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	<title>Comments on: The 2008 Olympics:  One World, Countless Nightmares</title>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/08/22/the-2008-olympics-one-world-countless-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-85557</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indeed.

Saudi Arabia is far worse but the western media machine but the author harps on China so much because she&#039;s been drinking too much of the white liberal&#039;s kool-aid regarding what&#039;s wrong with the world.  Make no mistake; white liberals are just as racist as white conservatives and do not want America to be challenged.  On top of that, the author&#039;s history rails on the inequities women face and last I checked, the issues women in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East are horrific.

The reason why the US turns a blind eye to this?  Again, it&#039;s all about leverage.  If the US didn&#039;t have a huge dependency on oil and Saudi Arabia needed something from us, we&#039;d be able to press our issues onto them.  Ergo, the US has to cater to Saudi Arabia.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia is far worse but the western media machine but the author harps on China so much because she&#8217;s been drinking too much of the white liberal&#8217;s kool-aid regarding what&#8217;s wrong with the world.  Make no mistake; white liberals are just as racist as white conservatives and do not want America to be challenged.  On top of that, the author&#8217;s history rails on the inequities women face and last I checked, the issues women in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East are horrific.</p>
<p>The reason why the US turns a blind eye to this?  Again, it&#8217;s all about leverage.  If the US didn&#8217;t have a huge dependency on oil and Saudi Arabia needed something from us, we&#8217;d be able to press our issues onto them.  Ergo, the US has to cater to Saudi Arabia.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/08/22/the-2008-olympics-one-world-countless-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-138969</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indeed.

Saudi Arabia is far worse but the western media machine but the author harps on China so much because she&#039;s been drinking too much of the white liberal&#039;s kool-aid regarding what&#039;s wrong with the world.  Make no mistake; white liberals are just as racist as white conservatives and do not want America to be challenged.  On top of that, the author&#039;s history rails on the inequities women face and last I checked, the issues women in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East are horrific.

The reason why the US turns a blind eye to this?  Again, it&#039;s all about leverage.  If the US didn&#039;t have a huge dependency on oil and Saudi Arabia needed something from us, we&#039;d be able to press our issues onto them.  Ergo, the US has to cater to Saudi Arabia.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed.</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia is far worse but the western media machine but the author harps on China so much because she&#8217;s been drinking too much of the white liberal&#8217;s kool-aid regarding what&#8217;s wrong with the world.  Make no mistake; white liberals are just as racist as white conservatives and do not want America to be challenged.  On top of that, the author&#8217;s history rails on the inequities women face and last I checked, the issues women in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East are horrific.</p>
<p>The reason why the US turns a blind eye to this?  Again, it&#8217;s all about leverage.  If the US didn&#8217;t have a huge dependency on oil and Saudi Arabia needed something from us, we&#8217;d be able to press our issues onto them.  Ergo, the US has to cater to Saudi Arabia.</p>
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		<title>By: Confuse-Us</title>
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		<dc:creator>Confuse-Us</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bo,

I&#039;ve no doubt that China &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; be a shitty place to live but I can&#039;t help but wonder why the 34 million plus Chinese that have taken vacations outside of China have not tried to gain their freedom in the idyllic west? If media representations of Chinese society are even only half true, then surely we would have seen most of these Chinese vacationers resist returning to their own country. 

This is an interesting article written by Tony Blair, where he describes Chinese society as confident, hopeful and optimistic, and urges patience with the rate of change within China. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html

As you can see (I hope you read the article) Blair urges that we refrain from the kind of hysterical,emotional and accusatory condemnation that is typical of western criticism and utilize &quot;sensitivity to the way that the Chinese sees (the issues)&quot;.  A politically unstable China is more of a threat to human rights and world peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bo,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve no doubt that China <i>must</i> be a shitty place to live but I can&#8217;t help but wonder why the 34 million plus Chinese that have taken vacations outside of China have not tried to gain their freedom in the idyllic west? If media representations of Chinese society are even only half true, then surely we would have seen most of these Chinese vacationers resist returning to their own country. </p>
<p>This is an interesting article written by Tony Blair, where he describes Chinese society as confident, hopeful and optimistic, and urges patience with the rate of change within China. </p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html</a></p>
<p>As you can see (I hope you read the article) Blair urges that we refrain from the kind of hysterical,emotional and accusatory condemnation that is typical of western criticism and utilize &#8220;sensitivity to the way that the Chinese sees (the issues)&#8221;.  A politically unstable China is more of a threat to human rights and world peace.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bo,

I&#039;ve no doubt that China &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; be a shitty place to live but I can&#039;t help but wonder why the 34 million plus Chinese that have taken vacations outside of China have not tried to gain their freedom in the idyllic west? If media representations of Chinese society are even only half true, then surely we would have seen most of these Chinese vacationers resist returning to their own country. 

