Yeah Right wrote:
Last time we saw the PLA was when they were mashing pro-democracy demonstrators with their tanks.
um, yeah, 16 years ago. the berlin wall was still up then too, as was the existence of the soviet union.
your point is what?
Yeah Right wrote:
Last time we saw the PLA was when they were mashing pro-democracy demonstrators with their tanks.
um, yeah, 16 years ago. the berlin wall was still up then too, as was the existence of the soviet union.
your point is what?
Stay off our boards you commi bastard.
USA #1 USA USA USA!
Anon,
There are many people around the world that will hate the USA no matter what. It has nothing to do with the current administration, Iraq, or any other of your hypothesis. It is because we are on top. We are the superpower both militarily and economically and others hate us because they wish they were in our position. Yes, it's good old fashioned JEALOSY! That is the only reason. When you're the king of the hill everyone else wants to take you down.
Other countries have tried, Germany, Japan, USSR, and now China is taking it's best shot. But you know what? Hate us or not the USA still stands tall and always will be THE KING OF THE HILL.
Locnload has just demonstrated WHY America is disliked globally.
Oh say can you see.......
I'm not as informed on these things as many others, but I simply don't see a military clash anytime in the near future. I do see the powerful in both nations teaming up, probably to the detriment of the rest of us. Also, the last two times a repressive totalitarian regime hosted the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1936) the host nation came out on top. The Soviet cheating in 1980 was ridiculous.
Excellent post Jason.
MAYEROFF wrote:
If Steve Cram is out there, he owes both me and the good guys on Letsrun.com a public apology in the British press for not quoting the sources of his statements. SHAME ON YOU MR. CRAM.
After my last few trips to China in 2004 and 2005, something makes me VERY VERY scared for the American team going to Beijing. If you are a Culpepper or a Goucher, please listen to me.
I think that the Chinese authorities and even the police there are going to do everything in their power to ensure that the American team fails to be at the top of the medals table.
You know me, I am not a "rah rah rah GO USA!" type-of-guy. I am all for clean sport, and fairly played sport, without politics intervening. I advocate an Olympics based on strict PERFORMANCE, without flags, without national uniforms and without even the name of the country attached to the name of the athlete. Paul Tergat is PAUL TERGAT, not "Paul Tergat (Kenya)." Nationalism is one of the worst things in humanity, and the Olympics should be about peace and fair play between top level competitors.
Let me get to the point here: If you are on the USA Team for the 2008 Olympics, bring your own bottled water from the USA or elsewhere. If I were Alan Culpepper, I'd first fly to Japan, acclimatize, fly to Being for one night for the opening ceremony, then head back to Japan immediately, bringing my own food and water from Japan. Then I would fly back to Beijing the day before the marathon, again bringing in my own food and water. Do not house yourself in the Olympic Village or eat the food at the village. I think that the Chinese are going to resort to a systematic sabotage of the American team by lacing their food and water with banned substances or toxins designed to precipitate food poisoning, ESPECIALLY if China is not ahead in the medals table.
Simply from a health and hygiene point-of-view, I think that it was just damned NUTS to award the Olympics to China in the first place. China learned NOTHING from SARS. The year after SARS, the streets of Kunming still had piles of rotten garbage at night, with rats scurrying hither and tither. During my training for the Olympic Trials in January 2004, I was ill not once but THREE times, and this is in relatively tranquil Yunnan Province!!! One of the things that killed my performance for the Berlin Marathon this year was becoming sick in China, in Dali, for 2 weeks, 6 weeks away from the marathon. You all know that that period around 6 weeks before the marathon is extremely critical to have high-mileage.
Shanghai is absolutely the most filthy, polluted place that I have ever been to, and this statement is coming from a guy that lives full-time in BANGKOK. I have not been to Beijing, but I've heard that it's worse than Shanghai.
Blahblahblah China evil and dirty blahblah. We hear it at all times from Americans who never be here but Jason surprise because he come. Oh he get sick, so China fault there. Me world traveller and I bring water to most country. Newflash - China modern. Beijing a fine city with nice people who wear nice clothes and know about worldly things - like global warth for istant example and what America do about that. Oh yes, square root of sweet diddly dung. And of course no garbagy slums in modern America eh? At least we can say China developing and some places are far behind. What excuse America for lovely Bronx and whatnot?
Jason you come her but you learn zero. You talk of Chinaman like evil Mars man. Next time you come, stop and smell some tea. Take head out of anal area.
"Shanghai is absolutely the most filthy, polluted place that I have ever been to, and this statement is coming from a guy that lives full-time in BANGKOK. I have not been to Beijing, but I've heard that it's worse than Shanghai."
I have jsut returned from both, and I agree that Shanghai is everyhting Jason describes it as, but I disagree on Beijing - its much better because money is pissing into the place. GE and Coca-Cola's name is on everyhting, the Forbidden City is being restored 24 hours a day (no union labor rules in Beijing), the cabs are cleaner and traffic is 1/100th as bad as Shanghai. Beijing has wider streets, less rubble, better climate and seems to be making a concerted effort to roll out the red carpet.
