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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: billt on February 22, 2018, 07:08:13 AM
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It's almost as if the NBC commentators are rooting for anyone other than the USA. Between that, along with the political side shows, the obvious favoritism of women and queers, along with all these bimbos pulling out of events they were scheduled to compete in, and the unsportsmanlike conduct of the whining Canadian women hockey players, I doubt I'll ever watch another Olympics again. It truly is PATHETIC!
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Pathetic, indeed, BillT.
I watched that redheaded snowboarder win gold and then tramp all over the American Flag. And that effeminate commentator they have for the skating events is stomach turning. But the networks are focused on the perverted and weird, giving all that air time to one of the other male(?) figure skaters who hasn't won a thing, but wouldn't shake hands with Vice President Pence because the VP believes in traditional marriage or something. The network has turned the experience into the LGBTQ anti-American world games. And as a straight, white, American military veteran male, it just doesn't hold my interest.
The Canadian Women's Hockey Team can be forgiven--I think--because losing to an American team really came as a surprise. It had to be a blow to their ego.
But, we've also seen a few of our Florida-based speed skaters put on a real effort. One even got a bronze.
Even so, this Olympics has certainly been disappointing. And it's not just for us, BillT. Look at the ratings. They have dropped with every broadcast since the opening ceremony.
I guess it just goes to show that you can't keep America's interest with lackadaisical athletic performances and incompetent , anti-American reporters.
Crusader Rabbit
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No argument from me..
I know that the weather played a factor in the skiing events and can understand why Shiffren dropped out of the downhill and super G.
Being a skier myself and done some competitive racing as well, stacking four events on consecutive days due to weather delay can be a bitch...
At least they lost the idiot, Couric somewhere...
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I know that the weather played a factor in the skiing events and can understand why Shiffren dropped out of the downhill and super G.
At least they lost the idiot, Couric somewhere...
Shiffrin pulling out made absolutely no sense to me. She could have easily medaled in the downhill. (And in the process knocked that Trump hating, mudshark, coal burner Vonn off the podium, which would have been beautiful). And it was downright silly for her to drop out of the Super-G as well.
These people train relentlessly for 4 years for these games that last all of 2 weeks. It's simply idiotic to start dropping out of events. Look at speed skater Eric Heiden in the 1980 Olympics. He competed in most everything, and won 5 Gold Medals in the process. He wasn't whining about getting, "too tired". This entire generation of athletes have become a bunch of over glorified, political, bed wetting pussies.
And I think they got rid of Couric because of that idiotic comment she made about Dutch skaters being so good because they train on frozen canals. Or some such foolish nonsense.
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All due respect to skaters but you can’t compare skating to running down a mountain, on ice, at near 70 mph...
Having skied some pretty gnarly terrain over the last fifty years I can assure you your body takes a severe beating on a pair is skis!
Your knees and hips take 8-12 times your body weight when jarred by a bump or rut on the slope.
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Trust me when I say this, the usoc is evil. I mean they make the Catholic church look good on fight sexual abuse.
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Trust me when I say this, the usoc is evil. I mean they make the Catholic church look good on fight sexual abuse.
After the MSU/Gymnastic horror show and subsequent resignations by the entire board I would wholeheartedly agree!
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I could go on for a long time about it, let's just say the back ground check is the honor system and can never be removed.... Then there is the sending coach's to youth events right after they get out of jail for rape.(that I reported) yeah no sorry f..k them.
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So far, the only pass I'm giving is to the Canadian Women's Hockey Team. In a highly physical, emotionally charged, and very close game that was decided by a last minute "free throw," and then we focus on their raw emotions and expect them to give in depth and meaningful comments. There is a reason that most athletes that lose a major championship game go to private spaces while they process what just happened.
Reporters spend weeks crafting their questions for every possible outcome, and then we critique emotional athletes for their unprepared response.
Rant off.
I did not see any protests, and it was nice to see how the U.S. Women's Hockey team acted during the Anthem.
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So far, the only pass I'm giving is to the Canadian Women's Hockey Team.
The Canadian women's hockey team turned out to be nothing but a bunch of sore losers, who expected to win, but didn't. That Canadian player who immediately removed her medal after it was placed around her neck was shallow, foolish, and disrespectful to herself, her team, her country, and the Olympics in general. It was nothing but a childish display of extremely poor sportsmanship.
And as far as the rest of her team and coaching staff whining about how, "they didn't like the format". That's pure bull$h!t. That tie settling format, (20 minute overtime, followed by a 5 shot shootout), was decided long before the games began. If they were so put off by it, why didn't they register a formal complaint with the Olympic Committee before the games started?
