I watched parts of the seemingly never-ending opening ceremonies for the London Olympics last night. Now let’s be honest. The Olympics have always been liberal. Last night’s ceremony was just an over-the-top reminder of that.
One of the big political snafus of the night was the refusal of the Olympic committee to allow a moment of silence to remember the Israeli athletes who were massacred at the Munich Olympics in 1972. This would have been the fortieth anniversary. However, the organizers did have a moment of silence for the London civilians who were killed by suicide bombers in 2005 on the day after London won the Olympics for this year. Since Munich the Olympic organizers have refused repeated requests to honor the Israeli athletes. Anybody with half a brain can tell you that the only reason if the international community’s antipathy toward Israel. Let’s face it, there will never be an Olympic venue in Tel Aviv.
The rest of the ceremony was a showcase of the “wonderful” world of British socialism. The workers that built the stadium lined the entrance so that all of the athletes could gaze upon them as they entered the stadium. I’m sure this was the highlight of their Olympic experience. Winning medals will now pale in comparison. Never mind the fact that those workers were paid for building the stadium. It was their job. Why do lefties feel the need to constantly slap people on the back for simply doing the job that they were hired to do?
For some reason the director of the opening ceremonies, Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame, felt it was necessary to fill the stadium floor with giant sick beds and nurses. I guess they were expecting the thousands of people in the audience to suddenly vomit violently at the leftist drivel that was being forced upon them. I certainly felt ill. I felt the nausea one feels when they learn that they are being told that they are a bad person because they believe in a free market. I felt the pain in my posterior that I feel when someone tells me that the government is what makes a country great. And I felt the massive stroke-like headache that occurs when you are told that you didn’t do anything on your own and that the government is your salvation.
And that was nothing compared to the seething rage I felt at the sight of the first lady of these United States standing in the VIP section. She wore nothing to differentiate her from the VIPs from other countries, yet the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, was decked out in red, white, and blue. A small matter maybe. But there is still the photo of Michelle Obama’s insignificant other refusing to salute the United States’ flag during the national anthem.
Finally there were the famous Chinese threads that the American athletes were wearing. God save us from liberals and the “job making” plans that they constantly try to foist upon the American people. Yes jobs were created, in China.
The only good things about the ceremony were the American athletes themselves and the cauldron that will bear the Olympic flame during the course of the games. It was beautiful. At least there was some bright spots (pun intended).