That's what my oldest son asked me in regards to the Olympics this summer.

I told him we (the U.S.A.) got more medals than any other country, but that China got more golds.

"But did we win?" he asked.

That got me to thinking:  Who were the real winners at the Olympics this summer? 

• Michael Phelps was, without a doubt, the most memorable positive story of these Olympic Games.  8 Gold Medals during one single Olympics!! 
• My girlfriends Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor going undefeated and winning gold!!!! 
• Shawn Johnson winning gold on the balance beam.  (She can't be my girlfriend since she's only 16.  But she'll be 20 in 2012!) *

And what are winners without, you guessed it, losers?

Don't even need a list here.  Even though they garnered more gold than any other country I have to say China ended up the biggest losers in my book.  I mean right from the get-go we had the CG fly-by of the fireworks (which I can almost understand) and the lip-synching of the little girl singing the Chinese National Anthem. 

And what were the promises the Chinese made in order to cinch a lock for the 2008 Summer Games?  Things having to do with Tibet, freedom of expression, pollution, Darfur.  More Chinese tomfoolery.

But after China I'd say the Cuban taekwondo dude (Angel Matos) that kicked the referee in the head and the Swedish wrestler (Ara Abrahamian) who threw his medal on the floor came really close to topping the Chinese for biggest dumb-asses.  China got my vote because their idiocy affected EVERYONE.

Anyway the Olympics are over and now I can get on with other things.  I didn't bother watching the closing stuff tonight, I was busy making HUGE bubbles with my bubble wand.  Besides I hear the performances by Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis were not only lip-synched but CG as well.  Oh China.

*My wife isn't reading this one too, is she?