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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (40408)	8/19/2008 6:09:45 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224744

Ice Skating is like gymnastics. The voting is to subjective and political. I like curling, at least it's not rigged

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (40408)	8/19/2008 7:11:22 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

I love the summer games much better, and where else can you see controversy over a bathing suit? Synchronised swimming-Lights off for Spain By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Spain’s synchronised swimmers have been banned from wearing a swimsuit with embedded waterproof lights which they had hoped would give an extra sparkle to their Olympic routine. “It got very sophisticated because obviously the battery doesn’t last long and then we had to look at circuits and interrupters, so we have been working on it around two months with a crack team,” swimmer Andrea Fuentes said. “It looks a bit like Christmas lights,” added the Spaniard, one half of the team that won silver at the last world championships and are favourites for a medal in Beijing. Swimming’s world governing body, which sets swimsuit rules for a sport where sequins are almost obligatory, said the lights were an accessory but Fuentes still hoped they might back down. “This is a very conservative sport … their excuse that is you cannot have accessories on your swimsuit, but they are sewn in. If you use those standards, sequins are a type of accessory.” sports.yahoo.com