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The Olympics – What We’ve Lost as Americans
Flopping Aces ^ | 08-06-21 | Brother Bob

Posted on 08/06/2021 9:00:14 AM PDT by Starman417

Remember the days when everyone watched the Olympics to see America's best athletes represent us on the world stage? To be honest, while I'd always watched the Olympics, I never tuned in wall to wall or went too crazy over them. I was always waiting for the day that American football got added as a sport looking forward to seeing the USA beating whatever opponent 49-0... at the end of the first quarter. But that aside, there still is something really cool about seeing the joy in the faces of our Olympians celebrating winning gold medals, and seeing them on the medal stand as our National Anthem plays. Or at least there was. Now we're treated to exhausting rounds of selfish protests, amplified by the Radical Leftists who've taken over sports media and choose to amplify these stories instead of the hardworking athletes who simply get the job done. Think about it -  what stories did you hear about the most leading up to the Olympics, tales of promising athletes looking to represent their country, or the nasty protesters?

Ace's Oregon Muse gave a quick roundup of how the Wokelympics are going:

Megan Rapinoe got to be the face of an underachieving soccer team.

Professional Ingrate Gwen Berry finished 11th... out of 12 in the hammer throw.

And "Laurel" Hibbard, a Dude in a Dress (DIAD), representing as New Zealand's powerlifter, didn't even make it out of the qualifying round. Although I wish he had, for the same reasons that Muse states.

I would also add that ratings are down, and advertisers are understandably annoyed. Muse also forgot to mention our men's basketball team getting embarrassed in a loss to... France. Even worse for me personally, after the fact, I realized that I was rooting for France to win because their players were less anti-American than ours. France. YouTuber Mecharandom 42, in a video on a completely different topic, made a great brief point about not representing a country you don't like.

This brings me to the one story in this Olympics that truly interested me, but one that I doubt you heard about. Unless you follow the women's 400M hurdles, of course. Sydney McLaughlin, one of America's top prospects for a gold medal, happens to be an alumnus of my high school. And while I missed her first two races, there was no way I'd miss her Tuesday night run, scheduled for @ 10:30 PM. Equally cool was seeing the watch party being held at a bar up in Jersey and Sydney's old Principal (also my old Principal - what is it about Nuns that makes it seem like they live forever?) sitting front and center. Yes, brief flashes of this actually made it on the air on NBC. And then came the race itself, and an old feeling came back.

Any longtime sports fan has at one time or another experienced what can only be called "The Sports High". You know that feeling when some improbable or slump-breaking victory happens and you are jumping and shouting like a giddy ten-year-old. I've experienced it three times in my life. The first was when the 1998 Atlanta Falcons capped off an improbable comeback victory over the heavily favored Vikings. I still remember watching Morten Anderson's kick sail through the uprights, jumping up and down in my buddy's living room in Tampa and screaming "I'm going to Miami! (where the Super Bowl would be held that year) I am going to MOTHER (Fudging) MIAMI!!! while doing D-Generation X crotch chops (hey, it was the 90s). My second would come on a college football Thursday night in November 2006, when then 9-0, and perennial doormat, Rutgers (the alma mater of Father Bob) beat also undefeated and #3 ranked Louisville on a last-second field goal to secure a bowl bid. Even though it was probably @ 11:30 at night, I called my at the time 70-something-year-old dad to congratulate him. He picked up immediately and the first words out of my mouth were "I know it's too late to call, and I also know you weren't sleeping." I was right, and he emailed later that he was so fired up he didn't fall asleep until 3:00 that night. And my third was... well, anyone who knows me also knows that before the NFL said it didn't want me as a fan anymore I bled Eagle Green, and Super Bowl 52 ended years of frustration - when Brady's last desperate pass bounced harmlessly on the turf the collective scream that went through The District Anchor and the next few hours was like nothing I'd ever experienced. Sorry for the tangent, but it was needed to set the stage for my fourth Sports High..

As I watched the race, the focus was on Sydney and also favored American runner Dalilah Muhammad. The announcers pointed out that Sidney was doing a great job of pacing about halfway through, and then she poured it on. I was on my feet, jumping up & down, and trying not to make any noise that would wake Little Bob as Sidney captured the gold. The combination of her win and seeing the old Union Catholic crowd going nuts for Sidney brought that old feeling back. And then hearing Sidney and Dalilah's interview immediately afterward -  both happy, humble, and honored to bring home the wins for America was damned refreshing. And both thanked God for helping them achieve their success - that interview was the perfect cap to an amazing moment.

