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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: oakranger on October 02, 2009, 12:15:31 PM
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When was the last time that there was a Olympic in South America?
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actually i dont think there has ever been one. :noid
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When was the last time that there was a Olympic in South America?
This is the first time the Olympics have EVER been in South America
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When was the last time that there was a Olympic in South America?
First time in South America but not the first time in Latin America.
ack-ack
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:aok
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Gosh Chicago didn't make it.
Guess beating to death an honor roll student won't be an Olympic event this year.
I think they have arrested 4 or 5 kids now.
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See Rule #14
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I seriously don't see the big deal. Let some other country lose money on it. I can still watch any of it that interest me on TV.
Your right about Brazil...... they have a lot of exports too.
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Chicago couldn't handle it. Joliet is a parking lot Monday through Friday for chrissakes. Let alone hosting the Olympics.
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Agree with Shuffler--I still don't see the draw. Atlanta lost money on the deal. Why would Chicago try to lobby so hard for something that will just lose money?
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dam, softball probably wont be brought back since we or japan didnt get it! :frown:
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See Rule #14
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Agree with Shuffler--I still don't see the draw. Atlanta lost money on the deal. Why would Chicago try to lobby so hard for something that will just lose money?
Ask Cubs fans.
:D
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Mmm, Mmm, Mmm... :aok
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Take the billions saved in Chicago and spend it on a new school and highway system.....
:noid
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Agree with Shuffler--I still don't see the draw. Atlanta lost money on the deal. Why would Chicago try to lobby so hard for something that will just lose money?
The people that were doing the lobbying would have made a bundle. The people that would not profit would have paid for it too.
Which is why it's so hypocritical for them to say they want to do it for the people of Chicago.
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See Rule #14
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Brazil will be showing off the scenery and I'm not referring to the trees and hillsides. :devil
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Agree with Shuffler--I still don't see the draw. Atlanta lost money on the deal. Why would Chicago try to lobby so hard for something that will just lose money?
Yea, Alanta did loose a lot of money. Salt Lake did vary well.
Besides having the Olympic in South America, i know it was in Mexico City, ummmmm..........72 i believe. That is when two black athletes lost their medal because they where a member of the Black Panthers and showed it when they received their medal. But it seems like the Northern hemisphere gets both summer and winter Olympics. Lat time there was a summer Olympic in the southern was in Synde.
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Yea, Alanta did loose a lot of money. Salt Lake did vary well.
Besides having the Olympic in South America, i know it was in Mexico City, ummmmm..........72 i believe. That is when two black athletes lost their medal because they where a member of the Black Panthers and showed it when they received their medal. But it seems like the Northern hemisphere gets both summer and winter Olympics. Lat time there was a summer Olympic in the southern was in Synde.
Mexico is North America. Just wanted to clarify.
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Nice they will be having it INside South America and Brazil.
I've been to Rio many times. They have a lot of work to accomplish to get ready. Plus they have social issues to get under control. That's the most dangerous city I visit but it sure is fun.
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Good!!! The last thing we need is a new batch of leeches stuck to our neck!!!
RC
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Mexico is North America. Just wanted to clarify.
Thx, wasn't quit thinking there.
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See Rule #14
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I'm happy for Rio and the U.S.!
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i'm happy for them!!
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Brazil will be showing off the scenery and I'm not referring to the trees and hillsides. :devil
I'm all for adding Womens bikini beach soccer/football to the list of events. :D
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This is a fantastic decision by the Olympic committee imo. :aok
Imagine being an olympic athlete and given the choice: Chicago or Rio?
How many in ten do you think would pick Chicago?
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I'm all for adding Womens bikini beach soccer/football to the list of events. :D
Yeah, and the IOC cut softball and baseball from the olympics. Need I mention that the IOC is vastly made up of Euros?
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Yeah give them credit for finally saying something nice about America instead of their usual drivel and demeaning of the US.
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Hosting the Olympics is not about making money. On the contrary, hosting the Olympics is a demonstration of how rich and powerful you are because you can hemorrhage money and enjoy doing so.
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Yeah give them credit for finally saying something nice about America instead of their usual drivel and demeaning of the US.
I's a start....... :D
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Yeah give them credit for finally saying something nice about America instead of their usual drivel and demeaning of the US.
If you heard the speeches, it was hardly about us as a country. It was all about them, and hardly about Chicago.
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If you heard the speeches, it was hardly about us as a country. It was all about them, and hardly about Chicago.
Narcissism would you say? Kissinger had that same problem.
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Hosting the Olympics is not about making money. On the contrary, hosting the Olympics is a demonstration of how rich and powerful you are because you can hemorrhage money and enjoy doing so.
Correct.