WASHINGTON, July 3, 2008

President Bush To Attend Olympic Opening

While Some World Leaders Will Boycott Opening Ceremonies In Beijing, White House Confirms That Bush Will Attend

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(AP)  President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the White House said Thursday.

While there was no question Bush would attend the Olympics in August, the president's plans for the opening ceremonies had not been confirmed until now. Some world leaders have said they may boycott the Aug. 8 opening event to protest the most recent Chinese security crackdown in Tibetan areas of China.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday that Bush will travel to South Korea, Thailand and China in August.

The trip is built around the Olympics, which the White House has long said that Bush planned to attend as a celebration of sports.

Just hours earlier, the White House was equivocating about whether Bush would attend the opening ceremonies.

At first, Perino said "I would certainly think" that the opening ceremonies would be part of his trip. Questioned whether that was what she meant to say, she backtracked and said, "I said it's a distinct possibility" and that the opening ceremonies "could be part of the schedule."

Firm dates for Bush's travels have not been released.

The president and first lady Laura Bush will begin their trip in South Korea, the site of violent protests over the import of U.S. beef. Anti-government protests about the matter have raged for weeks and turned central Seoul into a riot zone.

Perino said Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak would discuss a proposed free-trade agreement along with regional and global security matters.

Bush then will travel to Thailand to celebrate its long-standing relationship with the United States and confer with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, Perino said.

In China, Bush will meet with President Hu Jintao; a key focus will be the multicountry effort to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons capability. Then the president and the first lady will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, Perino said.


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by reptilian96 July 6, 2008 2:51 AM EDT
FOX NEWS discovered the presence of a massive spy ring inside the United States run by the government of Israel. This seems a harsh gratitude from a nation which obtains 10% of its annual budget from the American taxpayer, $3+ billion a year. Over the years, American taxpayers have been required to send Israel more than four times what the US spent to go to the moon.

question is do we really need Israel? I don''t think so. Israel is a burden on us american tax payers, we could use our money here in USA. we don''t need backstabers. If muslims were not in that part then the battle would''ve been with christans and JEWS in that part of the world. Just like British Jews were doing to IRISH (IRA), see the new perspective. Anyway, we don''t need Israel for the simple fact that they are not in our good interest.

NOW i read that Israel can''t fight IRAN if USA won''t help Israel. I mean come on more American TAX $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So all of you American Israeli supporters get ready to shell out some more doe without your permission JEWS will take you money like they always did. Us hard working Americans will be homeless for long, long time. ww3 coming soon. under construction by the Israeli JEWS.
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by scottyusa July 4, 2008 10:56 AM EDT
Bush is right this time. It would be a travesty to contaminate the olympics with politics.
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by timdgrim July 4, 2008 10:42 AM EDT
Hu Jintao probably told him he better get his b*tt over there for the ceremony or they would call in the billions in loans!
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by juwboy July 4, 2008 9:06 AM EDT
deacon20081:

Gentile-Americans outnumber Jewish-Americans by about 50-to-1.

Gentile-Americans outnumber Jews by about 20-to-1.

Gentiles outnumber Jews by almost 400-to-1.

So, if Jews are controlling your destiny, you are saying that an infinitesimal fraction of any Jew is more than a match for a weak, ineffective, limp-wristed Gentile like yourself.

What a HUMILIATING admission for you to make!!!
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by deacon20081 July 4, 2008 8:40 AM EDT
Continued
Either the Israelis Used the Documents to Blackmail Bush, or Else They are Using Them to Elect Kerry
"Therefore, either these documents were archived during the terms of [Bush] the father and [George W. Bush] so they could be used as a means of blackmailing the two presidents into continuing to serve Israel, or the time has now come to publicize these facts, if they are indeed true. That is to say, perhaps Bush Jr. has played all his cards and he has no choice left but to leave the White House, with [John] Kerry as his successor, about whom it has been said that he has Jewish roots, like [Madeleine] Albright, the former Secretary of State who didn''t make public her religious identity until several years after [assuming office].
"The delicate question is whether Israel cooperated with the ruling Bush family while knowing these secrets, according to the principle of whoever does you excellent service is your ally, even if in the past he had [ties] with the Nazis? Or perhaps this information is inaccurate or fictitious, and its publication has come at a time when the investigators don''t have time to conduct a thorough investigation and to defend Bush, since the elections are fast approaching. If we assume that the accusation is true, it is probable that elements in the service of Israel and [acting] in conjunction with it felt which way the wind was blowing in anticipation of the elections, and [concluded] that Kerry was better suited to the Israeli positions."

