President Bush supports the Olympics in China

Tommie Smith John Carlos, and Peter Norman, Mexico Olympics 1968



While President Geogre Bush, Jr and wife plan to take a six day tour of Africa, President Bush supports the Olympics being held in China.

"The trip -- Bush's second to the continent and his wife's fifth -- will largely focus on the United States' aid programs, which include initiatives to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and poverty," according to CNN."

So what is President Bush, Jr. up to now, I am thinking. First, the nooses now Africa after some soul music.



Well, it seems that Steven Spielberg has resigned as an advisor in the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, China, his "conscience would not allow him to continue working as an adviser to the event, " according to CNN.



The article continues, [t]he director's decision was part of growing criticism against China, targeting everything from its food safety to diplomatic policies abroad. Officials have repeatedly argued that the Olympics is a sporting event and should not be "politicized."

And guess what, President Bush had to say about Speilberg's decision,
"U.S. President Bush said Thursday that although he was concerned about the slow pace of international action in the Darfur region of Sudan, it wouldn't stop him from attending the Olympics."

I sure hope Kanye West does not hear about Bush's attitude. And to add fuel to the fire, Beijing Olympic Committee had this to say, according to CNN, "Linking the Darfur issue to the Olympic Games will not help to resolve this issue and is not in line with the Olympic Spirit that separates sports from politics," BOCOG said.

Now Prince Charles says he won't be attending the Olympics in China, but the British athletes who will be attending have been gagged on speaking out on China policies.


You would think that sports were more important than people. "Fighting between government-backed militia and rebels in Darfur has killed more than 200,000 people and left an estimated 2.5 million displaced since 2003," according to CNN.

Well, maybe business over human rights, "Sports is too important. It is too important to use it as a political instrument," said Milan Zver, the sports minister of Slovenia, which holds the EU presidency, according to CNN.


So, President Bush, Jr. trip to Africa is not just an humanitarian trip but could be a ploy to deflect from the fact that Bush, Jr. and family plan on not boycotting China's Olympic!!

Shame on Bush !! Kanye, Kanye.. call Dr. Tommie Smith and Dr. John Carlos.

Silence is not golden,.

Email vs. blogging

Interesting I write about Women and blogging and Spencer Overton over on BlackProf writes about the email usage among African-Americans. An email posted on the BlackProf spread like wildfire through the email community. Overton ask the question,

While there are a number of successful African American blogs, why does email continue to be such a big driver of political discourse in the African American community?

Well, let's see email is pretty much free. Yahoo and other makes it pretty simple to set up an email.


Once someone sends you something to read, with a click of the mouse you can send it to another person, effortless.

If they get an email that is from a friend or family marked urgent, it is sent to everyone they know. And if you check the chain mail list and find a friend or family member name missing you send it to the next person.


It's easy to get away with sending stuff on email on the job.

Email spam is easy to do when you are bored.

Email does not require you to know how to write.


Now blogging.

Blogging can be time consuming.

Blogging requires you to write.

Blogging requires you to post

Blogging may cost you money.

Blogging may require you to have your own computer.

I would suggest that many bloggers are young technically savvy folks.

Of course blogging does not require either, but that's my take.

I also believe many African-Americans bloggers are college students.

I suggest that the young students use myspace.


Email generation tend to be older African-Americans who are unwilling to give up time to learn about utilizing the internet beyond being consumers. Many of the younger generation are using IM or texts on their cellphone. Blogging reaches a broader network than the more personal email.

I had only one class in computers... to learn workprocessing. Curiosity keeps me coming back.