American flags flying high

The folks with the Beijing Olympic Committee Organizing Committee (BOCOG) thought of everything.

BOCOG came up with a way to make flags wave when they reach the top of the flagpoles during medal ceremonies.

We should be thankful for their innovation. It provided us with a rare opportunity to clearly see three American flags flying high Thursday night during the medal ceremony for the 400-meter dash.

Roughly 6.7 billion people inhabit our planet. The three fastest in the 400 meters – LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner and David Neville -- are all Americans.

The other 6,999,999,997? Their flags will have to wait until 2012.

American flags flying high after 400-meter dash sweep