Well said Baddog.......... it was pretty amazing. I wanna see it again but I cant find a vid anywhere.

I got a stiffy

That is just silly. The owners would have been similarly compensated in the USA. There were also many protests from people who were unhappy to lose their homes, so apparently not everyone was satisfied with their compensation.

Anyway I guess the point is that as long as China does not ally with the US then their actions will always be OK in your eyes...... because of course injustice only happens in the US or as the result of US actions (technically refereed to as "war crimes").

I think, very pretty ceremony

I literally got HDTV the day before (I know - I've only had an HD ready TV for 7 years....I'm slow......). What an AMAZING way to break it in. :)

If you haven't seen it, try and find it on the web or see if someone taped it somewhere. I attended ATL's opening and closing ceremonies and even actually being there in ATL dulls in comparison to watching the China event on TV. Just incredible.

BTW, from what I've been reading, they have been knocking down the "alley" houses for quite some time and will continue to do so long after the Olympics are over. Also everything I've read points to the owners not being very well compensated, i.e. they are unable to find housing with the money (perhaps rent, but not own).

it appears the voice did not belong to the girl we saw:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/new...v=ap&type=lgns

They ditched and switched to improve the visuals.

Some of the televised opening ceremony was computer generated too!

where is the good youtube vid?

Fake fireworks and fake singing! Yay!