About the silly Olympic torch, that is. Or for that matter, the Olympics itself? How many torches were made? A couple hundred? Or do we think that the torch went from San Francisco to Argentina overnight, without going out? Never, has there been anything as stupid as this torch carrying absurdity. It’s not supposed to go out? It went out eight times in one day last week. Does it, or one of the who knows how many, go out when they are flying around or being transported by other means? I wonder how many torches there are?
Want to go broke? Then by all means fight, bribe, beg, and expostulate to the crooked Olympic committee, to get it in your city. Never in modern history, has any city ever come even remotely close to breaking even by hosting the Olympics. They get the nod a few years in advance, so they can borrow and construct massive stadiums, ski slopes and jumps, sled runs, and track and field courses. The TV hones in, and a lot of people watch. I do sometimes, but who really cares, other than to see your country win a few golds, and then hope they aren’t taken away because of drugs. The residents of the host city will pay through the nose for years, to cover the losses. Why would a city try to get the Olympics anyway? It is a guaranteed, huge loss. Prestige? It’s terribly expensive glory.
If the Olympics are so important, why aren’t there regular Olympic shows on the boob tube? America and the world loves to watch baseball, football, soccer, rugby, cricket, and basketball on TV, and those shows garner high ratings and expensive commercials. NBC admits that it loses a fortune covering the Olympics, because few watch, or those that do, don’t buy, and the coverage is very expensive. If the games are so wonderful and important, why aren’t there regular TV shows showing how high or far some some bozo can jump, or how fast someone can run a hundred yards? The answer is easy. These events are over in a few seconds, whereas a baseball or football game can run even four hours, and they exhibit a lot of skills under constantly changing conditions, not just a few seconds on a groomed track or slope. Lots of skills can be shown in a baseball game. Pitching, catching, hitting, and running are all very evident in baseball. Why does America love football so much? Is it because of the inevitable injuries? Or is to see some three hundred pound, muscle bound galoot, with an IQ of 90, try to kill an opponent? Maybe it’s to see them all struggle in mud and snow? Baseball is a highly civilized sport, and it isn’t played in snow or rain. Each individual player’s skills are evident, and the skill is not piling on and attempting to maim, as it seems to me with football.
The Olympic fans drove hundreds of miles to see the silly torch? They were disappointed because San Francisco altered the route to avoid violence? I wish that China would free those abused people. I really do wish that, and I wouldn’t mind it if a category 15 earthquake took China away and left Nepal intact. Or perhaps one could take Zimbabwe as well, and we’d all be better off, but the Olympics leave me and millions of others cold. And that absurd torch carrying is equally laughable, and awfully expensive. The taxpayers pay the expenses, so just like government aid, it costs us nothing. Correct? Have a great weekend.