November 24th, 2009 | 
Author: Pop quiz: how many Mounties (both regular RCMP and riot squad) does it take to escort an Owelympic torchbearer?
It’s hard to say. I couldn’t count them all. This video is from Oct 31 when the torch went through Cowichan, BC. This isn’t a dignified run like it has been in the past, it’s a freak show: a dozen motorcycle cops, three van-loads of riot police, 6 or 8 cops on mountain bikes, who knows how many police in cruisers, corporate vehicles straight out of the Santa Claus parade from hell AND six cops running with the torchbearer!
A classmate of mine carried the torch in 1988 when it went through the area and she asked me to take pictures for her. It was nothing like this. Sure, there were a few police, but there sure weren’t any rolling platforms of carnival pitch-men hawking caffeinated sugar water. Never mind the banks.
Oh, and just for the record: no, the runners don’t get to keep the torch. They can buy one, though. $350. Bridget’s niece is carrying it in Calgary. Yahoo.
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Perhaps they were afraid of a needle attack.
Well that was stupid.
I suppose the one good thing is, with all the corporate involvement it means less of our tax-payer dollars… right? Right?? Please tell me I’m right!!
All of that for one lady who couldn’t even run more than 2 or 3 steps at a time.
This video just proves that the Olympics are just a billboard for coporate advertising now. After all, CTV has been asking for months: Do You Believe? My response is: FFS, NO, I DON’T BELIEVE!
All of this expense to host an irrelevant “sporting” event featuring a ridiculous number of drug-pumped cheaters for a private corporation that’s beholden to no one. Yeah, I believe all right. I believe that our country is run by a bunch of fools with no real concept of spending priorities for our tax dollars.
Nice and funny! I like your post. What a ridiculous show it is! It’s a waste of time.