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Well it’s finally over. After 17 days of an amazing journey into Beijing, China we say goodbye to another year’s Olympics. Next time, 2012 in London. See you there?! (Yes, Yes Vancouver in 2010 but that’s Winter and I’m already there :D )

Brought to you in 2 CD format with very good quality by group 2HD. A great show, an amazing way to end this years Olympics. The fireworks were AMAZING … and they weren’t all computer generated this time :lol:

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from August 8 (except football, which started on August 6) to August 24, 2008. A total of 10,500 athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games.

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  1. Class
    August 25th, 2008 | 09:55

    @46 and @54

    All these Aussies bashing the Americans yet coming out with their own per capita table which is wrong anyway as Australia isn’t on top either!

    Then they complain about the lack of funding, yet Australia spends far more money on the olympics than most other countries! So on a per dollar basis, Australia does very poorly when compared to the Eastern Europeans, like Russia, Slovenia etc. along with Cuba, the African countries etc.

  2. NoMercy
    August 25th, 2008 | 09:59

    @123456 on 97
    You mean you’d need some time to keep up right?
    coz you know that none of those products are manufacturing in US…
    BTW AMD is Germany originated and essambled in dressden…

  3. Jimmy Tequila
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:02

    Bad luck yankees, got beaten by China with the better athletes.

    Got the times changed to match your night time viewing and changed the medal table to suit yourselves, pretty poor (although expected) form.

  4. lol
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:06

    @123456

    You better get rid of all that oil you use.

    Oh, we wouldn’t want you all to die..would we..

    We would have to keep some as village idiots.

  5. 123456
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:06

    NoMercy

    I don’t know where you get your info AMD is an American company based in Sunnyvale

    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52,00.html

    And as I said before we manufacture in China because it’s cheaper, not because we’re incabable…

  6. lol
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:10

    @101

    prove it.

  7. LOl
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:11

    LOL
    you guys are funny!
    dint u think ur countries would rearrange the medal total to make them on top?
    that is if they ever won enough medals!
    the states has 110 athletes that are in the top 3 best in the world
    how many does ur country have
    and if u look at the 2000 and 2004 olympics ull find that those are ranked by most medals aswell
    so this is nothing new!
    but whatever
    u wana hate on a country greater than urs
    meh thats ok

  8. wipava_454
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:14

    #107 lean how to spell

  9. freedownload.ir
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:15

    tanQ

  10. mrtigerbeer
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:15

    How do we expect a big place such as our world to be a better place when even in one internet site there are already too much argument? ;) All I wanna see is the download links (preferably MU) so I can download and watch the closing ceremony.

  11. Lol
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:18

    PS
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_medal_rankings
    very interesting chapter right at the end
    it umm starts with
    US media has historically ranked countries in an ‘overall total’ manner, with all medals being added up and a ranking based on which country has the greatest number.[4] Before 2008, this difference in ranking system received scant notice, since in recent olympic history the country that led in total medals also led in the gold count. China and the US bucked this trend in 2008.[4][5]
    but hey what can you do?

  12. starwar
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:26

    Why is US the No.1?

  13. Empty
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:27

    Is 110 bronze medals better than 100 gold ones?

  14. mandraak
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:34

    Some thoughts..

    A silver or bronze medal means you did not win..

    Coming ‘close’ second (USA) with a population of a billion less isn’t that bad, is it..?

    Most Americans are too dumb to use a computer..

    Half of American products are of the worst quality..

    A combined European army would be bigger & better than the whole North- & Central American Continent’s combined armies..

    America is on the verge of bankrupc, because of inferior logical capabilities & short term thinking (or is that long for US standards?)

    McCain will be your ending..

    US’ karma is the worst on this planet.. (go Yellowstone caldera)

    & stop building your dumbass houses with wood, you frackin’ parasites.

  15. close this down plz
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:35

    this getting out of hand read the title and get over it that usa rules. yeah were getting oil in iraq and what? do something bout it you cant..hell if russia went through georgia with the quickness i say we go through each country in europe. no european countries in top 3…sad.

  16. I sawYourmindAll2IQ
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:36

    Since china cheated US wins..

  17. LOL
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:37

    “A combined European army” that buys all it’s weapons from the US

  18. ulysses
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:38

    I cant wait for the para Olympics, Bring on the quadruple amputee swimming……I’ll get my coat…

  19. Just An Aussie
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:38

    Just because people point out that according to Gold medal count China came first and the U.S second doesn’t mean they hate the U.S. It means they disagree with the claim that the U.S. won the Olympics.

