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Boycott Olympic Sponsors!

Remember, the Olympics happen because of Corporate sponsors. Leading the pack is Coca-Cola and McDonalds. Other sponsors include GE, Johnson and Johnson, Lenovo, Kodak, Manulife, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, Visa, Adidas, Haier, Budweiser, UPS, Staples, and Snickers made by Mars.

Maybe it is time to send these sponsors the message that we are mad as hell and we aren't going to take it anymore. The abuse of people throughout the world needs to come to an end. Send the message to the corporate sponsors, boycott their products, send them letters, and give these Olympics the worst ratings of any Olympics ever. Send a clear message that corporate sponsorship of these OIympics is tantamount to supporting the genocide of many.

Don't let the IOC blame the protestors for making this political. They made it political when they gave in to China and allowed a country with a horrendous human rights record to become a host of games that are meant to celebrate the coming together of people. One of the first criteria for picking a site should be the way that the host country treats the citizens of the world. Even some athletes are torn between boycotting despite all their hard work to get there, or as some have stated, going so as to make a statement. Though, in the past, those that have done so have been banned from further competition.

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And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.
Black Elk

When you know who you are;
when your mission is clear and you
burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will;
no cold can touch your heart;
no deluge can dampen your purpose.
You know that you are alive.

Formerly attributed to Chief Seattle
A member of the Suquamish tribe has informed a few of us that he never spoke these words and they are upset. I respectfully have changed the above attribution. I put formerly attributed so that those who know this quote won't keep telling me that it is Chief Seattle. It remains as it speaks of my journey.

Remember always,
Everything you say,
Everything you do,
Little eyes are watching you.

(Reba McIntyre remembering a poster that hung in her gym when she was playing basketball. It helped her in later life to remember always that the children are watching us and the things that we say and do maybe inspire or affect a child. If we are to grow as elders, we must take these words to heart and always live our life as an example to those who will follow. Thank you Reba for sharing this with us.)


~ But if the vision was true and mighty, it is true and mighty yet. ~
BLACK ELK - LAKOTA


"There are hundreds of paths up the mountain,
all leading in the same direction,
so it doesn’t matter which path you take.
The only one wasting time is the one
who runs around and around the mountain,
telling everyone else that their path is wrong.”

Hindu Teaching

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“Children thrive with the active involvement of both parents. Children and parents should be encouraged to spend substantial time with each other regardless of the parents’ present marital status. The undersigned recognize that absent issues of abuse, neglect or abandonment, social and government policy must be structured in such a way as to promote and maximize the opportunity of all parents to contribute to the social, emotional, intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual development of their children.”

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