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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Here Comes the 2008 Beijing Olympic Disaster

Prediction: The story of the year in 2008 will be the colossal failure of censorship during the Beijing Olympic games. The games themselves will be exciting, lavish and hotly contested. But the main event will be the clash between the Chinese Communist Party, which will use biometrics, surveillance, censorship and an army of goons to suppress information about China's many problems, versus journalists and tourists, who will use digital cameras, wireless gadgets, and the Internet to show China’s DIRTY LAUNDRY TO THE WORLD.

Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mike,

Thank you for re-addressing this issue by leveraging the influence you have on the Internet: doing what you can do, serving as a conduit, speaking up for those without a voice.

Both people and the Environment weep in China, to be sure.

- JTT

Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Both people and the Environment weep in China, to be sure"

Environment?Lol? Please check here:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40415000/gif/_40415961_co2_emissions2_gra416.gif

Thanks USA for not signing The Kyoto Protocol..

Friday, December 28, 2007 3:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3143798.stm

Friday, December 28, 2007 3:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually if you look at modern numbers instead of 5 year old figures China and the US are in a dead heat for CO2 pseudo-pollution. Europe signed Kyoto but isn't doing anything about it - I don't think any countries are on-track for CO2 reductions (probably not a bad thing since modern science tells us that CO2 tends to lag behind actual warming instead of causing it). China is, however, a leader in the real pollution (chemical dumping, smog, etc.) that the western world got rid of decades ago mostly because China has been buying up the old equipment the West has been replacing with cleaner stuff.

Friday, December 28, 2007 4:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Lebo said...

RE: Kyoto ... glad somebody reminded everyone that it was a huge failure that nobody came close to achieving. The US was RIGHT.

RE: Olympics ... I agree ... the games will be a side show.

Friday, December 28, 2007 6:00:00 AM  
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