    On a side note, Australians are a nation of some 20 Million on the worlds biggest island and that makes us somewhat insecure about our place in the world. That’s why we were disappointed in our performance at the games and there’s no real need to be. All countries did well to be able to compete on a world stage and we should all be proud of that.

    Except for the Kiwis, there’s no hope for them.

    :-)

  20. dn2004
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:42

    Wow sad to change the table to make the count look better for America and to pretend you won… can someone say sore losers?

  21. No One Won
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:43

    “Officially, no country wins the Olympic Games. Patterned on their Greek models, each event is an individual contest of which the winner is an individual or a specialized team. Any effort to rate Olympic performances in national units raises questions of procedure such as whether the sport of Running, backbone of the Olympics, with 14 major subdivisions, should be given the same importance as the sport of Canoeing.”

  22. Protoculture
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:47

    C’mon people, think of your own country first before patronizing China and America. We kiss American products too much (same with products from China). If we do this all the time, then mostly likely our own countries will fall down.

  23. ===MEGASHARES===
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:48

    im sure if the olympics were in Mexico, then Mexico would have more Golds, or if it was in Canada, then they would have more Golds. Staged.

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  24. dym
    August 25th, 2008 | 10:59

    You know, the second is the first loser.

    So just because you have more losers than china doesn’t make you the winner.

    You win in losing against china, I give you that.

  25. Johnny
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:01

    Bloody sneaky Russians! We should have finished 3rd! Here in Britain the US came second because we just use the number of gold medals and the only reason you use the total number of medals is because you have more of a chance at winning.
    Anyway we did really well for a country our size, Russia’s got 3 times the population, US has 6 times and China has 23 times the population of us.

  26. SYN7HOR
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:12

    This was Swedens worst year ever, and still we were better than India. What’s with that? India should be one of the top countries, no?

  27. Lucas
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:13

    That table is wrong. China won, America lost.

  28. ZV
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:25

    I find it amazing that the US did as good as they did, since Russia and China damn-near beat, over-work and shame their athletes into being the “best”. American athletes are much more fragmented, but somehow come together to be at the top.
    Don’t get me wrong, there is pressure for American athletes, but probably nowhere near as much as their is for Russia and
    Chinese athletes. The US has it’s problems, but god help us
    if China or Russia ever calls the shots on the world stage,
    might as well say goodbye to your countries because
    they BOTH don’t give a sh*t about rolling in and enslaving you!

  29. mandraak
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:27

    @ LOL – What American weapons? Eurofighter Typhoon? Leopard 2A6? Steyr AUG/H&K G-36? Goalkeeper? These are all best in class & the list is endless.

    We can also easily spot your stealth-planes & ships with our APAR/Smart-L. Face it, we are simply way beyond your capabilities.. Rheinmetall AG? Thales Group? Diehl BGT Defence? EADS? Matra? RUAG? FN Herstal? etcetcetc.

    Just get your facts straight.

  30. jbc
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:32

    it will not be so controversial to talk about the medal table when you see the south korea’s version where their courtry’s name is always listed at the top, to which comes the north korea and then China, USA, etc.

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    August 25th, 2008 | 11:34

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  32. eld
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:34

    they should figure out how many medals are won per inhabitant of a country.
    now china wins because they can pick out of 1.3 billion people plus they use iron discipline on way too young kids.

    my 2 cents anyway.

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    August 25th, 2008 | 11:38

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    August 25th, 2008 | 11:44

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  35. secretplans
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:45

    China was impressive. No question their medal count is superior. What interests me most is the Aussies and the Redcoats seem really excited about this. Driving a sort of anti-Americanism throughout this post. I’m hoping sometime in the near future the USA reverts back to her days of isolationism, ya know, pre-WWII…deferring her superpower status, by default, to China. Australia wouldn’t last a week. I saw British combat troops in Iraq. I give them a week and a half. And for the record, the US media has ALWAYS counted total medals first. You just didn’t notice because we would’ve been on top either way. ;)

  36. European
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:47

    Proud to be european… number 1 as always. :)

  37. secretplans
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:51

    @European

    Right, except for those thousands of years you were slaughtering each other.

