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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

Judging from the Olympics, it looks like Bush put together a pretty strong coalition.

I couldn't decide wether Russia should be in the Commies or Appeasers bracket, so I left them in Commie group with China and Cuba.

The Appeasers are France, Germany, and Belgium.

Unknown are Thailand, South Africa, Indonesia, Serbia, and Argentina.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coalition; iraq; olympics; willingcoalition
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1 posted on 08/15/2004 2:19:31 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11

Great headline.


2 posted on 08/15/2004 2:20:10 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: rocklobster11

Might add another group: enemies. Include Indonesia there, also with the Axis of Evil.


3 posted on 08/15/2004 2:22:43 PM PDT by alancarp (Boycott France and anything that even LOOKS French.)
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To: rocklobster11

Yeah great idea. Keep a running total and how about starting a ping list?


4 posted on 08/15/2004 2:23:00 PM PDT by JLS
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To: rocklobster11

You should move thailand to the calition of the willing and Russia to appeasers since they arent commies anymore


5 posted on 08/15/2004 2:24:19 PM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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Russia technically isn't communist, but Putin is moving back towards authoritarianism (for instance, increased state control of the media) and has even brought back some communist symbolism. I don't think Russia will return to communism, it will just slide further into tyrannical crony capitalism.


6 posted on 08/15/2004 2:26:38 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: xm177e2

This is great...keep it updated!


7 posted on 08/15/2004 2:28:17 PM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: rocklobster11

I like the way you broke it down. :)


8 posted on 08/15/2004 2:33:14 PM PDT by dandi (Breaking News: Greek Vaseline Tanker Disrupts Sailing Regatta)
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To: rocklobster11

Serbia would have been in the Allies list until the Schlickmeister bombed them.


9 posted on 08/15/2004 2:40:01 PM PDT by MadelineZapeezda (CPR for hampsters, nothing for the Unborn!)
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To: rocklobster11

ROFL!


10 posted on 08/15/2004 2:40:56 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: rocklobster11

btt


11 posted on 08/15/2004 2:43:21 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: rocklobster11

bump


12 posted on 08/15/2004 2:46:10 PM PDT by PianoMan (And now back to practicing)
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To: xm177e2
"Russia technically isn't communist..."
Communism is a way of life, not red banners. As any way of life, it is characterized by how people relate to one another and to their society in socially important situations (so, saying "Gesundheit!" or its equivalent in any language does not count as similarity. But brown-nosing and backstabbing, or their relative prevalence, does).
Given this understanding, Russia is communist, has always been communist since its beginnings in 9 th century, and will continue being communist as long as it is going to exist, if only because there is neither experience nor even conceptual framework for its being or becoming anything else but a communist society.
13 posted on 08/15/2004 2:46:15 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: rocklobster11
bump...
14 posted on 08/15/2004 2:48:53 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: rocklobster11

Great concept, but you need an Axis of Evil Medal count


15 posted on 08/15/2004 2:49:17 PM PDT by airstrike
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To: rocklobster11

Great idea. This is exactly how I've been deciding who to root for in those events that don't feature serious American opposition.


16 posted on 08/15/2004 2:51:44 PM PDT by DameAutour (It's not Bush, it's the Congress.)
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To: rocklobster11

Spain was coalition, but now they're appeasers.


17 posted on 08/15/2004 2:58:52 PM PDT by chemicalman (Finally an answer for the prisoner problem at Abu Ghraib: Don't take any.)
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Spain hasn't won anything yet, but since they did send troops, I'll leave them in the Coalition of the Willing.


18 posted on 08/15/2004 3:01:48 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11

I love the official FR tally, keep it running through the games!


19 posted on 08/15/2004 3:03:21 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: GSlob

Interesting. I would say Communist is a type of governance, while what you are describing would be considered a communal ideology, like Mennonites live and teach.


20 posted on 08/15/2004 3:03:28 PM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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