Post by victoriasdad on Feb 13, 2009 3:31:22 GMT -5
the world special olympics have come for the first time to the united states. in my back yard, so locally we have been getting news coverage for months, actually about two years in preparation for the games, gathering volunteers, ect. its not just the special olympics, its the world special olympics! we have been anticipathing it, hearing about it , its prestigous, i think about 190 countries competed, some of these countries are shall we say are not friendly toward each other have put away their differences to compete, to show us the true meaning of the olympics, the true heart of the competitor, competitors and volunteers, host families that opened their homes to people from across the globe, the face of all things good in humanity, hope, inspiration,dedication,overcoming time after time true and overwhelming adversity, act after act of giving for the sake of giving. And not a peep from the national news media, no coverage, no mention, its almost as if no one cared............
we didnt realize it , in our lil corner of the usa, we had our local news all abuzz , big doings in these parts, imagine us little ole idaho being the center of the WORLD winter special olympics, that we were virtually ignored by our own national media, so ignored in fact that foreign news agencys have made mention of it.
it is a very telling fact in our society that the choice of a dog for our new president got more press then the entire world special olympics, well its over, not much we can do about it now, except maybe let them know how we feel, write letters to the special olympics officials, sponsors, our nation media centers and our governmental representives letting them know what an opportunity they have missed to bring something special to the national level. or not............ apathy, i heard its catchy........
we didnt realize it , in our lil corner of the usa, we had our local news all abuzz , big doings in these parts, imagine us little ole idaho being the center of the WORLD winter special olympics, that we were virtually ignored by our own national media, so ignored in fact that foreign news agencys have made mention of it.
it is a very telling fact in our society that the choice of a dog for our new president got more press then the entire world special olympics, well its over, not much we can do about it now, except maybe let them know how we feel, write letters to the special olympics officials, sponsors, our nation media centers and our governmental representives letting them know what an opportunity they have missed to bring something special to the national level. or not............ apathy, i heard its catchy........
