Conservative Pulse

Chinese girl lip-synched song

In addition to the computer generated fireworks inserted into the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, the little girl chosen to sing the Chinese national anthem actually lip-synched the song. Not only didn’t she sing it live, it wasn’t even her voice on the tape. Chinese officials decided that the little girl seen on [...]

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China fakes Olympic fireworks

Everyone has been buzzing about the amazing opening ceremony of the Olympic games on Friday night. The Chinese spared absolutely no expense and created some pretty amazing fireworks, light effects, and other unique spectacles. But at least one, and perhaps more than one, of the fireworks tricks was actually computer generated and not [...]

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Caption this: Bush meets women volleyballers

It looks like the President got to meet the ever-popular US women’s beach volleyball team.

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McCain makes last-minute Olympics ad buy to exceed Obama

If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you may have noticed some ads for both major Presidential candidates during the opening days. We know that a couple of weeks ago the Obama campaign announced a $5 million television ad campaign for the Olympic games. But apparently the McCain campaign jumped on board with a [...]

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Obama’s $5 million Olympic ad buy

The Obama campaign is so flush with cash that they’re just looking for ways to spend it before election day. Along those lines, they announced today that they were buying $5 million worth of ads during the Olympics… when ad rates are quite high. Obama is not only able to advertise in unusual [...]

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The Chinese government will decide when it will or won’t rain

You know you live in an oppressive nation when the government decides when it will rain or not. And that’s exactly what is going on right now in China, believe it or not. In advance of the opening of the Olympics next month, the Chinese are now blasting the clouds with thousands of artillery shells [...]

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China mars 2008 Olympics

The recent protests along the route of the Olympic flame have involved Tibetans, citizens of the respective countries, local and national officials, and even the torch-bearers themselves. In London, Konnie Huq both carried the flame and voiced her opposition to Chinese policy; San Francisco is scheduled to receive the torch on April 9, but in [...]

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