  38. mts
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:53

    Whitout Phelps Russia would almost beat America.. :D

  39. GBR
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:54

    Gotta say well done to the uk this time theres only 65 million of us and we still came 4th well done UK I say :)

  40. mandraak
    August 25th, 2008 | 11:56

    There are only a couple of European countries (or rather political parties) left that believe your childish sales-pitch, or that are simply being pressurized through economical- or emotional bonds, but as we all can see (for example with your overpriced/underachieving JSF) this bubble is bursting bigtime..

  41. dfrcere
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:13

    The Separated States of Hypocrisy s_cked d1ck from china and jamaica :) )

  42. Duncan
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:18

    American’s CANT REALLY get over the Olympics, they cant accept that CHINA, an ASIAN country could beat them in number of GOLD medals… Most Americans(especially WHITES) feel they’re superior over other races & color, but in fact, they are one of the dumbest people in the world, 3 of 5 american youth cant even locate their country in the world map….

    THE TALLY posted here was arranged by the TOTAL NUMBER of medals because the blogger/poster don’t want to see U.S.A is below CHINA. The Number of Gold matters not the total number of medals… Even YAHOO posted “THE REAL” medal TALLY just to prove US is ALWAYS above CHINA… YOU RACIST!

    Americans just find an excuse to make them on the top of the list. HOW LAME isn’t? Im sure, on the 2012 London Olympics, China wont be able to do this again ‘coz flying athletes to other countries could be really costly…

  43. romido
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:19

    Well guys, lets USA be the most no 2 & 3. Let them be happy. I always thought that no 1 that gold medal is the winner. Who cares about how many medals you have if they are not gold. Maybe a country with 120 bronze (with 0 gold & silver) wins the olympic next time. USA maybe? Just a thought…

  44. guru pitka
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:33

    “So many anti-America people here. I just hope some day, America will withdraw all troops AND foreign aids from the rest of the world and become an isolationist. Let the world deal with China, the new superpower. Let see how you people will like it.”

    Bingo! We don’t hear “thanks” very much, but we sure hear ‘f*ck you’ a lot. Time for us to go home and let the ungratefuls deal with their own bullies and problems. Darfur–get on it EU, we’re waiting..

  45. USA
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:40

    Haha USA Facked By China

  46. spar
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:42

    Hilarious, just to quote this;

    “Total medals is what is all about and US had best performance. ”

    Thats from an American, saying getting the gold isnt what its all about… Thats a first.

  47. spar
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:45

    BTW

    Ive read somewhere that, taken into account population and GDP, Jamaica is first :D

  48. Boris
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:52
  49. hheeehh
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:52

    First of all usa sucks, secondly china won with more GOLD.
    FU stupid fat americans.

  50. efs
    August 25th, 2008 | 12:55

    Im just gonna say a name and one company:

    Marion Jones and Balco

    Check it up,u see whats going on
    And thats only in USA

    The first naive person raise ur hand please..

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  52. Incorrect list
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:13

    China is number 1 in medals, gold weighs more than silver and bronze.

    Typical Americans… Can’t take it when they lose.

  53. taleporos
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:20
  54. Bob
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:22

    “So many anti-America people here. I just hope some day, America will withdraw all troops AND foreign aids from the rest of the world and become an isolationist. Let the world deal with China, the new superpower. Let see how you people will like it.”

    Maybe China should just stop buying American debt and see how the US deals with that. The US could never become isolationists because as much as they would like to deny it they need us. Also how many of the countries that have US troops actually want them there. I know that they aren’t really welcome most of the places they go so maybe they should leave.

  55. jason
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:33

    the only thing that matter to aussies is that Great britian beat us in the gold medal count

    the ’sun newspaper’ sent a ‘billboard car’ around london to rub it into us

    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=620419

  56. hhaaahh
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:36

    hheeehh @ 150

    First of all, you suck and are probably a pedophile. Secondly whatever country you’re from, it’s the worst place in the world to live.

    P.S. You’re also fat.

  57. Jv
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:37

    Rearranging the overall list…

    How sad.
    Why isn’t the official IOC one posted in the main article?

  58. caricalho
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:41

    What a crappy table. Who in the world is interested in summing up different things as if they were equal? i.e. gold, silver and bronze? It’s like stating some guy is richer because he owns 4 notes of 1 USD$ when comparing to this other guy who has only 3 notes of 10 USD$.

    China was the big winner of this olympics. Period. Not proud of it, by the way, but that’s just what it was.

