Totalitarianism: It Makes The Buses Run On Time!

Thank God I am not the only one willing to point out that these Olympics Games were a dismal failure on the only level that matters: the "big picture" level.

Martin Samuel of the Times Online writes of how clueless rubes like IOC Boss Jacques Rogge are when it comes to understand WHY the Chinese were able to put on such a good "show" in Beijing.

Official reports state, however, that the 31,000 people that lost homes or land are delighted to be making this sacrifice. "The legacy of these Games is ultimately up to the Chinese people," Rogge added, but that is a lie too. Nothing can be decided by an oppressed people.

What happens next in China is no more determined by its citizens than the destiny of Iraq was in the hands of Iraqis. The West got rid of Saddam Hussein, not the locals. When the eyes of the world turn from Beijing, this regime will go back to its old ways quicker than a Jamaican sprinter out of the blocks.

REACT: But, on the other hand, all the checks have cleared! So that's a good thing!