from the judges! fortunately it was the only one, so it was dismissed, but i smell something fishy in this year’s games. the chinese pair was getting pretty high marks, even though their execution (and the difficulty was almost minimum) was average. but that’s my opinion. i’m not an expert. regarding marta karolyi’s suspicions, i share them! i’m not american, and the only gymnastics we’re competing in is the trampoline (i’m portuguese, waiting for my athletes from athletics :p), but i love to watch gymnastics and the first thing i said when i saw he kexin was – “there is no way in hell this girl is 16!” now i read that an official record from this year stated her age as 14? hmm.. i don’t mind though! as my dad says: “let them have steroids, we want to see a show!” lol
keep up the great work :)

]]> By: The Oversneer http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8101 The Oversneer Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:27:20 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8101 I was thinking more like the Manitoba of the midwest. You needed a little more "boring" moxed in with your tedium. I was thinking more like the Manitoba of the midwest. You needed a little more “boring” moxed in with your tedium.

]]> By: Scott F. http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8099 Scott F. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:17:17 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8099 How did hating on the Chinese turn into hating on my state? Leave Indiana out of this! We might be boring as hell, but we're really really polite to make up for it. We're kinda like the Canada of the Midwest. How did hating on the Chinese turn into hating on my state? Leave Indiana out of this! We might be boring as hell, but we’re really really polite to make up for it. We’re kinda like the Canada of the Midwest.

]]> By: cindy http://deceiver.com/2008/08/12/fake_olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-8098 cindy Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:03:24 +0000 http://deceiver.com/?p=1823#comment-8098 oh, and the point of my comment was that I am sure at some point in history Tibet's military broke into the top 100 contemporary military powers. Tibetan armor, yo. Look it up. oh, and the point of my comment was that I am sure at some point in history Tibet’s military broke into the top 100 contemporary military powers.

Tibetan armor, yo. Look it up.

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