''This much is clear: the Olympic games don't work like they did 80 years ago,'' German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier said according to an advance copy of the article made available by Bild Friday.
''You can't just host glamorous events for television while things are going topsy-turvy in your own backyard. The host has to allow thousands of journalists into the country -- you won't be able to sweep anything under the rug.''
The Germans know well how Hitler used the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin for propaganda purposes.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
Boycott Wal Mart
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Wow!
Their press are spokeswhores for the Administration just like ours.
Small world.
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
yeah.. dictatorships are usually like that.
and just think.. they have used our money (the crap we buy is made in China, and Bush borrows billions from them almost on a daily basis) to enforce this crackdown.
small world indeed.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
Let's not forget Wal*Mart has donated half a million to the Clinton Foundation. I'm sure that has nothing to do with wanting to keep government regulation and import oversight off the table, right?
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
To show our appreciation, can we give them Dana Perino?
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
The coalition of the bribed ...err willing.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
ya beat me to it, nice job. :)
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
Is this Chinese code for "coalition of the willing"?
China is learning fast. If you label them as "terr'ists" then you're off, scot-free.
BorninUSA
· 1 year ago
Lead in toys, poison in pet food, poison in blood thinning medicine. What is it going to take before this administration stops this insanity. One thing that might do it is if Cheney gets hold of some of that tainted heart medicine.
TXgoldstarmother
· 1 year ago
I too used to be a Hillary supporter. But three crucial issues convinced me to never support either Clinton ever again.
1. Bill conceded several trade exemptions to the Chinese during the 90's that directly led to increased harrassment and subjugation of the indigenous Tebetans.
2. Bill and Hill were directly linked to creating a racist negative ad in which they darkened Obama's skin tone and widened his nose to appeal to the most bigoted nature of the Hillary supporters.
3. When the White House logs were released against Hillary's attempts to hide them, they showed without a doubt that she was INSIDE the White House during Bill's tryst with the young intern and his crime of perjury when questioned about it. Hillary was THERE and cannot deny it any more.
fostert
· 1 year ago
I'm a little surprised Israel hasn't come out in support of China. You'd think countries illegally occupying a foreign culture would stick together. Although Israel probably doesn't want to draw that comparison.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Obama and Pelosi. the only two political figures to say anything about Tibet this week.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Like Saddam in Kuwait...only we owe them a shitload of money?
TomsOld
· 1 year ago
I sometimes feel it is not right to talk about Human rights in Tibet when we have violated the rights of Iraq citizens.
grandma
· 1 year ago
OT Some good news:
PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has quickly made up the deficit he faced with Hillary Clinton earlier this week, with the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on Democratic presidential nomination preferences showing 48% of Democratic voters favoring Obama and 45% Clinton.
From Saudi Arabia to China to the US...from one authoritarian govt to another. Remember, plastics are the future.
When you need plastic, or the petroleum from which it comes, you support authoritarianism. It's no wonder that China is having fun with capitalism and enriching a few at the expense of the many. They don't mind all that help from American capitalists, either, who could care less about Tibet.
After all, Bush is going to the Olympics and China will greet him with open arms and have their checkbook open to help support his illegal wars.
Station_Agent
· 1 year ago
Gee we really fell down in the job in 1959 when China took Tibet. Where was the domino theory then? Why didn't we have a 10 year quagmire in the mountains? Guess we just didn't get the memo. Or maybe dominoes don't fall properly off mountains that big.
jr
· 1 year ago
China needs to lose their most favored nation trade status. Their neo-dark ages barbarism knows no bounds
Bub
· 1 year ago
China's occupation of Tibet is the problem. What is the solution?
If the Dalia Lama becomes the ruler of Tibet, is that not like taking one dictator and replacing it with another?
What is the proper solution that we should all be advocating for in Tibet? Democratic autonomy? Independent Democracy? Or Independent theocratic monarchy?
Just want to know up front what we are all advocating for, just in case we get what we wish?
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-German...
''This much is clear: the Olympic games don't work like they did 80 years ago,'' German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier said according to an advance copy of the article made available by Bild Friday.
''You can't just host glamorous events for television while things are going topsy-turvy in your own backyard. The host has to allow thousands of journalists into the country -- you won't be able to sweep anything under the rug.''
The Germans know well how Hitler used the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin for propaganda purposes.
Their press are spokeswhores for the Administration just like ours.
Small world.
and just think.. they have used our money (the crap we buy is made in China, and Bush borrows billions from them almost on a daily basis) to enforce this crackdown.
small world indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_w...
1. Bill conceded several trade exemptions to the Chinese during the 90's that directly led to increased harrassment and subjugation of the indigenous Tebetans.
2. Bill and Hill were directly linked to creating a racist negative ad in which they darkened Obama's skin tone and widened his nose to appeal to the most bigoted nature of the Hillary supporters.
3. When the White House logs were released against Hillary's attempts to hide them, they showed without a doubt that she was INSIDE the White House during Bill's tryst with the young intern and his crime of perjury when questioned about it. Hillary was THERE and cannot deny it any more.
Some good news:
PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has quickly made up the deficit he faced with Hillary Clinton earlier this week, with the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on Democratic presidential nomination preferences showing 48% of Democratic voters favoring Obama and 45% Clinton.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/105529/Gallup-Daily-...
When you need plastic, or the petroleum from which it comes, you support authoritarianism. It's no wonder that China is having fun with capitalism and enriching a few at the expense of the many. They don't mind all that help from American capitalists, either, who could care less about Tibet.
After all, Bush is going to the Olympics and China will greet him with open arms and have their checkbook open to help support his illegal wars.
If the Dalia Lama becomes the ruler of Tibet, is that not like taking one dictator and replacing it with another?
What is the proper solution that we should all be advocating for in Tibet? Democratic autonomy? Independent Democracy? Or Independent theocratic monarchy?
Just want to know up front what we are all advocating for, just in case we get what we wish?