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iceman_419 Donating Member (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:19 PM
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The Olympics are here..Do you care??
Seriously since they allowed professional athelets to play in the Olympics, I think the event has lost all meaning. I mean the dream team we cool, but that is not what the olympics is about. It's about the strongest warrior beating his/her other competitiors with grit and hard training , not performance enhancing drugs. The opening ceremony is cool, and I think the lady in charge is a fox, but I won't be watching much of the games. What do you guys think?
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:21 PM
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1. Frankly my dear, i don't give a damn !
Edited on Fri Aug-13-04 08:23 PM by jeff30997
On edit: You have only 22 posts in 2 years?
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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:21 PM
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2. I loved the opening show! it was beautiful.. i like to watch swimming,
gymnastics and track and field but thats all
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ChocolateSaltyBalls Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:31 PM
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3. I never cared much for the Summer half............
I have however always enjoyed the Winter sports (especially hockey) though.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:36 PM
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4. I like gymnastics. That's it.
I can live without watching it and probably won't watch any of it.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:38 PM
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5. The only Olympics I care about...
...are these guys!
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:41 PM
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6. I like a few of the events, I much prefer the Winter Games.
I live diving, gymnastics, the field events, fencing and water polo. I prefer the winter games overall.
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:43 PM
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7. People who use performance drugs get banned don't they?
Personally I don't care about if the athletes are paid or not. They should be banned for using performance drugs though.
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:49 PM
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8. Maybe I'm totally F.U.,
but with the horror taking place in our government occupying my attention right now, I just ain't interested. This thing is eerily reminiscent of the 1936 olympics and Hitler being given the Nobel peace prize. Gaaaa!
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:24 PM
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9. NO--I've got a hurricane headed my way. . .
and I'm a little preoccupied at the moment!
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:37 PM
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11. Hitler wasn't given the Nobel peace prize
I'm curious what you mean by that comment ...
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 11:46 PM
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21. In my own dreary way,
I was trying to be a little funny. If my memory serves, which is a pretty big if, after spending this emotional day tilting at the windmills of political corruption, there was an article about him at that time, or a couple of years earlier. Said article awarded him the prize, symbolically, for his suppression of dissent. also, he was nominated for the Nobel in 1938, I think.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:26 PM
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10. i don't care for the basketball team
having pros playing, but the other sports i look forward to like: track and field, gymnastics, diving, wrestling. not all of them have pros involved, but i agree with you on that point.
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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:40 PM
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12. I Love the Olympics!
:grouphug:
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:41 PM
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13. I love the Olympics too!
And I'm thinking a break from politics will do wonders for my mental health.
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AngryLizard Donating Member (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:44 PM
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14. I love the Olympics but aren't they gettting more coverage
than the DNC or RNC are? And isn't that a damn shame if it's true?
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tonyraytx Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 10:21 PM
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18. I Love the Olympics Also.......but
I hate the NBC coverage, I sure do miss ABC when they did it.
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stavka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:47 PM
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15. Yes I do...this is an international forum, that is supposed to be neutral
Think the German Olympics under Hitler, think the boycotts (My brother couldn't compete in 1980, and has become a Repub since) The Olympics means a lot to Westernized nations, and means something a bit more twisted to their former colonies....it means more to them than it does to the US.

View it as a barometer....
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:52 PM
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16. Nope. 'Don't care, except...
if it interferes with my news junkie habit by pre-empting the late night news programs.

I've been known to watch some of the Winter Olympic events, but it's not like I couldn't live without it.
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yellowdog Donating Member (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:58 PM
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17. Nope, no interest.
I can deal with track and field if I have to, but synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics??
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 10:22 PM
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19. Nah
I would like to see the fencing, but they never televise it.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 10:57 PM
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20. I like the opening ceremonies
but all those pumped=up steroided athletes? Nah.
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