I'm watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and we have met the Borg.

[Cleita]

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.Our head of State the President has been ordered to appear. I am afraid.

[Muttocracy]

1. a few years ago my boss and some other employees went to a conference in China

They were astounded by the booming growth, construction, sudden money, and environmental damage they saw. My impression from them was America would be less and less relevant over time.

China loaned us our debt, right?

[bahrbearian]

2. Chimpy and Pootie Poot are quivering in their seats.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. That's not quivering. THAT'S NOT QUIVERING! n/t

[MikeNearMcChord]

3. It could have been worse

The Chinese leader could have him made to Kow Tow, at the base of his feet.
I heard Bush 41 is there too, he started the selling of America to the Chinese.

[bahrbearian]

7. Yeah I saw him there too. wasn't he seated in the nose bleed section.

[CookCountyResident]

27. Jimmy Carter and Panama Canal?

I was never happy about President Carter signing over the Panama Canal to the Chinese much either.

[featherman]

5. All your base are belong to us

[ColbertWatcher]

6. All your Olympics are belong to us? n/t

[burythehatchet]

8. All your Kung Pao chicken.....

:(

[Octafish]

13. In Detroit, there's this place that has the best Gen. Tso's Chicken in North America.

The place would make for a great DU Dinner.

[burythehatchet]

16. Gen Tso is my all time fav dish. Its hard to find the perfect serving

lightly crisped coating fresh chicken. Most failure seems to occur with low quality meats. And then the sweetangy bite followed by the rush of the General's troops. Best I ever had was at a Szechuan restaurant in downtown Manhattan many years ago.

[frog92969]

25. Gotta use thigh meat

always a winner.

[sudopod]

33. National Geographic had an article about General Tso's chicken once.

Turns out it evolved right here in America along with chop suey and the fortune cookie.

See, you're so patriotic you buy American unconsciously. ;)

[burythehatchet]

34. I lived in Hong Kong for some time (the year after the hangover)

and I was so looking forward to the Chinese food but it turned out that I hated it. I could not stomach it after a while. Having been a vegetarian as a child didn't help.

[sudopod]

35. Ouch!

I would have guessed that traditional Chinese food would be more vegi-centered than it is here.

What broke the deal for you?

EDIT: also, do they really call it "the hangover" ...because that would be very LOL if it were so. ^_^

[burythehatchet]

36. It's very raw/undercooked meat centered. There's a dish, for example, called Peasant Chicken

It's apparently a chicken that has been coated with clay and then baked, owning to the history of the dish when peasants would steal chickens by camouflaging then with a coat of mud and carrying them out of the master's estate.

The baked chicken is then is cracked open and the feathers come off with the clay. Might work for some people but it really turned me off. And the ducks, the friggin ducks, always staring at you, from the table, lazy susaning it's way right into your face. When you've grown up as a vegetarian that sort of "entire animal" presentation is quite upsetting. I get squeamish looking at a Cornish game hen.

[Zorro]

9. I know what you mean

Spectacular but unsettling.

And there's a lot of 'em.

[Cleita]

11. You do know what I mean!

There is some artistry in this but it's all about the power to make people be ants or maybe computer chips and behave like them.

[MadMaddie]

10. Slave labor that works for pennies

the Republican corporations are drooling.

It is very unsettling the number of Chinese citizens that is being used.

[krabigirl]

15. yep

[Octafish]

12. I really liked the outer space motif.

And the whole effect was of that "One World, One Olympics" slogan. It made me think they're planning on bringing their Brave New World Order Thing to other planets. We the People -- and all humanity -- are their expendable proles, used to help them get there.

Did you see how those girls never stopped dancing? That is terror.

[Cleita]

17. Oh, yes.

:hi:

[liberalmuse]

14. It's incredible, but...

I can't take the fucking lame commentators. 'The Chinese invented the kite.' 'In fact, 'Bejing' as known as being the 'City of kites'. No shit? I'd be spilling my guts in 2 minutes if they locked me in a room with Lauer and Costas having a conversation. It would be nice to listen to the music, but it's not worth it if I have to hear the incessant stating of the obvious every 5 seconds.

[ColbertWatcher]

18. "As you can see, China has electricity..."

..."Thank you, Matt, and it would seem some of the modern cities have plumbing as well!"

[Mojorabbit]

19. Yes

and as I posted in another thread.
When they were doing the tai chi exibition hubby said,"they could crush us like an ant". I said yes but they did not need to. They already own us financially..Discipline they do have.

[kskiska]

20. I have Chinese friends

They've owned several restaurants over the years, had a son born in the U.S., and once he's graduated from MIT, where he's currently studying, and finished with grad school, the parents are moving back to China. They already own a condo there and the wife stays there for months at a time. With their savings they can live and retire like kings.Their son, however, has an American girlfriend (at Stanford) and would definitely remain in the U.S.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

21. ...And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.

It's been a long time coming. Pre-Jesus. Pre-Jehovah. And now it's here.

[Frank Booth]

22. Why so negative?

That was one of the most amazing performances I've seen in my life.

[Cleita]

24. Yes, since Hitler and Stalin. n/t

[Frank Booth]

28. Hey, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

:tinfoilhat:

[SalviaBlue]

23. NeoCon wet dream nt

[frog92969]

26. Missed it,

but I'll take your word for it.

[patrice]

29. He didn't appear to be there because he wanted to be there.

[autorank]

30. It's good to be aware. But China has great vulnerabilities

First, they're an environmental mess and it's going to impact their great centers - Shanghai and Beijing, both of which could be flooded at some point in the next 50-75 years, or earlier.

Second, the two favorite musical genres for Chinese youth are hip hop and heavy metal. These youth are the driver of the economic growth and they're not real keen on being told what to do.

We will become less important as China and India expand but, I believe, much better off. Besides Tibet and Goa, what territory has been acquired by either China or India in the last 50-75 years. They're home bodies.

[Cleita]

31. Love You!

I have nothing against the Chinese people. I hate our communal warlords.

[dysfunctional press]

38. global climate change is not going to be kind to china...

and they certainly aren't doing much to keep it in check.

[Codeine]

32. I never, ever, ever agree with you, Cleita.

Today, at least, we are on the same page. :hi:

[distantearlywarning]

37. Yeah, I kind of felt that way too.

I had to stop watching it because I felt like the announcers were kind of giving China too much of a free pass, in a way. It bugged me. And I'm definitely not comfortable with that level of collectivism.