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Tag Archives: Olympic Games
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
There were huge ratings for Canada vs. USA in the gold medal game. Wow - off the chart viewer ship. Really fantastic numbers across the board in the US and in Canada. Astounding. Wonderful. Well-deserved. We are all happy and I am hopeful than NBC is happy as well. See this New York Times blog post for a great perspective of the numbers.
Niceness As A Competitive Weapon
We are NOT ugly Americans. We can and would be great hosts to an Olympic games here in the United States. Click this link for an article that makes me say, “Huh?!”
NBC would love the United States to host the games.
Our citizens would love us to host an Olympics games here, too.
We as a country should mobilize to bid for the games and I really and sincerely think Washington DC/Baltimore would be a perfect spot to host a summer games. We have Verizon Center; Patriot Center; Comcast Center; Nationals Stadium; RFK; Redskins Stadium; Orioles Park; Ravens Stadium; a national aquatic center; a beautiful river; and many colleges for dorm housing. And in the summer, the traffic is less and tourists are here in record numbers.
Our President and our organizing committees should rally around the flag and bid for an Olympic games. Our local community should embrace that challenge as well. We have the infrastructure and capacity to handle the Games. Don’t forsake us. We are nice and deserving.
Whole Lotta Love
I will miss the Olympics. As a family, we loved watching the events in primetime.
I wish the basketball games had been shown in prime time. I only got to watch a bit of a few games from the office but from what I saw, the U.S. team was very committed and focused on bringing back home a gold medal. Congratulations to the team and we appreciate all of their hard work and commitment to play for our country and the NBA.
The closing ceremonies were very nice too. Although I thought the Games and NBC’s coverage had an EPCOT kind of feel to it. Everything was shiny and new but it seemed like a movie set. Lots of empty calories and lots of edited or tape delayed broadcasts. The overall production values were excellent but everyone watching just knew that beneath the surface lay a country with a deep dark secret.
I also thought China accomplished what it wanted. It was the dominant team power in regards to gold medals. It created a 17 day infomercial for China and its people but most Americans saw through a lot of the production and hype and are so glad we live in a more gritty and Democratic society. My bet is that now that the journalists that covered the games return back to U.S. soil, we will see a bunch of retrospectives and read about what they really think of China and the Games.