And afterward, I was reminded of how much I miss the camaraderie of sports. I miss just being able to sit down at any bar with a game on and being to be able to almost instantly connect with almost any stranger over a beer. Now there isn't a pro sports league that hasn't allowed the stench of Marxist politics to taint the experience.

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Sports
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; leftists; olympics; sports; woketards
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1 posted on 08/06/2021 9:00:14 AM PDT by Starman417
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I was never really Rah-Rah USA for the Olympics, I liked good stories about great athletes regardless of where they were from. Although, yes I always enjoyed when the Commies lost, especially the "Miracle on Ice".

But the fact is, a lot of athletes who compete for other countries, live and train right here in the US, and many have attended US Universities.

I care more about the medal count by University:







Go Gators!
2 posted on 08/06/2021 9:03:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Rapinoe has got to be one of the most repulsive, obnoxious anti-American sports figures in modern times.

She is the face of Subway restaurants. Tell me again why anyone would want to eat there?


3 posted on 08/06/2021 9:07:55 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: dfwgator

I was always a rah-rah Go USA type...not this time. The cartoon in the article exemplifies me perfectly for this Olympics and sadly, future Olympics.


4 posted on 08/06/2021 9:07:58 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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She is the face of Subway restaurants. Tell me again why anyone would want to eat there?

Never knew she was into footlongs.

5 posted on 08/06/2021 9:08:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I think there is a fundamental change across the world that’s been going on for the past decade or so.

Olympic viewership down in

France 20-75% down
Germany down 75%
BBC down 61%


6 posted on 08/06/2021 9:09:34 AM PDT by mooncoin
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You also have to factor in on-demand video, where you can go and watch the highlights of any event at your leisure. Plus the timezone differences make it difficult to watch events live anyway, so why not just go on You Tube and watch them.


7 posted on 08/06/2021 9:10:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I didn’t watch any of, didn’t miss it, don’t feel bad at all.

I didn’t lose a thing. Feel the same way about major league baseball, NFL, and assorted other garbage entertainment run for the benefit of pampered, spoiled brats.


8 posted on 08/06/2021 9:12:42 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: mooncoin
I think there is a fundamental change across the world that’s been going on for the past decade or so. Olympic viewership down in France 20-75% down Germany down 75% BBC down 61%

Nationalism is passe. Now we need a one world team and they have one sport, defeat conservatives who love their countries.

9 posted on 08/06/2021 9:12:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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What bothered me about this year’s Olympics coverage is that our local news media barely mentioned the fact that the first American to win a gold medal (Lee Kiefer, in fencing) came from the city I live in, Lexington, KY. What’s more, she beat the Russians, who were favored to win, and her husband won the bronze in the same competition.


10 posted on 08/06/2021 9:14:02 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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WE watched the Olympics with the same fervor and eagerness, we now have for watching the NFL, NBA and MLB.

Zero!

Our sun continues to rise in the East and set in the West.


11 posted on 08/06/2021 9:14:55 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, China, Cuba, Canada, the UK, or Chicago! I'd move there! )
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To: dfwgator

She’s more into a meatless sandwich.


12 posted on 08/06/2021 9:15:11 AM PDT by hercuroc
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To: 1Old Pro

Except for the female wrestler from Houston who gave a fantastic interview on how proud she was to be an American and a Christian.


13 posted on 08/06/2021 9:15:14 AM PDT by sanjuanbob (Do NOT buy Chinese Products)
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To: 1Old Pro

Yea rooting for your country is no longer fashionable except in few countries. This is not a US isolated issue I find.


14 posted on 08/06/2021 9:15:47 AM PDT by mooncoin
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To: Berosus

NBC focused on “All Simone, All The Time”, that nobody cared about the American who actually won the Individual All-Around Gold Medal.


15 posted on 08/06/2021 9:15:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Starman417
Drama. Queen. Ingrates. Killed.Sports.

The next generation of athletes can learn to code...

16 posted on 08/06/2021 9:16:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (Socialism has been tried 41 times the last 100 years-and there are exactly 41 failures -John Mackey)
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To: hercuroc

Do they have a Fish Taco Sandwich?


17 posted on 08/06/2021 9:16:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Cboldt

My thoughts as well. Too many better things to do with your valuable time than watching a bunch of pampered prima donnas.


18 posted on 08/06/2021 9:17:20 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: mooncoin
Drama. Queen. Ingrates. Killed.Sports.

The next generation of athletes can learn to code...

19 posted on 08/06/2021 9:17:49 AM PDT by GOPJ (Socialism has been tried 41 times the last 100 years-and there are exactly 41 failures -John Mackey)
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To: dfwgator
Do they have a Fish Taco Sandwich?

Only prepared with aged fish.

20 posted on 08/06/2021 9:18:19 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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