Letter Of The Day

i picked this one because it taught me something. i had no idea (i'm not tuning into the olympics this year) what has been going on with the American athletes. of course, our poor sorry excuse for a media never reports anything but fine praise for all our athletes on the evening news. so this was a surprise.

The Olympics have been a time-honored way of representing your country in a positive way. If U.S. athletes think they are doing that at this Olympics, they're sorely mistaken.

Whether it's a speed skater who spells team solely with an I, an ice skater who lost because he missed his ride or a snowboarder who didn't even feel the need to try hard and was cocky enough to show off and lose gold, Team U.S.A. has been living up to its reputation as rich, whiny, coddled, careless and outrageously arrogant.

This attitude was most apparent when our nation's biggest talker, a downhill skier, nonchalantly skipped most of the Super G-course study time and skied right into a gate. He had become famous for stating that "It's hard to ski when you're wasted," and he proved that it's just as hard when you're full of yourself.

Americans have done a poor job at representing their nation, and it's disgraceful to watch.
— Mike McGinn, Charles City

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