In a report yesterday about Chinese efforts to ascend Mt. Everest with the Olympic torch in hand, it took Associated Press a long time to get past the fluff and address the controversy surrounding the propaganda-filled run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games. Beginning with the article’s 12th paragraph, AP wrote this:
Tibetan activists continued to [...]
Flame in Hand, Chinese Conquer Everest
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: · 2008, beijing, Beijing Games, China, Chinese Government, everest, mount everest, mt everest, olympic torch, Olympics, political graffiti, students for a free tibet, tibet, tibetans
Things Haven’t Changed Much Since 1872
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
When Victoria Claflin Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she knew she had no chance to win, according to a piece published in Newsweek today, but she ran nevertheless. Conversely, Hillary Clinton not only knew she had a chance, but fully expected to win. The presidency was, many believe, something the former first [...]
Tags: · 1872, 2008, Hillary Clinton, Newsweek, political graffiti, President, victoria claflin woodhull, White House
Obama ‘Thought He Could Change D.C.’
May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: · 2008, Barack, Barack Obama, change, deception, Democrat, doubletalk, election, election of the ethically dead, embellishment, ethically dead, Ethics, ethics reform, ethics-reform legislation, exaggeration, fred siegel, lies, metaphorical truths, Obama, overstatement, political campaigning, political graffiti, Presidential Candidate, Presidential Election, The Australian
BMW Question of the Day
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
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BMW Question of the Day: Which presidential candidate do you think is feeling most like the turtle shown in the photo above? Leave your opinion in the comment section below.
Tags: · 2008, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Candidate
What is Sniper’s Role at Mount Everest?
April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next week. More incredibly, the magazine reports, one blogger “saw lots of military staff and one solider carrying a very sophisticated sniper type of [...]
Tags: · 2008, 2008 Summer Olympics, beijing, China, chinese biathlon, chinese security, himalyas, mount everest, mounteverest.net, mt everest, nepal, olympic torch, Olympics, sherpa, sniper, wired, Wired.com
