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The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of defeat, and Just Showing Up at the Olympics
American Thinker ^
| August 20, 2016
| Noel S. Williams
Posted on 08/20/2016 2:13:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:13:01 PM PDT
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Kaslin
To: Kaslin
I was in the coliseum inn 84 when Anderson staggered across. Amazing the author didn’t say that marathon was won by Joan Benoit, an American.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:17:05 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: Kaslin
Just listened to Team USA women baskeyball defeated the women’s team from Spain. Four players and the head coach are from UConn.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:18:12 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Kaslin
Shut up, Noel. EVERY SINGLE OLYMPIC ATHLETE N THE WORLD DISAGREES WITH YOU.
Just shut UP.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:21:54 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: BigEdLB
I remember seeing that from Switzerland if Iwas not mistaken on tv struggle to finish her race. Had done some research online that L.A.CA is now biding to host the 2024 summer games.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:25:49 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Kaslin
On the other hand. . .watching America kick the world’s ass is fun too!
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:26:16 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: Biggirl
Yes. And I was walking distance from Archery in 84. Some of my neighbors were volunteer ushers.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:28:11 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: Kaslin
Remember the “agony of defeat” clip on the Wide World of Sports?
The guy going off the side of the ski jump?
I did that on the Dope Slope.
My ski instructor suggested I take up chess.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:32:19 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: BigEdLB
He probably doesn't remember either, but doesn't want to admit it.
I don't even remember the 1984 Olympics. Where were they even held?
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:37:39 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He neededAwesomeOf the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
To: blueunicorn6
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:38:17 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Talisker
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:38:20 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He neededAwesomeOf the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
“The snow or something grabbed his skis”
I hate it when that happens. Nothing worse than grabby snow.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:48:32 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Biggirl
Correction: 5 players from UConn.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:51:28 PM PDT
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Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Kaslin
Tsk, tsk, tsk Is there something wrong with your tongue, or do you know of an Olympic athlete who's not competing to win?
Or is it just that striving for excellence disgusts you?
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Kaslin
Yes in Los Angeles. It is biding to bring the 2024 summer games to that city.The other cities are Budapest,Hamberg,Rome,and Paris.
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posted on
08/20/2016 2:56:40 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: Kaslin
Something noteworthy happened at these Olympics that has received, in America, no notice.
For the first time in 56 years an American won a medal in one of the sports selected for the original modern Olympics in 1896, and which has continued throughout every Olympiad since.
For decades, it was inconceivable that an American might medal. Probability zero.
Now, finally, an American took the silver in men’s foil, and the news doesn’t even mention it.
Oh, well. Americans generally don’t understand that it is a martial art, and don’t know how difficult and demanding it is.
Fun fact: the fastest object at the Olympics is the marksman’s bullet. The second-fastest object at the Olympics is the tip of the fencer’s weapon.
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posted on
08/20/2016 3:00:35 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: blueunicorn6
Must have been a yeti that grabbed his skis.
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posted on
08/20/2016 3:25:27 PM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Biggirl
Hamberg,Rome,and Paris.Summer Olympics with scantily clad infidels. What could possibly go wrong given 8 more years of the invasion?
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posted on
08/20/2016 3:28:25 PM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Kaslin
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posted on
08/20/2016 4:05:22 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: bgill
With the problems Western Europe has been going through, I see only Budapest and LA being the two best choices.
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posted on
08/20/2016 4:10:12 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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