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And the Gold for Best Dressed Goes To...
 I haven't seen much of the Winter Olympics yet, except I did watch some of the opening ceremonies. Canada's team looked smashing in its red and white Roots clothing. They were definitely the best-dressed team. The United States' team also looked quite fashionable and their athletes were wearing Roots clothing as well.
Of course they were also carrying a flag that was visibly larger than the flag of any other country participating. The Americans had asked permission of the Olympics committee to use the tattered flag from The World Trade Center. The committee said no, the Americans basically said they were going to do it anyway and so the committee backed down a couple of days later and agreed to it. Yes, of course what happened on September 11th was absolutely horrible, but why are American politicians acting like the U.S. is the only country ever to have been attacked in the history of the world and that no other atrocities on earth could equal that one, because it happened to them. George W. Bush also acted like an utter asshole, grimacing as the team from Iran entered the stadium. It was arrogant and disgusting. I tend to root against the U.S. when I'm watching the Olympics. This is mainly because they usually have the "home" advantage: 1980 - Lake Placid, 1984 - Los Angeles, 1996 - Atlanta and of course, 2002 - Salt Lake City. The Americans also tend to win a lot of medals and I find it more fun to root for the underdog and of course my own country's team. The media in Canada and most of our television commercials are whipping everyone into a frenzy, fully expecting the Canadian hockey team to take the gold. They did it to us four years ago too and what a let-down it was when the team finished a dismal fourth. Canada will win its share of medals though, we usually do fairly well in the winter games. I was looking forward to watching the Olympics this year, but the spectacles I witnessed during the opening ceremonies soured me on the whole thing. I'll have to watch the hockey though, it's my duty as a Canadian to root for my guys' to kick the American's butts. GO TEAM CANADA!
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