Winter Olympic Opening

What a disappointment the opening ceremonies were.   What they presented as typical Canadian culture was anything but typical.  Certainly foreign to most Canadians.   There was no mention of the Christian values that built this country, our laws, and our culture.  As more and more we are throwing out those values, the country has been spiraling downward in a rapid decay of morality.

I was hoping that Stephen Harper would throw out the first snowball.  Someone was sitting behind him that looked like a wild turkey had flown through his ears and got stuck in his head. 

In this high-tech age, do we really need to lip-sync everything?  Nobody there would have made the podium for that skill. The mics were not big enough to hide the goofs.

Congratulations are due to Phil Robertson (a classmate in school and friend in my youth) for making the orchestra and being the drummer of choice for all of Canada. Well done Phil! 

The best we as a country can do is a homosexual singing "Hallelujah"? (which means "Praise the Lord!") ...  Is that hypocrisy or irony of Olympic proportion? I spoke with a friend who thought she was a man. Let's not speculate.

It was great to see Bobby Orr - "the best hockey player of all time" there.  And my wife's classmate in high school Wayne Gretzky (a close second) as well.  Phil also went to West Humber C.I. ... makes me wonder who else at the opening ceremonies went there?

The mechanical problem with the final lighting of the cauldron has been glossed over, but it was apparent that the people standing there were upset with the problems.  The replays have been cropped so you cannot see the hole in the stage, and they just show the top becoming lit.  If they didn't have the outdoor one with all 4 pillars people may not have even noticed there was a problem.  It reminded me of the SkyDome opening, where the roof did not close fast enough and the rain hit the stage and the dancers were slipping and falling.

There was a speech where someone said that young Olympic athletes are the role models and hope for people all over the world.  Really?  Hope?  They are just people with the same faults as any other person.  Some are cheaters, use drugs, foul language, steroids, etc.  The message many portray is win at all costs.  This is not the message to send to young people.  They need role models with character. 

It was wonderful that they had a moment of silence to remember the man who died earlier that day.  Too bad the gospel was not presented as well.  Jesus is the hope for all mankind.  Not athletes.  There are no guarantees for tomorrow ... no matter what your circumstances nor age.