This is an interesting article written by Tony Blair, where he describes Chinese society as confident, hopeful and optimistic, and urges patience with the rate of change within China. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html

As you can see (I hope you read the article) Blair urges that we refrain from the kind of hysterical,emotional and accusatory condemnation that is typical of western criticism and utilize &quot;sensitivity to the way that the Chinese sees (the issues)&quot;.  A politically unstable China is more of a threat to human rights and world peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bo,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve no doubt that China <i>must</i> be a shitty place to live but I can&#8217;t help but wonder why the 34 million plus Chinese that have taken vacations outside of China have not tried to gain their freedom in the idyllic west? If media representations of Chinese society are even only half true, then surely we would have seen most of these Chinese vacationers resist returning to their own country. </p>
<p>This is an interesting article written by Tony Blair, where he describes Chinese society as confident, hopeful and optimistic, and urges patience with the rate of change within China. </p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121970878870671131.html</a></p>
<p>As you can see (I hope you read the article) Blair urges that we refrain from the kind of hysterical,emotional and accusatory condemnation that is typical of western criticism and utilize &#8220;sensitivity to the way that the Chinese sees (the issues)&#8221;.  A politically unstable China is more of a threat to human rights and world peace.</p>
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		<title>By: Yan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um...we&#039;re friends with Saudi Arabia.

I think they&#039;re a bit worse than China...and by a bit I mean a lot.

We&#039;re also THE country in the modern world that promoted imperialism, hegemony, and capitalism so heavily...and then wanted everyone to be just like us. Not to say, our culture is extremely materialistic and superficial and has influenced the pop culture of many nations. If you&#039;re going off about China&#039;s human rights issues, note America&#039;s hand in the status quo in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, etc.

Impressive America! Land of the free, home of the gun-tottin&#039; brave. We&#039;re so rich, developed, and powerful! I know our government loves our ghettos, blacks, Native Americans, and children. Our health care is also impressive too! That&#039;s smart population-control USA! Eugenics in 21st century, democratic form!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um&#8230;we&#8217;re friends with Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>I think they&#8217;re a bit worse than China&#8230;and by a bit I mean a lot.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re also THE country in the modern world that promoted imperialism, hegemony, and capitalism so heavily&#8230;and then wanted everyone to be just like us. Not to say, our culture is extremely materialistic and superficial and has influenced the pop culture of many nations. If you&#8217;re going off about China&#8217;s human rights issues, note America&#8217;s hand in the status quo in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, etc.</p>
<p>Impressive America! Land of the free, home of the gun-tottin&#8217; brave. We&#8217;re so rich, developed, and powerful! I know our government loves our ghettos, blacks, Native Americans, and children. Our health care is also impressive too! That&#8217;s smart population-control USA! Eugenics in 21st century, democratic form!</p>
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		<title>By: Yan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um...we&#039;re friends with Saudi Arabia.

I think they&#039;re a bit worse than China...and by a bit I mean a lot.

We&#039;re also THE country in the modern world that promoted imperialism, hegemony, and capitalism so heavily...and then wanted everyone to be just like us. Not to say, our culture is extremely materialistic and superficial and has influenced the pop culture of many nations. If you&#039;re going off about China&#039;s human rights issues, note America&#039;s hand in the status quo in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, etc.

Impressive America! Land of the free, home of the gun-tottin&#039; brave. We&#039;re so rich, developed, and powerful! I know our government loves our ghettos, blacks, Native Americans, and children. Our health care is also impressive too! That&#039;s smart population-control USA! Eugenics in 21st century, democratic form!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um&#8230;we&#8217;re friends with Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>I think they&#8217;re a bit worse than China&#8230;and by a bit I mean a lot.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re also THE country in the modern world that promoted imperialism, hegemony, and capitalism so heavily&#8230;and then wanted everyone to be just like us. Not to say, our culture is extremely materialistic and superficial and has influenced the pop culture of many nations. If you&#8217;re going off about China&#8217;s human rights issues, note America&#8217;s hand in the status quo in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, etc.</p>
<p>Impressive America! Land of the free, home of the gun-tottin&#8217; brave. We&#8217;re so rich, developed, and powerful! I know our government loves our ghettos, blacks, Native Americans, and children. Our health care is also impressive too! That&#8217;s smart population-control USA! Eugenics in 21st century, democratic form!</p>
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		<title>By: Ernie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ernie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Ernie</dc:creator>
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