– if the Canadian (or American) men’s hockey teams celebrate winning the gold the way the Canadian women did…would there be an issue? Are people up in arms that women were smoking stogies, drinking, and celebrating? Women will never get the pleasure of winning the Stanley Cup. Every Stanley Cup celebration, from the ones I have witnessed live being in the locker room to the ones I saw on TV, have had beer, champagne and stogies. And argument is raised that one of the Canadians is a month shy of her 19th birthday, making her underage to drink in Alberta. Whatever people, this is not a controversy. It may be more of a reveal of the different standards for male and female athletes.
– why President Obama called all the Senators and Representatives by their first names during the Health Care Summit, while everybody honored his position by calling him Mr. President? It was just a small thing, but made an impression on me about Obama’s ego and how he was trying to reinforce his power and position both in the room and for the TV cameras. And if you are secure, you don’t need to do those parlor games.
– why if skating is the top event, in terms of ratings, for the Olympics, why wouldn’t NBC show more of it? I think they showed all of 10 of the 24 skaters in the long program. I agree, there are about 4-6 skaters who can be skipped. But there were others who were entertaining and wonderful, and NBC didn’t show they because they weren’t American.