The picture is of the US Ice Dance Pair Meryl Davis and Charlie White. They are signing our flag at the set of the Today Show.

I am not a fan of the medal count. Ok, I know, WE are winning overall. Isn't life about winning? I know all the arguments. It is the emphasis on this whole medal thing that gets me a little upset. I have watched a number of events where the, for instance, 30th place finisher is busting their butt to make it across the finish line. This, by the way IS the world stage. There are only 80 some countries represented here where in the summer of '08 it was around 200. There are only 2400 athletes here as compared to about 10,000 in Beijing. Not everyone wins a medal. (And, of course, Apollo Ohno has taken home his share of them.) So how many medals has Nigeria won? You are not up on that count? Their athete(s) are here competing anyway. We have a tendency to want to watch the winner and we have become used to the fact that the Americans will do well. How many of the events do you actually see in prime time? They will only show the ones that the sponsors think will attract viewers. That is why the US victory over Canada was only shown on MSNBC rather that NBC in prime time. Hockey does not have the viewers and, apparently, the Americans were going to lose that game. Wow, now they are matched up again tomorrow for the Gold Medal game. So, are we winning the Olympics? I am such a purist thinking that this is all about being in the games. They only give out three place medals. This is not like Little League were every team down to 10th place gets a trophy so big it will not fit into the kids bedroom. Sorry for sounding off, but then that is what a blog is for. Comments please!!

Rick