Senators Menendez, Byrd, Clinton Call on President Bush Not to Attend Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Senators Say Bush's Presence Would Show Tolerance for Human Rights Violations, Disrespect for Spirit of the Olympics
We are writing to express our concerns about the Chinese government's continued human rights violations and urge you not to attend the opening ceremonies at the Olympic Games ...
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The Olympics are supposed to be about the spirit of competition among nations although we all know the games are about making money. United States corporation McDonald’s is seizing the opportunity to promote its brand even if it’s at the ...
NBC Universal will present 3,600 hours of coverage for the Beijing Games, including 2,200 hours of live events, the most live coverage in the U.S. of any Olympics ever. Seven networks -- NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo and Universal HD -- will broadcast the event on TV, and when combined with NBCOlympics.com, the coverage will total 1,000 more hours than that of all ...
twinkle709
posted 7/11/2008 from
www.unmadeinchina.org
Let’s put President Bush’s decision in context: no U.S. President has ever attended Olympic Games held outside of the United States. Ever.
President Bush’s decision to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing has been taken in the face of the opposition of various U.S. Senators and Congresspeople, thousands of pro-human rights groups all over the world, millions of American citizens, as well as ...
Thank God for sites like the Blog of Hilarity keeping track of gender bias in America . For too long males in the United States have been relegated to running the country and major corporations. It’s time men were treated as equals.
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