it’s good to put one over the Ockers.

…and what makes it sweeter is that the Aussies are such bad losers.

Sounds like someone’s pining for the glory days of the empire again.

Not likely. It’s just that after years of Australian sporting dominance over Britain, it’s good to put one over the Ockers.

What would be nice is if these “unpatriotic” bobbleheads would kindly point out that Tienemmen Square is a fucking tomb seeped with the blood of people who thought idiotic things like “freedom” mattered. And that the same Chinese government who they are ballwashing helped make it that way.

The second they did that, our TV screens would have gone blank and we’d have some bobbleheads in a studio in Burbank describing the 4 x 100 men’s relay swimming from a newspaper report they read the day after.

On the opening telecast, the usual Setting-The-Stage-Video-Montage included the iconic clip of the guy standing in front of the tank. The next night, Costas did a live stand-up in Tiananmen Square and made a brief reference to the events of 1989. I figure that’s as much as they could’ve gotten away with.

There was a definite skin disparity between the men’s and women’s team.

As a librul, I’m all about the fairness. So yes, the guys should play without shirts.

August 21, 2008 at 21:23

Sounds like someone’s pining for the glory days of the empire again.

And this was during the most serious international crisis since the end of the Cold War.

I am English. We are having our best Olympics since we had an empire. Britannia rules the waves. And the cycling track. Etc. I cheer on the UK for the added fun having someone to barrack for brings, but I find biased coverage a drag. It’s tons worse here in Australia though. They didn’t even show the madison because Australia were playing hockey or volleyball or basketball or some shit that you would never watch outside the Olympics (yeah, I know, the madison also comes into that category–the thing is, they prefer Australian participation in a group match of no importance to a final that Australians are not fancied to win). They are seriously deranged here: a woman qualifies for the hurdles final and they trail the poor soul for the whole day before the event. TONIGHT! Sally McLennan! Will! Go! Foooooor GOLD! in the hurdles. Poor kid was just delighted to have made the final.

Speaking as a fellow Briton, there is much secret delight at us beating the Ockers for medals right now. They call us ‘whingeing poms’ but there is no sound more shrill, more desperate than a whining Aussie. It’s like the sound of a jet engine spooling up to maximum thrust.

The BBC showed a series of interview with whiny Aussies mortified at being overtaken in the medal tables by Britain. One Ocker even had the gall to take us to task for immigrant athletes. For a nation built on immigration to get nativist over such issues smacks of desperation.

Meanwhile I await the Sun’s campaign to get Chris Hoy a knighthood…

He enthused about how great the American young people were and how well they represented our country. Does any American expect anything less? It is not surprising to Americans that these kids who work their butts off and show discipline, dedication, and devotion to their sport would be anything less than disciplined, dedicated, and devoted while in China. What is surprising is that Collinsworth is surprised or would feel compelled to report this.

So Collinsworth is wrong when he is insufficiently patriotic and he is also wrong when he is overtly patriotic.

This is the one that always bothered me too. If we’re going to have all these jingo’d-up psychotics with firearms around, the least they can fucking do is run a streak on all Olympic shooting contests from now until the end of time. Minute we lose, 2nd amendment should be repealed. Especially if it’s a country with strict gun control laws that beats us.

Seriously, what the fuck is the point of having as many firearms in this country if not one of you motherfuckers can shoot straight at a target? And don’t give me any of that, “they expect us to shoot on skis” crap. You wanted the goddamn things, so make sure we get the gold.

P.S. Mikey, you are a true American hero. I would be honored to be your neighbor.

Um…Was this in 1936, 1972, 1980, 1984 or more recently?

I still think he was going for the gotcha and failed

Nah, he was going for the treacly heartwarming and mostly succeeded. I wrote somewhere else that Bryant was like Ralph Wiggum as George Washington: Collinsworth/Lisa asks the equivalent of “Couldn’t we just give in to the British?” and Bryant/Ralph gets to bellow “Never!”

(Incidentally, I got to like Allen Iverson during my years in Philly. He gets beaten up by the media far in excess of any actual sins. Bryant was always a media darling — ooh, he speaks other languages! — until his ego [and other body parts] started to get the best of him. He was practically the poster boy for the slogan “One of the Good Ones.”)

And jack’s gone fishing.

The fact is, liberals are stupid. They are not as smart, productive, loyal, faithful, happy, dedicated, purposeful, popular, fulfilled or relaxed as conservatives are.

ah yes! that explains why since conservatives got control over everything they’ve managed to balance the budget, respond effectively to domestic acts of nature, promote economic prosperity and spread peace throughout the world!

dude, conservatives know two things: jack and shit. that’s why they’ve completely fucked the country up, they don’t even know the brake from the accelerator. you guys suck, and it shows in your pathetic record of attempting to govern.

Patriotism, the last refuge of the cilantro.

In order to show MORE American events in prime time, NBC opened up entire channels devoted to the wholly unAmerican sports of soccer and *basketball* (*AHEM*) which feature in replays nothing but American games!

Boxing has been practically relegated to Telemundo and occasionally the low rated USA network. Cool sports that could use some American exposure, like say the shooting events…and by the way, how is it possible that the country that practically GIVES you a fucking gun at birth can’t shoot to hit a fucking target unless it’s a black man running across a lawn?…or rowing or god forbid, cycling!