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Originally Posted by Okiebug61
This saddens me! I refuse to give up the fight to do what's right. I will not win every time but if I do not try I will never know what the outcome might have been. Red said one of the best things ever to me early into our partnership. She said if you are an excuse driven person then your live will be one big excuse. I refuse to go out of this world spewing excuses.
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No one is making excuses and, if you think I am, then I would respectfully suggest that you re-read my post. Rather, all I am doing is telling it as it is and without any sugar-coating.
The Olympic Games is one big corporate-fest and it's driven by globalisation rather than pride in individual nation states. Yes, many of us will read, and get a warm glow, from stories such as that of the Lesotho team even though such coverage tends to be both patronising and condescending.
I am fortunate enough to be able to attend some of the Olympic events this summer but enthusiasm for the games here in London is lukewarm ay best. Furthermore, until a few months ago I lived on the edge of a historic park which now houses an ugly stadium that will, in all likelihood, be used during the Olympics and then rarely used again - as was the Athens 2004 experience.
You go ahead and fight for the US uniforms to be made in the USA ..... Personally, I think that the USA has many more pressing issues to deal with.