usatoday.com— President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago.
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Hockey is.. but that's winter.Lacrosse... no. It's not.I mean, there are like three select events I can watch. The majority aren't my type. Plus I'd rather watch an NHL game than an Olympic one.
I don't think that this is a good move for him. I mean, the BCS? the Olympics? He needs to focus on his transition, not on frivolous matters like this. Just because he's Barack Obama doesn't mean he should get everything he wants. The US has had the Olympics far too many times and Chicago, as big of a city as it is, isn't New York or Los Angeles. What he should be doing is telling Chicago's leaders to clean up the city to make it presentable for the IOC, not asking the IOC to come to a city with a host of problems.
holyman28Nov 22, 2008
Hockey is.. but that's winter.Lacrosse... no. It's not.I mean, there are like three select events I can watch. The majority aren't my type. Plus I'd rather watch an NHL game than an Olympic one.
Closed AccountNov 22, 2008
I don't know, if Chicago was so safe, why do they need Batman?
flamesruleNov 22, 2008
I don't think that this is a good move for him. I mean, the BCS? the Olympics? He needs to focus on his transition, not on frivolous matters like this. Just because he's Barack Obama doesn't mean he should get everything he wants. The US has had the Olympics far too many times and Chicago, as big of a city as it is, isn't New York or Los Angeles. What he should be doing is telling Chicago's leaders to clean up the city to make it presentable for the IOC, not asking the IOC to come to a city with a host of problems.
groovydooNov 22, 2008
No, Japan is not the 2nd biggest economy in the world - Japan's GDP purchasing power is $4.72-trillion. China's GDP purchasing power is $7-trillion. The United States GDP purchasing power is $13.78-trillion and therefore it is all about the Benjamins' for now. Reference: CIA World Fact Book - <a class="user" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world ...</a>
swagvSep 3, 2009
Old news. This was on NPR a couple days ago.