Just in case you weren't already thoroughly disgusted with the IOC and the Europeans, read this article from Newsweek.

Because Dubya changed the words at the ceremony from ?I declare open the Games of Salt Lake City, celebrating the Winter Olympic Games? to "On behalf of a proud, determined and grateful nation, I declare open the Games of Salt Lake City, celebrating the Winter Olympic Games,? they think that we've "hijacked" the Olympics.

Sorry, folks, but the Olympics have become a parody of themselves and political correctness.