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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message news:Q3mIf.1554
See the interview with the American gold medal winners?

"Like wow man! It was awesome! Totally tubular! Dude!"

Really? I wasn't aware any of them were that coherent. The Flying Tomato
was attempting to be too kewl and avoid looking touched by winning a gold,
but he broke down on the stand during the US National Anthem. The *fringe
dude* routine is just that: an act. And it's really insipid to watch.

Goes to show how few manly men are left.

Some of the women must be manly, too, 'cause that downhill is a
sonuvabitch. And it's icy as hell.

Every NRA member knows what the biathalon is!

Amen. Love to watch it. I love those .22s with the straight action
bolts. Not sure how they can be so accurate when their chests are heaving
from skiing hard for several miles before stopping to shoot. Some manly
women there, too.

And the problem is...?

Okay, okay--that's why we all go X-C skiing: to be in the wilderness.
But this is THE Olympics, where people watch. So where are they?


Proves there are more manly women than manly men. Who wouldn't want to
see women fight?

Proves, actually, that no one cares to see reorganized NHL teams, any more
than they care to see the organized NHL teams. NHL sucks. College hockey
rules !

Manly, yes, but they're all waiting for disaster!

Doesn't happen much anymore. I miss that "ecstacy of victory, agony of
defeat" clip.

On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro
sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold my
interest any longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard, freestyle
skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other pro-based events. Many of us
remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US
amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro Russians and went on to win the
gold. That event will never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team sports should be
eliminated.

Amen!

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

SV

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

SV
Absolutely correct!

It's no longer a sport when judges decide the outcome, it's a beauty
pageant.


Amen!

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It
really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on
virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be
eliminated.


Any so called 'sport' that relies on judges should be
eliminated!

In its present iteration, the Olympics should be eliminated. Then new games
could begin with amateurs again. Used to be that an Olympic gold medal was
worth somewhere around a couple of million dollars to the athlete who was
fortunate enough to win one. Now many athletes can't even recall when they
"earned" their first two million.

Max

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro
sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold my
interest any longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard, freestyle
skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other pro-based events. Many of us
remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US
amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro Russians and went on to win the
gold. That event will never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual professional
state run teams of other countries. I also think team sports should be
eliminated.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on the
pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur, they caved
and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we have millionaires
playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc. And NBC would have us
believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes have sacrificed everything to
get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the governments of the world follow the
lead of the IOC, it won't be long when all drugs are legalized because it's
easier to acquiesce to the elements in the toilet than fight for what is
right.

Max

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro
sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold my
interest any longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard, freestyle
skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other pro-based events. Many of
us remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the
US amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro Russians and went on to win
the gold. That event will never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual
professional state run teams of other countries. I also think team sports
should be eliminated.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on the
pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur, they
caved and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we have
millionaires playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc. And NBC
would have us believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes have
sacrificed everything to get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the
governments of the world follow the lead of the IOC, it won't be long when
all drugs are legalized because it's easier to acquiesce to the elements
in the toilet than fight for what is right.

Max


Legalizing all drugs is self regulating. Remember the lab monkeys giving
themselves overdoses?

Amen!

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively non-pro
sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling, etc. hold
my interest any longer. I couldn't care less about snowboard,
freestyle skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other pro-based events.
Many of us remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake Placid 1980 Games,
when the US amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro Russians and went
on to win the gold. That event will never be repeated under the
current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a lot
when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual
professional state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be eliminated.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on
the pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur, they
caved and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we have
millionaires playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc. And NBC
would have us believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes have
sacrificed everything to get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the
governments of the world follow the lead of the IOC, it won't be long
when all drugs are legalized because it's easier to acquiesce to the
elements in the toilet than fight for what is right.

Max


Legalizing all drugs is self regulating. Remember the lab monkeys giving
themselves overdoses?

