Let's do it again!

In 1980, I was tickled that the summer olympics were going to be held in Moscow. I was in Germany at the time, U.S. Army with a Top Secret and higher clearance and an interesting occupation which I discovered would prevent me from attending. I was bummed.

And then, it didn't matter. The U.S. boycotted, along with more than 50 other countries because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Now, according to the Australian Herald Sun, more than 130 have been killed in two weeks of protest in Tibet. It says that China has called for the world to unite in opposition to any campaigns linking the Games to Tibet or any other political issue. Right.

So I find it funny that this comes to a head on 10 March: The 49th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising, a date when an anti-Chinese and anti-Communist popular revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and the Dalai Lama fled to exile in India.

But even earlier this year, on 12 February, Steven Spielberg made a statement to the press as to why he pulled out as one of the artistic advisors to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games. Props to him.

Now on the world front, some say [read Fiji] that this is an internal matter for the Chinese government to deal with. China is also known to have a policy of non-interference with other countries' internal affairs. But look what they're doing in Darfur...

Sux to be China. The world is watching and the Olympics is only a few months away. Best to get your human rights hats on... Nah. That'll never happen.

Boycott. Let's do it again.

Oh. This opinion bit by Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun is brilliant. Almost makes me agree... Nah.

Boycott the 2008 Olympics

I have a friend in India and while a coworker was waltzing through Bangkok on vacay, I was looking up information on travel requirements to India, Thailand and Tibet. Then Tibet blew up the next Monday and China is now threatening the "shattering of the conspiracy and sabotaging activities of the 'Tibet independence' forces."

I say raise the cry of "Free Tibet" and the free countries of the world should boycott the Beijing Olympics. CNN has a good article here

Lovely sentiment for St. Patrick's day...

Any day for that matter!

The glass is not half empty. The glass is not half full. You just need to add ice. - Anonymous.

Sick pets?

On one of the e-mail lists I belong to, someone alerted us to this Web link: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/nutro.html.
It seems there are issues with the brand Nutro that have people writing and complaining to the consumer affairs Web site. These are new issues - not linked back to the 2007 dog food recall. These also are DRY DOG FOOD issues - not canned.
If you feed this dog food and feel that recently there is something not right with your pet's world - be sure to check this link out.

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