Posted on 08/05/2016 9:11:18 PM PDT by Swordmaker
NBC is interrupting the coverage of the opening ceremonies ever few minutes for at least three minutes of really BAD advertisements. But then the opening ceremonies are pretty bad themselves. . . among the worst of the modern era.
How many of our Fellow Freepers are finding this as off-putting as I am?
Then the Brazilians used it for a huge propaganda push for the dire consequences of Global Warming, not even "Climate Change!" Good Grief. . .
Comments?
I couldn’t care less about the job NBC has been doing. It’s possible they are doing a bad job of coverage. Certainly a lot of commercials.
I have really enjoyed it. Except for the global warming crap, during which I sat and argued with the television, and that, annoyed the wife. But other than that, I thought it was wonderful.
The last Olympics I remember had Jim McKay talking about ‘the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,’ while some gomer on skis wiped out on the long jump.
It's ridiculous that the olympics got beyond a scam on the internet.
The Clintons know who to whack as they cement their power over the institutions.
“Oh you so superior people who havent turned on TV in 2 years. Youre so much better than us inferior folks who like to stay abreast of things by flipping around the tube.”
True. We are. Cleaning out my desk would be a more productive use of my time than watching NBC and Brazil promote Global Warming.
So...why ARE you watching?
There’s just too many of these “I don’t watch TV so I’m much better than you” replies. People are getting sick of them here, I’m sure.
You took to this thread like it was personally directed to you. If you weren’t even watching it then why did you reply like it mattered?
Maybe we just don’t care at all if you don’t watch TV, ya’ know? Nobody cares, I promise.
I’ll watch the events from recordings. Never another “Up close and personal” for me.
I searched for an Olympic thread and did not find it. I wish there were a better search engine on FR. Do you have a link?
Cool Movie.
NOT ME! AND I DO NOT INTEND TO WATCH ANY...
I was switching back and forth between the opening ceremonies and baseball, so I’m sure I missed quite a bit of the idiocy on parade. ....like the global warming propaganda.
Heard a report earlier in the day that the Australian swim coach pulled his team out of the INDOOR pool because it was “cloudy” and “soupy.” http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/04/rio-olympics-water-quality-australian-team-aquatics-training-center/88275524/
So the water in the bay is filled with floating feces, and the indoor pool is filled with ....no one is sure. And the air quality is even worse than the water quality: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-rios-air-more-deadly-than-its-water-study-finds-a7169371.html
Lovely place, Rio.
New this year....everyone gets a medal !
One of my first airplane models was the Grumman Panther.
And that Testors glue smelled so good ...
Yeah, Bill’s wife in that movie, Grace Kelley?
Several things; Nearly every countrie's athletes were proudly carrying and waving their respective nation's flag, EXCEPT FOR THE AMERICAN ATHLETES: NO AMERICAN FLAGS! Disgraceful. One more gripe: All the various, narcissistic, self-centered athletes taking pictures of themselves using "selfie sticks": Nauseating! In the future the use of "selfie sticks" should be permanently banned.
Nope. Caught a few minutes after the Cards game ended.
Got to see the “refugee team” enter. Then changed to Murder, She Wrote.
I doubt I will watch much this time even of my favorite events.
No, the family and I have better things to do. We are watching Ant-man at the moment.
Polluted Brazil has no standing to lecture the world on what they believe to be bad the for the planet,
“Where do we get such men?”
Amen.
Wait, I thought Chicago lost their bid.
You replied to me personally. I didn’t speak to you in the first place, you interjected yourself into the conversation. If you don’t like my comments, don’t read them.
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