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Title: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: SBarry on October 02, 2009, 01:06:30 PM

Poor Barack and his buddies. There will be no multi million dollar profits from hosting the Olympics in 2016. The star power of Oph, the Sasquatch and the president of the former world's only superpower could not sway the Olympic commitee like the sheep in the election. How racist that commitee must be.

The Olympics go to Rio, by the way. Maybe they were concerned about security in Chicago.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: rugermanx on October 02, 2009, 01:23:56 PM

Can't say that I am surprised, but some of the tv anchors were.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: WallPhone on October 02, 2009, 01:27:54 PM

It's too bad it happened so soon... I really hoped he would have invested much more in an olympic defeat.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Dan W on October 02, 2009, 02:19:54 PM

As Drudge's headline so aptly states


"THE EGO HAS LANDED"

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Hardwood83 on October 02, 2009, 02:34:58 PM

Who is 'the Sasquatch' ? I think I know...I'm going to steal that and pretend I came up with that one.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Randy on October 02, 2009, 03:02:15 PM

Quote from: LitlRat on October 02, 2009, 01:06:30 PM

The star power of Oph, the Sasquatch and the president of the former world's only superpower could not sway the Olympic commitee like the sheep in the election. How racist that commitee must be.

The Sasquatch now that is funny I like it.  Truly fitting the walk and the build. ROFL :D ;D

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: FarmerRick on October 02, 2009, 04:25:49 PM

Not Sasquatch, Klingon.

Google image search is your friend....  ;)

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: rugermanx on October 02, 2009, 05:02:46 PM

Headline on Foxnews.com is
"O' what a letdown"

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: kompulsive on October 02, 2009, 07:34:34 PM

Yeah, wouldn't that have sucked if we could've gone to see the Olympics?

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: FarmerRick on October 02, 2009, 08:03:57 PM

I'm not sure that Chicago could have afforded it anyway, their budget is in much worse shape then Omaha's. 
It may have been nice to be able to make an 8 hour drive to see the Olympics, but there will always be chances in the future.

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/do-olympic-host-cities-ever-win/ (http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/do-olympic-host-cities-ever-win/)

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: kompulsive on October 02, 2009, 09:34:36 PM

Yeah, definitely true. There's pretty much no way around losing money when you host the Olympics. Oh well.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: huskergun on October 03, 2009, 09:38:47 AM

I gave old Chicago Mayor Daley a call yesaterday with a suggestion... I told him he needed to get a new spokesman. The Mesiah and the Oprah couldn't pull it off this time.  Mmm Mmm Mmm..

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Mosin on October 03, 2009, 05:26:47 PM

Just one more thing that BO has got screwed up! ;D  At first you promote your self, your family,your friends and then your country.  Oh, what the last one does not fit! ;D  He apologies for has country.  I don't think that Chicago was one of Olympic strongest choices anyway.  Yes, it would of have been nice if it was here. 

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: huskergun on October 03, 2009, 06:43:14 PM

just not in Chicago.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Wymore Wrangler on October 04, 2009, 12:30:00 PM

He did put "the full weight of the White House" behind his pitch, the international community knows what most Americans are just finding out, he's a joke...

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: JimP on October 04, 2009, 10:14:28 PM

I find it funny that ANYBODY was suprised by this.......... just ask yourself:  Do you want to take a vacation to Rio, or Chicago?

Chicago is 1/2 a BILLION in Debt, vs. Rio, which pledged to spend 14 BILLION on facilities (and Brazil's Booming economy makes this entirely possible.

The US has hosted 2 Olympic Games recently, and the whole flippin' Continent  of  South America has NEVER had  ONE.

Why are these people suprised? 


Because their Messiah failed.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: Randy on October 04, 2009, 11:10:27 PM

The US has actually hosted 4 Summer Olympics the most of any country in modern Olympic history.

Blame it on Rio! Ha

Keep up the Big Foot sightings.

Title: Re: Chicago booted early from Olympic consideration.
Post by: DanClrk51 on October 07, 2009, 04:07:17 AM

I really do think Rio deserved it, since the entire continent of South America has not had an Olympic event yet.
Chicago is a mess and is drounding in violence and political corruption. Having the Olympics there would have just awarded their outrageous behavior. No money for Chicago until they throw the parasite politicians out and bring some real solutions.
I am glad that the one who thinks he is president has received another let down.