I'm with Captain on this one - I'm tired of this Canadian mentality that "it's all right, as long as you do your best!" That's a loser's attitude if I've ever heard one.
Our athletes are making their personal bests? Wow! Considering that best is still about 12th in the world - YAY! We're top 15!!! Go Canada! Who needs to be 1st or 2nd when our guys can set personal bests that are considered mediocre at best on the world stage!
And I think what bugs me about the gov't funding is the fact that the Liberals mismanage so much of the tax money, and waste so much of it, then come back to us and cry poor when we ask for more funding for our athletes. Someone tell me that the athletes couldn't have used the $250 Million wasted in the sponsorship scandal? But instead that money is just going to the Liberals' good buddies, because we know that is so much more important to Canadians.
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