I’m with the vindictive, hateful wrong hotheaded Malkin on this one. Please Obama, not another book - even if the profits go to charity. Haven’t you got more important things to do despite McCain’s help in showing his lack of understanding in the foreign policy department.
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I’m glad they tried to make all things even by offering up the super high tech swimsuit to all Olympians. All things are not equal though. When you have professional athletes in the Olympics it become an event more for the sponsors, and sponsor greedy athletes.
I suggest a handicap system where the training facilities of the athletes and the money spent on training are considered. If if you train for swimming in the desert sand you are handicapped to equality. If your tennis training is against an old stone wall in Afghanistan or your gymnastic equipment is in your basement a formula would be concocted to ensure equality. A precise dose of Valium perhaps, given to your competitors to erase their edge.
Wonder how fast those noble Olympic sponsors would bow out should that occur.
That having been said I’m now getting even more fervent searches for Phelps and his curly parts.
This last night in one brief two page look. (click picture to enlarge)
I’m also have had a surge of searches for “cooper” leading to my blog from “Baidu”, a Chinese search engine. This leads me to believe I’m hot in China. I don’t read Chinese. It is poorly translated via yahoo to mean “Storehouse amber” theother letters translate to “Hundred degrees snapshots”. Could mean DOS attack or hack this bitch, for all I know, but I’ll go for “hot in China” for now.
Speaking of China, shame on them for switching up children because of crooked teeth. They have more in common with the United States than we may think. They must have studied our magazine covers following through with the concept in real life.
hi cooper,
I need a break from work and although I normally I’m right with you…today…I differ just a bit.
I’m glad there’s another book coming out. I read the first two, enjoyed them, and like the idea of having a bit of a record that I can hold Obama to after his first 4 years in office.
On the swimsuits, I’m not sure the big deal people are making on this. Do we expect runners to run in the same sneakers that their grandparents wore? Technology and sports are intertwined with the corporate mula and sadly I don’t think there’s any going back.
And to your last point, if this had been America, the girl’s parents would have slapped some braces on her at 4 so her teeth would be straight…
ok now back to work. Enjoyed your post.
lol
Gets pretty boring when everyone agrees with me.
I’m not convinced one way or another on the book.
The OlympicS has become what it is, a corporate sponsored event for money. It doesn’t make sense to have professional s participating but I don’t think there is any going back.
I could do without the rhythmic gymnastics. What is that anyway?
Baidu will rival Google soon, only not in English. I expect Phelps searches. The obsession with him naked and so forth is a little much.
never heard of it before I saw those searches.
wow Cooper …you have an Aerobics Centre…good one :)
I think that was the person above me. They get to me just by searching cooper.
Better to be searched in China than not to be searched at all.
I’m not listed in Baidu. I’m jealous.
I have to close my eyes when looking at your search terms, shocking.
You sure about that?
I’m utterly confused. Is it really such a huge waste of time to write a foreword to a book that’s essentially a “greatest hits” collection? Besides, he needs to take a breather. His markedly more active campaign schedule has made the election into a yes or no referendum on him, rather than a head to head between him and McCain; if it were the latter this wouldn’t be a contest at all.
As for the swimsuits, there’s a legal battle going on now between Erik Vendt, who happens to have gone to my high school, and his sponsor regarding the LZR. Most sponsorships, his included, contain a clause that allows for the athlete to use a competitor’s products if their own don’t pass muster. He exercised it, and they hounded him all throughout the trials, where he says the distraction contributed to his fourth place finish (he was heavily favored to make the team).
I personally think he needs to stop writing books for awhile.
That’s too bad but in this country the competition is about the money you nd up with via sponsorships – Phelps is set for life now as long as he doesn’t get arrested for DWI again.
It’s unfortunate they hounded him, but as it’s all about money i’m not surprised.
But… he’s not writing a book. He hasn’t written a book since 2006, and his written contribution to this one will take him all of the time that this blog post took you. Maybe a little more.
I can not read faster than Obama can write, I betcha. Chicken Soup For Labor and Uncle Barack’s Little Book of Comfort will be hard temptations to pass up, though.
You’re bigger than tea!
I bet you can though. ;)
Not bigger than green tea though.
Strangely enough, I never thought to google “Michael Phelps, pubic hair.”
Can’t imagine why not. everyone else seems to be obsessed with it. Get a piece of that and sell it on ebay and ….maybe a house in Barbados?
The visualization of those searches is frightening.
The Baidu search is interesting because it’s is your name followed by your website. This clearly indicates they have you “the person” listed in their engine.
I don’t read Chinese either, I’m not gonna guess either.
I’m turned off of politics until after the conventions, or until the conventions. There is only so much of the same thing day after day I can take. Obama whipped that book up during his one week vacation and on the plane trip to Europe.
He may be whipping it up on planes but he needs to whip up a better campaign.
I’m thinking that anyone’s pubs are less than attractive let alone a sweaty athlete’s. As far as Obama and the election goes, I’m sick of all the talking heads talking about polls and Hawaiian vacations, and…can someone please explain Maureen Dowd to me?
Ya know that women has always bothered me on so many levels.