Useless Nations of the World

Academics do one thing very well - compartmentalize their irrational logic to enable them to bemoan the US and Bush and the great horrors of this administration while simultaneously championing anyone else. There have been polls - mostly from Europe, in which most respondents believed it was a good thing that the US as a sole superpower was ending or should end and that China would balance the US. I'd bet that 95% of all academics polled agreed. They are so enlightened.

The problem is, those same useless wastes have neither the fortitude nor honor to fall upon their swords - or pens. China is now requiring the Olympic Committee to require from all participants a signed statement that they will not criticize the Chinese government.


They will require the statement and wash it down with comments such as - the Olympics are not political and the individuals can say all they want but they are here for sports ... unless it is in the US.


Sort of like the photo the Daily Mail made available with the article.





1938, UK Soccer team - the Nazi salute was required and they complied.

I am sure academics the world over saw no issue with the salute.


UPDATED: 3/8/08

Athletes and intellectuals will dismiss the requirement and pass it off as a quaint little Chinese thing, of no real importance and nothing to get all stressed out about. The more important thing to worry about is the 1-2 occasions the US used waterboarding. That should get you apoplectic.

On the other hand, perhaps we can tell how the Chinese treat their people - if we ignore Tiananmen Square (or June 4th incident) in 1989 killing hundreds of people, and the Gorges dam ... and consider how they deal with their animals - cats and dogs. Apparently, the Chinese want a clean city and to get the clean city they will rid it of animals. All will be killed at a secret prison camp.