TexasTerror
February 16th, 2010, 09:29 PM
Jay Marrioti, famous from ESPN's "Around the Horn" and national radio, does not believe Canada is fit to host this Olympics and they have made a mockery of themselves...
The below comes from his FanHouse.com (http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2010/02/15/canada-shaming-itself-at-stormy-olympics/) article on the situation that has developed in Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Ohhhhhhhh, Canada. What have you done to yourself? You've invested $118 million to kick-start the performance of your Winter Olympics athletes, including the ridiculous launching of a "Top Secret'' initiative. You've declared not only that you're going to host the best Games ever, but that you intend to "own the podium'' and win the most medals. In the process, you've ignored the plight of homeless, drug-addicted people -- such as the man jabbing a syringe into his stomach on Hastings Street -- in a decrepit neighborhood just blocks from BC Place, the hockey venue, two international media centers and the glittering avenues and affluent shops of an otherwise beautiful downtown.
You've sacrificed your sound sensibilities, your lighthearted ways and your minimum-stress comfort zone to become, well, a pocket version of the United States of America, obsessed with winning at all costs. One of our funnymen, Stephen Colbert, has noticed the newfound ambition and called you "iceholes,'' saying on his Comedy Central show, "Canada has an aggressive new attitude -- in contrast to their previous slogan, `Pardon, would it trouble you if we won a medal or two? It would? OK. Never mind!'"
The below comes from his FanHouse.com (http://olympics.fanhouse.com/2010/02/15/canada-shaming-itself-at-stormy-olympics/) article on the situation that has developed in Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Ohhhhhhhh, Canada. What have you done to yourself? You've invested $118 million to kick-start the performance of your Winter Olympics athletes, including the ridiculous launching of a "Top Secret'' initiative. You've declared not only that you're going to host the best Games ever, but that you intend to "own the podium'' and win the most medals. In the process, you've ignored the plight of homeless, drug-addicted people -- such as the man jabbing a syringe into his stomach on Hastings Street -- in a decrepit neighborhood just blocks from BC Place, the hockey venue, two international media centers and the glittering avenues and affluent shops of an otherwise beautiful downtown.
You've sacrificed your sound sensibilities, your lighthearted ways and your minimum-stress comfort zone to become, well, a pocket version of the United States of America, obsessed with winning at all costs. One of our funnymen, Stephen Colbert, has noticed the newfound ambition and called you "iceholes,'' saying on his Comedy Central show, "Canada has an aggressive new attitude -- in contrast to their previous slogan, `Pardon, would it trouble you if we won a medal or two? It would? OK. Never mind!'"