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Final Olympic Medal Count (Coalition of Willing 527, Commies/Despots 103, Appeasers 271)
Yahoo Olympics ^ | me

Posted on 08/15/2004 2:19:29 PM PDT by rocklobster11

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To: rocklobster11
Tuesdays update.

Coalition of the Willing 91
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 37
Appeasers/Axis of Weasels 26
Unknown 4

41 posted on 08/17/2004 2:17:45 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11
Wednesday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 136
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 45
Appeasers/Axis of Weasels 37
Unknown 5

42 posted on 08/18/2004 1:40:42 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Thursday's update:

Coalition of the Willing 163
Commies/Despots 59
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 43
Unknown 5

43 posted on 08/19/2004 2:10:17 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Friaday's update:

Coalition of the Willing 195
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 74
Appeasers/Axis of Weasels 58
Unknown 7

44 posted on 08/20/2004 5:44:02 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11
Saturday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 251
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 85
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 82
Unknown 11

45 posted on 08/21/2004 2:23:32 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Where’s Russia now, appeasers or communists?

Mexico?

Canada?

Personally, I’d like to see all 3 in the appeaser’s category.

Nice idea BTW!


46 posted on 08/22/2004 5:56:59 AM PDT by elfman2
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Mexico? I guess they'd have to win a medal before it matters.

Canada is in the appeasers column, with all 3 of their medals, slightly behind Zimbabwe.

Russia is still in the commies group, but I'll probably move them over.

47 posted on 08/22/2004 7:01:05 AM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: elfman2
Sunday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 305
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 59
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 136
Unknown 11

I moved Russia from Commies to Appeasers.

FYI, here's my list of Countries:

For Commies Appeasers Unknown
Australia China France South Africa
United States   Germany Indonesia
Japan Cuba Belgium  
Italy North Korea Brazil Argentina
Turkey Hong Kong Zimbabwe Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine   Austria  
Hungary   Canada  
Netherlands   Greece  
Thailand   India  
Poland   Switzerland  
Slovakia   Belarus  
Bulgaria   Jamaica  
South Korea   Chile  
Spain   Russia  
United Kingdom   Finland  
Georgia   Kenya  
Portugal      
Colombia      
Czech Republic      
Mongolia      
United Arab Emirates      
Romania      
Slovenia      
Denmark      
Croatia      
Azerbaijan      
Israel      
Serbia and Montenegro      
Kazakhstan      
Ethiopia      
Estonia      
Eritrea      
Taiwan      
Sweden      
Norway      
New Zealand      
Lithuania      

48 posted on 08/22/2004 2:29:44 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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That’s pretty good. It shows that athletically, the coalition of the willing is 50% stronger than the rest of the world combined.

I suspect that parallels pretty closely to us militarily and economically as well. This is not a suggestion of more work for you, but imagine the argument that could be make if that assumption was researched and shown to be true. I bet that the GDP of these nations is pretty easy to come by on the web so that an economic comparison could be made.

Military capability’s a little more tricky. Many nations have large militaries with lots of equipment, but their soldiers are frequently poorly trained and the equipment is poorly maintained. I don’t know if there’s a web site that does the work in that regard and ranks nations militaries.

But think of the argument in the final months of the election that could be made by plotting all that out visually, showing that the coalition of the willing are by far the majority of the word athletically, economically and militarily. It would certainly put a plug in Kerry’s hole next time he claims we went in alone.

Even more interesting, assuming that the above three measurements line up pretty closely, imagine juxtaposing that with the Allies verses Axis in WWII using the medal count from the 1936 Olympics. An absolutely unique thesis with real world political impact could be build.

First it could be demonstrated that the Olympics is a measurement of nations’ power in world matters, economically and politically. Second it would be demonstrated that since the coalition of the willing is 60% athletic power, it’s 60% of world power. Third it could be compared to the Allie alliance in WWII. If it comes out favorably, it would be both imaginative enough to get picked up by the media and powerful enough to factor into the election dialogue.

Imagine commentators on the right stomping on the left’s claims with proof that Bush put together a more powerful and dominant alliance than Roosevelt. It just kind of stuffs that going alone assertion back down their throat.

I can’t put much time into this now, but I’ll do a little looking around and post if I find anything.


49 posted on 08/22/2004 6:15:21 PM PDT by elfman2
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Regarding my post above, I can't find too much other than his link. I just put out a help request on several military news groups. http://perso.club-internet.fr/vadeker/humanite/apercu/world-military-spending.html


50 posted on 08/22/2004 6:45:47 PM PDT by elfman2
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Monday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 346
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 63
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 144
Unknown 14

51 posted on 08/23/2004 3:08:28 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11

Thanks,

I see that my question to several military news groups regarding my last was not accepted. Maybe they don't allow cross posting. I'll try again.


52 posted on 08/23/2004 4:41:20 PM PDT by elfman2
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Tuesday's Update

Coalition of the Willing 364
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 64
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 162
Unknown 16

53 posted on 08/24/2004 8:20:10 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Wednesdays Update

Coalition of the Willing 394
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 69
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 180
Unknown 17

54 posted on 08/25/2004 5:56:54 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Thursday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 419
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 73
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 192
Unknown 18

55 posted on 08/26/2004 2:17:54 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Friday's Update:

Coalition of the Willing 465
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 81
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 223
Unknown 18

56 posted on 08/27/2004 2:12:55 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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Are you sure these are all medals, or are some of these ribbons?


57 posted on 08/27/2004 2:14:46 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack ("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
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Are you sure these are all medals, or are some of these ribbons?

That is such a good line that it bears repetition.

58 posted on 08/27/2004 2:27:09 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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Final Update:

Coalition of the Willing 527
Commies/Despots/Axis of Evil 103
Appeasers/Surrender Monkeys 271
Unknown 28

Not bad for Bush's unilateral coalition

59 posted on 08/29/2004 12:21:11 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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I'll say.

Nice work.

60 posted on 08/29/2004 3:03:45 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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