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Posted on 04/08/2008 8:20:28 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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I can’t believe it, the chicoms are just making their image even worse with these bully-boys.
By the time the torch makes it to Beijing their whole image-burnishing project will be in tatters.
That said, I do not think Dubya should act on Hillary’s suggestion and blow off the ceremonies. That’s just more of the well-known phenomenon of democrats giving pubbies friendly advice on how to cut their own throats.
It kind of works for the London leg of the relay though.
In a Clockwork Orange kind of way. ;^)
Great graphic. May the legacy of China’s bloody ways haunt the torch all the way to Beijing and beyond.
I hate to think we are letting ChiCom storm troopers into our country to beat up our protesters.
“By the time the torch makes it to Beijing their whole image-burnishing project will be in tatters.”
Not if the IOC decides to stop the international torch relay and just send the torch to China.
I would rather we kick thier sorry butts in the games, than boycott anything. China is a current reality, no amount of boycotting will change that. We’ve made our choice. It’s either war, or openess, in contrast to thier system. We chose openess, through both of our major parties. If opneness (glastnost) doesn’t change them, then I suppose it will be war.
Meanwhile, we are competitors.
Sigh.... I miss the 60's. Hippies used to get the "baton of love" upside their head on a regular basis. Those were the days!
I think Coe was the first to break the 4 minute mile. He is “a Great” of running. Can't believe the Chi-Coms treated him like an “errand boy”.
Maybe there will be an athelete who will just put the torch on the ground and walk away.
It seems like host countries have demanded no protocols from the vile Communists.
ChiCom thuggery.
In a way I give the ChiComs credit for foreseeing such flame hijacking and deploying a flying wedge of thugs to stiff arm protesters
China or any other countries like them always want to convince others that there is nothing they can do, and they should give up. It is exactly what emboldens them and go up to the next level, trying to control your behaviors. After all, there is nothing you can do about it, short of all-out war, right?
You have a good point, and your analogy is well taken.
Pass the popcorn and a large helping of Schardenfreude.
Chinese methods are at once crude, evil, yet effective:
Propaganda, Deception, and the ‘Riots’ in Lhasa, China
When the Dalai Lama visited the temple across Cerrillos Road in view of our porch the Foresters with Free Tibet stickers stretched to both horizons--yet these yuppos no doubt would remain loyal supporters of Frau Mao.
So much angst over Four Dead in Oh-High-Oh at Kent State but little note of thousands at Tiananmen and 130 other sites June 3-4, 1989.
Who can believe Tibetans, Falun Gong and student democracy advocates "attack" the vaunted Peoples Liberation Army or the chivalrous police squads who baton Falun Gong old ladies into purple tuna.
Suspension of disbelief?
That is buying into the Potemkin Olympic kabuki.
Remember that PLAN closed weather stations of China's sailing competitors U.S., UK, Australia.
Fair trade?
We will send squads of videocam-toting cheerleaders to beat these Beijing blue boys until magenta spots replace their faces.
They block youtube and are retargetting bloggers.
Matrix Four: The Torch is Passed.
Maybe we can hire them to protect our border.
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