The Canadian women’s hockey team can now be called an Olympic dynasty! 3 gold medals in 3 Olympics! Woohoo! Now, it’s the men’s turn.
However, a “stain” on the Olympicsw occurred after. Don’t read further unless you have a strong stomach!
OMG! The-the-the-they’re drinking beer! (and not very good beer at that!). They’re celebrating on the ice! My gawd, one of them is drinking and driving! Will someone PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
The IOC is “investigating” the after-game celebration. This and this article pretty much sums up the absolute stupidity of the IOC bigwigs. IOC, I’d say “Kiss my @ss!”, but that may not be very “Olympian”, so I’ll just say “Get a life!”.
February 27th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Just think – if Benedict Arnold’s campaign had turned out differently, then the world would not have to be subjected to these brash displays of immorality.
Ah, the quirks of history ….
February 27th, 2010 at 11:20 am
The blond is foxy.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:16 am
For you Bradford, the “foxy blond” is Meghan Agosta, #2, Forward. She had 9 goals, 6 assists for 15 points in the Olympic tourney. She was also a +14, with 2 penalty minutes (stats here).
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 am
Art, qu’est-que huh?
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Hi JJS,
Surely you understand that, had Quebec fallen to Arnold and Montgomery in 1775, you perhaps would have been cheering on the US hockey team (Northern States edition), and that this team would have been more attuned to good ol’ American morality when it comes to 18 year olds, cigars, and alcohol.
As for the Coors, well, I’m afraid that’s something that wouldn’t change.
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Art, on behalf of all my countrymen, I am embarassed to say I was not aware of the Battle of Quebec in 1775! I did know about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, but the BoQ is not a main topic in Canadian history instruction.
But wait! It gets worse. My personal experience with the Canadian education system is we learn more about U.S. history than Canadian history! I recall learning about U.S. history in grade 6, world history from grades 7 to 11, and Canadian history only in grade 12! From kindergarten to grade 5, we learned more about the social constructs and the natives rather than dates in Canadian history. In retrospect, it is an outrage that this occurs. Although, as my son starts school soon, I’ll be very interested in the topics of his various courses, including history.
Oh, and don’t fret Art (and Dave). I won’t pull my son out of biology class when evolution is taught.
But back to Quebec. Do I hear a taker for these persistent whiners. How much you want for them?
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:19 pm
What say we trade Quebec for, say, Georgia. Montreal for Atlanta. Quebec City for Savannah. The Canadiens for the Braves.
Yeah, I could go for that.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Grits for poutine? As tempting as that sounds, I’ll pass.
Besides, once Montreal gets whiff of the trade, they’ll “magically” relocate to Ontario.
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
But wait! It gets worse. My personal experience with the Canadian education system is we learn more about U.S. history than Canadian history! I recall learning about U.S. history in grade 6, world history from grades 7 to 11, and Canadian history only in grade 12!
I’ll confess that I didn’t learn about the Battle of Quebec in high school history. That familiarity came from my penchant for looking north for summer vacations while I lived in Eastern Massachusetts, and learning a bit about the places in Canada I visited. Places like Montreal, Quebec, Gaspe, Cape Breton Island, Louisbourg, PEI, St. John’s (and St. John), L’anse aux Meadows, etc…..
Americans don’t learn very much about Arnold (other than the universal association of the name with heinous traitors), and are likely to be unaware of his crucial roles in the eviction of the British from Boston or the victory at Saratoga (or of his ill-fated invasion of Canada, along what is still known today in northern Maine as the Benedict Arnold Trail).
March 12th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
So Meghan Agosta is not only attractive, she knows how to handle a stick. My kinda Canadian.
March 25th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Congratulations to Canada, and too bad somebody didn’t buy them better beer.
Regarding your son, if my son is taught evolution by an evolutionist (different than a science teacher), it will be the teacher that asks that my son be removed from class.
That is the way the evolutionists operate.
March 29th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Agreed. Molson’s quality has steadily declined over the years. That’s why I prefer the microbrews.