Prickly City by Scott Stantis for August 11, 2008
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August 12, 2008
Transcript:
Armadillo: Hey, Winslow. Winslow: Hey, Vaughn. Armadillo: Have you seen Carmen? Winslow: Nope. Armadillo: I'm worried... Winslow: You're always worried. She'll show up. Now help me with my Speedo.
It was Jimmy Carter, NOT Reagan, who decided to boycott the games in Moscow. (Although I suppose that Reagan might have been able to reverse that decision if he’d had a mind to, so you can give him some credit/blame for sticking to Carter’s plan.)
When the People’s Republic of China annexed Tibet, the U.S. government (under Harry Truman) already recognised the Republic of China (which at that time, like today, controlled only Taiwan and surrounding islands) as the sole legitimate government of ALL of China –INCLUDING Tibet. (Most of the rest of world, including the United Nations, was doing the same.) There were no games in China to boycott.