  59. KRIEGHOFF
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:41

    So what was great about watching a bunch of drug addicts running around. (and that was just the horses)

  60. Protoculture
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:47

    maybe next time they should remove the names of the countries and replace them with communist, capitalist, liberalist, facist, etc. etc…

  61. Lee
    August 25th, 2008 | 13:48

    To all americans just keep on support israel thats all you can do… selfish people!

    China is atleast REAL, and they do what they say and they dont have a bad habit of putting their nose in other people’s affairs.

    America are the real Terrorists!!!

  62. Zen
    August 25th, 2008 | 14:01

    jimmy page rocked!

  63. ffffffffff4444
    August 25th, 2008 | 14:20

    lol usa always counted the gold… now all of sudden they count all of the medals… epic fail usa.

  64. ratm
    August 25th, 2008 | 14:25

    i see!!! this olympic games started a new era, a new way of view the games, from now on all the countrys will focus only in bronze medals since what matters is just a medal and not its kind. thanks US(=bad losers) for open our eyes!

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    August 25th, 2008 | 14:27

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  66. frankie boil
    August 25th, 2008 | 14:45

    China came 1st
    USA came 2nd
    Russia came 3rd
    GB came 4th ,

    yanks dont like it coming 2nd espicially with russia just behind them … lol

  67. the creator
    August 25th, 2008 | 14:49

    china is the first you dumbass.
    it should be according to the number of gold medals not total no. of medals.

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  69. Leonardo
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:06

    most are idiots here. :O

    while I don’t agree with that, USA has been using this ordering for ages.

    They have alsways had their list by the TOTAL MEDALS since 1896 so stfu all. :|

  70. Jeehaa
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:13

    China won, get over it iraq rapist.
    USA fails… again.

  71. noone
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:26

    this was obviously a score table made by americans, it should be sorted by gold medals…

  72. mfc
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:37
  73. Noir
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:43

    It wasn’t ALL CG you noobs, how do you think they entertained the people in the crowd with zero fireworks and kept them going “OOOOOH!” at the same time? The FOOTPRINTS were CG, which was about 5 seconds of the whole show, and even they included a couple of real ones for continuity.

  74. mfc
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:49
  75. Márcio Tiago
    August 25th, 2008 | 15:53

    hahaha China have more gold medals than USA. Good job chinese.

  76. Tom
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:18

    Bottom line is if American economy sneezes, other parts of the world are affected as well. Check out the stock markets around the world in the last year.

    Oh yes, I wish either Obama or McCain would have the balls to turn the country into an isolationist. No more troops stationed overseas, no more foreign aids sent to other countries (and that includes Israel). Then we Americans can focus on improving our own country. Then you anti-America people can deal with Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and problems in Africa all by yourselves.

  77. Birdflu1
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:19

    It is simplistic to think that winning a gold medal is the purpose of the Olympics. What if a country sweeps an event, which Jamaica and US and A did several times. Should you punish the silver and bronze medalists? I think not! Anyone who won a medal is a winner.

  78. Noir
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:27

    Birdflu1 The point is that China were the BEST at more events than anyone else. It isn’t just “gold”, it’s FIRST. That means while sure, bronzes and silvers are to be commended, China WON more events. How many people “almost won” is completely irrelevant. You don’t win a tournament in something like motor racing by coming second and third a lot, you have to win.

  79. miamilobo
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:32

    Nice to see all the america haters here! The only place to see more america haters will be in Denver tonight!

  80. motive
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:49

    @all

    The chart is posted as just the “MEDAL COUNT” not who is first, second or third. Clearly the USA is first in the total of medals but China won more gold which puts them in first place just like any other competition. I have saw the overall medal count just like this since the 1984 Olympics. They show both usually, overall medal count and order by place.

    Just about everyone argued for nothing. Congrats…

    Let’s put our keystrokes to good use next time. Maybe we could find a cure for arthritis!

  81. suPerbaD
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:52

    you people need to stop it you make the word Olympiad loose all meaning
    enough with the medals crap sure gold is great winning is amazing but eh Olympics is about more than your stupid argument

    Grow up

  82. James
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:56

    So many childish remarks. There is a vast difference between a population and its government. Not one of us does not have a corrupt and power/wealth seeking government. The leaders of government and industry do not seek power in order to be benevolent. They want it at any cost. If you think your government is not just as corrupt as any other, then you are spending too much time in a stupor of ignorance.
    The major world powers view the Olympics as a political tool to manipulate the ignorant. Fighting amongst ourselves over petty issues while allowing them to take more and more of our freedoms and power away from us is just what they want.