The fact is they never would have said a word if they had won. So instead they had to try to cheapen the moment, by making a stink over it after they lost. They played a good solid Olympic hockey series. Then they $h!t all over themselves by acting like disrespectful children after they lost. They get no "pass" from me at all. All of them need to grow up.
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20 min of it, 5 pentailty shots, 1 for 1 shots sounds fair... if it was sudden death, where 1st goal wins. I would say that is bad. Now you are talking bout a coin flip wins the game. That is never good.
Anyways, I don't give. Rats ass as the spirt of the Olympics died years ago. It is a 10s of billion dollars a year industry. That is political and corrupt as they come. With perverts everywhere. Then there are the group's that change their sport, because the ioc says"you look just like this other sport, we don't need 2." Ijf (judo) I am looking at you. Same with wrestling, they changed the format because the ioc claimed they were too boring and could be removed. Now the system is in place where you could get your ass handed too you round 1, with round 2 by scoring 1 point and round 3 by scoring 1 point and win.... but round one it was 6-0(max you can score is 6) yeah it is b's
I could rant for days. I saw it 1st hand, I had it happen too me 1st saw it happen too many friends. Nope f..k them
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Hockey shootouts suck like the designated hitter, aluminum bats, skiing helmets, auto rotaries, granny panties and the BATF!
I could go on...
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NBC. That's all I needed to know to keep it off.
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NBC. That's all I needed to know to keep it off.
Nothing But Commies?
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NBC. That's all I needed to know to keep it off.
+1
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Well, it's finally over.
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Well, it's finally over.
And I haven't missed it yet. It's been what, 8 years and I don't give a care?
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I've just never bought into the "Olympic Movement". Their Mission:
The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised [sic] without discrimination of any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
I've always seen it as countries using youth as pawns in a game of political one-upmanship.
Sure there are great athletes. Great stories behind their achievements. Great sacrifices made to be at the top of their game. Comradery amongst competitors. (Which already exists within each sport as these sports meet in their own world competitions each year. )
It's an Olympic-Industrial complex. Makes great TV. Lots of money to be spread around.
Defining statement:
Opposition to all forms of commercial exploitation of sport and athletes.
There were I'm sure other instances but the lowest of low-lights for me was when they allowed professional NBA players to compete. Never forget the IOC stripped Thorpe of his medals and records because he spent 2 seasons playing ball for a Canadian league earning the whopping sum of ~$940(in today's dollars) a week.
Defining statement:
Raising awareness of environmental problems.
Want to go over the environmental impact of each of the Olympic sites?
Defining statement:
Cooperation with public and private organisations to place sport at the service of mankind.
Excuse me. Say what? Sports at the "service" of mankind? What does that even mean?
Finally, it's like Cool-aide. OLYMPISM.
Fundamental Principles of Olympism
1. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the
qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism
seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good
example, social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
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What a complete load of dung. "OLYMPISM"? Spare me. It's like when these self appointed religious "prophets" claim they can talk directly to God. It seems the first thing God tells them, is to have sex with underage girls. I put the "Olympic Committee" into that same holier than thou barrel of $h!t.
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Well at least they said, "at the service of mankind" instead of "to serve mankind"
(Twilight Zone reference for you youngsters.)
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NBC can sit on a running chain saw.
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Closing ceremony is televised tonight...... I'll be watching "Once Upon a Time in the West" instead.
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Closing ceremony is televised tonight...... I'll be watching "Once Upon a Time in the West" instead.
I had very nasty thoughts about Claudia Cardinale as a kid...
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I had very nasty thoughts about Claudia Cardinale as a kid...
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I never heard of her. I don't think I ever saw that movie either. She used to look good but now she should wear a mask on Halloween so she doesn't scare the kids.
P.S. I've been enjoying this Olympic season. Most of the TV shows I watch were either reruns or not even on, so I had time to watch some movies that I've missed. Yesterday I saw an animated Starship Troopers movie from last year that I never heard about. I also saw a horror short called Zygote that I thought was really creepy.
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She’s 80 years old now, Frank!
50 years ago, she was 30! I was 11...
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She’s 80 years old now, Frank!
50 years ago, she was 30! I was 11...
50 years ago I might have thought girls were yucky. I certainly wasn't looking at them the way I was 40 years ago.
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I never heard of her. I don't think I ever saw that movie either. She used to look good but now she should wear a mask on Halloween so she doesn't scare the kids.
If you like spaghetti westerns, this is a classic Sergio Leone movie where he is kinda paying homage to the whole genre that he himself helped build.
Plus, Henry Fonda plays a great villain.