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Thoughts on the Olympics (a quote from Bryant Gumbel)
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| February 13, 2006
| Todd Christian
Posted on 02/15/2006 5:07:33 AM PST by DennisR
Mr. Gumbel's statement: “Because [the Winter Olympics] are so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like try not to be incredulous when someone tries to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of Blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.”
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bryantgumbel; gumbel; olympics; racism
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To: DennisR
Yeah, and I guess we can't look up to Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, because of the paucity of white faces in the NBA.
But setting that aside - Bryant Gumbel suddenly "going black" after all these years reminds me of OJ suddenly remembering his roots after he got arrested, or Michael Jackson suddenly getting chummy with the Nation of Islam when he was up on charges.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:27:05 AM PST
by
Kenton
To: DennisR
From what I've heard, blacks just can't take the cold. It interferes with their concentration.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:27:10 AM PST
by
SR 50
(Larry)
To: maggief
Bryant and Hilary Gumbel
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:28:29 AM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: DennisR
Wow I didn't know the Olympics banned Blacks...
Anyways, what makes him think Blacks are naturally better athletes?
Blacks (those with origins in western Africa) may be able to run faster for shorter lengths, but that isn't everything in Athletics.
To: SR 50
Ah the Dusty Baker school of athletic theory. :)
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:28:42 AM PST
by
xp38
To: DennisR
The most hateful man on television, and he has been so for at least 20 years.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:30:08 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings............Modesty hides my thighs in her wings......)
To: Howlin
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:30:28 AM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: maggief
Nice dog collar.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:30:31 AM PST
by
SR 50
(Larry)
To: maggief
LOL! I was waiting for that!
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:30:50 AM PST
by
onyx
(IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
To: onyx
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:31:43 AM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: DennisR
"despite a paucity of Blacks that makes the Winter Games look like my bedroom.”
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:33:54 AM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: GOP_Party_Animal
What a pathetic, little man. His only good role was on Family Guy.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:33:59 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than take a ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: DennisR
When you factor in the summer Olympics, i.e. the U.S. track and field team, you get a pretty nice balance of races (not that it's important -- the best athletes should be there, regardless of race).
It's the European teams from the European countries that are so enlightened, so superior in every way to us (/sarcasm) where a black face is not to be seen (with the exception of a few on the GB team), whether it's winter or summer Olympics.
Yet we're the stone age people according to Gumbel - go figure.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:35:20 AM PST
by
randita
To: DennisR
Thoughts on the Olympics (a quote from Bryant Gumbel) Who?
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:35:35 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: DennisR
Too bad for Gumby that the GOP leads in "First black appointed/elected to..." in just about every category!
Sounds as if Gumbo is ignorant!
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:36:35 AM PST
by
Fruitbat
...including first black person to be seriously taken for a Whitehouse bid!!!
Hello McFly (Gumbo), anyone in there!
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02/15/2006 5:37:30 AM PST
by
Fruitbat
To: SR 50
The
cold interferes with my concentration.
I must be black. /sarcasm
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:37:40 AM PST
by
auboy
(The press practices free screech. And they're really good at it.)
To: PigRigger
BG is an arrogant, ignorant, no-talent lout.
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02/15/2006 5:40:25 AM PST
by
Beowulf
To: DennisR
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02/15/2006 5:41:30 AM PST
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maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: CharlesWayneCT
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:41:56 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
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