It's notable that the Lefties are all in a wad about Tibet, but there wasn't a peep about Tiananmen after Clinton was elected.
Posted on 04/10/2008 3:01:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
I recall when they were selecting the city, there were threads all over FR pushing against China getting them.
The only people I feel sorry for are the athletes who have trained for years to take part in them.
You forgot Rythmic ribbon dancing, equestrian, and other nonsports.
Hey - that's a real sport, and actually an old-school Olympic sport! So long as it doesn't involve style points, and it's a legit sport, I say keep it in.
(Yeah, the horse is doing all the work, but that's even better - it displays the supremacy of man over beast. Just don't tell the leftists that run the IOC that...)
I love the traditional sports in the olympics, those that are measured, timed, or tallied. The others are acceptable, I suppose, except for the one where girls dance around twirling a stick with crepe paper on it. How that stays and softball gets tossed is beyond me, but track and field, swimming, basketball, etc., are wonderful.
With the politicians would keep their stupid fingers off of it. Any precedent started by Jimmy Carter should be reason enough for any other world leader to think, “One idiot did this a generation ago. Is he really someone I’d like to follow?”
It is easy to say that now....
and it was easy back then too.
It's notable that the Lefties are all in a wad about Tibet, but there wasn't a peep about Tiananmen after Clinton was elected.
Not a bad idea.
History records how that culture and the Roman culture treated young boys so maybe things haven't changed all that much after all.
Anyway, if things are so screwed up I think it's time to send in Mitt Romney. He put the Olympics back on track before and I think it's high time he work his magic again. ANYTHING to keep his next title from reading VPOTUS.
> You forgot Rythmic ribbon dancing, equestrian, and other nonsports.
Aw, mate — agree about the Equestrian (who ever heard of the Horse getting the Gold: he’s the real athlete, the rider is just along for the ride!)
But Rhythmic Ribbon Dancing and Synchronized Swimming and Gymnastics are about the only events not dominated by drug-addicted steroid-pumping androgynous cheats!
They’re about the only events anyone can watch with any conscience — if you can’t have a jolly good competition at least have something pretty to look at ay.
Too bad there’s never a clear winner in these events, and that the medals are decided by thoroughly-corrupted “judges”...
Crikey — I’ll prefer to watch The Rugby and The Cricket and The Netball, and to H3LL with The ChiCom Olympics.
Ok. I respect your opinion. But Cricket? I mean that’s a baseball game that goes on for days. I’d be more interested in watching bread mold.
Try staying on topic. I know something shiny probably flashed in your periphery but this topic has nothing to do with Mitt Romney so keep your slanted opinion to yourself. Thanks
Is it or is it not a FACT that one of Mitt's best accomplishments is that he was able to put the Olympics from awash in RED ink to smooth sailing in black ink? Fact or fiction? Because I'm not taking a shot at Mitt here. Well, okay just a little bit, for suggesting he not become the veep. If that offends you then I apologize. But seriously, if he could do it once with the Olympics then he should lend a hand again. Face it, the Olympics has become a global corporation and subject to the maladies of the corporate beast. If that beast isn't taken under sharp control then look for the Olympics to become the next ENRON or worse, the next UN. Somebody needs to take it over. Somebody that has a positive track record. If that's not Mitt, then maybe Lee Iococa or maybe Oprah. But somebody with a lot of business sense and high visibility had better step up.
There. Back on topic enough? You'd best try and not make too many assumptions when you suggest somebody is being slanted. Remember what happens when you assume. You make an A$$ out of U & ME In this case: Mostly U!
Indeed. The Beijing Olympics is really the last bit of legacy of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Here is the voting and the cities that were the alternative to Beijing. As you can see it wasn’t even close.
1st
round
Beijing 44 Toronto 20 Paris 15 Istanbul 17 Osaka 6
2nd
round
Beijing 56 Toronto 22 Paris 18 Istanbul 9
> Ok. I respect your opinion. But Cricket? I mean that’s a baseball game that goes on for days. I’d be more interested in watching bread mold.
(big grin!) You get it. I’d prefer to watch bread mold than The Olympics.
(The Cricket isn’t too bad. One Day test matches only last a whole day, unlike the full game where they can go for a whole week and still not get a result.)
But The Cricket is a fine game on a hot summer week, where you have nothing better to do than to sit in the sun, drink beer, and watch the test. Which for me is seldom.
Oh, that’s too true. It’s going to cost money and effort but I’m not buying Chinese anymore.
The modern Olympics was established to be a casual and amateur event, not a serious one. It seriously deviated from what it used to be.
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