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I'm going to go read this article Gene, thanks.  Glad your home  
safe. : )

I think y'all might be surprised by my stance on boycotting the  
Olympics, which is this: who cares?

I have been part of the process many, many times on getting horses  
long and short listed. I was the "sous chef d'equipe" for the chef  
d'equipe of the three day team and some of the show jumping teams in  
the late 80's.  I can tell you that in my sport,  the "amateurs" going  
to the Olympics have spent millions to get there. If it wasn't  their  
millions, which has happened, it's someone else's. I've loaded trunks  
of horse clothing with "Crown Royal's Artos" or "Newman's Own 'The  
Natural'" on planes headed to these "amateur" contests. In the past  
when there was a question of sending our horses, to Barcelona, for  
example, in more than one case the riders went as individuals, or  
participated as members of other countries' teams, by buying European  
horses whose quarantine restrictions were not the same.

The Olympic ideals are dead just like democracy and honour in this  
administration. Who cares who goes? This is just Pelosi trying to  
pretend she still has principals that don't involve bending over  
the .....never mind.

I'm not feeling very Pollyannish today, I'm afraid.

*smiling wanly*

Moon


On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> Having just read a book about the Dalai Lama, I was thinking that the
> Tibet issue is irresolvable, that Tibetans who look to the Dalai Lama
> as their leader are destined to lives of desperation, discontent and
> disillusion. I still lean toward that conclusion, but these thoughts
> by Nicholas Kristoff are enlightening and persuasive. I wonder if he
> would accept Ambassador of Good Will in our fantasy administration?