Comments on: Olympic Thoughts and Predictions http://holinessreeducation.com/2008/08/08/olympic-thoughts-and-predictions/ We all need some reeducation to see and to live like Jesus Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan Hicks is the Olympics Gus Johnson « The View from the Sidelines http://holinessreeducation.com/2008/08/08/olympic-thoughts-and-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:42:10 +0000 http://gregarthur.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-4251 [...] Dan Hicks is the Olympics Gus Johnson Jump to Comments We’ll admit it … we love Gus Johnson in March. We need more Gus Johnson in life and a friend of mine opined that we need Gus Johnson at the Olympics. [...]

]]> By: Shannon http://holinessreeducation.com/2008/08/08/olympic-thoughts-and-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:52:39 +0000 http://gregarthur.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-4250 Gus Johnson could make me watch fencing or even equestrian events.

]]> By: Greg http://holinessreeducation.com/2008/08/08/olympic-thoughts-and-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4249 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:38:20 +0000 http://gregarthur.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-4249 The opening ceremonies were extraordinary, except that I got motion sickness from watching them in HD. I had a headache about 30 minutes in.

When I heard that they spent 300 million on the opening ceremonies I thought, wow, no democracy could ever get away with that. Seriously, it takes a good old semi-totalitarian regime to put those kind of resources into one extravaganza.

Bob Costas did a nice job, but I could do without Matt Lauer, he annoys me. What these Olympics really need is Gus Johnson!

]]> By: Shannon http://holinessreeducation.com/2008/08/08/olympic-thoughts-and-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-4248 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:44:54 +0000 http://gregarthur.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-4248 The Opening Ceremonies was a 3 hour let’s feel good about China, which of course is what you would expect from an opening ceremony. It wanted to paint China in positive terms by looking at its past and its “opening” to western markets. It seemed like NBC’s foreign person was talking about his child during the coverage. And if I had a dollar for every time Matt Lauer said we’re not going to talk politics, I would be able to pay for a tank of gas today.

Credit Bob Costas for making his opinion about the Joey Cheek situation known. I thought his opinion was well timed.

As for the games themselves, it’s going to be US v. China for the next two weeks. Michael Phelps will dominate in the pool. USA Basketball will sweep both golds and Phil Mickelson will wish he was playing in China instead of Oakland Hills by Sunday evening.

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