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| NBC Announcer for Olympics displays Dhimmitude |
| 2006-02-11 |
| I was watching the openning ceremony of the Olympics this evening when something so friggin' stupid was said by the announcer that I just had to vent a bit. The NBC announcer, while the Russian team was entering the stadium, was talking about how in the past the Russian athletes disappeared back behind the [iron] "curtain" or "so we were taught"? So we were taught? WTF was he talking about? Either he was too young to remember the cold war or he is an idiot. Between that and the blatantly left leaning celebrities involved I quickly lost interest. |
| Posted by:Ulererong Elmeamble2375 |
| #10 Too busy to notice I guess. He's in journalism. Most likely, he was on the other side. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-02-11 12:39 |
| #9 I watched the late-evening version and wondered why there was a cut away to commericals during the time the Russian members were being introduced. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-02-11 19:17 |
| #8 The Green Bay Packers are the ultimate socialist enterprise. They are owned by the workers, otherwise they would have been moved to a much bigger media market long ago. They are part of the NFL, whose motto is from each, according to its ability to pay to each according to their needs, which under the worker exploiting salary cap, are the same; obviously a socialist organization. Have at it. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-02-11 16:42 |
| #7 I missed it (I don't watch much sport unless it involves senseless violence or females in jelly), but it appears, from what I read in forums, that the italian public BOOED the iranian and lebanese teams... with the Eurosport (sport satellite/cable channel) sound engineering trying to hide it, and the segment being removed from re-airing. Any confirmation??? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-02-11 16:16 |
| #6 Bob Costas did a great job. Someone should have told Brian Williams that the Olympics is not about politics. We kept hoping Bob would tell him to shut up. I'm sure he felt like it. Only other moment that marred an otherwise spectacular show was the aging Susan Sarandumb. What has she done to deserve the honor? I guess if you shill for enough dictators you get to carry the Olympic flag. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-11 13:57 |
| #5 How can we expect the Marxists and useful idiots to lay low and deal with reality when we can't even keep the lid on the Holocaust deniers these days. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-02-11 13:20 |
| #4 This wasn't dhimmitude per se, but collossal, stunning historical ignorance. Hell, he was probably even alive during this time. Too busy to notice I guess. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2006-02-11 12:21 |
| #3 Back in college, I used to argue with a dedicated Sparticist Youth Leaguer (nutty but easy on the eyes) about her revolutionary aspirations for the State of Wisconsin. She never had an answer on how the Green Bay Packers would be managed in a new Utopia despite their obvious place in the hearts of the workers and peasants there. The truth of how sports and entertainment, e.g. pop music, were run behind the Iron Curtain is fascinating and chilling. Hockey player Sergei Federov's wife said she was convinced he would be jailed or even killed for lobbying authorities to play in the NHL during the 1980's. It wasn't unheard of back then. |
| Posted by: JDB 2006-02-11 10:47 |
| #2 No, you're wrong Theath - they didn't disappear, that's just what you were "taught"! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-02-11 06:46 |
| #1 IIRC, Soviet athletes did not regularly receive major Madison Avenue endorsements. They did not appear on Wheaties boxes, co-star in drive-in movies, or become color commentators for Amerikanskii futbol matches. Yes, they did "disappear." |
| Posted by: Theath Spineng8371 2006-02-11 02:18 |