Posted on 08/10/2008 6:28:43 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Had we gone to the 1980 Olympics the same thing would have happened..
COVER it in any way.
I feel that every American (including President Bush) that are in attendance at the Olympics
That IS in attendance.
I think if the Chinese can learn proper English, we should respect that.
I have the men's volleyball on.
Just to annoy you.
:)
No, the government is. Most Chinese people are victims of the ChiCom government not supporters of it.
I have no use for the Olympics. The ChiComs are unquestionably using it as a propaganda tool and they have heaped loads of suffering on their own people and others to make themselves look good.
I have respect for the people of China not Government.. As for the Olympics, personally I find it boring as hell.
The only international event I would like to see in Beijing is "Hang a Tyrant from a Lamp Post." Preferably by an all Chinese team.
If you get UHD on your cable or sat, then they are broadcasting trap shooting right now.
When the story mentioned a “gutter between the road and a retaining wall”, I envisioned a muddy, rain filled ditch.
This was a narrow stone gutter and a stone wall! The rider fell into it and disappeared! Unbelievable!
The American team was in good position, but late in the race got boxed up, and the dreadful weather didn't help things.
Funny, I read that China had big plans for making it not rain! LOL! What happened with that?
Seconded.
> Our kind not the stupid Canadian kind...
American Gridiron is a great game, gaining in popularity in New Zealand. Canadian Gridiron is technically a much better game.
> The only international event I would like to see in Beijing is “Hang a Tyrant from a Lamp Post.” Preferably by an all Chinese team.
Post of the day! Well said!
And my point is that American involvement in 1936, in the form of Jesse Owens, showed the lie to the theory of the “master race” that was supposed to be showcased in Berlin. By showing up and competing, America lessened the propaganda value of the Berlin Olympics. I hope that the Beijing Olympics will suffer the same fate.
This is all completely EMPTY reasoning. Jesse Owens won a race. That lead to... what? I'll tell you what ... NOTHING.
The war STILL happened. Germany STILL killed millions and millions. The Jews STILL died by the millions. And Jessee, why he STILL didn't stop all that with his great running.
America playing to Hitler's Olympic tunes did N-O-T-H-I-N-G positive.Zip. Nada.
TIVOing most of it and watching as much as we can.
I don’t have great interest in either, myself.
To be honest, I was being sarcastic. I don’t think we will ever see American Gridiron in the Olympics.. I just find the whole thing boring.. If Chicago does get it for the 2016 Olympics, then I’m going out of town during that time.
> If Chicago does get it for the 2016 Olympics, then I’m going out of town during that time.
But it sure would be great to see da Bears take away Gold, ay...
That would be great.. I think the score would be 200 - 0.. There is no way in hell people playing in foreign gridiron leagues has the talent of the NFL (Well maybe the Canadians..)
> There is no way in hell people playing in foreign gridiron leagues has the talent of the NFL (Well maybe the Canadians..)
Any Canadians with talent end up going South to America where the money is. I predict Canadian Football will die off eventually.
Some of our New Zealand Samoan players are pretty formidable, and they are HUGE — like The Refrigerator — and they start out life at two years old learning Rugby skills. One day, they might give the US a run for its money. Or more likely go over to America to play in the NFL.
It will be a very, very long time before anyone plays Gridiron better than America does. It is in your national psyche, just like The Rugby is in ours.
And there is no event that is better than the Superbowl anywhere in the world.
Thank you.
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