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667
08-09-08, 08:52 PM
the US National Anthem during Phelps' Gold medal presentation?


sp00ki
08-09-08, 09:01 PM
fixed gear swimming, awesome.

iwegian
08-09-08, 09:17 PM
when you stop swimming, you drown


667
08-09-08, 09:18 PM
when you stop swimming, you drown


What about a really fat chick in a salt lake?

sneaky viking
08-09-08, 09:42 PM
Sounds hot.

peabodypride
08-09-08, 09:50 PM
this thread is making me jizz

~Stuart~
08-09-08, 10:52 PM
What about a really fat chick in a salt lake?

uh,way to be sexist *clicks report post*






no but seriously, that would be like running coaster brake while trying to fit in with the brakeless fixed gear crowed

powerband
08-09-08, 11:46 PM
The US national anthem just disappeared. That's bullsh|t.
Who likes Torres' abs?

patrickgh
08-09-08, 11:48 PM
I'm tired of seeing **** about Michael Phelps. I went to school with him, so when he first went to the olympics, they had this big ceremony for him and stuff, and we even watched him swim during class. Blah blah, hes good, we know.

_hollister_
08-10-08, 12:00 AM
He knows it too. Sorta wrecks it.

prawza
08-10-08, 04:40 AM
the US National Anthem during Phelps' Gold medal presentation?

duno, but it did stop. i cracked up laughing tbh

Kol.klink
08-10-08, 08:46 AM
So a Really Fat man Would have been less sexist?

sneaky viking
08-10-08, 02:36 PM
It wouldn't have been hot.

huerro
08-10-08, 03:00 PM
speak for yourself

sneaky viking
08-10-08, 03:56 PM
Sexist.

667
08-10-08, 07:44 PM
"That's not sexy, that's animal".
...roar.

TrendSpeed
08-10-08, 07:56 PM
So who decided to have the olympics in China? Not saying the U.S. deserves it anymore but couldnt they have picked someplace where people werent getting stabbed to death, media agreements werent being violated, pollution wasn't a significant impact, and no algai infesting the waters created from suspected untreated sewage... It's just all kinda bumming me out. Anyways feel free to rip me a new one China supporters.

deathhare
08-10-08, 07:58 PM
Yeah, no one gets stabbed to death in the USA.


BTW, the USA decided to have the Olympics in China after they gave us 3 trillion dollars.

TrendSpeed
08-10-08, 08:21 PM
My point was people get stabbed in the U.S. too... U.S. might not have been any better, ecspecially seeing how as we have done the same **** with oh say the La olymipcs in terms of polution. Isn't it the IOC composed mainly of europeans that decided? Anyways I dont really care thought it would just be a good statement to get some people riled up.

Oh and couldnt tell if you knew but one of the coaches from a usa team's family member got killed...I dont think that last sentance made any sense.

peabodypride
08-10-08, 08:26 PM
On the issue of stabbing, do you really think it was more than a poor, lost soul looking for some last-ditch attention? The fact that he killed himself by jumping off a two-story building afterwards should tell you that it was not an act of anti-Americanism or any protest. Just a dude looking for five minutes of fame.

Either way, I still support the Olympics. Perhaps China is a little premature for the games. Perhaps it will act as a catalyst for change, or perhaps it will expose them as worthless phonies. There are still two weeks left and the impact of the games there will not hit until long after.

My opinion is the games should have gone to a country on the brink of becoming a modern country but needs an extra boost. Some Eastern European nations or Brazil specifically. Tokyo is on my A-list for 2016, mainly because I just want a good excuse to go there. :D

TrendSpeed
08-10-08, 08:38 PM
Word, plus if they had it in tokyo I could ride around in fast cars and learn to drift corners... that would be sick

powerband
08-10-08, 08:59 PM
On the issue of stabbing, do you really think it was more than a poor, lost soul looking for some last-ditch attention? The fact that he killed himself by jumping off a two-story building afterwards should tell you that it was not an act of anti-Americanism or any protest. Just a dude looking for five minutes of fame.

Either way, I still support the Olympics. Perhaps China is a little premature for the games. Perhaps it will act as a catalyst for change, or perhaps it will expose them as worthless phonies. There are still two weeks left and the impact of the games there will not hit until long after.

My opinion is the games should have gone to a country on the brink of becoming a modern country but needs an extra boost. Some Eastern European nations or Brazil specifically. Tokyo is on my A-list for 2016, mainly because I just want a good excuse to go there. :D


One of the more intelligent comments on the topic.

One only has to compare the human and economic condition of China 30 years ago and China today, and you would understand the influence and benefit this country will provide globally. Although human right in China still creates dramatic smoke swirls in the air, it is far better than the past. The growth, prosperity, and the ability to run individual businesses for economic competition are some of the essential phenomenon that drive the human spirit. Under Mao's order and communism, the individual spirit was dead; now, one has the freewill and is able to nurture the spirit to become better.

powerband
08-10-08, 09:04 PM
Yeah, no one gets stabbed to death in the USA.


BTW, the USA decided to have the Olympics in China after they gave us 3 trillion dollars.

The USA decides where the Olympics is held?