The Olympics

Would you go to the Russian Olympics? Should our teams go?

Terror threats...and yes, they're from islamists again.

I posted this recently and only one commenter responded because I had another far more timely piece up. SO.........now THIS is pretty darned timely and I wonder ...WOULD YOU GO?  Would you have your family go it you were an Olympian?  Should Obama do more?  We know Bush was taunted for not acting against 9/11 threats.. After all, the left likes to say, Bush knew "planes might hit,"  ...and the left still, today, says he did nothing to thwart the attacks....as if he should have grounded all planes until terrorism was over :-).   SO........will Obama get the same nasty treatment if Sochi goes bad?

And, by the way, please be praying it doesn't.

z

Olympic Highlights?? Newsworthy?

Here are examples of what the MEDIA thinks is important to report on regarding the Olympics:

150,000 condoms were passed to athletes by the Olympics committee.

Michael Phelps is a cold creep because he wouldn't talk to a female Olympian

The Queen had the temerity to look down and pick at her fingernails during the long opening ceremonies

Michelle Obama appearance outshined The Duchess of Cambridge (REALLY? :-) Are you kidding?

There's more...all negative, all gossipy, all sickening.

Thanks, Media........"Happy Olympics, happy dignity, happy athletics, happy times to you, too."  REAL CLASS, huh?

Whatever happened to DECENCY?

Z

Olympics Clothing............what do you think?

I like these very much.....except for the Ralph Lauren polo horse on all the shirts...why's that there?  Can't a designer leave his insignia off even this large and important to the country?

I rather like the suit below but don't much like the hat.....why do they need hats, anyway?  I know some Americans miss the cowboy hats, but the Olympics aren't a rodeo, after all!)

The most upsetting thing is that they're made in China.   We couldn't make them in America?  HERE is the excuse.

What do you think of the clothes and why do you think they had to go to China?   If it's cost, REALLY?  We couldn't do it here for the same amount of money?  Or maybe we could have popped for a bit more if it's more expensive here?  This isn't mass production!

z

Congratulations, Evan Lysacek.....but, no so fast

WHAT a skate he had! I just LOVE that he beat the Russian.........admit it, didn't you? :-)
America's way up there in Olympic medals this year and it's so great to see the winners carrying the flags and yelling "USA USA!"
I LOVE THAT.
UPDATE: Some are saying he doesn't deserve the medal. Plushenko says "If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump a quad, I don't know," Plushenko said. "Now it's not men's figure skating, now it's dancing."
You think he's right?

The Olympics.........some interesting points of view

Last year, Mr. Z wrote a good article regarding professional sports, the Olympics, doping, etc. If you want to refresh your memory or check it out for the first time, HERE IT IS.
My friend and commenter, Waylon from Canada, brought THIS excellent (and funny) article to my attention and I wanted to bring it to yours. It seems the leftwing mentality's seeped more into the Olympics than one could have imagined it. Canadians should be ashamed of their athletic prowess?

It's a bit of reading but I think you'll enjoy both pieces.............very sporting of you to try :-)

z

Vancouver's "Host of Problems" STOP, Media!

Can the darned media just GIVE US A GOOD TIME AT THE OLYMPICS? (I like the white backrounded Olympics logo better but this black one I found seems to fit my point better)

I can surely understand their heavy coverage of the poor Georgian luger who lost his life, what a terrible shadow the Olympics opened under (by the way, the Yahoo article headline about that is "Luger who died was terrified of Whistler Track" The actual quote they then cite is this "...Dad, I'm scared of one of the turns." Well, I guess you COULD say "he was TERRIFIED OF THE TRACK", huh? (although I think it's a great insult to the poor young man) Anyway, since the awful death, Yahoo headlines are in overdrive with BAD NEWS:

TENSE MOMENT! A "Bumpy Ride" Ends in Gold For Kearny....(her Dad got too excited and got tackled as he tried to hug his daughter....so what? It's SWEET)

Canadian Hockey Women FACE CRITICISM!!

CANADA's "FIRST NATIONS" (indigenous) welcome the Olympic Torch with "misgivings"
Indigenous people hope the Olympics shed light on their plight (what? It's THE OLYMPICS, people) They were against the Olympics because it would HARM THEIR LAND, anyhow.

Olympic Torch Malfunction "Latest Olympic Stumble"

"Vancouver's HOST OF PROBLEMS" (I have to admit that is a very cleverly worded headline, but...)

