Part of the fun of spectator sports is cheering for one side, even if you feel they don’t stand a chance of winning. Taking the moral high ground (being neutral) removes all the emotion out of watching sports.

I guess you and Nina would get along swell…

Honestly, I spent most of the time trying to figure out some of the “sports”. Snowboarding is extremely boring.

You weren’t cheering for our guys or feeling a little misty when they were standing on the medals podium and our anthem was playing?

Was I supposed to? If so, why?

When I was watching the Olympics I was wondering why the hell nationality even mattered.

Is this a serious question? In the Olympics the TEAMS are NATIONAL, that’s why nationality matters.

Justis– Last I checked, Vinny is a Mets fan. Regardless, the point is national pride, which many people are lacking in this country because it’s not politically correct to love America.

Last week I said to an immigrant friend (re: the Danish cartoons and subsequent riots) “freedom of expression doesn’t mean you will be free from offense. No editorial justifies violence.” To which she replied in a very condescending tone “that’s a VERY American way of thinking.” Umm, born and raised in the US (with immigrant parents, no less), living in the US, proud of the US– am I supposed to think like a Frenchman??

2. What the hell is a fair number of medals?

3. She doesn’t root for the athletes who are there representing her country?

4. The fact that she can’t bring herself to be proud of our guys and cheer for them is emblematic of this third person view that american media outlets feel they must take for some reason. It’s never “our troops,” it’s “american troops.” It’s never “our country,” it’s “the united states.” Her disdain for our athletes is emblematic of the kind of attitude most in the media have toward our country.

So Totenberg is a kook and is out of touch with America because she “sort of like[s]” it when other countries win “a fair number” of medals?

That makes you an out-of-touch kook too since you live in New York and don’t cheer for the Yankees, right?

[the] quote is symptomatic of the citizen of the world mentality that is ruining the american media.

Geez. I’m sooooo sick of people taking the greatness of this country and all it stands for for granted. If it wasn’t for this country and their residency in it, she wouldn’t be able to say what she said so freely.

Geez. I’m sooooo sick of people taking the greatness of this country and all it stands for for granted. If it wasn’t for this country and their residency in it, she wouldn’t be able to say what she said so freely.

So Totenberg is a kook and is out of touch with America because she “sort of like[s]” it when other countries win “a fair number” of medals?

That makes you an out-of-touch kook too since you live in New York and don’t cheer for the Yankees, right?

[the] quote is symptomatic of the citizen of the world mentality that is ruining the american media.

2. What the hell is a fair number of medals?

3. She doesn’t root for the athletes who are there representing her country?

4. The fact that she can’t bring herself to be proud of our guys and cheer for them is emblematic of this third person view that american media outlets feel they must take for some reason. It’s never “our troops,” it’s “american troops.” It’s never “our country,” it’s “the united states.” Her disdain for our athletes is emblematic of the kind of attitude most in the media have toward our country.