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Monday, August 04, 2008

Looking Back at the 2004 Olympics

For the time being since the Universal Tattletale sight is no longer available I thought I'd post a few of the things that were posted on the Olympics by myself in 2004.


Terrorism and the Olympic Games

Terrorism and the Olympic Games. Sadly the two have become a pair, one seldom seen without the other. The Munich Olympics, the Atlanta Bomber and of course all those incidents which could have been terrorist acts, but we will never know the truth about them. Thomas Homer Dixon in his article The Rise of Complex Terrorism discusses how the rise of advanced Western nations has amplified the destructive power of terrorists and the psychological/ financial damage they can inflict.

August 24, 2004

A few days ago two airliners went down in Buchalki, Russia. Already these incidents have basically been recognized as terrorism although the presses immediate reaction was to deny them as terrorist acts.. The timing of two planes and a total of 89 people made this one a little harder to sweep under the rug.

July 17, 1996

Another plane went down in New York on July 17, 1996. This crash to was riddled with rumors of a conspiracy to cover up the evidence. Jack Cashill Article: “ Silenced: Flight 800 and The Subversion of Justice describes the eyewitnesses and accounts which were so conveniently overlooked to support the ruptured fuel tank theory. In fact more than one eyewitness would be silenced for there candor. (see article)Was a missile fired to prevent a disaster of even larger magnitude? Since September 11, 2001 we could now expect this type of response.

Other Possible Terrorist Acts

April 3, 1996

The air force plane a T-43, a military version of the Boeing 737, carrying Ron Brown and many from his Department of Commerce staff, CEO’s from 12 different companies and the flight crew crashed killing all aboard. Brown’s mission was to visit Bosnia and Croatia with US executives hoping to get contracts in the rebuilding of the war-ravaged former Yugoslav republics. The investigation and media reported that this crash was due to inclement weather. This evidence and statement is controversial in itself according to the article “Ron Brown May Be Victim of Foul Play”

November 12, 2001

American Airlines jet crashes into Queens on November 12, 2001. Device size of a shoe bomb used to blow off wing. Claim made the Farouk the Tunisian or Abderraouf Jdey was responsible. US Transportation Safety Board says there is no evidence that there was any kind of event in the cabin of the plane at the time of the event. See article

These are a few well acknowledged events, but there is certainly many more.

Deferentially, but very insistently, the media, government and intelligence departments make their preferred assumptions about events the accepted norm. Evidence in so many conspiracy laden events is scrambled, abused and denied to prevent the outcomes from having the intended results the culprits would want the American public to see and believe.

Therefore, it is plausible to question and seek out the logical truth even though those in power and position may deny the relevance of normally accepted truthful information.


Lighter Side

(Letterman’s Top Ten Olympics)

Top Ten Signs Athens Isn't Ready For The Olympics

10. Organizers lobbying for new event: Yelling at contractor to hurry the hell up

9. Committee still hasn't selected really gay theme for opening ceremonies

8. Makeshift Olympic symbol made of five interlocking poppy seed bagels

7. Yesterday, Athens' mayor said, "Wait, we're hosting the Olympics?"

6. Thanks to mailroom blunder, all the steroids were shipped to Crete

5. Builders brought only one hammer and a box of wood screws

4. Olympic visitors center to be ready in early 2006

3. The athletes have to share a gyro

2. All the "Greece" signs have a photo of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

1. "Olympic Stadium" just a bunch of lawn chairs in an Applebee's parking lot.


