General Electric, the Olympics and the News

What do General Electric, the Beijing Olympics and NBC News all have in common?

They are all run by GE!!! GE is powering the Olympic venues in Beijing and GE makes light bulbs. Doesn't sound that bad, right?!

GE is pushing for a new cleaner way of getting energy. NBC reports that as the way of the future. Viewers believe NBC because it is the news. But should we believe NBC News when they are run by a giant multi-national company that wants to make money?

You be the judge.

GE and NBC want global warming. Even if NBC knew that global warming wasn't true, I bet they would say it was true because of GE. GE is making record profits from their new energy saving light bulbs that NBC says is great. GE wants to build new wind turbines for cleaner power because coal and nuclear isn't safe (that's what they said). I think it is just a giant conspiracy by GE and NBC to make people go crazy so they make more money.

GE is making their money from their products, commercials aired on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC and all the other networks they own.

Come to wonder, the NBC-Universal networks are doing another "green week" soon. Go figure!

Why the U.S. Should Boycott Beijing Olympics

Every American should know by now of all the atrocities the People's Republic of China has done to its people. But this is not what I'm going to focus on. What is important is the Olympic Games right now. However I still feel bad for all the millions who have died within PRC's borders.

Here are the reasons the U.S. should boycott the Beijing Games. First, the PRC has told all of its restaurants and bars to not serve blacks and Mongolians. I know China hates Mongolia, that's why they built the Great Wall after all, but I feel that by not serving blacks that this is a cheap-shot towards Team U.S.A. I don't know what the Chinese Communist Government is thinking, but I hear that CNN is running a series about what it is like to be "Black in America." At this point I want to see what it is like to be "Black in the People's Republic of China" and see the vast difference in civil rights. Americans have rights, Chinese do not. I assume that the non-black American athletes will have to get their black friends food, at least I hope they can do that. There's nothing better than sack lunches at the Olympic Games.

Secondly, no dancing. Yep. No dancing. The PRC doesn't like fun, so they have banned dancing. So don't get to happy, or else you will end up in a place you don't want to be.

Thirdly, only people from Beijing are allowed in the city during the Games. There will be check points around the city to not allow people who are not from Beijing into the city. I can see some reason for this, after all, the PRC has over a billion people, but this is the country's Games, not just Beijing's.

Fourthly, no flights in and out of Beijing during the Games. If you are a local, you are stuck in the city and if you are an athlete, you are stuck in the city. Better hope nothing bad happens.

Fifthly, pollution. The pollution in China, particularly in Beijing, is the worst in the world. All athletes that have to compete outdoors will have slower times because they wont be able to breathe as well. This will be particularly bad for marathon runners.

Sixly, there will be cameras everywhere watching everyones every move around the city.

Lastly, how long will it take for the PRC to take control of the broadcast coverage of the Olympic Games? You do know that the television stations in the PRC are state-run, right?

Great choice International Olympic Committee! What a winner of a country! All those freedoms and everyone is happy!

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