Chicago is out of the running for the Olympics**
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they would've relocated the IOC to Chicago, hosted the Olympics there 4 times in a row, and banned China from competing because they "win too much".
Never has it been shown a city or country MADE money from hosting an Olympics. Now, people?... sure PEOPLE have made money off hosting the Olympics. But I'm just not in a mood right now to let Obama's cronies in Chicago profit from what will essentially be a federally funded spending bonanza while the country falls deeper in debt.
Let Rio host it. They need a reason to quell all the gang violence anyway. And to boot, they're on a similar time zone as us so everything of interest will take place at a reasonable hour.
Let Rio host it. They need a reason to quell all the gang violence anyway. And to boot, they're on a similar time zone as us so everything of interest will take place at a reasonable hour.
is a crooked town that sent us a socialist, uber-liberal, joke for a president. His ridiculous wife, making ridiculous statements about her making a sacrifice to go plea for chicago so that he can pay his cronies back for all of the political favors. I could go on and on, but won't. Bottom line is conservatives hate liberals and vice versa.
Maybe they didn't, I don't know, at least initially, but the Olympics really helped that city out a lot.
per my understanding. Probably about 1.5 billion total. The city and state are responsible for the majority of funding. The feds pay for security, and infrastructure improvement, but not any construction, etc.
Plus it's 7 years away. The economy should be much better by then. I don't remember people opposing the Atlanta games.
Plus it's 7 years away. The economy should be much better by then. I don't remember people opposing the Atlanta games.
Why do you hate America? Smart people can separate the issues. This is about the US, and the Olympics.
That being said, facilities constructed for Olympic use have historically not been used much after the Olympic games. Winning the Olympic games would have been bad economically. The World Cup is a better event for the U.S. what with the stadiums we have.
I dislike Obama's policies, but it is the same argument the left had against Bush going to Crawford. It isn't like the President, any President, is ever out of touch with all the necessities of the office. The Olympics are always a good thing to get. I just don't understand why Denver has never put in a bid.
smartasses, you asked why so many people are happy chicago didn't get it. I told you. They hate obama and associate chicago with obama. Am I happy that a city in the U.S. won't have a chance to do well? NO. To many americans these days Chicago is obama, ayers, emanuel, wright, and blagoyavich. Now, you guys can go suck each other off.
Did anyone see Michelle Obama tell committee members at one of their meetings that she remembers sitting on her daddy's lap as a little girl and watching Carl Lewis run in the Olympics....Umm, fact-check. She was IN COLLEGE (around 20) at this time. Also, college was going on. Kind of hard to be home with daddy when you are away at college! I could have come up with a better abboration than that!
is based upon what some American, including yourself, think what Chicago represents.
If that's not the case, explain why you didn't want Chicago to win.
If that's not the case, explain why you didn't want Chicago to win.
