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Fri Oct-02-09 12:10 PM
Response to Reply #25 |
| 32. Desperation, hunger, hopelessness, freezing etc... n/t |
| -Why I think Chicago didn't get the games. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Oct-02-09 10:58 AM |
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The Olympic business is corrupt |
jeffbr |
Oct-02-09 11:00 AM |
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True! |
Are_grits_groceries |
Oct-02-09 11:07 AM |
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Whoa....that is something I never even thought about. It is a pain |
Thickasabrick |
Oct-02-09 11:01 AM |
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I just posted Wednesday night about my brother's laptop and iphone getting seized by customs |
MelissaB |
Oct-02-09 11:08 AM |
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I remember reading that - has he heard anything? Does he have |
Thickasabrick |
Oct-02-09 02:48 PM |
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He's been detained several times in Detroit. The only thing he can come up with |
MelissaB |
Oct-02-09 07:12 PM |
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Rio has a terrible crime problem as I understand it. |
CTyankee |
Oct-02-09 11:02 AM |
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I don't doubt it. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Oct-02-09 11:03 AM |
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They'll crack down hard on that. At least people will be able to get into Rio |
Subdivisions |
Oct-02-09 11:04 AM |
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What are you talking about? Brazil is a model neoliberal country. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-02-09 12:28 PM |
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Your first paragraph hit me right between the eyes. BINGO. K&R. n/t |
Subdivisions |
Oct-02-09 11:02 AM |
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I was thinking the same thing - who in their right mind wants to fly here? |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Oct-02-09 11:03 AM |
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Also Chicago is a corrupt place, corrupt former Governor and corrupt |
SuperTrouper |
Oct-02-09 11:13 AM |
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Nah..... it was simply that the Olympics have never been in S. America |
scheming daemons |
Oct-02-09 11:04 AM |
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LOL, seriously. |
Sultana |
Oct-02-09 12:28 PM |
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Obama shouldn't have gone, Blagojevich should have. |
MercutioATC |
Oct-02-09 11:04 AM |
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At least Chicago and the US will not be saddled with cost overruns |
DinahMoeHum |
Oct-02-09 11:06 AM |
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Other factors: |
Drunken Irishman |
Oct-02-09 11:06 AM |
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Correct - I think this too is carryover of the world view toward Bush rather than Obama. |
cbdo2007 |
Oct-02-09 11:07 AM |
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Disagree... |
rpannier |
Oct-02-09 11:07 AM |
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Thanks to Bush and the Creation of the TSA Goon Squad.... |
lib2DaBone |
Oct-02-09 11:08 AM |
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we have our local nutters, too. |
mopinko |
Oct-02-09 11:11 AM |
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I won't argue that there were other factors. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Oct-02-09 11:11 AM |
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On the BBC, I heard Madrid already has 85% of the venues constructed for the Olympics |
Oregone |
Oct-02-09 11:16 AM |
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If you build it, they will come. |
City Lights |
Oct-02-09 11:42 AM |
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Nope :) |
Oregone |
Oct-02-09 11:52 AM |
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The youth violence would be much less of a problem with the increase |
RaleighNCDUer |
Oct-02-09 11:17 AM |
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You get more for your U.S. dollar and a LOT more for your Euro in South America also. |
CTyankee |
Oct-02-09 11:18 AM |
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Are you suggesting that all those foreigners might arrive here... |
Orsino |
Oct-02-09 11:29 AM |
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I think you're onto something. |
Warpy |
Oct-02-09 11:40 AM |
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What is it about Chicago and inner cities that causes so much crime? n/t |
newtothegame |
Oct-02-09 11:42 AM |
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Desperation, hunger, hopelessness, freezing etc... n/t |
nebenaube |
Oct-02-09 12:10 PM |
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Right. But like in my Iowa town, lots of Chicago inner city residents have moved here. |
newtothegame |
Oct-02-09 12:18 PM |
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I personally believe that the difficulties for foreign competitors and their supporters to enter |
BlueMTexpat |
Oct-02-09 11:43 AM |
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Everyone Seems To Miss This Question... |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-02-09 11:46 AM |
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My impression is the violence in Rio is worse |
WeDidIt |
Oct-02-09 11:54 AM |
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It's time more developing countries get the games!...... |
Locut0s |
Oct-02-09 12:00 PM |
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+1 It's about time for South America to take the world stage |
TxRider |
Oct-02-09 02:54 PM |
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I'm sure |
Libertas1776 |
Oct-02-09 12:24 PM |
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Well, Chicago corruption (historical and current) is matched only by that of Rio |
Malikshah |
Oct-02-09 12:27 PM |
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trouble is all those foreigner look foreign. |
dembotoz |
Oct-02-09 12:28 PM |
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My take too. The rest of the world is tired of all of our "drama." n/t |
Dr Fate |
Oct-02-09 02:50 PM |
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you aren't kidding! |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-02-09 03:21 PM |
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Very good point. |
Vidar |
Oct-02-09 03:45 PM |
#43 |
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