From The Gavel, Nancy Pelosi's blog:
People in Tibet are being mown down in the street for demanding their country back. People in China who are sentenced to death are harvested for cosmetic supplies. But we need to think about our athletes, who experience Pon Farr every four years and must compete in the Olympics or die from a hormone overload! THINK OF THE ATHLETES, PEOPLE!
Send China a Congressional resolution. That's sure to get 'em to wake up!
-pb
“The Olympic Charter states that the Olympics should seek to foster ‘respect for universal and fundamental ethical principles.’ Sadly, the Chinese government has not lived up to its commitments to improve the human rights situation in China and Tibet. I believe the International Olympic Committee made a mistake in awarding the 2008 Summer games to China, and I sponsored a Congressional resolution expressing that view at the time.
“However, I believe a boycott of the Beijing Olympics would unfairly harm our athletes who have worked so hard to prepare for the competition.
People in Tibet are being mown down in the street for demanding their country back. People in China who are sentenced to death are harvested for cosmetic supplies. But we need to think about our athletes, who experience Pon Farr every four years and must compete in the Olympics or die from a hormone overload! THINK OF THE ATHLETES, PEOPLE!
Send China a Congressional resolution. That's sure to get 'em to wake up!
"Dear China, it would be kinda cool if, you know, you maybe stoppedkillinghurtingthrowing kittens atpeoplecitizenssub-human savages inTibetHimalayan Chinastan. If you don't, we'll send you astrongly worded letterGeorge W. BushCondoleezza Ricea fruit basket.
Kthxbai!
P.S. Can we get another loan?
-pb


Comments
Thanks for the suggestion.
Oh, I agree. I've been skewering her pretty much since the end of the first 100 hours when it became readily apparent that she (along with 'Give 'Em
HellWhatever They Want' Harry Reid) was going to lead the Democratic Capitulation.the absurdness of considering american athletes performing more important than Tibetans dying.
Isn't it wonderful to know that our warring political parties are at least united in the concept that American concerns are far, far more important than foreigner's lives? Tibetians are dying? Come on, they're only Tibetians! Our long-jumper is going to be unfairly harmed if were were to boycott the Olympics!
Even Carter had the balls to stand up to the Russians over Afghanistan on at least the Olympic issue. Of course, we didn't owe Russia most of our national debt then, either...
-pb
Interesting point about the debt aspect.
I still can't believe Pelosi said the athletes would be "harmed". HARMED!