  At this years Olympics in Athens, the us will be represented by Maurice Greene. In a world where people outside the US think of us as loud, rude and generally obnoxious, we will be represented by someone who typifies all of these attributes.
Mo Greene is the self proclaimed "Greatest of all time," and rarely will he pass up the opportunity to let you know this fact. While Greene has run a sub 100m dash 47 times in his career, his attitude and celebrations are equally as astonishing. In the last Olympics he was a ring leader of one of the most embarrassing post race displays in which the Men's 4x100 meter relay team celebrated their gold medal by draping them selves in the American Flag and posing in front of photographers in a variety of poses usually reserve for a body building contest. Then several months ago at a tune up meet for the Olympic trials Greene had a teammate spray his shoes with a fire extinguisher after he won the finals of the 100m dash. The Olympics are based on the premise of world camaraderie through sports. This does not include showing up all over your opponents with the actions of a testosterone enhanced peacock. Olympic athletes are supposed to be ambassadors of this great country and are supposed to represent everything that is good about the United States. Instead this year at the Olympics we will be represented by someone who has repeatedly represented every stereo type the world has for us.
One more note regarding the Olympics. Many athletes from NBA, and the Williams sisters declined invitations to participate sitting security concerns as the reason. I find this very self centered, there are literally hundreds to thousands of athletes in this country who would love to have the privilege of competing for there country. I wonder if these people realize that the last terrorist attack that took place at the Olympics was in Atlanta, and was carried out by an American.
Grow up Serena, you are not that important that the terrorist are going to single you out, and didn't the last attack on a tennis player in a public place happen at a respected tennis tournament. You have the opportunity to lead our nation to gold, and you back out and site security, give me a break, you probably want more time to design clothes or hob-nob with celebs. That's just one guy's opinion! 
