The true meaning of the Olympics in one picture...

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got hope?

might put things in perspective for those who want war, and the innocents caught in between.

:toast: to your Post......

Two people at the 'top of their game'.....each KNOWING how much it takes to get 'there'. R E S P E C T.

...how their "leaders" are behaving was worth noting.

"ignored") - and I still feel that way about you.

YOU search it out! It's there. Ya little ......

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war pigs control the economies of most 'advanced' countries

twas ever thus, and will always be, til we destroy our space ship

...about what their governments will do with these "sharpshooters" once they get home.

But, I'd rather just appreciate this one brief, fleeting moment.

Sports people will always be sports people, politicians well thats another story.

about the Olympics, if watching made you feel nationalistic, patriotic, or in awe, but deleted it since I don't feel like arguing about it. I am tired of the Olympics being portrayed as "us vs them" and really appreciate photos and posts like this. Thank you.

I posted a few Olympic polls (check out my journal) and I've found that the most successful ones give people the opportunity to critique NBC's coverage.

So, you can still do an "us vs them" poll, just twist it a little:

"Us" = people who enjoy the athlete's accomplishments

vs

"Them" = the corporate assholes who do their level best to ruin it for everyone.

www.nbcolympics.com (it's a pretty cool website, I must say).....BUT, I couldn't stream a European website version (b/c they couldn't verify that I was in Europe).

The US was THE ONLY one of the three that had a person of color.

Air pistols from 33 feet? Surely captures the meaning of the olympics, doesn't it? Russian and Georgian women who use pistols well = THE TRUE MEANING OF THE OLYMPICS.

And I totally missed your point. Apologies.

...I have since added it.

The human drama of athletic endeavor is very interesting to me. I have a personal friend who was robbed of her chance at two gold medals in women's volleyball when President Carter decided to make the games political in 80.

As far as politics go, we ARE on the same team.

I just think there are other ways to punish a country for their abysmal human rights record without punishing people who aren't involved.

A video to add to that.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=88725&videoChannel=2602

but their last gold in any event was in 1980

The USSR broke apart, but the local people never lost their affinity for what they grew up being... That , in fact is what a lot of the "trouble" is all about..

They have a situation similar to Kashmir/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Inda..

People in charge drew lines on a map, and created new countries & autonomous regions (like Kosovo) and the people who actually lived there, and whose families had lived there for centuries, did not want to be part of the "new country"...but they also could not afford, or did not feel like they should HAVE to physically move..

The new country's leaders thought they could force those "rebellious" areas to conform..and now we are where we are..

Regardless, they're both Olympians.

Congratulations Natalia Paderina and Nino Salukvadze.

I wish we got to see wonderful moments like this in the MSM more often. This is what life is about - celebrating and forgetting differences. Unfortunately, such moments usually go undocumented and unreported.