Considering how far along Chicago was for making Olympic plans (including having condemned and rezoned properties) it was indeed a boondoggle that Obama was mixed up in to the neck. One of his aids is on the board of a Chicago company that requestede the condemnations and rezoning...
On Oct 3, 11:00 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeb, > > I doubt very much Obama was the one setting the odds on Chicago > getting the games. And if you want to find fault with not getting > them, start with the long standing 'feud' between the USOC and the > IOC. Then consider over half of the IOC committee is European, and > that South America has NEVER held an Olympics. Brazil is an up-and- > coming financial powerhouse. It's also a beautiful country. The only > reason to think Chicago was going to win was sheer arrogance. I guess > I'd ask "who was less deserving than Chicago" of the four finalists? > And personally, I thought it a waste of time and money to send three > planes (one for Michele, two for the Prez) plus security teams, > equipment, etc., just to make an appearance. If the IOC is doing its > job, WHO comes to campaign for the games shouldn't make a difference. > > Chicago came in 4th out of all those who submitted applications. How > was that pathetic and hurt the country? Kudos to Brazil.. they > deserved it. > > Calling Obama a punk is disrespectful. So many of you doing so now > hated it when Bush was called names. Will any of you learn? > > On Oct 4, 12:11 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Lets just face the facts. Obama is a jackass. He misjudged his > > influence on the IOC and embarrassed the country. Even his over-the- > > top foray over to Copenhagen was a misjudgement or just plain > > ignorant. Personally, I'd like to just forget about it because it was > > so pathetic and hurt the country. > > > On Oct 3, 10:23 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > d.b > > > > Well why didn't you say that in the FIRST place instead of wasting > > > everyone's time with your ridiculous little essay about the Europeans > > > being horrified over the dangers of the dark skinned hordes of Mrs, > > > Obama's hometown? > > > What madwoman? > > > > Like i said, you don't know what your talking about. Talk about petty > > > partisan politics! > > > > On Oct 3, 8:18 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Then let's just call it politics, "Chicago's" politics. > > > > > And Obama's delegation didn't help any, particularly the madwoman, and > > > > Oprah, the town idiot. > > > > > Copenhagen proved one thing: Obama is politically bankrupt, and the > > > > world knows it. > > > > > On Oct 3, 5:00 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > d.b. > > > > > >www.topix.com/Forum/source/el-paso-times/YIDQARVSF22LOVTV > > > > > > MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN THE WORLD > > > > > > 1. Ciudad Juarz, Mexico > > > > > 2. Baghdad, Iraq > > > > > 3. Swat Valley, Pakistan > > > > > 4. Kabul, Afghanistan > > > > > 5. Mogadishu, Somalia > > > > > 6. Washington, D.C. United States > > > > > 7. RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL > > > > > > ASK.COM was a bit different, had Rio listed in 6th place. Chicago,Il. > > > > > didn't even place in the top 10. > > > > > > You have no idea in the world what the hell you are talking about. > > > > > > On Oct 3, 9:49 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Introducing the ghetto culture to Copenhagen: > > > > > > > [Q] - “The more I watched Barack/Michelle do the ‘I grew up in the > > > > > > neighborhood’ thing, the more I noticed the Euro-audience wincing. > > > > > > (Not smart bragging about your childhood Chicago ‘right hook’ to an > > > > > > audience that has just watched horrific fighting in the streets of > > > > > > Chicago.)” > > > > > > --http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/change-and-hope/ > > > > > > > Interesting, the pictures from Rio showed thousands of people > > > > > > celebrating, including lots of black people. But I noticed a > > > > > > difference, a big difference; the blacks in Rio are NOT African > > > > > > Americans. Therefore, I would venture to say ALL Brazilians speak a > > > > > > common language, unlike most African Americans - who only speak, and > > > > > > act, ghetto. > > > > > > > What's perplexing though is that all other black cultures tend to > > > > > > pick > > > > > > up our common language within a few years of their arrival. > > > > > > Linguistics experts say this is because they avoid African American > > > > > > ghettos like the plague. This may also explain why many African > > > > > > Americans who grow up outside the ghetto tend to speak proper, or > > > > > > understandable, English. And tend to seek gainful employment, as > > > > > > opposed to taxpayer handouts. > > > > > > > Whatever the reasons, America's African American ghettos have > > > > > > become a > > > > > > plague on the land, a festering cancer - especially since Jimmy > > > > > > Carter signed the "Community Reinvestment Act" into law, thus > > > > > > forcing > > > > > > American banks to make loans to deadbeats. Now the CRA has come full > > > > > > circle; the country is broke, politicians have gotten rich - and > > > > > > the > > > > > > ghetto is still the ghetto. Where even the attempt by an African > > > > > > American to speak proper English will get him/her injured, or > > > > > > dead. > > > > > > > If you stand back far enough, say, from Copenhagen, you can see it > > > > > > as > > > > > > clear as day.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
