Olympics go to Rio

[RoadToad]

It's a shame that Chicago didn't get them. But on the bright side, the beach volleyball might be better than ever

[DJD]

I'm glad Chicago didn't get it because we would have borrowed another billion from china and prolly had to celebrate their communist ways or something. Oops we already did that...my bad.

[jcb]

It's a shame that Chicago didn't get them. But on the bright side, the beach volleyball might be better than ever

As a conservative, I found the Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Weekly Standard gloating over AMERICA losing a bid to host the Olympics sickening. Just another example of how infantile political discussion has become.

[GeoFisher]

As a conservative, I found the Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Weekly Standard gloating over AMERICA losing a bid to host the Olympics sickening. Just another example of how infantile political discussion has become.

Yea.........TOO bad the taxpayer won't have to pay BILLIONS for a silly set of GAMES.

I was looking forward to maybe seeing some of the events, but after some on the RIGHT started putting pen to the numbers, and looking at how over budget, and UNDERFUNDED this affair would be........Man, I'm GLAD Chicago didn't get them.

AND this is the FIRST time a president of the UNITED STATES pitched the games for his hometown.......BAD political mojo, if you asked me.

Maybe the LOVE Affair with nobama is over.

Later,

Geo

[jcb]

The right has projections, the left has projections. They can all assumed to be worthless because they are agenda-driven.

The infantile behavior had nothing to do with economics. It was simple nana-nana-boo-boo playground stuff.

[Tom523]

As a conservative, I found the Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Weekly Standard gloating over AMERICA losing a bid to host the Olympics sickening. Just another example of how infantile political discussion has become.

It was a joke to even suggest Chicago to host the Olympics. The United States has many more modern and beautiful cities to choose from. But why was Chicago selected with it's high unemployment and violent crime rate, dilapidated infrastructure and housing? I suspect the federal money used to rebuild the city's infrastructure and the purchase of large blocks of low income housing so they could build the Olympic city would be a reason. BTW Michelle Obama owns a great deal of property that has been labeled substandard in Chicago. She would stand to benefit a great deal from the premium prices that the Olympic committee would pay.

[mhall]

It was a joke to even suggest Chicago to host the Olympics. The United States has many more modern and beautiful cities to choose from. But why was Chicago selected with it's high unemployment and violent crime rate, dilapidated infrastructure and housing? I suspect the federal money used to rebuild the city's infrastructure and the purchase of large blocks of low income housing so they could build the Olympic city would be a reason. BTW Michelle Obama owns a great deal of property that has been labeled substandard in Chicago. She would stand to benefit a great deal from the premium prices that the Olympic committee would pay.

Bingo, we now have a winner! Right on the money, and that is not politically driven by the left or right, it's just the plain facts and is obvious to see. Oh and Oprah was helping beat this drum hard to as she would benefit from it also.

[Bobby Headrick]

EVERY THING ELSE HAS GONE SOUTH OF THE BORDER WHY NOT THE OLYMPICS.