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Warren DeMontague

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69. See, I hated the Olympics growing up.

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 04:57 AM

Feb 2014

Because there were only, what, 3 channels... so you couldn't escape the thing. Unless.... you dared to venture down onto that weird UHF dial.

Laff-a-lympics was far preferable, but even better was Johnny Sokko and his mother**$^%in' Flying Robot.

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Fuck the Olympics... Fuck the Committee and fuck the Russian organization of this fucked up event. [View all] NYC_SKP Feb 2014 OP

Yes! nt Mnemosyne Feb 2014 #1

k&r. uppityperson Feb 2014 #2

I'm with you. earthside Feb 2014 #3

Why does the notion skepticscott Feb 2014 #15

I think DU is fast becoming a place for desenters to society... Demenace Feb 2014 #17

Agree...although we know it's the "Professional Sponsored Olympics for Professionals" KoKo Feb 2014 #60

Yeah, progressoid Feb 2014 #4

K&R!!! The Olympics now is just another corporate event. The fun is gone IMO. I'm not RKP5637 Feb 2014 #5

Agreed with good reason. maindawg Feb 2014 #6

I always thought that the Special Olympics followed the Olympic games. Raine1967 Feb 2014 #7

You are thinking Paralympics, and they are happening this year. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #8

Thanks. Much appreciated. n/t Raine1967 Feb 2014 #12

Last winter, in Korea. Special Olympics World Summer Games Los Angeles 2015 Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #9

The Special Olympics alternates summer and winter games every two years. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #10

"athletes from more than 100 million nations" quakerboy Feb 2014 #19

Oops! They meant to say "from 170 nations". NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #26

I hear you...and Olympics these days are so Manipulated... KoKo Feb 2014 #46

I wish there was, or hope there is, a way to enjoy the games without the crap... NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #47

Here's a Ray of Hope...NBC is Not doing that "Teaser Stuff" KoKo Feb 2014 #49

I too love the Olympics.. go west young man Feb 2014 #62

Oh... go west young man Feb 2014 #63

commercial corporate bullshit for sure Agony Feb 2014 #11

It's become quite a different thing than it was years ago MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #13

Indeed...they dropped the "School of Figures" Requirement and went to Triple Jumps KoKo Feb 2014 #48

Thanks for the invite CFLDem Feb 2014 #14

If you don't have one, you won't have the other. aquart Feb 2014 #16

That assertion needs a little proof. I believe that the two events are unrelated. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #18

The schadenfreude has backfired. go west young man Feb 2014 #20

Are you saying our government meant to "drum up outrage about an anti-gay law..."??? NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #21

I'm saying the US media takes a Putin or a Saddam Hussein go west young man Feb 2014 #30

Putin really is a bad guy. Bad mostly in an exceedingly corrupt, anti-gay bigoted sort of way. alarimer Feb 2014 #43

What are your references for saying that Russia is the "Most Corrupt Nation on Earth?" KoKo Feb 2014 #54

It's amazing reading all these posters go west young man Feb 2014 #61

Besides, these same folks are the one who will turn around tomorrow and say... Demenace Feb 2014 #64

Russia is in "zone of shame" down at #127 in transparency uhnope Nov 2014 #70

Yep, the American public is being manipulated like a puppet MattSh Feb 2014 #34

Here's something else for them to chew on from the Guardian today. go west young man Feb 2014 #65

A success? 50 billion dollars siphoned off by Putin's cronies and you call that a success? alarimer Feb 2014 #42

Sorry...but, your post reads like something from US MS Corporate Media... KoKo Feb 2014 #56

Well Said! You bring up the History that get's forgotten in our MSCorporate Media Age! KoKo Feb 2014 #45

trashing Olympics ...that is all. L0oniX Feb 2014 #22

I'm sour on it this year for the first time. RoverSuswade Feb 2014 #23

That's quite the other repulsive aspect of it, the sheer nationalism. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #24

Hey...they are seeming to do it better than years past... KoKo Feb 2014 #52

I won't be watching any Winter Olympics. Rex Feb 2014 #25

You can denigrate the organizations, but not the athletes they are exceptional Exultant Democracy Feb 2014 #27

Weren't the Olympics supposed to feature amateur athletes? Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #28

Yes, it used to focus on pure amateurism but changed over time. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #29

Definitely the switch to Professional from Amateur...was Devastating........ KoKo Feb 2014 #50

Do you feel better now? gerogie2 Feb 2014 #31

Yes, the Special Olympics, founded by a Kennedy in 1968, uplifts me. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #32

Amen! I am getting sick of people here telling us to be quiet and that we are buzz kills! hrmjustin Feb 2014 #33

Sorry. dilby Feb 2014 #35

Yeah, but I wanna win a gold medal! mokawanis Feb 2014 #36

The 'up close' materials are key to branding and making the athletes into devices Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #37

And don't dare infringe on any of their branding materials, logo, etc. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #38

Oh...there's definitely that. Like Disney wanting to Brand the Logo and KoKo Feb 2014 #59

Yeah, God forbid someone tries to make a living zappaman Feb 2014 #58

I love to watch them ski and skate mokawanis Feb 2014 #67

Sad swishyfeet Feb 2014 #39

I agree. zappaman Feb 2014 #55

The Olympics have been a corporate cesspool for decades, truebluegreen Feb 2014 #40

I want THESE Olympics to fail and I want Russia to be completely embarrassed by them. alarimer Feb 2014 #41

not true at all - lots of coverage of the Dutch speedskaters, DrDan Feb 2014 #44

So True! what you say.....! eom KoKo Feb 2014 #51

I echo your sentiments! nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #53

Ah, the Fucking Olympics Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #57

Or the Laff-A-Lympics Rex Feb 2014 #66

See, I hated the Olympics growing up. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #69

K&R.. butterfly77 Feb 2014 #68