Category Archives: america

1968 Olympic Moment

August 3, 2012 – 7:11 am

In 1968 I ran the 440 and 220 for my high school. My best times of 54 seconds and 28 seconds weren’t even close to my hero Tommie Smith and I dreamed that one day I might get below 50 seconds in the 440 and 26 in the 220. Tommie Smith ran a blistering 200 […]

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Amtrak Pepsi Crisis

August 2, 2012 – 11:55 pm

Every civilized country in the world subsidizes its rail system, however the USA had decided that the federally-owned railroad must turn a profit in accordance with the rules of capitalism and this year alone Amtrak lost $84.5 million on its food service which charges $2 for a $.50 can of Pepsi. Yesterday a Florida representative […]

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NBC Sucks

July 28, 2012 – 12:42 am

My nephew in Palm Beach had a meltdown about NBC’s failing to provide live coverage for the London Olympic opening ceremonies. Dear, NBC. You’re all a bunch of capitalist pigs, I hope you get swine flu and take all you advertising dollars to your graves while you’re devoid of real emotion and even more of […]

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The Legacy of Joe Paterno

July 27, 2012 – 12:30 am

Joe Paterno coached Penn State’s Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011 racking up the most wins by a coach in NCAA football history, however yesterday the NCAA fined PSU over $60 million, vacated all wins dating back to 1998, and banned Penn State from awarding any football scholarships for the next four years in response […]

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I Love London

July 26, 2012 – 10:57 pm

Mitt Romney set off from America to visit the UK and Israel. Stopping in London to visit Prime Minister Cameron the GOP candidate, who supervised the 2002 Utah Winter Games, criticized the the London’s Olympics by saying, “The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and […]

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