Posted on 02/18/2010 9:52:45 PM PST by jerry557
I saw Shaun White when he received his medal and did the air guitar routine.
My first thought was “C’mon Shaun, settle down”. I noticed that he quit doing the air guitar routine pretty quick. Maybe he caught himself and realized “Hey, this isn’t cool”.
OTOH, I’m gonna cut him just a little slack because he’s 22 and because of the moment. Plus, what else would we expect from someone who likely addresses all his friends as “Dude”?
What he did was not something I would have done at 22 but like I said, I’ll let this one slide.
I did not see Shani Davis’ getting the medal. Common sense at least dictates putting his hand over his heart. I hope someone out there will ask him why he didn’t. If he was having an Obama Moment, well, I don’t have time for that and he can move to another country for all I care.
Boy, Doesn't that photo say it all?
Wait - did the Soviets boycott again?
As of this morning, the US leads in every medal category, in addition to the overall medal count. Go USA!
DUDE :) I will let it slide because I know Shaun White is a patriot, just didn’t expect him to pull out the whammy bar. Fist bump to your Friday.
I’m glad to hear that Johnny Weir skated well - he’s worked very hard. A shame that the judges held him back - I hate it when they do that. Couldn’t stay up to watch the men’s competition since I had to get in to work very early today.
While immensely proud and happy for them, they obviously take living in America for granted. I’m sure neither has had friends or family shed blood for our country. I’m sure they have a degree of patriotism, but clearly not decorum.
You can watch his performance above.
This is the correct one - for some reason the one I posted above linked to the wrong free skate.
I know Pleshenko is married....but it sounded like a cat fight. Its a gay sport. Roses and blowing kisses???? And thats the guys? IICCKKK...I need a shower....
GO DICK BUTTON! Skated to gold in pants and a sweater, not chiffon and feathers.
Ahhhh... those were the good old days - huh? I did see one traditionally dressed young man skating but he was not a top contender.
[Did you see that figure skater? I was *SO* happy to see the USA win - not only because Evan was better but Plushenko was so arrogant and presumptuous]
Evan Lysacek’s program was so much better than Plaschenko’s. Someone needs to remind Plaschenko that you are judged on the entire program not the ability to be able to land one jump. Plaschenko did land a quad but the rest of his program was poorly choreographed. His spins and footwork were mediocre. He in NO WAY deserved the gold over the American. I’m not even sure he deserved the silver. I thought Evan was better than Plaschenko in every aspect of the short and long program. His jumps, overall, were better than Plaschenko’s even without the squad. Much cleaner and smoother.
Plaschenko is a jerk and I only wish he hadn’t medaled at all.
The Europeans think this isn't right or good.
When will president Obama travel the world and apologize for this?
We should spread the medals around more equitably. Possibly do it based on CO2 emissions? Maybe we could create a quota system, and if we make to many medals we have to pay a fine to those that make less medals!
Is this all Bush's fault? He's at fault for everything else, so obviously he must be at fault for this too?
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