Viewing the O-limp-ics
Posted Aug. 8 at 12:11 pm by Don WardThis writer is not going to spend too much time paying attention to the Olympics this year.
The thing that torques a guy off the most is the fact that, once again, Olympic Shooting is given short-shrift by having television coverage denied. These are some of the oldest and most storied events in the annals of Olympic history. It is a sport that General George Patton nearly medaled in. So it is disappointing that our American athletes are being denied the opportunity to compete before their country’s television viewers just because some NBC executives feel squeamish about firearms.
Wouldn't want to show guns being used in a positive manner.
And no, I’m not going to try to sort my way through CBUT to watch it.
Being born with webbed feet, the swimming events will draw my attention. Although it is still hard to wrap your mind – and eyes – around those new Speedo LZR Racer full-body swim suits worn by the competitors.
Sure, they’re hydrodynamic and cut down on drag. But damn they look like something worn on the beach at Coney Island during Prohibition.
Oh, and for political reasons, it is kind of hard to give any support to the Olympics when they are hosted by a fascist-style dictatorship that oppresses its own citizenry, has sponsored outlaw regimes in Sudan and Myanmar, is destroying the environment and the American economy be flooding the country with cheap goods and whom we’ll be in a shooting war with over Taiwan.
But who wants to talk politics.
There are just too few sunny days in the Pacific Northwest. And there’s no need to spend August watching Olympic athletes compete while sitting on the couch munching on Cheetos.
Well. Not when the NFL is ready to start.
Topics: Olympics
