What no olympics thread?
 

I wonder if the IOC knows about acorns Skillz? ...or chicago's history of dead voting?

Good luck other countries in "getting the vote out.":haha::haha:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/new...v=ap&type=lgns

If Chicago can get the olympics, they need to hold it on the south side.:haha::haha::haha:

Well I was going to post something but the other news about chicago kept getting in the way.

Personally though I think Obama stepping into this is the worst thing that could happen to the olympic committie and Chicago's hope for holding them there.

Im trying to remember has any other president shilled for the olympics before?

To me its not really a federal goverment issue.

You can take the politician out of chicago, but you can't take chicago out of the politician. He's just bringin' home da bacon to the home district.:doh:

I don't think there ever was Olympic Games in South America, right? :hmmm:

So though it may be far from safe in Rio for tourists and athletes when it comes to crime, which is one of the critics against Rio, I don't think it's so much different than any other place. One can always be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Never a guarentee for that. And you never know if it would not have a positive effect on even the poor people living in the suburbs of Rio. Like creation of jobs etc...
So if I was to decide, I would vote for Rio de Janeiro. :yeah:

Besides all the cr4p there is about the voting procedure, which takes place in Copenhagen this week - yeah, luckily it was not at the same time as our subsim meet - is the worst part of it. There's way too much corruption, too much nagging and backtalking involved in all this final decision process. :nope:

But still we all follow the stories about and from the Olympics because of the history behind it throughout all those years. They do have a positive element of binding the nations of the world together too. :woot:

Well that and tons of cash and jobs etc.

Personally I hope they give it to Omaha, Nebraska...

I would suggest the IOC give the 2016 olympics to Chicago lest they be accused of racism for opposing the Dear Leader. :D

I would rather stick some other dumb country with the expense of the olympics.

I believe that LA is still the only US city that was able to successfully (from a financial standpoint) host the olympics.

I don't think the olympics is a money maker in the US any more. Viewership is down, at least in my circle. With all the cheating and scandals, it just is not as fun to watch as it used to be when I was a kid.

Agreed. The olympics lost much of its meaning/charm when Jimmy Carter boycotted the summer games in Moscow 1980, inserting politics into the athletics. It has never recovered in the US.

Well, round one and two has just eliminated Chicago first and Tokyo second.
A bit surprising... :o

But my favorite, Rio, is still in the game...
Ooooouuuuuuu..... this is exiting...:woot:

The Ego Has Landed! Obama could not get it done. Oprah could not get it done. Michael Jordan should have gone and made the pitch.

all i can say is that its pretty classless for Obama to try and "push" for Chicago as the next olympics site.

The place is pretty well a slum by anyone's standards... most of it anyhow.

most all of my travels to Chicago in my aviation career have pretty much confirmed to me that the place is a zoo... and the only thing it lacks is a prison fence to designate the city limits.

you might as well host the olympics in the sewer.

at least the rats wont rob you.

:har::har::har:

Well thats a couple mill of taxpayer money down the tubes :nope:

Hope they enjoyed their trip.... er sacrifice.

Oh... LOL did you see the CNN headline "Micheal steals the show" or something like that. Right on CNN way to go. :up:

I don't watch the Olys any more.

After the China one I, think their fixed.

The former Danish IOC member thinks that Obama should have made a longer stay than just 5 hours.

Well, maybe, maybe not. Who really knows?

I don't think it would have hurt Chicago if Obama would have stayed for a couple of days, but really matter is: the cities themselves.
It's the cities, which are candidates, not the countries or state leaders.

Rio had the advantage that the Olympics has never been in South America before, and I really think this is what made the difference. And since the majority of the IOC members voted for Rio, that is a triumph, which none of the three other candidates could compete against.
So I see no reason for hard feelings or deep investigations of what went wrong. It was just meant to be.

I for one think it is great that it will be in Rio. :D

I only regret one thing: I believed in Rio, so I should have made a few bets... :haha:

You know for a little while there I thought Barry might be sucessful in his bid due to the high level of corruption associated with the Olys. Thought maybe he would fit right in.

How about staying for 3.5 years?:hmmm::yeah::haha: But I guess Denmark's taxes are high enough.
Well, good for Rio:salute:. They have a crime problem too (the Favellas?) the slums where the police won't even go into. I don't know if they have a corruption problem like Chicago does.:D Maybe this means obama's charm has finally wore off?:hmmm: I digress...

My funny Chicago story is: My "ex" wanted to move to Chicago, (she wanted to live in a big city. She's from Moscow) Well, we took a road trip to Chicago and she just loved it:nope:. Well, she kept going on, on how we should move here, so I had to put an end to that.:hmmm:
Right around twilight, I found the scummiest part of town and drove through:D. We couldn't get out of there fast enough and back on the North side.:haha:
Problem solved.:yeah:
But just think, if we moved there, I could hang out with 1480:D.

That's one of the rare Jimmy Carter moves I support.

In any case, I'm kind of shocked Chicago didn't get the games. You'd think that with all the corruption in Chicago, the IOC would feel right at home! :03: