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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) Why would Obama not want to go? I'd like to hear that reasoning. I think he felt it would be over the top. Plus., there ARE more important issues to deal with.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 11:00 AM) Denver is also considering bidding on the 2018 Winter Games...although those will amost guaranteed go to Pyeongchang Wikipedia says the USOC isnt bidding on the 2018 Winter Olympics, but Denver may do it anyways.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 11:02 AM) I guarantee Chicago will not push for another Olympic bid until 2024 at earliest. Which Daley will be mayor then?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:55 AM) According to wikipedia the US cities with an early expressed interest are Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh (really?), Birmingham, Denver and Minneapolis Birmingham? Pittsburgh? Detroit? Ick! I'd love to see Denver.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) Hahaha right...cuz those private donations are going to keep coming in anyways Olympic Profit > Helping the lowly poor.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) I’m not trying to make an ideological political statement (that's for the Buster). Just a logical assessment. Fair or not, Obama put a lot on the line here. The Obama, Michelle, Winfrey trifecta was supposed to be a shoo-in. Via TPM- Obama didnt want to go

Here's an idea, take that millions of dollars you were getting from private entities and do something productive... fix the damn school.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:37 AM) I still love you Chicago. Blackhawks in 20 minutes!!! :headbang

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:36 AM) Wow, Obama got his ass kicked on this one, didn't he? Obama was more of the sugar on top to supposedly push it over the top. I woulndt call it an ass kicking.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:34 AM) its probably the first time someone has ever said no to emperor daley..... ^^^

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) I'm calling the upset win for Madrid; Spain's Juan Antonio Samaranch and his old boy network of European take advantage of a split between Chicago and Rio in the early rounds of voting, and IOC gives it to Madrid as sort of a "lifetime achievement" award to its former president. Madrid makes the finals.

PARTY TIME!!! :headbang

HOLY s***!!! CHICAGO IS OUT FIRST?????

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) Why is Chicago separated from the other cities? It looks like their original bid number prior to the list being pared down to 4.

QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) For anyone either watching or listening on the Score, is this just a rules reading? I though someone was eliminated at this point. Reading rules and preparing for the first round.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) Thus, its a good thing the City wouldn't adminster the Olympics to anywhere near the same degree. It's being run by Daley and his people. 'nuf said.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) Millennium Park is the example I worry about most Ding Ding! Projected to Cost: $150 million Actual Cost: $475 million, delayed 4 years.

I dont see going to the moon as a party thing. It's an agenda thing. Dems might say it's more important to focus on school funding or health care and Republicans might say it's more government waste and better left to the private sector.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:58 AM) The former, as has been illustrated numerous times, is incredibly unlikely. Even the naysayers are predicting a $4B net gain. They'd have to blow through all of that, AND through the insurance, AND through any additional private funding, AND through the reserve fund. Incredibly unlikely, barring some sort of disaster like a terrorist attack. What major project in Chicago, in recent history, has gone at or even NEAR budget? Good Lord, "The Bean" was 4x OVER budget and it was just a metal sculpture! Let's not mention htat it takes 3 different union workers to carry a box from the loading dock to your display McCormick Place.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) Just for fun, here are some predictions from.... psychics. Of the three interviewed, 2 say Chicago, one says Rio. someone's gonna be discredited as a "legit" psychic.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:52 AM) Tell me how you think Chicago's corruption with the Olympics is going to effect you. The Olympics will run way over budget... book it. And they will find a way to pass that along to the tax payers... an no, not just chicago. They will find a way to say "hey, see how it effected all of cook county? Yea, we need you to pay up too!" Daley will use this as yet another power grab. If he can plow over Meigs with no warning or authority, imagine what in can do in the name of the olympics.

On a completely unrelated note, this makes you shake your head....

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) I'm calling the upset win for Madrid; Spain's Juan Antonio Samaranch and his old boy network of European take advantage of a split between Chicago and Rio in the early rounds of voting, and IOC gives it to Madrid as sort of a "lifetime achievement" award to its former president. not a chance that happens.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:32 AM) As has been stated numerous times, Rio's level of government corruption makes Chicago look like amateurs. I dont care how corrupt Rio is. I know how the Chicago corruption will effect me. Let the Rio residents deal with their Olympic problems.

Chicago will get it. The cronies are there, it'll get done, no matter the cost to pay off people. Rio deserves it. They put forward a solid bid and the "Global Olympic Movement" needs to be more global than visiting the same countries over and over again.