The 1936 Berlin Olympics were a showcase for the Nazis and Hitler depended heavily on his chief architect to design stadiums in the spirit of the 3rd Reich. Leni Riefenstahl's movie TRIUMPH OF THE WILL lovingly portrays that fascist vision of the new world order and in 2008 the Chinese have returned to that spirit with Albert' Speer Jr as the mastermind behind the Beijing Games.
Big.
Orderly.
Impressive.
That's the Speer flare for bringing out the inherent megalomania of the Chinese Central Committee.
Sieg Heil Chairman Mao.
Oh yeah, and George Bush's grandfather did business with the Nazis too.
My teenage girlfriend in Paris, Candia, used to ask, "When are they going to stop making Nazi movies?"
When they finally go away.
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