tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533225499358338485.post2308023452007537190..comments2017-03-01T18:47:35.981-06:00Comments on And One: Epitome of Olympic greatnessDusty Luthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11705185051968484010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533225499358338485.post-26249087960427045552008-08-11T15:53:00.000-05:002008-08-11T15:53:00.000-05:00Dusty I share your excitement for the US swimming ...Dusty I share your excitement for the US swimming victory and the prospect of Michael Phelps winning 8 gold metals (I heard the audio this morning). However over the years my enthusiasm for the Olympics has waned as the sports whose winners are determined by an electronic stop watch or points scored has decreased (I heard this morning baseball and softball had been dropped) while the sports whose winners are determined by a panel of judges seem to increase. Admittedly I don’t know much about the sports whose winners are determined by judges with one exception, boxing. Perhaps it goes back to the days when it was the US, USSR, and the Cubans but this is the most politicized sport of them all and as a consequence I can’t watch them as my blood pressure goes up. <BR/><BR/>Despite what I just said I might still watch it but for one thing, NBC is sucking up to the host country. No where on NBC or it’s affiliated networks non Olympic news coverage any mention that China has millions of it’s own people in prison for no other reason than they are political and religious dissidents. Nor will you hear that all those facilities were built with slave labor. No criticism of China their lips are zipped, funny how unrestrained they are about their own country.<BR/><BR/>Well that is my take on the Olympics this year, sorry didn’t mean to spoil it for anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com