Probably since it is a worldwide stage and there is so much going on in the world where the participants want an outlet for their propaganda. On an animal welfare site they have been arguing about folks in China eating horse meat and dogs. Now other countries do this too, but the media is releasing stories this month that are all about China. Doubt if that is a coincidence.

I won’t speculate about Chinese Politics. But our politics will. They are already. The two loonies we have running for President have been politicking for two years at PUBLIC EXPENSE while being paid to do jobs they have not been doing. There has been little published about the Olympics, but there is lots of media attention devoted to those two loonies. Why?

As the PD’s own article points out so well, politics have always been a part of the Olympics. Will it “marr” the Beijing Olympics? No more than it has in the past.

Some people will protest and others will preen, but in the end it will be about the athletes – which is as it should be.

With the visibility of the Olympics, it stands to reason that many groups will do their best to make a point during this time. Hopefully, the Chinese will be able to keep the terrorists from carrying out their evil plans. In the United States, considering the Olympic media blitz, I’d say it’s more likely that the Olympics will get in the way of politics.

Politics already have gotten in the way. So has the environment for that matter. There was already an attack on a police station yesterday, and I’m sure there will be more. The Olympics are the most political “unpolitical” event of all mankind…

I agree with Anonaman. It’s about the athletes and the honor: an opportunity for gifted athletes who have trained hard and possess the heart and desire to participate in their sport, as summed up by German figure skater Katarina Witt’s quote: “When I go out there on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it’s a competition.”

If I were one of the St. Louis natives I would be totally supportive of the communists and rally around “Free Trade” and other buzzwords that I’ve been taught. I would totally deny that the relationship with communist China has been completely detrimental to the United States and the American worker and that the communists have decades if not centuries of human rights abuses. I would also throw in liberal cliches about the communist Chinese like “Oh well they’re a very ancient culture” that way I’m talking down and condicending to anyone that opposes my views. If none of that was working then I would call anyone that mentions that the Chinese are communists a racist. Then that would shut down the discussion. I would also bash the American worker with the things the media and corporate culture have taught me such as the American worker is lazy, drunk most all day, is ineffective……..

Everyone knows that the media teaches us that Americans SHOULD NOT protect their own culture. American culture MUST BE diluted and destroyed so that anyone coming in can protect their own and replace American culture with the imported one.

But then again I get all my information from the three letter controlled media and I drink too much kool-aid.

I agree Big Pile, I always walk lockstep over the cliff. I think it’s neat to not have to use critical thinking or examine issues or form my own opinions. If I want my opinion I just go to the Western Media via TeeVee or the MSM. Look at how well it’s worked so far: we really no longer have a constitution, we’re living in an increasingly police state, freedom of religion has become Freedom from Religion (unless you’re the state supported jewish faith), corporate barriers to a New World Order have been all but removed………

THIS IS GREAT. IT’S LIKE WE’RE A COMMUNIST ANNEX AND A LIBERL UTOPIA. WAGE SLAVES JUST LIKE THE CHINESE. THIS IS SWEET!!!!

Boycott the Olympics.The government of China had murder and slaughterd hundreds of thousands of innoncent people over the years because their’s brave soul haven’t given in to the Communist regime.The Olmpians are just pawns to the barbaric Communist regime,and to the hidiouse global corporations ripping off,and de-humanising the common man.If blood flow to stop this charade,than may the brave be honored!

The biggest story out this Olympics is going to be the number of “athletes” that humiliate their country by testing positive for banned substances. there have already been a few from the god ole U S of A.