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UPDATES FROM DRUDGE

Posted by Gene on Thursday, August 07, 2008 6:05:14 PM

UPDATES FROM DRUDGE

Dems must think the Enquirer’s stories about Always-the-Bridesmaid John Edwards and his shenanigans may have some credibility:  http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/46637.html.  He may not get to speak at the Dem convention unless he clears up the mess.  Can anyone say DNA test?

Record chill in Maui (64 degrees–Hey!  It’s Hawaii!) puts a damper on “Global Warming:”  http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/506834.html?nav=10.  Algore will no doubt say the cooling is a direct result of the warming due to the influence of the global framistat on the planet’s thingamajig.

Speaker Pelosi’s book isn’t selling much better than mine:  http://drudgereport.com/flashnpb.htm.  Then again she is too busy trying to save the planet to promote her book whereas I am only trying to save the United States.

Mist, the Chinese word for filthy air, is back in Beijing, as if it ever left: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_china_pollution.  A new Olympic sport could be synchronized breathing!

Former President Bubba blames the economy for “unhealthy eating:”  http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/08/06/news/080708lrclintonfood.txt.  Smile when you say that, Bubba, and move away from that Big Mac and supersized fries!
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OLYMPICS PART THREE: CHINA–LET THE GAMES BEGIN, BUT WHY THERE?

Posted by Gene on Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:19:27 AM

OLYMPICS PART THREE: CHINA–LET THE GAMES BEGIN, BUT WHY THERE?

Published July 24th, 2008

If all the hype about the meaning and reasoning behind the Olympics ever meant anything,  (See Part One), why, just a few generations after the inception of the modern Olympiad, was Hitler’s Germany awarded the 1936 Games? 

Why were the 1980 Olympics held in the U.S.S.R., a nation which had an obscene record of terror, international intrigue, militarism,  and repression in Eastern Europe, and which had invaded Afghanistan less than a year earlier.

And why in the name of God were this summer’s Olympics bestowed upon the warlike, autocratic, and repressive People’s Republic of China?

Aside from the fact China...
 
(For the rest of this article, please see http://genelalor.com/)
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THE OLYMPICS PART TWO: SCANDALS AND CONTROVERSIES

Posted by Gene on Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:43:55 AM

OLYMPICS PART TWO: SCANDALS AND CONTROVERSIES

Published July 20th, 2008

Idealism is an admirable quality. 

The reality is, despite the idealistic dreams of the founder of the modern Olympiad and the current members of the IOC, the Games have never approached the “equality of sports which are international and democratic” nor have they ever come close to their goal of contributing “to building a peaceful and better world.”  Would that it were so, but it isn’t so.

In fact, for many decades now, the Olympics have been a venue for nationalistic propaganda, racism, boycotts, drug use, terrorism, and just downright cheating. 

This site lists the “worsts,”  including Jesse Owens infuriating Hitler in Berlin in 1936, Black Panthers infuriating America with their insulting salute in 1968, the slaughter of Israeli athletes in 1972, nations trading boycotts in 2000 and 2004, as well as various fixes, phony judges and judging, and trailer trash Tonya Harding’s knee-capping Nancy Kerrigan in 1994:  http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/12304/Sports++Recreation/Top+10+Olympic+Scandals+and+Controversies.aspx

But those only represent the tip of the Olympic Scandal Iceberg.  As the passengers on the Titanic discovered, the most obvious isn’t always the worst.  The Olympics’ iceberg is wide and deep and treacherous.

Should we end what has become a biennial festival?  Of course not.  What we should end is the charade that it’s fair and unbiased and that it fosters “a peaceful and better world.” 

(For those who enjoy quizzes, this one on Olympic scandals, try http://quizzes.familyeducation.com/olympic-games/law/55595.html)

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THE OLYMPICS PART ONE: BACKGROUND

Posted by Gene on Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:37:01 PM

THE OLYMPICS PART ONE: BACKGROUND

Published July 19th, 2008

As we approach the August 8th opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the XXIX Games of the Olympiad in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, it seems fitting to try to understand exactly what these “games” are.  Their history may be examined on various websites, one of the best being http://www.musarium.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/.

The Official Website of the Olympic Movement declares:  “Olympism is a state of mind based on equality of sports which are international and democratic.
It is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind.
The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised without discrimination or any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fairplay.”

And thus spake the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, in 1919:  ”All sports for all people. This is surely a phrase that people will consider foolishly utopian. That prospect troubles me not at all. I have pondered and studied it at length, and know that it is correct and possible.”  

“The future,”  commented the Official Website, “proved him right.”  (http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp)

Oh, really? 

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