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Thoughts on the Olympics (a quote from Bryant Gumbel)
"Just the Tip" ^
| 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 worlds 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
To: DennisR
despite a paucity of Blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Or look like his wife.
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posted on
02/16/2006 11:06:37 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: maggief
Is she wearing a hip slave collar?
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posted on
02/16/2006 12:28:01 PM PST
by
hattend
(Facts destroy Liberalism. It's an undeniable fact of life. - Rush Limbaugh)
To: DennisR
Is this the guy who beats up his wife and belittles his colleagues at work too? I think someone had a really big problem with him, at NBC, before he Left the Today Show. Maybe Katie Couric?
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posted on
02/16/2006 1:02:00 PM PST
by
jdm
(You can learn a lot about paranoids just by following them around.)
To: DennisR
Top 10 things Id like to ask The Token:
1) In regards to your comments about the winter olympics, did you tell your writers not to use words like paucity, incredulous, or subjective anymore, cause man, we could see right through that.
2) When you heard the OJ verdict did you jump for joy and say Yeah, baby!, or just quietly do the fist pump?
3) How long did it take for you to get your brother the job?
4) Was Irv Cross your hero growing up?
5) Now that you're selling the cabin, how much are you asking?
6) Why do you always scribble on paper during your show? We know youre just doodling.
7) How many times did you watch The Great White Hope this week?
8) Do you really need glasses?
9) Chocolate or Vanilla? Just kidding.
10) Democrat or Republican? Just kidding again.
To: Mayflower Sister
Your comment is linked to and quoted at
Newsbusters.org.
"The story was also picked up at Free Republic, where one poster wrote, 'Remember what they did to Rush over the McNabb remark. I will contact HBO.'"
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posted on
02/16/2006 4:10:16 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: jdm
Do not know about the wife part (he does not seem the type to do that, but who knows?). But the man is so arrogant and condescending that he has to have relationship/work issues.
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posted on
02/16/2006 8:03:28 PM PST
by
DennisR
(Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
To: Bob from Big D
Methinks he would score highly on this test. :)
Seriously, I hope HBO fires the guy - he deserves it.
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posted on
02/16/2006 8:04:36 PM PST
by
DennisR
(Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
To: dfwgator
Or look like his wife. Or the Clinton cabinet.
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posted on
02/17/2006 6:49:02 AM PST
by
Minn
To: SR 50
From what I've heard, blacks just can't take the cold. It interferes with their concentration. Care to expand on that? Do you agree or have any evidence to support it? Know anything about the building of the "Alaska Highway"?
"In that era, many people in the military felt that the African American engineers, because of their race, could not be as skilled and industrious as Caucasians. At a time when segregation and Jim Crow laws were commonplace, using white and black troops on the same project was seen as experimental. Another military rule that was bent was the stipulation that African Americans were not to be sent to cold climates."
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posted on
02/17/2006 9:04:17 AM PST
by
slowry
To: jdm
same asshole who never met a republican he liked, tried to outdo himself with his lips on the rear end of the big wigs in hopes of getting a shot at the anchor job and then we got stuck with evil vile katie couric;abandoned his wife, paid minimal child support and totally dissed his kids, a real winner and role model hopefully this chick will take him for everything soon
To: CharlesWayneCT
"So Bryant is saying that blacks are the worlds greatest athletes,that whites simply can't compete with blacks in athletics, and that if you aren't black, you can't be the worlds greatest athlete. "
Yes, but Bryant also says that the winter Olympics are illegitimate because there were no original winter Olympics in Greece. Take that moron's "logic" back to the race issue, and tell me how many blacks were involved in the original Greek Olympics...
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posted on
02/22/2006 8:24:36 PM PST
by
RavenATB
(Patton was right...)
To: dubyawhoiluv
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posted on
02/22/2006 8:30:23 PM PST
by
RavenATB
(Patton was right...)
To: SR 50
From what I've heard, blacks just can't take the cold. It interferes with their concentration.Are you kidding me?
I guess we should mention this to all the black players in the NFL - especially the teams in Green Bay, Pittsburgh, NY/NJ, New England, etc.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:39:41 PM PST
by
Dashing Dasher
( I prayed, ---- 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' ----- And God granted it.)
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