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Nancy Pelosi Has Balls

April 1, 2008 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has balls, big balls, she is stepping up and saying what everyone with a conscience and soul should be saying, ‘Boycott China’ or at least their Olympics. She clarified her statement by saying that she does not want the United States to boycott the Beijing Olympics but that President Bush should consider skipping the opening ceremony. In a world were we all turn the other way because we want Chinese business, speaker Nancy Pelosi stood up and did the right thing and this is not the first time she has done this but it is one of the most important times and when you couple this with her stand on the Democratic election and super-delegates issues you see that maybe the wrong woman is running for President, maybe it should be Nancy Pelosi instead.

So many times we stand and watch China sell us lead tainted toys, poisonous medicine, unsafe products, and various other border-line criminal things and we do nothing because no one wants to ruin their chances of doing business in or with China, well isn’t this a little like selling your soul to the devil? Well I applaud Nancy Pelosi for stepping up and claiming back some of our humanity, especially when it comes to China. She previously stated that we cannot act holier than thou on human rights if we do not address the human rights concerns of China immediately and I agree with her. In a recent trip to Dharmasala, India, which is home to the Dalai Lama’s displaced Tibetan government, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated, “ If freedom-loving people don’t speak out against China’s oppression of people in Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak out against any oppressed people.” Speaker Pelosi went on to say, “I think boycotting the opening ceremony, which really gives respect to the Chinese government, is something that should be kept on the table…I think the president might want to rethink this later, depending on what other heads of state do.” This is in addition to numerous Olympic athletes declaring they will boycott China, along with the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French officials who have already announced they will not attend the Olympic Games. Its time we stand up to China and not acquiesce to their race to the bottom mentality, or strategy.  We must support Tibet, the site of recent crackdowns on human rights demonstrators by the Chinese government. We must also consider the state of democracy in China along with the inhumane working conditions in China. We should not let China have a free ride on global pollution and human rights issues when we hold other countries to such high standards. It’s time we quit acting like hypocrites and more like humans, its time we support people like Nancy Pelosi and her ideals on this issue.

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