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4:23PM | April 8, 2008 | posted by Admin | comments: 0

Time to extinguish the Olympic flame—for good!

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I’m jumping on the bandwagon-its time for President Bush to announce a U.S. Boycott of the upcoming Beijing games. Protests in Europe and now San Francisco have disrupted the traditional relay of the Olympic torch.

IOC President Jacques Rogge is upset that such a great event has been marred. The torch is supposed to be about “unity and harmony.”

What a load of crap! The Olympics, and the IOC are about money. Why else would they allow one of the most oppressive nations on the planet to host this event? You can rest assured, NBC WON’T air essays on China’s human rights record, the happenings in Tibet, or the thousands of people displaced so that the Games can run smoothly.

WATCH VIDEO OF PROTESTORS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO PUT OUT THE OLYMPIC TORCH AFTER THE JUMP...

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