Our good friend M'Asia, a regular blog reader - although infrequent commenter - is headed to Beijing to cover the Olympic Games. Safe travels, kid.
Good news when you get there: With the Chinese government hoping to put its best face on the Games, many factories have shut down, leaving residents with a rare sight these days: blue skies.
Editorial comment: It strikes me as incredibly pathetic that a country has to essentially shut down to insure that athletes have good enough air to breathe for athletic competition.
Sorry, I'll stick to finding out about who's playing left guard for the Dolphins.
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TVB, thanks for kind thoughts. I leave wednesday and am armed with masks, an athsma inhaler, three allergy medicines... and nasal spray ! that and my 3rd world genes, and i think i should be good to go !
This is China... this is communist land... this is something we should think about BEFORE we buy our ipods (assembled in China) and televisions...(made in China oy) ! What to do !
I say... leave the politics alone, cheer on these incredible Olympians... watch Michael Phelps make history... and think of me... lolly jolly-ing in the Chongwenmen Wai Da Jie !