Tag Archive | Olympic Medal
Posted on August 13, 2012. Tags: Bringing Home, Gold Medal Winners, Gold Medals, Olympic Gold Medal, Olympic Gold Medal Winners, Olympic Medal, Olympic Winners, Swimming Pools
It is pretty much a given that President Obama is embarrassed by the 46 Gold Medals the US Athletes are bringing home. And in Obama’s mind, since the athletes didn’t build the swimming pools they competed and trained in, or the tracks on which they competed and trained, they didn’t really win those medals. Someone else did […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 12, 2012. Tags: Bahrain, Beijing, Bronze Medal Winner, Doping, Ethiopia, Job, London, Morroccan, National Anthem, Nbsp, Olympic Medal, Rashid, Royal Palace Guard, Wins, Woman
Bahrain also won their first medal: MaryanYusuf Jamal won bronze in the women’s 1500 meters! (technically they won four years ago but their 2008 winner was stripped for doping!) Then there’s Bahrain, which technically joined the first-timers club in Beijing four years ago, only to have its bronze-medal winner, runner Rashid Ramzi, stripped of his […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 11, 2012. Tags: Ahead, Balkan Country, Debutants, Games Medal, Gold Medal, Gold Silver, Guarantee, Montenegro, National Anthem, Nato, Nbc, Norway, Olympic Gold, Olympic Handball, Olympic Medal, Reason, Second Half, Serbia, Spain, Water Polo
Montenegro, part of the Serbia that NATO attacked in 1999 for no reason, will win a handball medal – either gold of silver, depending on what happens against Norway in the women’s handball finals! Olympic handball debutants Montenegro beat Spain 27-26 on Thursday to set up a final against reigning women’s champions Norway and guarantee […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 11, 2012. Tags: Associated Press, Australian Anthem, Cypriot, Cypriots, Cyprus Flag, Golden Letters, Gymnastics Events, Imperialists, Island Nation, Larnaca Cyprus, Laser Class, National Anthem, National Hero, Olympic Champions, Olympic History, Olympic Medal, Olympic Medalist, Ron Paul, Silver Medal, Summer Games
The island nation of Cyprus, alas divided into two zones, won their first Olympic medal ever – in sailing! Here’s the WashPo (Associated Press) coverage: Kontides won a sailing silver medal Monday in the Laser class, giving him the first metal won by Cyprus since the island nation began taking part in the games in […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 7, 2012. Tags: Best Time, Caribbean Nation, Communism, Communist Coup, Donuts, Egypt, Family God, Fencing Medal, Flag In Hand, Grenada, Hail, Hearts And Hands, History Today, Medals, National Anthem, Nbc, Olympic Medal, Olympics, One People, President Reagan, President Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Semi Finals, Venezuela
The small Caribbean nation of Grenada, liberated from a Communist coup by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, won their first Olympic medal in history today! James Kirani won GOLD in the 400 meter run! Here, for the benefit of NBC and my readers is the national anthem of Grenada! We’ll play it in this home […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 5, 2012. Tags: Basketball Team, Bleacher Report, Cheer, First Olympic, Guatemala, Guatemalan President, National Anthem, Nbc, Olympic Medal, Peace, Perez Molina, Republic Of China, Silver Medallist, Violence, Viva, Wins
Bleacher Report has this article on Guatemala’s first Olympic medal: Silver in the 20 km Walk. Barrondo received a call of congratulations from Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina, who informed Barrondo that Guatemalans took to the streets to cheer his win. Now that Barrondo is a star in his country, he used his platform to […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on July 27, 2012. Tags: Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Basketball Team, Benin, Cambodia, China Flags, Dawani, Imperialist Powers, Liberia, Madagascar, Medal Since, Nadin, Olympic Medal, Olympics, Opening Ceremonies, Red China, Republic Of China, Solomon Islands, Taekwando
As we await the opening ceremonies – the best part of the Games (except for the fact that Taiwan does not get to fly its flag as they come in – why? Because Red China doesn’t like it! If I were Taiwan I would say, no flag no Olympics. And mean it. And the USA […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on July 5, 2012. Tags: African Nations, Allyson Felix, America Article, American Star, Daegu South Korea, Dakar Senegal, Gold Medal, Independent Judiciary, Koffi, Medal Contender, Meter Specialist, Military Coup, National Heroine, Olympic Games, Olympic Gold, Olympic Medal, Republic Of Botswana, S 400, Voice Of America, Winter Games
Two fascinating articles shed light on my feelings about the Olympic Games. The Republic of Botswana (one of my favorite African nations for its continuous peaceful electoral history, never a military coup, respect for human rights and an independent judiciary, and enormously high standard of living compared to other African nations) has never won an […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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