I expect to hear a lot of "whistles" at the Olympic Games

[Wednesdays]

Whistling is the European form of "booing." I watched a basketball exhibition game yesterday, Turkey hosting the USA team, and the fans whistled every time an American touched the ball. (And this from one of our coalition "allies!")

I predict there will be a lot more of that in the upcoming Games, due to anti-Americanism being at an all-time high. It could even get ugly. Nice going, George.

Of course, it will be oblivious to network propaganda coverage and to Joe six-pack. Or if they mention it at all, it will be dismissed as "Dem socialists hate 'Murikans for our freedom!"

[aden_nak]

1. A lot of people don't know that whistling equals booing.

Maybe they will think they are cheering for us, because we are so free.

[tridim]

3. Nope, I saw the same B-Ball game

and it was very obvious that the crowd was "booing". I was embarrassed enough that I had to change the channel. For the record, I thought the reasoning for the Turkish whistling was pretty lame. One of our players went for the ball and accidentally swiped the eye of the other player, it happens all the time.

[bobthedrummer]

2. Our athletes have been forbidden to wear US flag clothing in the Olympic

Village. What shame the administration of George W. Bush aka The War President has brought upon US all.

[mark11727]

4. What are they going to use for UNIFORMS, then?

Every US Olympic team uniform I've ever seen had some kind of flag-like motif in it.