For the duration of the Olympics, the Dude will use this space to post articles, photos and anything else he can get his hands on, that shows the Real China…a brutal, ugly, corrupt, murderous regime.
First Up: Col. Ralph Peters in the Washington Post, “Olympic Backfire”
The butchers in Beijing thought they could buy a happy-face propaganda image, that they could stage-manage the Olympics the way Stalin’s PR boys seduced the New York Times as millions died. Boy, did their ignorance of the suppleness of today’s communications networks backfire.
It depends on what your definition of “Basic” is: China says it is committed to “basic rights and freedoms”….
Sudanese-born runner and Darfur critic, Lopez Lomong, carries the U.S. flag in the opening ceremony


