The Blue Workhorse

I’m not much on gymnastics, but I was able to catch some of the women’s competition from Beijing. It was apparent the Chinese and the American teams were the class of the female field. On the day of the competition, the Chinese women performed best and were the deserving recipients of the team All-Around gold.

A few days after the completion of the meet, rumors began spreading about the ages of some of the Chinese gymnasts, claiming some may be too young to be eligible to compete in the Olympics. This concept made absolutely no sense to me, because I always believed the Olympics are designed to determine who the best athletes in the World are. If a 14-year-old girl can put together a better floor routine than anyone else in the world, she deserves to be the gold medalist.

I will never be convinced that putting a 14-year-old athlete in an event open to the best athletes of any age in the world is giving someone an unfair advantage.

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For a professional women’s softball player to become nationally known, the typical criteria is:

A. Be a dominant pitcher
OR
B. Be attractive

It really helps if both of the criteria can be met (ala Jennie Finch or Cat Osterman). However, one player is breaking the mold.

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Becky Hammon, have you no shame?

It is bad enough one communist regime, China, was graced with the ability to host the 2008 Olympics.

Now, in another direct slap in the face to democracy around the globe, a citizen of the nation that shines as a beacon of freedom and liberty to that world is playing for a country that strives to take away the freedoms of their own peoples and the peoples of neighboring nations.

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I do not consider myself a true champion of social justice or of human rights, for that matter. However, I do have a pretty firm sense of what is right and what is wrong.

Having the Olympics in China’s oppressive police state is wrong, and in light of the decision to allow China to host the 2008 summer games, I will be boycotting the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Most of you are probably thinking, who cares? Honestly, none of you should on account of me.

What you should care about are the thousands upon thousands currently held as political and/or religious prisoners. You should care about the thousands of babies that have been aborted in order for families to adhere to the one child per family dictate pressed upon the Chinese people by the Communist government.

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