Is it me or is the Beijing 2008 Olympics Medal Table being “Americanized”?

Ok, I became a US citizen last week and there is a danger, amidst all of the patriotic outpouring that is the citizenship ceremony, and the frenzy of Phelps generated nationalism, that in response I am over-compensating. In other words I may be seeing devils where there are none.

However, what I am about to show you seems, on the face of it, a cheap atte…