On 2/22/14, 4:31 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/22/2014 3:28 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
...a sparsely populated somewhat socialistic state defeated the USA in
Olympic hockey and is taking home the bronze medal. Apparently our
highly paid professional hockey players weren't up to the test.

Norway, another socialistic state, at the moment has more gold medals
than the USA, which has nine, the same as much smaller, population-wise,
as Canada.

Must be the fault of global warming, eh?


Man, are you an instigator. Most of us are proud of the performance the
American team has done.




I think it absurd to take national pride in a profe$$ional $port$ team,
just as I think it is absurd when a city takes pride in its NFL, NHL,
NBA or baseball teams. I am impressed, though, that very small countries
without the professional sports budgets we or the Soviet Union have, are
cleaning up at the winter olympics. It just proves that money can't buy
everything.

We go to a few pro baseball games in season, but we don't care who
wins...we go to watch the game and hope it is closely contested.

I was delighted to see Norway's Marit Bjoergen win the womens'
cross-country skiing event, followed by two of her countrymen. It again
is a very small country, population-wise (about five million), and like
Finland, it uses its resources on its people.