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Newsweek Columnist Disgusted by Patriotism at Olympics
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Posted on 02/24/2010 9:39:47 AM PST by melwFN

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Why, anyone would think that these medals were more important than the performance of American students on international comparison tests of achievement in school.

Well, at the Olympics they are, doofus.

21 posted on 02/24/2010 10:23:21 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Dexter Morgan

I was at a Barcelona hotel waiting in line to talk to the clerk at the desk. I was third in line. I listened to him talk and thought that he was an American and had found a great summer job in Spain. When I got up to the front of the line I asked him where he was from, thinking he would say Cleveland or Nebraska or something. He said he was from Barcelona. I complemented him on his command of the English language. He said he had a teacher in grade school who was from Pittsburgh who taught him correctly. I was really flabbergasted. He spoke better than most big American city high schoolers.


22 posted on 02/24/2010 10:27:47 AM PST by Slyfox
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To: greatplains

I’m disgusted by Newsweek. Can we call it a day?


23 posted on 02/24/2010 10:30:17 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Republic of Texas

Works for me!


24 posted on 02/24/2010 10:31:36 AM PST by greatplains
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To: melwFN
From the article:

"... Another story you're not likely to hear on NBC is that Canadian students outperform Americans on every international test."

... Except international Hockey, because their asses just got saaaaaaaaacked.

And there's a majority of Canadians who would give up their students allegedly outperforming American kids on 'international tests' to have won that hockey game. Believe that.

25 posted on 02/24/2010 10:37:57 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: EyeGuy

Like religion, traditional family and workplace values, patriotism just isn’t cool and hip among the counterculture losers.
It has been that way since the snot-nose baby boomers came of age in the mid 1960’s.

3 posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:42:51 PM by EyeGuy
-—————————————————Spoken like a true snot nose.


26 posted on 02/24/2010 11:41:13 AM PST by Freddd
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“Spoken like a true snot nose.”

####

Partially. I’m a late boomer.

The destructive bullshit, you seem to favor, was already well in place, aided by middle-aged Commies like Walter Cronkite, when I came of age.


27 posted on 02/24/2010 11:55:15 AM PST by EyeGuy
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