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post #51 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:55pm
South Americans know how to celebrate.

Gotta hand them that.

*EDIT* BBC Just cut their feed. NVM on the celebration.
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post #52 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
How is it a poltical blow? People bitched about him going, they would have bitched had he not gone and Chicago lost.


Besides, each city had their own head of state there. Has anyone in Brazil bitched abotu Lula being there? Fuck off, already.
Yeah, it's ridiculous, but the people on the right are apparently dancing a fucking jig over this. According to a blogger at Salon, Drudge's headline read "World Rejects Obama: Chicago Out in First Round. The Ego Has Landed" Sigh.

Seriously, I can't take much more of this petty bullshit.
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post #53 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:56pm
Are all precincts reporting?
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post #54 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
LA Times headline: "Chicago's swift elimination as 2016 Olympics host is political blow to Obama"

Huh? Like an American city never failed to get an Olympics under any previous president?
That spin on the story is entirely Obama's fault. He, very rightly, said he had too many things on his plate to worry about the fucking Olympics in September. Then Oprah and his other major campaign contributors in Washington essentially demanded he go and he went. He brought this on himself by doing that.

Also, it's interesting that he's still too busy to take on the task of suspending DADT and leading the effort to overturn it during its suspension because his plate is too full. He's too busy to take on DOMA because his plate is too full. But the Olympics? Nah, he's perfectly free for that. I guess your voice as a supporter is only as loud as your financial contributions.

The other thing I love is that the one time they took off the kid gloves iwth the Republicans was when the Republicans started attacking his participation in the Olympic bid. Yet he hasn't done that for EFCA, the Consumer Protection Agency, or even health care. Weird.
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post #55 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:57pm
Carnivale is going to be crazy that year.
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post #56 of 90
10/2/09 at 1:58pm
Obama needs to take care of the BCS and quick!
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post #57 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:03pm
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That spin on the story is entirely Obama's fault. He, very rightly, said he had too many things on his plate to worry about the fucking Olympics in September. Then Oprah and his other major campaign contributors in Washington essentially demanded he go and he went. He brought this on himself by doing that.

Also, it's interesting that he's still too busy to take on the task of suspending DADT and leading the effort to overturn it during its suspension because his plate is too full. He's too busy to take on DOMA because his plate is too full. But the Olympics? Nah, he's perfectly free for that. I guess your voice as a supporter is only as loud as your financial contributions.

The other thing I love is that the one time they took off the kid gloves iwth the Republicans was when the Republicans started attacking his participation in the Olympic bid. Yet he hasn't done that for EFCA, the Consumer Protection Agency, or even health care. Weird.
Gonna pull a Phil here.

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It's one day. One day, calm the fuck down.
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post #58 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:04pm
I'm sure large crowds of people being angry about Obama being a Muslim and not being born in America had no influence on a group who wants to find a spot to bring international athletes together.
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post #59 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:05pm
Congrats to Rio. I wanted Chicago to win for purely selfish reasons, but I'm very happy for them. They honestly deserve it.

Tati, will you be our official South American correspondent for the games?
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post #60 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:06pm
The politics of the IOC are probably more inbred than when the church picks a Pope. Who knows how it works.

However, here's for South America to shine. Damn it's going to be a crazy couple of years down there.
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post #61 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:06pm
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/1...cago-olympics/

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Originally Posted by Erick Erickson

Hahahahaha.

I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone.

I thought if we whored ourselves out to our enemies, great things would happen.

Apparently not.

So Obama’s pimped us to every two bit thug and dictator in the world, made promises to half the Olympic committee, and they did not even kiss him.

So much for improving America’s standing in the world, Barry O.

Maybe now perhaps we can hope he will mature a bit on the issues of foreign affairs. But I doubt it.

BTW, Dear Barack Obama, you are no Billy Mays.

o_0
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post #62 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:09pm
*shakes head*

The ability to spin anything and everything.
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post #63 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:15pm
Should I trademark the term "RiOlympics" now, or has it already been taken?
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post #64 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:16pm
Carnivalympics.
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post #65 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:17pm
All I can say is, that Lula must feel like a goddamn pimp right now.
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post #66 of 90
10/2/09 at 2:37pm
Congrats to Rio. It's about time South America got the Olympics. They'll be swamped between the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Games.

