(12-07-2017 01:35 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

He still hasn't provided any link to any athlete boycotting the Olympics because of our President.

I read where Lindsey Vonn said something to that effect. Good thing she's pretty because she isn't all that bright.

(12-07-2017 03:07 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:35 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

He still hasn't provided any link to any athlete boycotting the Olympics because of our President.

I read where Lindsey Vonn said something to that effect. Good thing she's pretty because she isn't all that bright.

I posted a link to Vonn's comments in this thread. She said she wasn't going to represent Trump in the Olympics, that she would be representing the people of this country. Well DUH, you are representing your country, not your President. TDS is strong in that woman.

(12-07-2017 12:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

These athletes have worked their whole lives to make the Olympics. I would hate to seem them denied the opportunity to participate in the games. Still, given the insanity of Kim Jung-un, their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Quote:UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that it was an “open question” whether US athletes would be attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea amid tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Haley told Fox News that there would be future “conversations” about whether the country would attend the February sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

“There’s an open question,” she told the network.

“I have not heard anything about that, but I do know in the talks that we have — whether it’s Jerusalem or North Korea — it’s about, how do we protect the US citizens in the area?”

As North Korea continues to test launch missiles into the sea, Haley said the US would take every precaution possible to keep the athletes safe.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/07/nikki-hale...-question/

Russia was barred from competing ...so obviously its in Russia's interest to get back at the IOC.

(12-07-2017 03:55 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

These athletes have worked their whole lives to make the Olympics. I would hate to seem them denied the opportunity to participate in the games. Still, given the insanity of Kim Jung-un, their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Quote:UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that it was an “open question” whether US athletes would be attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea amid tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Haley told Fox News that there would be future “conversations” about whether the country would attend the February sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

“There’s an open question,” she told the network.

“I have not heard anything about that, but I do know in the talks that we have — whether it’s Jerusalem or North Korea — it’s about, how do we protect the US citizens in the area?”

As North Korea continues to test launch missiles into the sea, Haley said the US would take every precaution possible to keep the athletes safe.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/07/nikki-hale...-question/

Russia was barred from competing ...so obviously its in Russia's interest to get back at the IOC.

(12-07-2017 03:07 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:35 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

He still hasn't provided any link to any athlete boycotting the Olympics because of our President.

I read where Lindsey Vonn said something to that effect. Good thing she's pretty because she isn't all that bright.

You re right, I just came up with it out of thin air.

(12-07-2017 05:18 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 03:07 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:35 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

Those athletes are idiots. They represent the country, not one man. It's like saying they will not represent the eagle, a bird, at the Olympics. Morons.

He still hasn't provided any link to any athlete boycotting the Olympics because of our President.

I read where Lindsey Vonn said something to that effect. Good thing she's pretty because she isn't all that bright.

You re right, I just came up with it out of thin air.

we are not surprised...

Well if Russia isn't in the surly Trump will tell the United States not to go either soon after Putin tells him.

(12-08-2017 12:00 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Well if Russia isn't in the surly Trump will tell the United States not to go either soon after Putin tells him.

Russian athletes have not been barred from the Olympics. I imagine most of them will still attend the games.

(12-08-2017 12:05 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 12:00 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Well if Russia isn't in the surly Trump will tell the United States not to go either soon after Putin tells him.

Russian athletes have not been barred from the Olympics. I imagine most of them will still attend the games.

They compete under the flag of bribery and corruption, err...I mean under the Olympic flag. I hindsight, that really isn't that big of a difference from competing as a Russian.

(12-08-2017 12:20 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 12:05 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-08-2017 12:00 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Well if Russia isn't in the surly Trump will tell the United States not to go either soon after Putin tells him.

Russian athletes have not been barred from the Olympics. I imagine most of them will still attend the games.

They compete under the flag of bribery and corruption, err...I mean under the Olympic flag. I hindsight, that really isn't that big of a difference from competing as a Russian.

Now that I think about it, yep, you are correct.

(12-07-2017 12:37 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 12:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Trump would be smart to boycott the Olympics to save face since a number of American athletes say they will not represent Trump at the Olympics.

We had blacks who represented the US before 1968, so if any athlete boycotts due to Trump, they are pussywillows.

the man that helped change the world.....IMO, it tops the '84 hockey team by a loooooooooooooooong hop, skip, and jump......

We also had blacks that protested during the National Anthem of the United States by holding their fists in the air.