Posted on 04/08/2008 7:04:20 PM PDT by minus_273
It wasnt long ago that Berkely, CA declared the US Marines invaders and asked them to leave.
Tomorrow the Chinese People''s Liberation Army will parade through San Francisco where the authorities are welcoming them with open arms. I know this is california, but anyone else find this incrediby weird, even by california standards?
You've all seen these guys in the blue and white tracksuits (uniforms?), shades and ear peices. Apparently they are members of the elite "Flame Guards" comprised of counter terrorist troops from the chinese military. Apparently they are jerks too:
Lord Coe blasts 'horrible Chinese thugs' who barged their way through London as IOC considers scrapping the relay
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...e_id=1770&ct=5
best quote from a runner carrying the torch: Quote:
Miss Huq, one of 80 torchbearers said: "The men in blue perplexed everyone. Nobody seemed to know who they were officially or what their title was. They were very robotic, very full on, and I noticed them having skirmishes with our own police and the Olympic authorities before our leg of the relay, which was confusing.
"They were barking orders at me, like 'Run! Stop!' and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, who are these people?'
"They kept pushing my hand up higher when I was holding the torch, so they were...interesting." "
Amazing how dung attracts flies — the socialist capital of California is no different.
more info on he goons:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_re_as/torch_men_in_blue
nice torch relay of harmony
“At least one torchbearer said she clashed with the squad, and others have criticized their heavy-handed tactics.
Yolaine De La Bigne, a French environmental journalist who was a torchbearer in Paris, told The Associated Press she tried to wear a headband with a Tibetan flag, but the Chinese agents ripped it away from her.
“It was seen and then, after four seconds, all the Chinese security pounced on me. There were at least five or six (of them). They started to get angry” and shouted “No! No! No!” in English, she said.
De La Bigne tried to push several agents away as they grabbed her arm. She said two French athletes who are martial arts experts tried to help her and clashed briefly with the security detail.”
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The Olympics squad is composed of two groups: 30 members covering the torch route outside China, and 40 handling the relay inside China, according to China News Service.
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The people in Sodom by the Bay should be in ecstasy when they experience a taste of real Communist authority.
the identity of these folk is making it to Wednesdays WSJ and London times:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120765486995597695.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3671368.ece
a hostile foreign military unit marching in a US city never thought i’d see the day
Rice-a-Roni anyone?
There was an FR thread not too long ago where the Aussies told the Chinese that in Australia, torch security would be provided by Australia.
The SF fruits and nuts are getting a positively sexual stimulus role playing Tibetans.
Indeed. It’s what they want for the rest of us.
Nonetheless, someone at the IOC has a sense of humor. Why were the cities of London, Paris, SF, among others, chosen for the route? Why not other cities where protests are not so common?
Suggestion - arrest one of these guys. Find out who is, and who comes to pick him up....
Not surprising they chose SF.
Think I’ll sit by the t.v. this afternoon and watch to party.
Crazies in Frisco are going to at least be entertaining.
1pm on the east coast still no show. I hear they are keeping the route and timing a secret.
America needs to put on the biggest protest. I want fireworks!
USA USA USA :D
I am in SF and am listening to a scanner. The cops are busy with large groups on the move. It sounds like game on
nothign on any of the news sites yet unfortunately. I need some video :D
grab the torch needs to start.
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