The Summer Olympics are underway with opening ceremonies tomorrow.  I love the Olympics and competition of athletes from all over the world with as little politics as possible.

Dark clouds of pollution and Darfur hang over the Beijing Games.  I am glad that I visited Beijing for the Great Wall Marathon in May 2005.  It thankfully was NOT as hot or polluted as it is now.  To put it in context, Beijing is more polluted than Los Angeles.  Steve told me that Shanghai is more polluted than Beijing.  Cough, cough!

Onto to the Games themselves, Aussie Rod reported the skill and beauty of the Norwegian team beating USA 2-0.

As some of you know, I have a crush on swimmer Dara Torres as she is beautiful.  She is also inspirational as I almost drowned when I was 10 and 18.  Maybe she can teach me to swim?    Go Dara go! 

Posted by an excited Tank in an Olympic State of mind.

Environment | Olympics

Thursday, August 07, 2008 3:43:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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