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And she didn't burn one of them? Jesus H. Christ!!!!! Jesse Owens got a better reception from his Nazis.

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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

if it was there would be no flags or nations at all ... let them try and sell that

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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

if it was there would be no flags or nations at all ... let them try and sell that

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Why aren't Fox news people wearing red, white and blue? Where are the flags on their clothes? Why aren't these people patriotic? What kind of example are they setting for America's youth? Why do they hate America?

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In 1984 the Americans were going to wear state of the art fabric in their track and field uniforms... problem was, the fabric at the time only came in one color....gray. A few groups got their panties in a bunch because "HOW COULD THE US WEAR CONFEDERATE GRAY???" And the uni's were scrapped even though that same polyester is now used in all fields of sport.

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Will somebody please point out exactly where in the report, Fox News gets out the noose and demands the lynching of Gabby Douglass for treason????

The Fox story did not, at any point, question the patriotism of a 16 year old Gymnast... they did however criticizer the fashion choices of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

In 1984 the Americans were going to wear state of the art fabric in their track and field uniforms... problem was, the fabric at the time only came in one color....gray. A few groups got their panties in a bunch because "HOW COULD THE US WEAR CONFEDERATE GRAY???" And the uni's were scrapped even though that same polyester is now used in all fields of sport.

Well... at least the U.S.O.C. got past that this Olympics! Confederate Gray seems to be all the rage on the Medal Stand.

(for those who care to check them out... US marathoners were allowed to wear the scrapped designed... if you Google Joan Benoit 1984, you can see the horrific CSA inspired kit on the winner.)


(for those of you who care... a few athletes were able to use the scrapped

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PATRIOTISM, n.
Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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Will somebody please point out exactly where in the report, Fox News gets out the noose and demands the lynching of Gabby Douglass for treason????

The Fox story did not, at any point, question the patriotism of a 16 year old Gymnast... they did however criticizer the fashion choices of the U.S. Olympic Committee.