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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:53 PM Original message |
American Exceptionalism or American Egotism? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for the recs. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whining about losing is stupid. Going for it isn't. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. True. Trying to get the Olympics is worthwhile. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "Some you win... (some you don't)" - I'm always shocked how few people get that... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It doesn't necessarily take a sports background. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yep, didn't say it was the *only* way - there are certainly other ways. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd have felt a little guilty if Chicago won |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't know that I'd feel guilty. After all. it's an international |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think that there is necessarily anything wrong with being disappointed regarding Chicago |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Disappointment's one thing; the sheer rage some posters have shown is another. (nt) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Very good point, and that's what I was thinking about when I wrote. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is DU. A lot of folks would be whining if Chicago was chosen. |
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