Lucky 8's?

In China, the number 8 is a sign of luck, which is why they chose 8/8/08 to begin the Olympics in Beijing. It's supposed to be the luckiest day of the century.

Unfortunately, China has been hammered over the last several weeks and months with unlucky things like devastating earthquakes, terrible weather, tsunami warnings, a huge algae probelm in the ocean (caused by excessive pollution and human waste), air quality that resembles another planet, and pollution so bad that China has ordered many factories to be shut down for the last month. They are even shooting special cannisters into the atmosphere to attempt to clear the air. And certain athletes have been denied travel-visas due to their political points of view.

So China, all I can say is..... Good Luck!