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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:24 PM Original message |
Officials fire back at international media criticism of Games |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well....let's just say it hasn't been Canada's finest hour. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, but neither has any Olympics been any nation's finest hour. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't recall one with as many problems as this. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I recall many Olympic problems. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Every Olympics has some problems. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There have been successes also, not just problems. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well I can't think of any successes, |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Two golds, I believe, but as medals have nothing to do with how |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I'm with ya...and here's another.... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks very much, I had forgotten about that, though I'm not sure |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ???? um, we are talking Olympics folks, not dying. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yeah, the technical aspects that you seem so hung up on that |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What ARE you talking about? |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's IOC policy to set the time foreign teams are allowed to come in |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No it's not. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Really? Since when does an opinion that differs from yours make someone snarky? |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You're kickin' some ass and takin' some names... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. LMAO |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The weather????????? |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Perhaps we could focus on the topic? |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So now the weather is the 'least' of them, huh? |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I said that at the beginning. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Actually, you didn't say that at the beginning. You said it later... |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No, I spoke of 'problems.' |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Here's the thing... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Wow! Well said! |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Thanks! |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Perfect. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I believe one of your problems was the accomodations. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Go boo the competitors, throw things at the screen if you like, |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I have no hostility, just the facts I felt needed to be looked up. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The world is criticizing Canada....fact. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. No, you're not interesting. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Go boo your TV. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. No thanks, I need to watch me some Olympics and I don't boo |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. "Go boo the competitors?" |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. OH WAIT, suddenly a new contender has emerged on the scene... |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. You're determined to boo someone, |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Well it was sort of an interesting thread. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yep...I suspect the 'locked thread' police are on their way.... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. No idea. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Now that's a gadget I'd like to see! |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Yes! All this walking back and forth just isn't necessary at all. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Oh, good one. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. LOL ........ just keeping up to all the other 'zingers'. nt. |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. When |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well we've had 2 known cases. |
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glarius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wish someone in VANOC would point out that the weather is crazy |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. It is the official position of our govt, |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well I think Canada is doing a smashingly good job in face of the weather and all. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Thanks glinda! |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think these Olympics are cursed or something: |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Beginning to look like it. n/t |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Seriously, we need to just shut them down. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. We can't shut down the games, nor would anybody want to. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. ... |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I hate the "Own the Podium" Thing |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I hate that slogan too. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Harperian politics visited upon the Olympics. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I agree. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
61. K&R |
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