I'm not surprised Chicago didn't win the Games, but I am surprised it got knocked out in the first round, even though insiders knew that was the trickiest round with all the regional bias at play. Considering Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012 I couldn't believe that Tokyo and Madrid were taken as seriously as they were, even if Samaranch begged the IOC - even using his age as a bargaining chip. Chicago just couldn't overcome the beef between the IOC and USOC regarding distribution of money and the new Olympic channel the USOC started, etc. Obama was never going to overcome that.

Anyone seriously believing (or worse, hoping) that this will be a big political blow to Obama's administration is an idiot. In a month this will be forgotten.
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post #67 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Carnivale is going to be crazy that year.
Holy moley yes.

Good for Rio, but as much as I would like to say otherwise, this does leave the Obamas with some egg on their faces, particularly after Michelle all but guaranteed a Chicago win with her "We're gonna take no prisoners!" comment. Not a political disaster but it's embarassing at the very least for them.
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post #68 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:07pm
It would be embarrassing if the Obamas had been deeply involved with the entire bid process. Showing up at the end with a little rah-rah shouldn't have any impact on them, especially given the labyrinthian politics of the IOC.
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post #69 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:19pm
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Holy moley yes.

Good for Rio, but as much as I would like to say otherwise, this does leave the Obamas with some egg on their faces, particularly after Michelle all but guaranteed a Chicago win with her "We're gonna take no prisoners!" comment. Not a political disaster but it's embarassing at the very least for them.
I think that if it's embarrassing for them, it's because it was their home town and people might have had the impression that that connection was something the IOC would be taken by. Unfortunately most people won't be aware of all the behind the scenes beef going on between the IOC and USOC that probably was a much bigger factor in Chicago's early exit. Not to mention the archaic Papal-styled voting process (I was waiting for the white smoke upon Rio's announcement). No doubt the Right will try to spin this in a million ways, but I think America's consciousness will be focused on something totally different in a few weeks.
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post #70 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:19pm
I just read this article in the New Yorker about drug gangs in the favelas; evidently the slums go right up to the highway that leads from the airport. Yay for South America getting the games and all, but I have an ugly feeling that the government is just going to evict all the (huge number of) people living anywhere near where tourists might be.
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post #71 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:23pm
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I just read this article in the New Yorker about drug gangs in the favelas; evidently the slums go right up to the highway that leads from the airport. Yay for South America getting the games and all, but I have an ugly feeling that the government is just going to evict all the (huge number of) people living anywhere near where tourists might be.
I was thinking of this too. I keep hearing that crime in Chicago was a consideration in the voting process (like it's not going to be an issue anywhere thousands of tourists with money to spend converge for two weeks). Rio is definitely going to have to address the situation. The slums will be in the spotlight no doubt and Brazil will have two choices, do something productive or mass evictions.
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post #72 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:31pm
My fondest hope for the 2016 Olympics now is that the poverty of Rio is at the forefront and we see a massive uprising during the Games.
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post #73 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:39pm
Seriously, if the Olympics™ were not held in the US for the next 60 years, I'd be fine with that. The **cough** Olympic Committee has let the thing become almost as irrelevant as the Oscars.

Besides by 2015, we'll have had to deal with President Palin, a guaranteed nuke-terror attack somewhere, the discovery of amphibious piranha, several large gunkook meltdowns, at least one asteroid near miss, a George Lopez talk show, another lurch on the San Andreas and the geek-creaming evolution beyond the freshly obsolete BluRay. Why bother getting excited for something you not only won't be going to, but won't be able to watch on your Sony 'PocketFondle' thanks to collapse of the grid from spam-addled computer overloads beyond the repair skills of Microsoft repairbots.
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post #74 of 90
10/2/09 at 3:51pm
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Besides by 2015, we'll have had to deal with President Palin, a guaranteed nuke-terror attack somewhere, the discovery of amphibious piranha, several large gunkook meltdowns, at least one asteroid near miss, a George Lopez talk show, another lurch on the San Andreas and the geek-creaming evolution beyond the freshly obsolete BluRay. Why bother getting excited for something you not only won't be going to, but won't be able to watch on your Sony 'PocketFondle' thanks to collapse of the grid from spam-addled computer overloads beyond the repair skills of Microsoft repairbots.
So, would you say you do or don't believe in the 2012 prophecies?

or...

Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
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post #75 of 90
10/2/09 at 4:00pm
The whole thing is already politicized.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6859031.ece
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post #76 of 90
10/2/09 at 4:17pm
The European soccer magazines I read had plenty of teeth-gnashing over Brazil getting the World Cup because their bid seemed to boil down to 'we deserve it because we're Brazil', and conveniently seemed to ignore the logistic and infrastructural nightmare that was getting around the country.

(Or they could just be heavily biased towards Europe. How is it really?)

I can't imagine what the press will say about Rio getting an Olympics. Both the Guardian and Telegraph thought it was a done deal as soon as Obama stepped off the plane.
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post #77 of 90
10/2/09 at 4:55pm
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The whole thing is already politicized.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6859031.ece
So I guess if the Bears make the Super Bowl and Obama comes out and says they're going to win and they don't, we should impeach him.
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post #78 of 90
10/2/09 at 5:05pm
Shame on the Olympic people for their Obama snub. What a disapointment for both the people of the world, and a straight up insult to the United States.

Oh well, should not have expected more, but none the less this is a day-ruining news story for me.


The Olympics people do not know what they're missing:


Something tells me a decision like this might not sit well with the real Olympians:
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post #79 of 90
10/2/09 at 5:21pm
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So I guess if the Bears make the Super Bowl and Obama comes out and says they're going to win and they don't, we should impeach him.
hehe Bears make the Superbowl. Now that's funny!
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post #80 of 90
10/2/09 at 5:24pm
You're flagrantly incorrect on the Olympians, Kate. They would love all the fine ass and dirty sex to be had in Rio.
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post #81 of 90
10/2/09 at 5:27pm
So will the mascot be topless with lots of feathers?
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post #82 of 90
10/2/09 at 5:39pm
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The European soccer magazines I read had plenty of teeth-gnashing over Brazil getting the World Cup because their bid seemed to boil down to 'we deserve it because we're Brazil', and conveniently seemed to ignore the logistic and infrastructural nightmare that was getting around the country.

(Or they could just be heavily biased towards Europe. How is it really?)
Ya think? Germany just had the '06 cup and then prior to that it was France. Tough shit for them.
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post #83 of 90
10/2/09 at 6:29pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
So will the mascot be topless with lots of feathers?
But with a penis.
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post #84 of 90
10/2/09 at 6:37pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken
Ya think? Germany just had the '06 cup and then prior to that it was France. Tough shit for them.
The 2002 World Cup was in Korea/Japan, wasn't it?

I think it went:

1994: US
1998: France
2002: Japan/Korea
2006: Germany
2010: South Africa
2014: Rio

That's a decent non-European spread there.
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post #85 of 90
10/2/09 at 6:40pm
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But with a penis.
That's Thailand.

And Nachos, you're right. '02 was Korea/Japan, '98 was France.

Even then, it's still total bitching.
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post #86 of 90
10/2/09 at 11:15pm
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I want to see Rio get it just so that can put a torch in the giant Jesus statue.
Seriously, did you think they were just going to ignore the giant Jesus statue in this whole equation? No way. 130 foot statue of Jesus FTW.
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post #87 of 90
10/3/09 at 12:00am
How about Samaranch's "I'm 89 years old, give me an Olympics at home before I die" plea? At least it got Madrid to the finalist stage.
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post #88 of 90
10/3/09 at 3:41pm
Heh, maybe if BaCRACK OBONGO focused on the economy instead of spending 8 hours at the Olympics, we wouldn't have record unemployment. A shameful president.

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post #89 of 90
10/3/09 at 4:09pm
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Heh, maybe if BaCRACK OBONGO focused on the economy instead of spending 8 hours at the Olympics, we wouldn't have record unemployment. A shameful president.
Ya know what? All I heard whenever someone would give W shit was that it was all Clinton's fault...6-7-8 years down the road, and the good Clinton economy was due to Reagan/Bush 1 policies.

So just shut the fuck up.
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post #90 of 90
10/4/09 at 3:58pm
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How about Samaranch's "I'm 89 years old, give me an Olympics at home before I die" plea? At least it got Madrid to the finalist stage.
Which is funny because Barcelona got it in '92. So what in the fuck is he talking about?
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