Good Lord, the National Health System is saluted.
Service
They just lost me....how ridiculous....
Yes, let’s honor big government. Is this the 1980 Moscow Olympics or 2012 London Olympics?
So we go from celebrating industrialist to
celebrating socialism in 20 min?
Hmm...
Yeah, saluting the NHS, boy they must have kahones to do that. B-P The NHS is a joke.
That part about the NHS could have been left out.
“Good Lord, the National Health System is saluted.”
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No kidding. I was watching the Canadian version, which came on earlier, but I couldn’t post for various reasons.
The guy in the top hat reading from a book was apparently some famous figure in the Industrial Revolution who is “revered” in England.
As for the salute to the National Health System, I almost gagged. I thought, I have GOT to get on to FR later when it’s on in the US to post this: “The next time the U.S. hosts the Olympics, I doubt they’ll do a musical extravaganza to Obamacare.”
The entire night I was teasing my Canadian husband. When it was on, I was saying, perhaps I’ll do a tap dance for Obamacare at this point.
It was unbelievable. The Canadian commentators were saying it was a “national point of pride” for England or some such. They tried to soften it by tying it in to Peter Pan, but please! That was revolting and by far the worst performance of the night.
Oh, and by the way, I am sending an email to CTV, the Canadian station. The woman commentator said that the man acknowledged at the end of the house party invented the Internet. Sorry, the U.S. did. However, I learned something tonight, as computer illiterate as I am. The U.S. invented the Internet, but apparently this man created the World Wide Web, which is a sort of application that runs on the Internet. Like many, I confused the Internet with the World Wide Web. I always thought the Internet was a military invention, and it seems part of it has morphed into something useful for civilians. Again, the rest of the world can thank the U.S. for creating something that others can build upon. :)
I apologize in advance for any facts I have gotten wrong. I don’t know much about computers but I do remember the days of bulletin boards, etc., when pcs first became popular. I guess the transition was so quick and or unnoticeable for civilians that people like me confused the two.
Anyway, looking forward to a great Olympics! And may I say, excuse me while I waltz away to bed humming an homage to Obamacare. ;)