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[+6] - Francis - 10/02/2009You turn Chicago elimination from an international contest into domestic politics, George. Not really fair play, as other criteria are in play here than Obama's prestige or diplomacy....
[+6] - joefromchicago - 10/03/2009[quote="georgeob1"] [quote="joefromchicago"] [quote="georgeob1"]My point was - and is - that no thoughtful, discerning person, aware of either the recent history of...
[+5] - Gargamel - 10/02/2009You're right, asswipe. Months of serious deliberation by the IOC--wherein they weighed financing, facilities, transportation--was ultimately forgotten and a last- second decision to reject...
[+5] - joefromchicago - 10/02/2009So Obama wasted a trip to Denmark. So what? It's not like he did something completely futile, like inviting Republican congressional leaders to the White House to talk about health care reform.
[+5] - joefromchicago - 10/05/2009[quote="georgeob1"] Well, I don't know "most people who criticize Obama's decision to go to Copenhagen" so I won't generalize. Moreover it seems to me that you are making...
[+4] - engineer - 10/05/2009Let's look at it from another possible outcome. Obama stays home and Chicago comes in second in a close vote. If Tokyo had been the first eliminated, this would have been a very likely scenario....
[+3] - joefromchicago - 10/02/2009[quote="wandeljw"]Joefromchicago and I know what Gargamel looks like. If anything bad happens, we will stop him. [/quote] Speak for yourself. Run! Run, you crazy, fruit-flavored...
[+3] - Walter Hinteler - 10/02/2009Yes, it all looks as if the delegates liked Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva better than the US president, the Japanese PM and the Spanish king ... Or is it perhaps Juan Carlos? We'll know in a couple of...
[+3] - Gargamel - 10/02/2009[quote="georgeob1"]It reflected a fairly obvious lack of what in flying we used to call 'situational awareness', and it reinforced a number of salient adverse perceptions.[/quote] What...
[+3] - wandeljw - 10/02/2009[quote="georgeob1"]Walter appears to be a little uncharacteristically irritable. Is it the recent fate of the SDP?[/quote] Walter, Georgeob has been making a joke all along. Now I...

Chicago (I live there.)

only a few hours before they make the announcement

@wandeljw,

Not Chicago (I live there.)

If I lived in Madison or Milwaukee I would want Chicago to get it -- far enough away to not feel crushed, close enough to enjoy the excitement. I lived in Burlington, VT when the Olympics were held in Montreal. It was just about the right distance to be.

I guess I'd say Madrid - not sure why other than I've always wanted to go there. Not that I'd visit during the Games but...

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@JPB,

I know the crush of Olympic visitors will be inconvenient. But in 2016, I can start a thread on A2K and report live from the games. Smile

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madrid or tokyo, more chance of some kind of international incident

sorry but i can't watch any kind of big event with out secretly hoping for something horrible to happen

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Chicago.

I have an extra bedroom that I'm willing to rent out to Olympic visitors at very reasonable rates.

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Rio.

It's nice there.

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@joefromchicago,

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at very reasonable rates.

Starting at about $250/ night, right?

I want Chicago, mostly for time zones. (I hate when they make the athletes do stuff at like 2:00 in the morning where they are so we in the US can see it, and hate missing the less marquee stuff because it's on at 2:00 in the morning here.)

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@McGentrix,

McGentrix wrote:

Rio.

It's nice there.

Yeah, I vote for Rio too. I heard on the radio that the Olympics has never been to South America. Is that true? If so then it should definitely be Rio.

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@FreeDuck,

Oh really? And I just checked their time zone, just one hour ahead of us (EST).

OK, if South America has never hosted before, then definitely Rio.

Otherwise, Chicago or Rio.

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@FreeDuck,

I'm a ditto-head on that one.

Good fir the games to go to another continent (CBC's been giving a lot of coverage to that factor) - better for the non-major league sporting events - the time zone thing would work out well (for me Very Happy

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http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Marcus%20Gilmer/2009_10_02_rally06.JPG

People have been gathering at Daley Plaza this morning to hear the announcement. I believe the announcement will come in 2 or 3 hours.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Good fir

did I just make up a new canajanism?

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Chicago? Yes! I say we give the most corrupt city government in the history of the world a huge vehicle for fleecing more of its residents.

This is a legacy thing for Da Mayor--he gets that **** from his pops. If it turns out we don't get the bid, I'm going hijack a police horse and ride through the plaza, cheeering and banging a tambourine.

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@wandeljw,

I had no idea it was so soon.

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@Gargamel,

Gargamel, joefromchicago, and I are currently within walking distance of the plaza. (The three of us are at work in downtown Chicago.)

Joefromchicago and I know what Gargamel looks like. If anything bad happens, we will stop him.

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@wandeljw,

wandeljw wrote:

Gargamel, joefromchicago, and I are currently within walking distance of the plaza. (The three of us are at work in downtown Chicago.)

Joefromchicago and I know what Gargamel looks like. If anything bad happens, we will stop him.

Now I'm picturing the three of you on the horse...

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http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Marcus%20Gilmer/2009_10_02_rally11.JPG

Scottie Pippen is addressing the crowd. I am trying to get a message to him so that he can make an announcement for the crowd to be on the lookout for Gargamel.

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@wandeljw,

Scottie!

I haven't seen him in forever.

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@sozobe,

Joefromchicago just got up on the stage. He is giving the crowd instructions and a description of Gargamel.

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Marcus%20Gilmer/2009_10_02_rally08.JPG

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