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How Do You Like Us Now?

So all you naysayers and protesters - how do you like them apples? The Olympic Games ended in Vancouver with a giant street party. Canada glowed golden and its citizens glowed red and white. The games were played, games were won and lost. No, it was not two weeks without incident, but what are we going to remember? We will remember the Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died tragically that first day. We will remember the tears of Joannie Rochette and her glorious bronze medal win. We will see Sidney Crosby score that final goal for gold. Who cares if there wasn't quite enough snow? The games went on. Transit issues? Oh well, people still made their way downtown. That last arm of the caulrdon didn't lift? We're Canadian, we can make fun of our own mishaps. Our city, our province, our country came together to celebrate an historic event. And, if I do say so myself, did a dang good job of it, too! Stand up Canada, be proud! We've nothing...

For that important event coming to Vancouver sometime in the near future...

More Businesses Test Olympic Trademark Rules Wouldn't want to get sued by VANOC for unauthorized use of a trademark.... Now, I haven't really paid all that much attention to other host countries, but I have a difficult time imagining that their Olympic (I hope I don't get in trouble for using that word) committees have come down so hard on so many businesses.  Apparently no one else on the planet is allowed to reference the 2010 games in Vancouver, except official sponsors and those with authorisation from VANOC. Poor Olympia Pizza in Vancouver.  They've been around for more than 20 years and VANOC has not been making things easy for them, claiming unauthorised use of the Olympic trademark.  It apparently doesn't matter that the pizza joint began serving locals years before the city even hatched the idea of being an Olympic host city. Of course local businesses are going to do everything that they can to make bank during the games! And so they should!  They de...

CTV Olympics - Olympic protesters disrupt torch relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay

CTV Olympics - Olympic protesters disrupt torch relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay#olympic+protesters+disrupt+torch+relay Hello Canada! This is the Minister of Corrections and Dismemberment. I know this doesn't fall under my jurisdiction, or maybe it does. What is with the Olympic protests? I don't get this. Are we not proud to be hosting the world at this time-honoured tradition of sport? Are we not proud to be showcasing how great of a country we live in? Oh, wait....we're too busy screaming about the money being spent, and protesting just to protest to realize that we're making our great nation look like an idiot on the world stage. Way to go! Haven't we given a thought to all the money that will be arriving in droves over the course of the Games? To the lasting legacy that the Games will leave? To our country becoming a tourist destination to people around the glob...