I could add more if I remembered what I've seen in only the LAST TWO DAYS SINCE THEY OPENED! And, yes, I KNOW bad news is sexier, but can't we all JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME IN THE SPIRIT OF THE OLYMPICS AND STOP DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE NEGATIVES?

(Of course, you all remember how MR Z FELT about the Olympics! He wasn't exactly all 'sweetness and light' but he made good points about professional sports and the Olympic games and he wasn't picking apart every aspect of what's supposed to be a REAL GOOD TIME!)

Now, those of you who haven't, please wish me a Happy Valentine's day in my post below.. and know you're wished one by me. xx Z

Michelle and Oprah's sacrificial trip to Copenhagen

"As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."

My buddy Ellen pointed out this 'sacrifice' remark from Michelle Obama to me and I'm wondering if you can help us out with what the heck she means? It's a sacrifice for her and Oprah and the president? "People have said this?" WHO? Read it HERE and help me out, okay?
And, BY THE WAY...."for the kids"? How's about FOR THE CHICAGOANS WHO SUPPORTED BARACK AND NOW WE'RE HELPING PAY THEM BACK!??

Or is this about "best defense is a good offense" (to keep it in sports language) because she had to be pretty sure eyebrows in America would go up that OPRAH and MICHELLE went along to Copenhagen to promote an Olympics that many Chicagoans don't want? "Ah, okay, Michelle, we get it. People have been working 'for years to bring this bid home' and you feel flying off with your hubby and girlfriend on Air Force One is a sacrifice, but you're willing to make it. Well I, for one, am very impressed!" (but, I'm thinking I'm about the ONLY ONE?) (and, not really..notsomuch) Oh, it's for 'the kids'....right. OH, maybe KIDS are why Barack's taking along Arne Duncan....Education Secretary...to get an Olympics bid, right? (WHAT?)

"Obama is also mobilizing his administration on behalf of Chicago's bid. Senior adviser Jarrett, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, will also be joining the president and first lady in Copenhagen. All are from Illinois." Well, THAT makes sense. (not)
UPDATE: News this morning:

Valerie Jarrett, one of three special advisors to the President, believes this campaign resembles Obama's history-making run to the White House. "It is similar to the Iowa caucuses," said 52-year-old Jarrett. "It's about meeting people one-on-one. The First Lady also has the opportunity to make a compelling case for Chicago.

"The President will endeavour to do the same thing when he arrives on Friday. We are not taking a single vote for granted. We will work for each vote until the very last moment and we are through the finish line."

That seems almost embarrassing, unseemly, in regard to the Olympics........are they ALWAYS in CAMPAIGN MORE?
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Beautiful Vancouver.......WHO KNEW?

In Vancouver, BC, the worries for the safety of the Olympic Winter Games 2010 increase: Shootings increasingly rattle Vancouver through rapidly escalating gang fights, because it has become a center for the international drug trade. Vancouver’s slogan for the Winter Games is “The best town in the world” – these gang fights are hardly the picture the city wants to present to the world. But violent groups, which dispose of an astonishingly large arsenal of weapons, increasingly terrorize the region. In the first 16 days alone of February 2009, there were 12 gunfights which ended deadly for 7 persons. The Canadian Minister of Safety declared Vancouver as “the center of the largest number of groups of organized criminality [in Canada]”.

The costs for the safety during the Olympic Games are currently estimated at more than $700 million (!), more than 5 times the original estimate. It is even considered to ask the US for air surveillance during the Games. Also, additional prisons are built so that criminals do not any longer have to be released because of over population of existing prisons.

More and more gang members protect themselves with armored vehicles and bullet proof vests, and use these means to carry out their mission which is dominance in the drug market. This is not a local phenomenon anymore, these are internationally operating gangs, including an Indo-Canadian gang smuggling heroin from Afghanistan via India to Canada. In addition, Canada has become a large exporter of the designer drug Methamphetamine. It could also be noted that Vancouver has become of the largest Chinese cities outside of China.

The warfare in Vancouver is not limited anymore to certain areas of the city such as the infamous Downtown Eastside area, it has spread into most other areas, including residential areas, substantially impacting the safety of the population.

So, here's an example of very liberal policies as far as immigration.........Is this coming to a town near YOU? Is this what we're facing? And HOW CAN WE STOP THIS?

This is a translation from Sueddeutsche Zeitung....by Mr. Z, who thought this kind of information should be known not only in Germany but in America, too. Thanks, Mr. Z

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