Cannot speak to the whole tanited water thing - sounds like conspiracy theory, but what the hell, its good to have an excuse for failure going in. How about, "I shouldn't have done that girl after Mayeroff did".
Locknload wrote:
It is because we are on top. We are the superpower both militarily and economically and others hate us because they wish they were in our position. Yes, it's good old fashioned JEALOSY![sic]
Other countries have tried, Germany, Japan, USSR, and now China is taking it's [sic] best shot...USA still stands tall and always will be THE KING OF THE HILL.
That's what the Romans thought. Read "Rubicon". They staved off all invaders, but their Republic eventually imploded, due to corruption. The USA is on its way...
By the way, I'm not anti-USA. Ye once had the perfect Republic, just like the Romans, but...
Sum Yung Gai wrote:
Blahblahblah China evil and dirty blahblah. We hear it at all times from Americans who never be here but Jason surprise because he come. Oh he get sick, so China fault there. Me world traveller and I bring water to most country. Newflash - China modern. Beijing a fine city with nice people who wear nice clothes and know about worldly things - like global warth for istant example and what America do about that. Oh yes, square root of sweet diddly dung. And of course no garbagy slums in modern America eh? At least we can say China developing and some places are far behind. What excuse America for lovely Bronx and whatnot?
Jason you come her but you learn zero. You talk of Chinaman like evil Mars man. Next time you come, stop and smell some tea. Take head out of anal area.
ha ha ha. no offense, but he reminds me of so many foreigners I knew in china when i lived there. thought they had the chinese so figured out--after reading about them in textbooks and living there for a year w/o being able to engage in conversation in chinese. i'll bet jason's real proud of himself for learning some phrases in chinese, which obviously affords him great insight into the simple minds of the chinese, who have only been around for 5000 years.
jason has no credibility, but conspiracy theories are always fun to read. next thing you know, he's gonna be on macneil/lehrer (or whatever it's called now) telling us how US foreign policy should deal with china, b/c he is not the expert. giddly little chinese girls always point to him and laugh, so this must mean he's legit.
Julius Caesar wrote:
Locknload wrote:It is because we are on top. We are the superpower both militarily and economically and others hate us because they wish they were in our position. Yes, it's good old fashioned JEALOSY![sic]
Other countries have tried, Germany, Japan, USSR, and now China is taking it's [sic] best shot...USA still stands tall and always will be THE KING OF THE HILL.
That's what the Romans thought. Read "Rubicon". They staved off all invaders, but their Republic eventually imploded, due to corruption. The USA is on its way...
By the way, I'm not anti-USA. Ye once had the perfect Republic, just like the Romans, but...
Ah, someone with some appreciation of history. Must not be American. Look to Britain Empire also. At least British know and learn from some history more than American. CNN the main proviser of history for Americans. King of hill wake up. 1,450,000,000 China. Can American even say this number from math education? Can American realize who is number one trading growth and awakening? No cause too busy with gameboy and x box. When China come on CNN is like first moon landing. USA and China not perfect. Some things good in USA which are bad in China and verse vica. For example look difficultly for fat people in China.
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JC,
You may be right but I don't think me or you will live long enough to see it.
Sum Yung Gay,
By 1,450,000,000 I take it you mean the population of China. What does 10,000+ mean to you anything? That's the number of times the USA alone could wipe humanity of the face of this planet in an instant.
Asso
Funny you should mention fat people in China. I just saw a documentary on WalMart in China the other week and guess what? The Chinese love WalMart! So much so that in cities where a WalMart is located, the population is getting quite porky binging on good ol' American junk food and soda. WalMart loves the fact that they are so easily seduced by marketing. Really easily seduced by marketing.
HAHAHAHAHAHA...you'll be defeated by some good ol' boys from Arkansas without a shot being fired. Yessiree, 1.5 billion new consumers of Little Debbie snacks and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. T-shirts! In twenty years, your 5,000 years of culture will be forgotten and replaced by fast food joints and quick lube centers.
Yes sir, wiping humanity off the face of the earth would be an incredibly productive American action. If they were to do this I am presming it would be through nuclear action - and I got news for ya - America would be wiping itself out as well. That is what nuclear holocaust means.
Oh, by the way...Did I mention that USA athletes should bring their own pussy to China in 2008 too? If I were being totally honest with myself I would not be blaming my s***ty (as usual) performances on the lack of sanitary water and food in China, but rather I'd admit that my years of eating Asian skank pussy is the REAL reason why I suck at running. To think that ANYONE would listen to me is a freakin JOKE!!! Well I'm off to bang my 14 yr old Thai girlfriend/housewife/student/ho....
a miler,
At least we'll go out on top. Every few billion years this planet need a catastrophic event to re-energize itself. If it isn't by nukes then it will be some asteroid. At least this way we'll pick the time.
Me Chinese.
Me play joke.
Me go pee-pee
In your Coke.
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