Comments on: We didn’t start the fire… http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/ Exploring U.S. politics through opened eyes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-8919 Administrator Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:13:33 +0000 http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/#comment-8919 Seems that there is a Congressman submitting a bill to keep President Bush from going to the games. H.R. 5668 submitted by Rep. Thaddeus McCotter. Seems that there is a Congressman submitting a bill to keep President Bush from going to the games. H.R. 5668 submitted by Rep. Thaddeus McCotter.

]]> By: Administrator http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-8918 Administrator Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:02:52 +0000 http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/#comment-8918 Well, you would hope that such items were taken into account prior to awarding the host nation with the games. I guess at the time the award came out, Tibet wasn't as much as a powder keg as it has been in the past few months. I still believe that there would be protests against China since the "Free Tibet" movement has been so strong for ages. But people do need to learn to focus their outrage better. They are attacking their own people and national pride by trying to gain access to the torch. It is a shame. Well, you would hope that such items were taken into account prior to awarding the host nation with the games. I guess at the time the award came out, Tibet wasn’t as much as a powder keg as it has been in the past few months. I still believe that there would be protests against China since the “Free Tibet” movement has been so strong for ages. But people do need to learn to focus their outrage better. They are attacking their own people and national pride by trying to gain access to the torch. It is a shame.

]]> By: Big D http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-8874 Big D Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:00:32 +0000 http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2008/04/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/#comment-8874 It is amazing how an event that is supposed to bring the world together is so easily hijacked for advancing one's political view. Should China have been rewarded with the Olympics? I do not think so. However, the Olympic committee decided it should. OK. If you don't like it, PROTEST THEM. The atheletes, the honorary torch bearers, and other support personnel who would be participating in this event regardless of where the Olympics are held should not be punished. Maybe this year's embarrassment will prompt the Olympic committee to rethink how they decide which nation to REWARD with the Olympics. It is amazing how an event that is supposed to bring the world together is so easily hijacked for advancing one’s political view. Should China have been rewarded with the Olympics? I do not think so. However, the Olympic committee decided it should. OK. If you don’t like it, PROTEST THEM.

The atheletes, the honorary torch bearers, and other support personnel who would be participating in this event regardless of where the Olympics are held should not be punished.

Maybe this year’s embarrassment will prompt the Olympic committee to rethink how they decide which nation to REWARD with the Olympics.

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