2004 Olympic Statistics Medals Per Person by Country

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

2003 Population

Medals Per 10 million people

Ranking


United States

35

39

29

103

290,342,554

2.818

31

Russia

27

27

38

92

144,526,278

6.365

19

China

32

17

14

63

1,286,975,468

.4890

44

Australia

17

16

16

49

19,731,984

24.832

1

Germany

14

16

18

48

82,398,326

5.825

23

Japan

15

10

12

37

127,214,499

2.908

30

France

11

9

13

33

60,180,529

5.483

25

Italy

10

11

11

32

57,998,353

5.517

24

United Kingdom

9

9

12

30

60,094,648

4.992

26

South Korea

9

12

9

30

48,289,037

6.212

22

Cuba

9

7

11

27

11,263,429

23.972

2

Ukraine

9

5

9

23

48,289,037

4.762

27

Netherlands

4

9

9

22

16,150,511

13.622

10

Romania

8

5

6

19

22,271,839

8.53

16

Spain

3

11

5

19

40,217,413

4.724

28

Hungary

8

6

3

17

10,045,407

16.757

4

Greece

6

6

4

16

10,665,989

15

7

Belarus

2

5

8

15

10,322,151

14.532

9

Canada

3

6

3

12

32,207,113

3.725

29

Bulgaria

2

1

9

12

7,537,929

15.921

5

Poland

3

2

5

10

38,622,660

2.589

32

Brazil

4

3

3

10

182,032,604

.54

43

Turkey

3

3

4

10

68,109,469

1.468

41

Thailand

3

1

4

8

64,265,276

1.244

42

Denmark

2

0

6

8

5,384,384

14.858

8

Kazakhstan

1

4

3

8

16,763,795

7.4

18

Czech Republic

1

3

4

8

10,249,216

7.805

18

Sweden

4

1

2

7

8,878,085

7.884

17

Austria

2

4

1

7

8,188,207

8.549

15

Ethiopia

2

3

2

7

66,557,553

10.51

14

Kenya

1

4

2

7

31,639,091

2.212

34

Norway

5

0

1

6

4,546,123

13.198

11

Iran

2

2

2

6

69,018,924

1.44

39

Slovakia

2

2

2

6

5,430,033

11.05

13

Argentina

2

0

4

6

38,740,807

1.548

37

South Africa

1

3

2

6

42,768,678

1.402

40

New Zealand

3

2

0

5

3,951,307

12.655

12

Taiwan

2

2

1

5

22,603,001

2.212

34

Jamaica

2

1

2

5

2,695,867

18.545

3

Uzbekistan

2

1

2

5

26,410,416

1.893

36

Switzerland

1

1

3

5

7,318,638

6.831

20

Azerbaijan

1

0

4

5

7,830,764

6.384

21

North Korea

0

4

1

5

22,466,481

2.225

33

Georgia

2

2

0

4

4,934,413

8.107


Indonesia

1

1

2

4

234,893,453

.17


Egypt

1

0

3

4

76,117,421

.525


Latvia

0

4

0

4

2,306,306

4.336


Mexico

0

3

1

4

104,959,594

.381


Croatia

0

2

2

5

4,422,248

11.307


Slovenia

0

1

3

4

1,935,677

20.661


Morocco

2

1

0

3

31,689,265

.946


Chile

2

0

1

3

12,576,742

2.385


Lithuania

1

2

0

3

3,592,561

8.349


Zimbabwe

1

1

1

3

12,671,860

2.367


Belgium

1

0

2

3

10,348,276

2.899


Portugal

0

2

1

3

10,524,125

2.85


Estonia

0

1

2

3

1,341,664

22.354


Bahamas

1

0

1

2

299,697

66.889


Israel

1

0

1

2

6,199,008

3.226


Finland

0

2

0

2

5,214,512

3.835


Colombia

0

0

1

1

42,310,775



Nigeria

0

0

2

2

137,253,133



Cameroon

1

0

0

1

16,063,178



Dominican Republic

1

0

0

1

8,833,634



Ireland

1

0

0

1

3,969,558



United Arab Emirates

1

0

0

1

2,523,915



Hong Kong

0

1

0

1

6,855,125



India

0

1

0

1

1,049,700,118



Paraguay

0

1

0

1

6,191,368



Serbia and Montenegro

0

1

0

1

10,655,774



Eritrea

0

0

1

1

4,362,254



Mongolia

0

0

1

1

2,712,315



Syria

0

0

1

1

18,016,874



Trinidad and Tobago

0

0

1

1

1,104,209



Venezuela

0

0

2

2

24,654,694







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