Beijing Olympics

So, I don't know how many of you are watching the opening ceremonies, but does anyone else feel bad for the Chinese ladies in white? You know the ones lining the parade area? I just feel bad for them because they've been out there dancing/cheering for quite a while now. They seem a little tired. Anyway, we all enjoyed watching it tonight. We didn't stick around for the entire parade of nations, but we're recording it so we can catch the highlights tomorrow. We tried to let the boys stay up to see the U.S., but we finally had to send them to bed. I thought the ceremony was amazing. I think the drums were my favorite. I wasn't sure that I agreed with our country even being there, but then I heard them talking about what Pres. Bush said about it.

President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people." Speaking to reporters ahead of this week's summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in Japan, Bush said he did not need to skip the ceremony to show his position on religious freedom and human rights in China. He said if he failed to attend the Games it would "make it more difficult to be able to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership."Bush said he would raise concerns when he meets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Olympics, but he was also "looking forward to cheering the U.S. athletes." He said it was good for them "to see their president waving that flag."

You can read the entire article on cnn.com. I just really liked what he said. Then I saw our athletes giving high fives to Chinese people lining the parade area. We really are all the same, with the same thoughts and feelings. Regardless of the fact that politics are always involved in stuff like this, good can still come from it.