Jay Chou 周杰倫Toronto 2008 HD Part 1

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

First vid. Recorded first section in HD…but then ran out of space on memory card for subsequent videos…sorry!

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Viewing and Action Guide – for the Closing Ceremony

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Propaganda? Games? Tyranny? Harmony? What is the right perspective by which to view the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China? And indeed is it moral to watch at all? Howard Phillips cheers on American athletes, yet offers the truth about the most politicized Olympics since the 1936 Hitler Olympics. Both were intended to show a false face to the hosting dictatorships. Everyone knows the horrors of the Nazi regime; but many are too young to remember the horrendous massacre of pro-freedom students by the Chinese military in Tiananmen Square in 1989, and they may look at the Olympic spectacle without knowing the daily horrors of the dictatorship; only knowing what Beijing has spent years creating: a false facade over the largest dictatorship on Earth. Too often our media reports without checking for the truth, or in this case fear if they tell the truth they will lose their access in Beijing. China is offering a “smiley face” painted over a dungeon for Olympic visitors and the media to see. Beyond the freshly painted buildings, the evacuated and demolished slums, the western-designed Olympic buildings, and the smiles of the children and Olympic staff, still remains a country burdened by brutal tyranny. And that tyranny is getting worse, not better as the regime is terrified of any protests or free speech; even protests about the schools and apartments that collapsed in the earthquake are suppressed. China’s “one child” policy is enforced by forced abortions and severe punishments …