Showing posts with label gold medal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold medal. Show all posts

Monday, February 12, 2018

Donald Trump is even being mocked at the Olympics.

Courtesy of Yes Plz: 

President Donald Trump pushed, clawed, and bullied his way into office on an “America First” platform. At first listen that sounds okay—“yeah, America is great, we should take of ourselves.” But it’s really just a more euphemistic way of saying “Make America Great Again,” of which the second, unstated part is, “at the expense of everyone else.”

There was bound to be some razzing of Trump by other countries on the world stage, and it finally happened yesterday, after the women’s 3,000-meter speed skating. The Netherlands completely dominated—Dutch athletes took first, second, and third in the event, making for a full sweep and 100 percent Dutch representation on the medals podium. 

That’s when two women in the stands unfurled the flag of the Netherlands—red, white, and blue like the American flag, but all striped—with a message written on it.

Can't really blame them.

I mean is there anybody on the planet more mock-able than Donald Trump?

And good for the Dutch!

Taking first, second, and third in any Olympic event is a huge accomplishment.

Sunday, August 07, 2016

Sure winning a gold medal at the Olympics is remarkable, but if you want to impress Sarah Palin you need to win it with a gun.


Courtesy of Okey Dokey Annie's Facebook page:

How beautiful that the first gold ๐Ÿ…of the 2016 Summer Olympics goes to an American girl with a gun!? Congrats, Ginny Thrasher, you make ALL of us proud! (cool name too!) Go Team USA! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

So clearly this is a slam directed towards those of us who want common sense gun laws in this country. (That's right Sarah I can use the phrase "common sense" as well, and it even makes sense when I do it.)

However I think one would be hard pressed to find a gun control advocate who would have a problem with rifles being used at the Olympics, or for competitive shooting contests, or even for hunting to feed one's family. (There are always a few of course.)

So her nasty back handed insult really has no validity in this case.


I actually heard Ginny Thrasher being interviewed after her win and she was delightful, and not really very political:

“Some of the (controversy surrounding) gun laws in America is just distracting from our sport, which is very different,” Thrasher said.

However, speaking of political, as of this post America has won six medals altogether, but none of those are of any interest to Palin because she cannot use them in an attempt to create controversy.

Personally I am rooting for America to bring home a whole truckload of gold, silver, and bronze medals. And I don't care if they use a rifle, pole, paddle, or just their bodies to do it.