No, not yet... But give the Republicans time...

Last time I checked speech codes usually come from the left side of the spectrum.....:p

You just haven't been paying attention for the past 8 years, have you. ;)

No, we are the people who will have to make political protest inside Freedom Cages far from observation.



China's got us beat ... but only by degree.



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I like all the things about the Olympics that €uro does, and i agree with Alex that the ceremonies would be far, far and far better live. But i remember when the Winter Olympics came to Utah, the opening and closing ceremonies were way beyond my means.


So i content myself with TV as a poor man's substitute. I can tolerate it ... but what I cannot stomach is being told what I'm about to see in 10 seconds throughout the entire 4 hours of the ceremony. Gak.

I watch gymnastics for the bone shattering, tendon tearing good times.

Winter Games has far more opportunities for severe injury, and possibly death than the Summer Games, so I watch those much more closely.

Indeed. But I would suggest that it isn't as close as you would say, but that's a discussion for a different forum.

Or remove the homeless populations so that our sities look good when in the national spotlight, whether for the Superbowl as AZ and the city of Glendale did, or for the dem convention and what Denver is doing.

We got to see the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremonies when I volunteered at the Atlanta games in 96. It was very cool. We also got to skip all the boring speeches and the endless parade of nations, which is fun but only if you can fast forward through some of it. I like critiquing the fashions...

Wow. They have changed the way gymnastics is scored. No more perfect 10's. You can now get 14, 15, even 17 points.

Visible DS9 Mojo GD! ;)

I believe early round soccer matches are beginning today.