The Olympics are one of the great unifying events, one of the events that allow us and the world to share in triumphs and come together around the spectacle. (so that's how it relates to government.)
So The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics has ended. The United States wound up in 1st place with a phenomenal 37 medals, with Germany coming in 2nd with 30 and Canada in 3rd with 26.
Check it out at the official website.
However, only 9 of thsoe 37 medals were gold, with 15 being silver and 13 bronze medalions. Canada won 14 gold medals, but only 5 bronze. Korea recieved 6 gold medals with Kim Yu-Na grabbing the gold in many ice-skating events. And let's not forget our speed skater Apolo Ohno or our victorious hockey team. And of course we encourage you to look into all the dedicated athletes who broke records and defied boundries. And don't forget the few who've died or been unfortunately disqualified.
Wow, it's been a really packed few weeks, hasn't it?
The United States triumph has led to a renewed invigoration of patriotism in America. Indeed, the federal government has at least some say in the budgeting and training of athelets and competing of them too: we boycotted the 1980 summer games in Moscow because of the war in afganistan.
So look into it.
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