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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2009, 03:12:21 PM »
Quote from: Stoney on October 02, 2009, 02:05:09 PM
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2009, 03:27:36 PM »
See Rule #14
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2009, 03:52:19 PM »
Brazil will be showing off the scenery and I'm not referring to the trees and hillsides.   :devil
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2009, 04:03:18 PM »
Quote from: Stoney on October 02, 2009, 02:05:09 PM
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2009, 04:28:45 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on October 02, 2009, 04:03:18 PM
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2009, 04:38:08 PM »
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2009, 05:04:03 PM »
Good!!!  The last thing we need is a new batch of leeches stuck to our neck!!!

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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2009, 05:47:42 PM »
Quote from: SEraider on October 02, 2009, 04:28:45 PM
Mexico is North America.  Just wanted to clarify.

Thx, wasn't quit thinking there.
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2009, 06:50:07 PM »
See Rule #14
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2009, 07:33:20 PM »
I'm happy for Rio and the U.S.!
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2009, 08:29:11 PM »
i'm happy for them!!
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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2009, 08:40:59 PM »
Quote from: AKKuya on October 02, 2009, 03:52:19 PM
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2009, 09:33:27 PM »
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2009, 10:49:59 PM »
Quote from: crazyivan on October 02, 2009, 08:40:59 PM
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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Re: Rio gets the 2016 Olympic.
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2009, 11:17:48 PM »
Quote from: SEraider on October 02, 2009, 03:27:36 PM
See Rule #14

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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