Joyanna Adams

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Nobody Remembers Nadia Comaneci

Nobody Remembers

For those of you who weren’t born yet, you miss one of the biggest moments in Olympic history in 1976 : The Perfect 10’s of Romanian Nadia Comaneci. There were 7 of them. I STILL remember the emotion I felt when she got the perfect 10…first one in Olympic history. It was as if the whole world of women in sports had finally come into some kind of validation.

To just realize you were witnessing a moment of all time…for this small girl with the big brown eyes to come out of nowhere and dazzle the world with her long legs, intense focus, and impossible perfection…it was hard to forget. I still have her picture up on my wall…right in front of my treadmill (LoL) I have NEVER fallen off my treadmill, thanks to that picture.

Thanks Nadia!

This kind of pure genius comes only once in a millennium. There is real genius in taking a talent you might have and making yourself into a champion.  Every year we have searched for another Nadia, and every year…there isn’t one. There are champions, not like the girl who was born with those long legs, that brilliant balance, and impeccable timing. She simply was PERFECT. That doesn’t happen very often in nature, and when it does, it’s incredible.

I sure hope in this year’s Olympics we have less of the “sex” stuff, and more of the inspiration stories of how hard you have to work to become the best at your sport. God knows the kids in the world could use some real wholesome idols right now.

Tomorrow we can lose ourselves in the games…and the world can stop arguing for a few moments, pull up their chairs, have a few beers…and cheer! And please…do we really care if Price Harry contacts the American Women’s Volleyball team?

Let’s hope London does us all proud. I’ll be looking for Nadia’s kids—Who are probably into computers, because that’s how it usually goes doesn’t it?

 

 

July 26, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | , , , | 2 Comments

Nobody’s Fool: Thomas Sowell

Nobody’s Fool

I came upon this man almost by accident. My mother ordered a publication called Newsmax around the year 2000, and I started reading it. It’s there that I found a man with so much wisdom, and common sense, that I literally started waking up to what was going on around me. This was back when President Clinton was shaking his finger at the American people.

Just last week, in his usual Radom Thoughts column he had these two things to say:

If we wake up some morning and find some American cities in radioactive ruins, courtesy of a nuclear Iran, nobody is going to care whether the president who lets this happen is the first black president or the last WASP president. But, in the meantime, many people will keep on voting for symbolism, as if an election is a popularity contest, like choosing a college’s Homecoming Queen or Parade Marshal.

Two reports came out in the same week. One was from the Pentagon, saying that, in just a few years, Iran will be able to produce not only a nuclear bomb but a missile capable of carrying it to the United States. The other report said that the American Olympic team has uniforms made in China. This latter report received far more attention, both in Congress and in the media.  

While I read many different books and magazines, internet blogs, etc…I have yet to find a man whose wisdom exceeds that of Thomas Sowell. To me, he is right up there with Mark Twain as an American Journalistic Icon. He is forever more— Nobody’s Fool.

July 26, 2012 Posted by | Thomas Sowell, Uncategorized | , , , , | Leave a comment