A raspberry Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian who was so angry after judges placed him third in a Greco-Roman wrestling event that he walked off the podium during the ceremony, threw his bronze medal on the mat and stomped off in a rage. As a result he was stripped of his medal.
A cherry to Dara Torres, 41 years old, who was the story of the day just showing up. When I was forty years old, I wasn’t participating in the Olympia’s I was at the furniture store shopping for Lazy Boy Recliners and a new sofa. Burning off about 71 calories an hour talking on the telephone.
The fact that Dara went into the 50-meter freestyle finals with the fastest qualifying time and a real chance to win gold was remarkable. Unfortunately, she got beat out by one/one-hundredth of a second. Later in an interview she was commenting on a race she had watched the day before where a runner had got beaten by the same time, and she wondered to herself “What would that feel like?”
Today she knows, she said afterward, “I was that guy all over again.” And offered up, maybe I should have not cut my nails the night before.”
What a class act she is, she makes America proud. And Lord knows, if this country ever needed a good dose of “national pride” it is now. There might not be any medals being passed out for classy behavior but Dara and others Americans are doing their level best to erase the image of the Ugly American … Kind of makes you feel better about things for a change.
Mexico El Grande… Alaska as reported that another Mexican Consulate Office will open this fall to provide services and promote trade. There are 50 Mexican consulates in the USA. Now you can call it what you want, immigration, migration or whatever. But the entire thing smacks of “colonization” of the country and that is the name of that tune. 40,000 Mexicans live in Alaska of which about half are believe to be of Mexican descent.
“Let’s ask ourselves, why is Congress not securing our borders? Could it be they have greater global goals that will ultimately dissolve this Union? Whether intentionally or not, government has failed for decades to secure the borders. It is up to us to make sure it gets done. And if we don’t do our part, America as we know it will dissolve like a sugar cube in coffee. From the coast-land to the heartland, we will lose our distinctions and no longer even recognize our country.”
As President Ronald Reagan said, ‘A nation without borders is not a nation.’” How many American consulates in Mexico … One?
McSame – Obammer Christian forum. Anyone watch this? Did you notice any sharp differences in the two candidate’s style and performance? When asked about when is a baby a baby and has rights? McSame answered “at conception.” Obammer replied with a typical politicians’ answer: “Whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade.”
One observation was: “Which is a dodge that wasn’t even intellectually respectable.” to describe the entire thing. I used to think Bush was bad on Nuke-You-leer, but this is even worse. “It seems that Obammer spoke to the heart and then to the mind, and McSame spoke from the heart, to the mind.”
Like a friend of mine is prone to say … “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.”
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