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by deacon20081 July 4, 2008 8:37 AM EDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1256448/posts
Saudi Government Daily Editorial:''Bush the Nazi''
Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 2:12:56 PM by Stoat
The Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh recently published an editorial titled "Bush the Nazi," referring to allegations that President George W. Bush''s family had ties with the Nazis. The following are excerpts from the editorial: [1]
Did President Bush''s Grandfather Collaborate with the Nazis?
"[The British newspaper] The Guardian published what it contends are documents incriminating the president''s grandfather of collaboration with the Nazis and bringing [Adolf] Hitler to power, and that his wealth was an outcome of agreements with the Nazis, and this wealth was passed on to [his] children and grandchildren in America.
"This issue fits in with the confusion [surrounding] the elections, as each candidate attempts to earn support by revealing suppressed facts [about his opponent], even in secret archives, and thus it is not impossible to verify or refute these [allegations].
"Verification [of these allegations] stems from [the fact that] business is not founded on ethical aims, and one deals with the devil if it will bring material gains%u2026
"[On the other hand] we may refute [these allegations] if we take into consideration that it is the Israelis, of all stripes, both influential ones and those of a lesser order, that follow more than anyone else Nazi history and track down Nazis."

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by naucoming4u July 4, 2008 8:34 AM EDT
The Chinese Olympics...

...the only time where the souvenirs in the gift shop are made in a factory just down the street!
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by naucoming4u July 4, 2008 8:27 AM EDT
Don''t look at it like Bush is going to the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in spite of Tibet...

...just look at it as Bush going to meet with his lender(s)!
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by oneworldusa July 4, 2008 8:23 AM EDT
How much fuel and tax dollars would it save if he just stayed home and watched on TV? How about phoning in instead?
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by juwboy July 4, 2008 8:22 AM EDT
hadenough43:

Don''t you mean idiot_SAN?

That''s what the Chinese call him.
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by July 4, 2008 6:54 AM EDT
Oh great, the idiot son gets another chance to humiliate the country.
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by blackyowe July 4, 2008 5:40 AM EDT
Who cares he is a headless horseman on a lame duck.
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by Michael Arnold July 4, 2008 5:38 AM EDT
Good, maybe he''ll stay -- for good.
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by stn_sage July 4, 2008 4:34 AM EDT
Not attending is the correct thing to do---so, obcourse he''ll be there ''with bells on''!

He must continue to thank them for underwriting the Iraq war besides sending millions of American jobs to China and allowing them to swamp our markets with their dangerous, poisonous products!

Gee, I thought the President of the United States was suppose to work for the betterment of HIS people and NOT everyone elses''! Oops! Silly me!
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by lucasnico July 4, 2008 4:11 AM EDT
he''s attending because he borrowed BILLIONS from the Chinese to fund the war in Iraq
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by apprxam July 4, 2008 3:48 AM EDT
Okay, I see it now. He''s gonna beg the Chinese to pump more oil? Hey, why not ask for the parts they took for that plane they forced down in 2001.
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by harpoot July 4, 2008 3:46 AM EDT
Birds of a feather .....
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by gce65 July 4, 2008 2:45 AM EDT
I suppose Bush will be blowing the Chinese Premier as well in a back room before the games start...

What a sycophant!
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by sistatee-2009 July 4, 2008 12:47 AM EDT
I wonder how much it costs to fly Air Force One and escorts round trip to China.
Posted by barbaraf4 at 09:30 PM : Jul 03, 2008

Probably enough to pay unemployment for all the displaced workers in the U.S. for a year.

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by walt1944-2009 July 4, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
The Great Emperor Bush II is demonstrating how important human rights are to him, by ignoring calls for him to join world leaders in boycotting the opening Olympic games ceremonies in Beijing and going anyway!

The Great Emperor knows full well that China literally financially OWNS the USSA and naturally, would not want to offend his Asian "bankers". If offended, the Chinese might call all their loans, burn all their worthless USSA dollars and REPO the USSA having the People''s Army march in to take possession.

What would the neocon Fascist Nazis think? What would the $50 million a year Rush Limbaugh think? What would the "religious right" think?

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, DEFINITELY MORE OF THE SAME, McCain!!!!
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