To boycott or not to boycott the Beijing Olympics? That is the question. Include Steve Stoute, president of the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA), in the “Not to B” or the “not to boycott” column. Here’s his take on the matter according to Barbados’ Nation News:

The best way to deal with this is to attend the Olympic Games. If I were a head of state my approach would be to attend the Games and use it as a mechanism to try and make change.

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A young ambassador for the Beijing Olympic Games meets Pakistanian athletes. Story here. One of the guys look like Novak Djokovic, no?

PHOTO SOURCE: Beijing 2008

Hey Jackie, I watched Forbidden Kingdom. You are THE awesome in that movie. You and Jet Li fighting in the temple? Whew. It was kung fu porn. It went on and on and on but I can’t take my eyes off it.

By the way, can you give me one of them walking sticks? You know, like the one you gave that American kid who fell from the roof and found himself in China? I was like, “Wow. Is that what the new agers are talking about?” They tell me I can do something like that if I enroll in their pricey courses but apparently all I need is a walking stick. So reserve a walking stick for me, will you?

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