Aug 24 2008
Nation now regrets ignoring ‘Made in China’ stickers
(Bejing, China) As the last firework dies out in the sky above the Bird’s Nest a stunned United States takes a moment to reflect. With China winning, for the first time, the most gold medals of any country, the nation is left wondering, “Is this the end? Is this the end of our short dominance of the Summer Olympics?”
It was just a short 20 years ago that China wasn’t even among the top ten countries in the medal count, and now they lead all other countries in gold medals. Many Olympic commentators are pointing to the immense investment China made in ‘Project 119′; an ambitious plan to focus on the competitions in swimming, track and field, and water events such as canoe and sailboat which represented 119 gold medals in past Olympic Games. Many are saying that what we have witnessed is the birth of a new Olympic super-power.
The Fake News Nightly went to the streets to get some reactions to these historic 2008 Olympics. Here are some of the reactions:
“Oh man, the Olympics were on? Are they over? Did I miss ‘em. Oh damn.”
“I know who to blame for this embarrassment! I blame Walmart. Man all they sell is crap made in China. They’re taking all the profits we send to them buying crap we don’t need and they are buying themselves gold medals. We’re shopping at Walmart for cheap toys and they are shopping in the Olympics for gold medals.”
“You know, I never really noticed it. But I heard a reporter mention something about a lot of products being made in China. So I started looking around my house and there wasn’t one thing I turned over that didn’t have ‘Made in China’ stamped on it. Oh dear that’s troublesome; have you heard the new season of American Idol starts in January 2009?”
