China: Olympic Torch Begins Its Journey in Beijing

NYT ^ | 04/01/08 | JIM YARDLEY

[TigerLikesRooster]

President Hu Jintao of China with the Olympic torch at a ceremony in Tiananmen Square.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Vaquero]

BOYCOTT BEIJING 2008!!!

[Sender]

"First stop on what Beijing is calling a “Journey of Harmony” will be Lhasa, the Tibetan capital still simmering from violent anti-government protests."

Journey of Harmony. To Tibet. I would laugh, but it's too sad.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Communists love bold-faced irony.

[the anti-liberal]

Irony, it would seem, is without boundaries.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

A relative just back from business in Beijing tells me the plan is to shut down every major pollution source for three weeks prior to the games.

The air is so unhealthy, he was astonished to see a weather forecast of “sunny” when he arrived at his hotel - he mistook the pollution for hazy overcast.

[Red in Blue PA]

Alternate Title: Torch for Genocide Games 2008 Begins its Journey

[TigerLikesRooster]

I suspect that they will partially depopulate the city during that time as well. Slash car traffic and foot traffic.

[Red in Blue PA]

And our leaders stand by silently.

Not sad. Pathetic!

[snarks_when_bored]

China dares the world to do anything about their Tibet horror show.

And the world whimpers...

[snarks_when_bored]

China: Olympic Torch Begins Its Journey in Beijing

One has to wonder whether the Chinese have any chinks in their armor...

[TigerLikesRooster]

You know, my hunch is that, when Hank Paulson sees Hu Jintao, all he can see is money, lots and lots of money.:-)

[bobjam]

No good will come from a boycott. It was a mistake to boycott Moscow and it would be a mistake to boycott Beijing.

[snarks_when_bored]

No doubt.

[Red in Blue PA]

So you march hand in hand with evil????

Sactions against South Africa should never have been taken?

[Vaquero]

then boycott it for the air quality if human rights are not your bag.

The air there is unbreathable especially for those in athletic competition.

Personaly? I want it boycotted just to rankle their collective(ist) @sses.

[DoughtyOne]

I have never considered it a mistake to boycott the U.S.S.R. olympics. They had just invaded another neighbor state during the high point of the cold war.

If our nation won’t take stands at times like that, or times like this with another paria state, then what do we stand for?

Like a person, a nation that won’t take a stand stands for nothing.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The Olympics are BOOOORRRIIINNNGGG!

[Vaquero]

AMEN Angeles...AMEN!