Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread Mike Dixon
Superior athleticism requires a lot of training, which requires a lot of *free* time, which requires financial backing. The one exception I can think of is, if you have to run for your life to get away from the lions that want to eat you! Ethiopian and Kenyans make excellent long distance

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread jr_esq
Mike, That's precisely the point. The skills necessary to win the medals take time and money to develop. Athletes from the third world who are talented are simply winnowed out by economic factors. However, I am impressed by those runners from Kenya and Ethiopia for excelling in their

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread nablusoss1008
The only way for a developing nation to exell in sports is by raising the collective consciousness of the nation. Everything else is in vain. Let them participate in the collective practice of TM and become The New Light. No underdeveloped nation can proclaim; I'm The Lion of The World, it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread jr_esq
Nabs, Where did you get this quotation from MMY? If this is true, who is the person that is coming soon?

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread Mike Dixon
Uh... Obama? On Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:20 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:   Nabs, Where did you get this quotation from MMY?  If this is true, who is the person that is coming soon?   

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Olympic Games are for the Rich

2014-02-20 Thread Mike Dixon
So... let me guess. You have a solution. Make the countries with the most medals pay for the training of the athletes from the countries with the fewest medals. Athletic affirmative action. On Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:18 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:   Mike, That's