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Rogge says Olympics in 'crisis' ("But the IOC has weathered many bigger storms.")
AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/10/08 | Stephen Wilson - ap

Posted on 04/10/2008 3:01:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 04/10/2008 3:01:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Munich, Moscow, and now Beijing

He is right, they have been out there taking live fire before..


2 posted on 04/10/2008 3:02:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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"It is a crisis, there is no doubt about that," IOC President Jacques Rogge said Thursday. "But the IOC has weathered many bigger storms."

At the same time, Rogge called on China to respect its "moral engagement" to improve human rights and to fulfill promises of greater media freedom. He also reaffirmed the right of free speech for athletes at the Beijing Games.

3 posted on 04/10/2008 3:04:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wanna make your voice count in protesting Tibet crackdowns? Try boycotting Walmart and any other “Made in China” label.


4 posted on 04/10/2008 3:04:44 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
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Next up..

on the Olympic Torch Gauntlet.. Argentina

A police officer instructs a cameraman to stand back during the arrival of the Olympic torch in Buenos Aires' International airport April 10, 2008. Argentina readied thousands of police on Thursday to guard the Olympic torch on the next stop of its world tour as calls grew for world leaders to boycott the Games' opening ceremony over China's human rights record. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA)

5 posted on 04/10/2008 3:10:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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Next up..

on the Olympic Torch Gauntlet.. Argentina

A police officer instructs a cameraman to stand back during the arrival of the Olympic torch in Buenos Aires' International airport April 10, 2008. Argentina readied thousands of police on Thursday to guard the Olympic torch on the next stop of its world tour as calls grew for world leaders to boycott the Games' opening ceremony over China's human rights record. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA)

6 posted on 04/10/2008 3:10:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Bushwacker777
I won't be distracted by this meaningless circus sideshow with this country about to be saddled with a president who is unfit for the office.
7 posted on 04/10/2008 3:11:48 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m shocked Rogge could find the time to comment on this inbetween spending all the bribe money Putin gave him to get the 2014 winter olympics located in a small russian farm town thats sewer explodes on a regular basis.

I’m sure Putin promised the IOC the same things China did. Bwhahahahaha!!! The IOC, the only organization that can compete with the UN when it comes to fraud and corruption.


8 posted on 04/10/2008 3:25:17 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: NormsRevenge
In 1996 I was living in Georgia. A local town had passed a resolution against same sex marriages.

The Olympic torch was scheduled to go through that town but they told the city they would have to withdraw that resolution before they would do so. I wish they had told them where to stick that torch but instead they capitulated to the radicals.

Ever since the Olymnpics banned South Africa while still allowing every single brutal dictatorship, I haven't kept up with the Olympics at all.

9 posted on 04/10/2008 4:17:10 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: NormsRevenge
Frankly — the Olympics lost all credibility as an honest contest between amateur athletes, a LONG time ago..

Why?

1. Political/Government “sponsorship” and life long “training” from childhood to produce “national treasures” to compete.

2. Drugs, Blood Doping, steroids and ?????? techniques yet undiscovered.

3. Sending Adult PROFESSIONAL athletes to compete against THEIR PROFESSIONAL athletes.

4. Synchronized swimming?

5. Cities using the event as a means to rebuild their professional sports venues.

6. Olympic Committee “Officials” caught taking bribes to favor one city over another..

7. Etc, etc, etc......

It's a hell of a lot more fun, more accessible, cheaper and more honest competition of Amateurs to go to your local middle or high school and watch THOSE games...

10 posted on 04/10/2008 4:32:29 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat
I agree with everything about the "amateur" part.

The whole concept of the Olympic games as a spectacle of amateur sports was really a silly relic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rules requiring athletes to compete as amateurs were really aimed at limiting the participation in these events to wealthy people (the "idle rich") who had the time and money to train for competition while all the "regular people" were working for a living.

11 posted on 04/10/2008 4:38:16 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: river rat

Correction: I agree with everything you posted EXCEPT the “amateur” part.


12 posted on 04/10/2008 4:39:03 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: river rat
It's a hell of a lot more fun, more accessible, cheaper and more honest competition of Amateurs to go to your local middle or high school and watch THOSE games...

You can add local American Legion & firehouse ball games to that, too.

13 posted on 04/10/2008 4:42:41 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: Bushwacker777

I can’t boycott the Olympics over Tibet as I was already doing such due to China poisoning our food, our kid’s toys, and our pets. Did people forget about those?


14 posted on 04/10/2008 4:55:25 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: NormsRevenge

If they can’t take this, they shouldn’t have sited the Olympics in a hellhole.


15 posted on 04/10/2008 5:16:43 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: Alberta's Child
"........the Olympics lost all credibility as an honest contest between amateur athletes, a LONG time ago..

My "long time ago" -- reaches all the way back to about A.D. 383 -- the end of the original Olympics, which were open to all free Greek speaking men could participate...

16 posted on 04/10/2008 5:19:17 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: NormsRevenge

It really is a shame that such a great culture of the world had to become a oppressive Marxist dictatorship. A just China could hold an Olympics which would be spectacular. But alas they are obsessed with keeping the peaceful Tibetans in chains.


17 posted on 04/10/2008 5:37:18 PM PDT by montag813
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Q: Where did the idea for the Olympic torch relay originate?
A: In the mind of propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, in 1936. Hitler approved.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999374/posts

18 posted on 04/10/2008 5:39:49 PM PDT by XR7
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To: montag813
But alas they are obsessed with keeping the peaceful Tibetans in chains.

As well as their own people.

19 posted on 04/10/2008 5:41:46 PM PDT by XR7
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