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To: chessplayer; bray; ELS; NautiNurse; Baynative
They were great. All I watched for 2 weeks.

I agree... I thought they were terrific! Our American Olympians made me proud... all who won gold stood with their hands over their hearts during the National Anthem, many sang the lyrics.

I admire all of the athletes - not just the ones who won gold, silver or bronze. Just to compete at that level is incredible.

I'm kind of sorry the Olympics are over, however I'm happy I won't be seeing those stupid NBC commercials anymore. Ugh, do people actually watch those horribly stupid sit-coms they kept pitching??

68 posted on 08/12/2012 11:20:43 PM PDT by nutmeg (I'm with Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz: Anybody But Obama 2012)
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To: nutmeg

I don’t know who you were watching, but at least 10 times I saw several of the US medal winners not holding there hand over there heart during the playing of our National Anthem. Particularly notable was the Williams sister. Who thought it was quite funny that our flag was blown off the bar that was holding it up. The whole time she just stood there with her hands by her waist holding the flowers she was given. I guess she was protesting being a millionaire. Also wasn’t any boxing shown?


91 posted on 08/13/2012 6:05:27 AM PDT by JimC214
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To: nutmeg
The thrill of watching dedicated athletes put all of their years of practice and sacrifice on the line will never fade for me.

With one exception: DREAM Teams.Professionals in the Olympics is rubbish. USA playing basketball against third world countries is as compelling as watching fat people eat spaghetti.

101 posted on 08/13/2012 6:57:59 AM PDT by Baynative (A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for others)
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