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IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games
International Herald Tribune ^ | July 30, 2008 | Andrew Jacobs

Posted on 07/30/2008 6:57:56 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

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Just as everyone has long suspected...the IOC is nothing mroe than a pack of greedy hypocrites.
1 posted on 07/30/2008 6:57:57 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

bunch of whores


2 posted on 07/30/2008 6:58:36 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Think the commie bastards allow Freerepublic?


3 posted on 07/30/2008 6:59:06 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: indcons; TigerLikesRooster; Tiger_eye; Army Air Corps; JACKRUSSELL

Just FYI fellas...


4 posted on 07/30/2008 7:00:11 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: pissant

There are a number of ChiCom trolls who say that they do, but I seriously doubt it.


5 posted on 07/30/2008 7:01:53 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

If this had happened in the US, there would howling like you have not heard, from both the IOC and the media.


6 posted on 07/30/2008 7:05:15 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: pissant

The Chicoms will leave Daily Kos and other DNC/Soros organs alone, but I’d guess FR will be “detuned”.


7 posted on 07/30/2008 7:05:52 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Over the years I've had friends/associates go to China, gain net access, and then check on various American political and science sites.

Sometimes we're accessible and sometimes we're not.

No doubt the Chicoms have "watchers" assigned to check what we have going, and sometimes I think we win them over ~ someday we'll have a Chinese dissenter show up in this country who's going to know about it.

8 posted on 07/30/2008 7:08:23 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

What would the Olympics be if all the journalists reporting the event and the related cultural stories would just leave?

A little censorship is ok according to the IOC? Just who determines what is censored, and how far are free people willing to accomodate the oppressive commies?

I think a tv boycott would be of great value. Send a message to the advertisers that we do not appreciate their support of commie dictators and human rights abuse, enabled by their sponsorship.


9 posted on 07/30/2008 7:12:44 PM PDT by o_zarkman44
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; All

Why do I have a feeling that this Olympics is going to be the mother of all disasters..


10 posted on 07/30/2008 7:12:47 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Hey Barak... I'm a citizen of the US not the WORLD!!!!!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Can someone please, for cryingoutloud, explain to me why the hell the U.S. is even going to these lousy Chinese-fouled games this year?

More civil rights (well, if they had any in China) have been the subject of violation in the months leading up to this disaster then have ever been in bold view of the world before.

Where are the international civil rights organizations???

Where are the groups who decried Gitmo, and who condemn the U.S. ever chance they get?

China had taken the Olympics as an opportune moment to really crack down on their citizens in numerous ways. Why the hell are we supporting that repression by going?

And besides that... What idiots thought China was a good choice for the Olympics? (I guess the dictators who coincidentally comprise the U.N.’s human rights council...)


11 posted on 07/30/2008 7:12:55 PM PDT by seanrobins (blog.seanrobins.com)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

(I)nternational (O)pologists for (C)hina

(Yes, I know thank you, and you know who you are ;-) )


12 posted on 07/30/2008 7:13:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I'm a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 1, who won't be voting for McCain.)
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>>>Why do I have a feeling that this Olympics is going to be the mother of all disasters..

Because you have common sense, eyes, and can see what is staring all of us in the face.

I for one will not be watching any of this disaster-to-be on tv.


13 posted on 07/30/2008 7:14:06 PM PDT by seanrobins (blog.seanrobins.com)
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To: muawiyah; All
No doubt the Chicoms have "watchers" assigned to check what we have going,

It's worse than that dude...!

China’s Guerrilla War for the Web

A few FRiends and I hunt out ChiCom trolls on this forum as soemthing of a past time. There have always been a few lurking around. But ever since that big earthquake in March, well over a hundred of them have signed up on FR. They initially provided firsthand details about the quake to garner sympathy and support, but they then slipped into propaganda mode and began spouting off such non-sense like Red China is not all that bad, Tibet is full of Nazis and terrorists, and Falun Gong is a cult.

FR is indeed a BIG target of the massive ChiCom propaganda machine in its drive to try and influence American popular opinion. We need to keep our defenses up and our powder dry!

14 posted on 07/30/2008 7:16:06 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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Well I will not be watching the Olympics until they bring Football as an Olympic event.. I find the whole thing boring anyway..


15 posted on 07/30/2008 7:16:50 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Hey Barak... I'm a citizen of the US not the WORLD!!!!!)
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To: seanrobins

The same folks who thought Hitler’s Germany was morally equivalent to other Western Nations, are today convinced that China is morally equivalent to today’s Western Nations.

It’s all the same cabal of socialist globalists adrift in a sea of moral relativity.

They honestly don’t see any difference between China and say... the United States. China is a respected player on the world stage. The U.S. is a warmonger nation.

They actually think the U.S. is the problem, not China.


16 posted on 07/30/2008 7:17:34 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I'm a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 1, who won't be voting for McCain.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Some of the Falun Gong critics are Sorros agents.


17 posted on 07/30/2008 7:18:14 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: pissant

I’m in China now, talking to you on FR. No problem accessing this site since coming here in June.


18 posted on 07/30/2008 7:19:43 PM PDT by compound w
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That’s odd. Considering the complete disdain for China and communism that is often on display here. I hope they try to invade Taiwan so we have reason to decimate their military machine.


20 posted on 07/30/2008 7:26:06 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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