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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:49 AM Original message |
I hate the Olympics. |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. You can always |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No need. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Consider taking your TV out to the back yard |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No can do. I like cartoons too much. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Competition by and for the rich. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Bet you can't back that up. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Oh so then who pays for their travel, workout time 24/7, their rich sponsors that's who. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Bullshit |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. I suppose so, but I still like them. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's Been Abused |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Me, too. I was prepared to do without MSRNC for 2 weeks, but now GD is fair game. n/t |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. Do like me and completely boycott it. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. why don't you really boycott it |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. I used to look forward to them also |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Tune Out! |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Thanks for the link to the Naomi Klein article |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. what?! you arent enjoying the fascist grande parade !? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Me too. I won't be watching. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. it's not that I hate the Olympics . . . I just have no interest . . . |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's too political and it's too commercial |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Read Dave Zirin's Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. NBC paid $900,000,000 for the rights to broadcast. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. Stopped watching it decades ago. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. The Olympics is so yesterday. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. I used to love them; I was about 11 when I watched the horror in Munich. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. I don't like them either |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well, you missed one of the best openings ever. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. How sad for you. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. Me too and sucking up to China was the last straw. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
27. I love the Olympics and have since I watched the Atlanta games when I was 10 |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. xxxxxxxxxxx |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. To me, it's a big waste of time. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. I hate it, too and I especially hate this one. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. wah wah waaaaa |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. lol you bet me to it! |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Can sour grapes be repressed childhood memories? |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. I have not bothered to watch, because my mayor is there |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. A lot like the annual Super Bore 'cept international in scope. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yeah, I used to love the Olympics |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm sick of the corporatism, and I'm sick of the authoritarianism. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. I love the Parade of Nations |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm not crazy about sports but I LOVE the Olympics. |
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Ghost of Tom Joad (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. summer games are the worst |
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