I was hesitant to watch the just-concluded Olympic games from Tokyo following my July 27 posting (I’M VERY CONFUSED).    Two weeks of disrespect for our country and its flag, along with regular doses of pride regarding dudes competing in womens’ events under the banner of transgender rights, was just going to be too much to absorb.   But I was so pleasantly surprised, and encouraged, by the outpouring of patriotism from our athletes across the spectrum of sport, gender, race, etc.                             Each night, I saw American athletes exhibit pride in their country by their actions and by their words.  Could it be that hard work and commitment to a goal still means something in our great nation .   How wonderful to quiet all the anti-American naysayers in our government and in our press. Now, of course the U.S womens’ national soccer team remains in my personal doghouse as they continue to take a knee before events, while displaying the American flag on their uniforms, but yeah, we thankfully have free speech in our country.  I’m just thrilled though, that the free speech during the Tokyo Olympics was overwhelmingly prideful toward America, by Americans !                     WHAT THE HECK !