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And the IOC, btw, who are just as complicit. Why wouldn’t anyone think that China, with their disappearing migrant workers, their computer-generated fireworks, and their lipsyncing toddlers, wouldn’t try some nefarious shit with their gymnasts:

Beijing Olympics 2008: IOC Finally Launches Investigation Into Chinese Gymnasts Thanks To “Stryde Hax”

It appears the U.S. women’s gymnastics team may actually get their coveted gold medals if an IOC investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnastics team proves the little demons weren’t all 16 years of age. After initially dodging all the questions, the findings of one U.S.-based blogger named Stryde Hax, has apparently prompted the IOC to respond, according to the Times of London.

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What’s even more amazing is the fact that this possibly medal-altering revelation was initiated by “Stryde Hax” who’s who’s neither super-journalist or super-sports fan, but just a dude named Mike Walker who loves to Google Hack as a hobby.

“There was a conclusion here,” Mr Walker said. “These documents existed, on a state-wide website, and now they don’t exist, and this change has taken place recently. I was interested because these were documents that no-one could find. If there’s information to be found on the internet I’m a citizen journalist - it was a challenge.”

While every other of the 20,000 journalist covering the Beijing Olympics pranced around eating scorpions, it’s a bit ironic that one extremely curious dude with a blogspot account might be the person who exposes one of the biggest scandals in Olympic history. Maybe he should get a medal too?

I actually LOLed at that scorpion line. It’s so true - about the only one on the NBC family of networks that dared to even broach a controversial subject regarding China (and Russia btw) was Bob Costas - and I think he has tenure, or naked pictures of High NBC officials! And you just know all of the other reporters were getting their jollies hanging out with Michael Phelps and the Dream Team and recording video of themselves interacting with the locals (right before they high-tail it back to their hotels for room service). Now if I were China, I wouldn’t try to cheat at Gymnastics - EVERYONE cheats at Gymnastics and Swimming. Why not cheat at Archery or Shot Put or Race Walking - you know - the sports that you will never see except in the medal tally. Had China swept the lesser sports (by means questionable or otherwise) no one would bat an eyelash. Those sports are like the glass of tap water they serve you at a restaurant before you order your real drinks.Allow me to again congratulate the IOC for awarding the games to China.

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