  83. gw.bush@whitehouse.gov
    August 25th, 2008 | 16:58

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  84. Dynamo
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:06

    “The ranking table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have earned (in this context, a “nation” is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.”

  85. mrtorch
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:11

    It always amazes me that US citizens genuinely believe that they live in the greatest Country in the world. A country with the highest murder rate out of all the Western Democracies, a Country in which your citizens have to pay for healthcare, a Country with one of the poorest education standards and one of the highest rates of poverty and drug abuse!

    I’m sure the USA is a great place to be wealthy, not so great if you are poor though………….

    BTW To the Aussies reading this: Team GB FTW!!!! HAHAHAHA

  86. Dynamo
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:27

    #187

    Hahaha.. Well done THIS time! just like the Ashes… we’ll be back on top soon enough…

    See you in London! I hope to be there myself in 2012.. Hopefully it eclipses the spectacle that was Beijing 2008 which was SPECTACULAR.

  87. kevinH
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:30

    So, the Americans think they came first? hahahahahaha. Sorry, but it is GOLD medals that count. Sure, winning more overall medals is a very good performance but to say it is just as important to come second or third as it is to come first is just plain stupid. Let me guess, Americans came second in Vietnam does that make them winners?.

    Talk about sore losers.

  88. Yanksblowgoats
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:33

    @1 ROCK, do the math, it’s a matter of simple logistics.

    If you pick your baseball team out of 10 guys lined up on the fence, you can build a pretty good team.

    If you pick your baseball team out of 100 guys lined up on the fence, you have a pretty good shot at beating the other guys.

    The only reason China doesn’t clean up on all the games is because, despite the population, only a small portion of them can afford or have the opportunity to pursue a life of athletics.

    If only your citizen’s overall mentality and intellect reflected your ability to play sports, you’d actually be onto something, instead of being the world’s laughing stock.

    At @98 relitybites:
    “lessons of humility and honesty in dealings, rather than recite them to a world already by and large practicing them.”

    LOL, you were talking about Americans, weren’t you?
    Sure, that’ll happen; Elvis was in 7-11 this morning.

  89. Henrik
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:43

    1000 silver medals does not outweight one gold medal!

  90. matt
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:49

    America is celebrating failure and defeat by giving silver and bronze equal standing to Victory

    Here’s your medal table:
    China – 51 Victories
    America – 36 Victories

  91. new
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:52
  92. Riggs
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:52

    Good to see America on top again…

    your either first or last… sorry china :( maybe you will be as good as us someday.. unlikely of course

  93. matt
    August 25th, 2008 | 17:53

    America’s best days are clearly behind it
    If we were to follow American logic, and China had won 50 Gold, 0 Silver and 0 Bronze, but America had won 60 Bronze, 0 Gold and 0 Silver, America would claim they beat China!!!

    You’re content to invade poor, pathetically weak countries like Iraq/Afghanistan, and yet you quake in your boots before Russia!

  94. tarkan
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:12

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  95. matt
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:13

    AMERICA = FAIL

  96. matt
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:16

    AMERICA = PWNED

  97. r
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:19

    USA = U SU(K,AMERICA

  98. 720p Links
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:30
  99. Poquito
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:43

    You people do understand that the Olympics are a big meaningless joke right?

    The fact that most of the sports aren’t actually sports should have tipped you off really.

    That’s what makes China’s determination to show the world that they are supposedly awesome so down-right pathetic. They don’t even understand that most people don’t watch and don’t care about the Olympics.

  100. dumbass
    August 25th, 2008 | 18:43

    I am a Chinese American – my parents were born in America, but all grandparents were born in China. The USA is not what it used to be, and a lot of countries have surpassed the USA in both educational and moral standards in the last 20 or so years.

    The same goes for the sports – clearly the World has caught up and surpassed the USA in many areas. In the USA, most people don’t care if we are not on top of _all_ sports – only the ones that they feel are important to the masses – like basketball are really important to most.

    So I think that we Americans are fine with the World being dominant in the majority of sports – just as long as we win at least a couple of “popular” sports.

    However one ratio test that we _may_ lead in: how many people want to immigrate to our country vs. how many people want to leae our country.

    Please feel free to suggest your country as an alternative.

    I certainly have become less proud of our policies in the last 10 years or so, but I still would not want to live anywhere else. I’m sure a lot of people feel the same about their countries, too.

    So let’s just agree to disagree for now…

    FLAME ME NOW!

    Thanks,
    dw

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