Closing the Curtain on China '08

Some parting shots from the LATimes and a bit of a counter point from a Denver Post columnist (in the Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-olympics26-2008aug26,0,4466878.story

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/olympics/376460_voices26.html

...and an interesting "people in glass houses"+"we're in the same boat" (the one Bush built for us) viewpoint

http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=332686

...and reflections of a Boston Globe reporter...

http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/extras/olympics_blog/2008/08/one_last_lap_ar.html

OK enough is enough. I'm just going to have to muscle through until football starts. It's going to be a long week!
R