The ACLU would be screaming bloody murder at the US government for not being
the proper nanny to the idiots who, like the primates, overdosed. The only
upside I see in legalizing drugs is that the sale of them would be taxed,
along with the abandonment of the so-called "war on drugs." A lot of money
would be generated and saved w/r/t the federal coffers.

Of course then we'd have to institute several multi-billion dollar federal
giveaway programs to help those addicted to drugs wean themselves off for a
few months before becoming addicted again.

Max

Max

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled, and
it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively
non-pro sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling,
etc. hold my interest any longer. I couldn't care less about
snowboard, freestyle skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other
pro-based events. Many of us remember the "miracle on ice" at the Lake
Placid 1980 Games, when the US amateur hockey team beat the highly-pro
Russians and went on to win the gold. That event will never be
repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a
lot when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual
professional state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be eliminated.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on
the pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur,
they caved and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we
have millionaires playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc. And
NBC would have us believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes have
sacrificed everything to get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the
governments of the world follow the lead of the IOC, it won't be long
when all drugs are legalized because it's easier to acquiesce to the
elements in the toilet than fight for what is right.

Max


Legalizing all drugs is self regulating. Remember the lab monkeys giving
themselves overdoses?

The ACLU would be screaming bloody murder at the US government for not
being the proper nanny to the idiots who, like the primates, overdosed.
The only upside I see in legalizing drugs is that the sale of them would
be taxed, along with the abandonment of the so-called "war on drugs." A
lot of money would be generated and saved w/r/t the federal coffers.

Of course then we'd have to institute several multi-billion dollar federal
giveaway programs to help those addicted to drugs wean themselves off for
a few months before becoming addicted again.

Max

Max

I say make drugs of the highest purity available. No weaning necessary.

Amen!

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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On a serious note, Avery Brundage fought for decades to keep
professionalism out of the Olympics. Ultimately he was overruled,
and it's damaged the games beyond repair, IMO. Only the relatively
non-pro sports, such as Biathlon, Luge, Skeleton, Bobsled, Curling,
etc. hold my interest any longer. I couldn't care less about
snowboard, freestyle skiing, alpine, men's hockey, and the other
pro-based events. Many of us remember the "miracle on ice" at the
Lake Placid 1980 Games, when the US amateur hockey team beat the
highly-pro Russians and went on to win the gold. That event will
never be repeated under the current paradigm.

Max


Great points. I wish it was purely amateur as well. It really said a
lot when US amateurs, without government funding, took on virtual
professional state run teams of other countries. I also think team
sports should be eliminated.

Amen!

It was tragic when the IOC stooped to the lowest common denominator on
the pro issue. Instead of fighting to keep the games truly amateur,
they caved and let everyone get paid for doing what they do. Now we
have millionaires playing basketball, hockey, skiing, skating, etc.
And NBC would have us believe that these poor, downtrodden athletes
have sacrificed everything to get to the Olympics. Hogwash. If the
governments of the world follow the lead of the IOC, it won't be long
when all drugs are legalized because it's easier to acquiesce to the
elements in the toilet than fight for what is right.

Max


Legalizing all drugs is self regulating. Remember the lab monkeys giving
themselves overdoses?

The ACLU would be screaming bloody murder at the US government for not
being the proper nanny to the idiots who, like the primates, overdosed.
The only upside I see in legalizing drugs is that the sale of them would
be taxed, along with the abandonment of the so-called "war on drugs." A
lot of money would be generated and saved w/r/t the federal coffers.

Of course then we'd have to institute several multi-billion dollar
federal giveaway programs to help those addicted to drugs wean themselves
off for a few months before becoming addicted again.

Max

Max

I say make drugs of the highest purity available. No weaning necessary.

Say, did you ever see "Pulp Fiction?" That stuff John Revolta had might do
the trick.

Max

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I say make drugs of the highest purity available. No
weaning necessary.

Say, did you ever see "Pulp Fiction?" That stuff John
Revolta had might do
the trick.


Haven't seen it. is it a good movie? I got Netflix so I
need to choose some movies.

Scotty