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bwfalcon

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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:25 am

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How do we know anyone from the other countries gives a crap about him? I'm sure the Chinese are enjoying their 22 Gold's as of now.

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SteveSarley

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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:48 am

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bwfalcon said:

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How do we know anyone from the other countries gives a crap about him? I'm sure the Chinese are enjoying their 22 Gold's as of now.

Why should we give a crap for what anyone from the other countries gives a crap about anyway?
Who gives a crap about the Chinese enjoying their 22 golds?

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bwfalcon

Post subject: Re: Greeny finally brings up a good point

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:57 am

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SteveSarley wrote:

bwfalcon said:

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How do we know anyone from the other countries gives a crap about him? I'm sure the Chinese are enjoying their 22 Gold's as of now.

Why should we give a crap for what anyone from the other countries gives a crap about anyway?
Who gives a crap about the Chinese enjoying their 22 golds?

I don't, that's the point. Just because people here like to talk about Phelps doesn't mean he's a big star over the entire world.

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HappyHour Jason

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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:42 am

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bwfalcon wrote:

SteveSarley wrote:

bwfalcon said:

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How do we know anyone from the other countries gives a crap about him? I'm sure the Chinese are enjoying their 22 Gold's as of now.

Why should we give a crap for what anyone from the other countries gives a crap about anyway?
Who gives a crap about the Chinese enjoying their 22 golds?

I don't, that's the point. Just because people here like to talk about Phelps doesn't mean he's a big star over the entire world.

Agreed, they care about their athletes....

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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:00 pm

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Albert Hofmann wrote:

I hate the ESPN sensationalizing as much as the next guy, but I gotta agree with the question Greeny asks this morning. Who is a bigger star in the entire world than Micheal Phelps right now? Possibly Obama, not to sound like a McCain smear ad, but even that I doubt. For the past week and probably two more weeks, I feel like Phelps will be the most globally reconizable star in the world.

I partially agree with you. Obama isn't that big of a star in other countries. That's just the hype machine going full blast when they say he's liked around the world. As for Phelps, I think he may have a certain amount of popularity (even notoriety) throughout the world, but he isn't as big of a star as Korean pop singer Rain or Nelson Mandela.

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Martin

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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:34 pm

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Michael Phelps can walk into the same room as me and I would have no freakin' clue who he is.

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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:38 pm

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Martin wrote:

Michael Phelps can walk into the same room as me and I would have no freakin' clue who he is.

Agreed. Michael Jackson is still the worldwide king of Michaels.

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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:45 am

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Martin wrote:

Michael Phelps can walk into the same room as me and I would have no freakin' clue who he is.

Until his ears knocked you into a wall.

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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:45 pm

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Greeny is wrong. Phelps has already been forgotten about in the USA.

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Frankfort G

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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:51 pm

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It was impressive that Phelps won those 8 gold medals. But the achievement has been blown all out of proportion. I wonder why the basketball teams or volleyball teams or soccer teams don't win a gold medal for every game they win. I've got to think that nobody other than swimmers have that many chances for medals.

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