Posted on July 14, 2012. Tags: American Fans, Different Cultures, Dry Eye, Gold Medal, Medal Ceremony, Michael Callahan, Mutual Consent, National Anthem, National Pride, Olympic Games, Olympic Telecast, Personal Glory, Plain Fact, Shining Moment, Skin Crawls, Sportsmanship, Theatrics, Tiny Country, Wenzel, Xenophobia
I stumbled upon these articles by Michael Callahan in regards to the Olympic Games. He first called for people to not watch the Games at all: But it’s not the overblown theatrics of the modern Olympics that has me tuning out. It’s the plain fact that we have lost, in the zealous xenophobia that now […]
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 April 23, 2012. Tags: 1972 Olympics, Aafes, Allegiance, Brave Americans, College Basketball, Communist Bloc, Empty Space, Forty Years, Gold Medal, Heirs, Hillary Clinton, Ioc President, Medal Ceremony, Medal Of Freedom, Personal Story, Podium, Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Secretary Of State, Silver Medal, Silver Medals, Soviet Bloc, Tangible Symbol, Team Medals, Team Play, Ticket Stub, United States Team, Us Allies, Usa Basketball Team, Ussr
I was pondering this issue that ought to be finally dealt with. It has been forty years since the USA basketball team was robbed of their gold medal due to politics and enormously bad calls. Try this conclusion: The US immediately protested against the result, with their appeal being heard by a five-man panel. The […]
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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