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- Oogler, on 10/30/2008, -0/+45I don't think the pre-idenfication of trouble makers is unique to any Olympica Games.
- whorunbartertwn, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Or even any sport.
A city sponsoring World Cup will usually have a pretty good database of known trouble makers arriving.
- whorunbartertwn, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Or even any sport.
- pokeefe, on 10/30/2008, -1/+32"The athletes included ... golfer Laura Goodwin.
... Goodwin did not compete because golf is not an Olympic sport."
lol. Oops.- Lendon2020, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1Golf is an activity, not a sport.
- ArchangelZLT, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1Oxford American Dictionary: "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."
I see nothing golf has against this definition. - Enderplayer1, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1whatever golf is fun to play and if your really really good at it you can make a lot of money.
- ArchangelZLT, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1Oxford American Dictionary: "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."
- Lendon2020, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1Golf is an activity, not a sport.
- amenhotep, on 10/30/2008, -2/+5I wonder why they all wussed out.
- wildest, on 10/31/2008, -6/+5What about george bush?
- solvable, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7I heard he's a troublemaker but one hell of a pole vaulter.
- LucasKane, on 10/31/2008, -0/+8I would have taken care of Jennie Finch
- BoneheadFarker, on 10/31/2008, -1/+2Didn't Bush do that personally? Oh wait...no...that was the volleyball players.
- michaelzhao, on 10/31/2008, -1/+7This is not a big deal at all...
I'm sure any major sports event has a list of people not to let in... from Wimbledon to the Super Bowl.
Hell, casinos in the US routinely employ facial recognition to catch card cheats and other "troublemakers"- Vikesrock, on 10/31/2008, -4/+4This list does not usually include competing athletes
- RiceLee22, on 11/02/2008, -0/+1We didn't 'not let them in'. We just put them on our list, then in a show of courtesy sent it to the federation.
Which decides to give China even more bad press by spinning it months after the actual event, lying about how important their 'values' are yet not telling the atheletes themselves, then asking for a comment from the Beijing Olympic Committee, which is already dissolved because it had been months after the Olympics have finished.
- RiceLee22, on 11/02/2008, -0/+1We didn't 'not let them in'. We just put them on our list, then in a show of courtesy sent it to the federation.
- Vikesrock, on 10/31/2008, -4/+4This list does not usually include competing athletes
- ShylockHolmes, on 10/31/2008, -2/+15I'm just glad our government doesn't make lists like this concerning people in our country. Bad China!
- AmericanParty, on 10/31/2008, -17/+5Obamas Civilian Army will...
- leerayIG88, on 10/31/2008, -3/+5STFU. Buried and ignored.
- m0tbaillie, on 10/31/2008, -5/+3Uh....we do. Ever get arrested at a political rally (for any reason) and then try to fly soon thereafter? We also keep lists of known felons and sex offenders (because they can't vote, remember?).
- mimigins, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Sarcasm. You missed it.
- AmericanParty, on 10/31/2008, -17/+5Obamas Civilian Army will...
- kingbinji, on 10/31/2008, -1/+4a few months too late?
- Lastbeforefirst, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1So?
- duder83, on 10/31/2008, -1/+2I could go for a grundle burger with fries
- SocialPoison, on 10/31/2008, -4/+3It's the thought police version of our terrorist watch list
- MakanGuru, on 10/31/2008, -1/+53 words - terrorist watch list
- rabbitmo, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1"At the time we made multiple representations to Chinese authorities regarding the importance of respecting freedom of expression, and we continue to stand by these views"
As long as the freedom of expression is not executed on American soil and near political events.
- rabbitmo, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1"At the time we made multiple representations to Chinese authorities regarding the importance of respecting freedom of expression, and we continue to stand by these views"
- mugupo, on 10/31/2008, -1/+2Is basically a pay back.
- Ch0mpr, on 10/31/2008, -6/+4***** China they have 13 yr old gymnasts!
- EtherGnat, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1Is it just me or does that sentence have unfortunate connotations? Maybe it's just me; when used together the words "*****" and "gymnast" usually have an entirely different meaning in my head.
- cunne, on 10/31/2008, -3/+1"Shu was concerned that some of the athletes have been affiliated with Team Darfur, an international coalition of athletes committed to raising awareness about the human rights crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, according to the email."
I guess that can be viewed as a bad thing if you're a paranoid totalitarian crackpot with a history of human rights abuses - wsuvtx, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1Old news. This came out last week.
- cashcreditguy, on 10/31/2008, -5/+0
- SpookyPig, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!
- still0lil0wagon, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1Bob Fitzgerald (of Lee Hammer's KNBR) was on the list as well. Rod Brooks told me so.
Oy YOY YOY!!!!!!!!! - Meursault, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1In Communist China, they make do-to lists.
- taiwanniggadu, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1who cares the games are over
- rygoke, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1China might broke some rules by using underage gymnasts.
- philhatesyou, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1Good.
- xpope, on 11/01/2008, -0/+0Thats Ok, under the Dictatorship of J Edgar Hoover, there were more files on people of no-interest than the amount of money pouring out of your pockets right now... Executed by our caring government. Current news, " IRS is giving away money"!!! These are the facts that make the news. What don't we know about?????????????????
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