Come on over for some Chinese “Home Cookin”

Well… Bella is mad, and so should everyone who appreciates gymnastics. This time we are not talking about age, though she does not look like she’s 20, we are talking about falling down. During the event we saw some of the most awkward falls of the competition, and for the most part these falls were penalized appropriately, but for the Chinese girl (thus the “Home Cookin” title) an obvious fall was not penalized. I really dislike people who cheat, and Bella told it like it was a “Rip Off.” How can two little steps, hurt someone more than a fall to your knees? Maybe I don’t understand something about gymnastics, but when people fall in other events, the announcers always seem to think it is a bad thing. Maybe the pollution in Beijing blinded all the judges for a moment. Then again, maybe, sense everything happens so quickly in gymnastics, all the judges blinked at the same time and missed the fall… hum… Wait… they have instant replay, they used it a lot during the other exercises to give extra points to the Chinese and take points away from the U.S., they should have used it here. Maybe they did.

Maybe the issue here is bigger than gymnastics and Alicia is just the person who is having to face the change in reality. Just as Aquaman (Phelps) was “destined” as some say to win all those gold metals, quite possibly the not so hot reputation the U.S. has in the international community has caused the judges to automatically score the U.S. athletes lower than others. Phelps could not be marked down because he was racing the clock. Hum… Conspiracy Theory? Sounds like one to me. I may be mistaken, but I don’t remember many metals at all given to U.S. athletes that were based on a scoring system. Everything I remember us winning came from timed events. I think this is a good theory.

Till I decide to write again.