Personal thoughts on the Olympics:
- So far, the Olympics hasn't turned into the "Hate America" fest some were fearing, including the overly-sensitive weenies who told American athletes not to wave the flag too much.
Who told you that someone said not to wave the flag too much? Not once have I heard or read that? Who is your news source?
And yes, there was some jeering Friday nite but it was not that bad.
- NBC coverage of the Olympics is a LOT better these days. I still remember the 1996 Atlanta fiasco, where the coverage was 50% commercials, 40% "drama clips", and 10% actual sports, simply because the geniuses at NBC thought this was what the public wanted. These days, it feels like 70% of the coverage is sports. Maybe it's the whole reality TV craze. After all, you don't get much more real than sports.
I agree with the exception of Costas on Friday nite......he got on my nerves.
- Time to restate the obvious: Our men's basketball "Dream Team" has turned into a nightmare. WTF, losing to Puerto Rico by double-digits? I guess our stars are much more interested in multi-million dollar shoe endorsements than "I love this game"?
Really!
And I am catching sh*t from my Aussie friends re. Phelps and their Mr. Torpedo. I calmly told them to tightly close their mouths; that Phelps would turn Mr. Torpedo into Mr. Potatohead; and that we may nuke Sydney for good measure! <g>
- China is already the next superpower ... in sports.
Their women's volleyball team made a mess of the US team. Hey, volleyball and B-ball were supposed to be American sports!
- A word about the so-called "Olympic Truce": I wish President Bush went along with it, but if that truce really held any value other than symbolic, I suppose we wouldn't need the expensive, air-tight security in Athens.
Of course, its symbolic and if Bush weren't such a tight ass, he would have signed it.........another national embarrassment. An American president not for peace even symbolically.
- Random thought: In Greek, Athens is spelled Alpha-THeta-Eta-Nu-Alpha, a.k.a. ATHENA.
And its pronounced:
A[short a]-thee-na[short a] with the emphasis on the last syllable. That was explained to me this weekend by a friend who speaks Greek.
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