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- say592, on 02/14/2009, -3/+41Thank god my country doesnt waste money on everything it possibly can....
Oh, wait, never mind - Jamminn, on 02/15/2009, -9/+44Ohh for ***** sucks. The Daily Heil is obviously gaming digg.
The paper is ***** awful, i honestly rank The Sun with higher journolistic mertic, even if thats only for the sports. - Ajjah, on 02/14/2009, -5/+34I know that the Olympics are cool and all, but with this excess being spent every 4 years, couldn't we be on a role to defeating world hunger or malaria, or something?
- gramophone, on 02/15/2009, -5/+28This is possibly the most badly written article I've ever seen. Buried.
- CressCrowbits, on 02/15/2009, -6/+20Could people please stop submitting, and then digging articles from The Daily Fail please?
The Daily Mail is the paper equivalent of Fox News here in the UK. Right wing hate-rag. - cbergstrom, on 02/15/2009, -1/+12What's with this article writer putitng one sentence per paragraph?
That's pretty unprofessional.
I mean, really.
Who is his editor? - weeFred, on 02/15/2009, -1/+11Are you mental? The UK came 4th in the 2008 summer Olympics table behind China, US and Russia. For a country the size of the UK that is pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_ ... - BenjoBanjo, on 02/15/2009, -2/+12Seriously, if they can't even be bothered to proof read it for spelling and grammar I find it difficult to take the author seriously.
This is coming from a commercial newspaper for crying out loud. - Hazz90, on 02/15/2009, -1/+10daily mail, Buried.
- mattgilberg, on 02/15/2009, -2/+11Although you must admit, it's somewhat comforting as a U.S. citizen to know that we aren't the only nation that has a corrupt and wasteful government.
- forewarned7, on 02/15/2009, -0/+8what utterly horrendous use of the english language..
- kratsnitram, on 02/15/2009, -1/+8God, please stop putting daily mail links on the front page!
- mattmollysdad, on 02/15/2009, -1/+7why don't they just rebroadcast Beijing n tell everyone it's London...
- SSUK, on 02/15/2009, -0/+6Editor? For the Daily Mail? Oh ho ho, you haven't been exposed to such fine journalism for long, have you?
- ErickStevenson, on 02/15/2009, -6/+12The Olympics has lost it's meaning... what's it's purpose now anyway? They should put the money to better use.
- Harrison88, on 02/15/2009, -1/+7Where are you from? The US isn't exactly a shining example. One decent swimmer and the major sports are all only played in the US. Baseball, basketball and American football.
- Bleue, on 02/15/2009, -1/+7Hockey stadium for a summer Olympics? 'The Olympic authorities have yet to sign contracts on a hockey stadium.' Umm, yeah...
I assume they mean field hockey, which is also called field hockey in england. The Canadian in me sees the word 'hockey' and immediately assumes ice hockey. - nstanosheck, on 02/15/2009, -1/+6Most badly? Seriously? Worst?
- teesix, on 02/15/2009, -1/+6Why don't they give Wembeley Stadium a sweet face lift and not bother with another giant stadium?
- TexMexRex, on 02/15/2009, -1/+6it lacks the journalistic integrity of digg
- drewpost, on 02/15/2009, -0/+5I agree, and hate the Daily Mail. That being said, they make some good points. We have a HUGE nearly brand new national stadium that just opened 2 years ago. Why, in gods name, are we spending millions more on something that will be torn down or remain empty....
- mattharvey716, on 02/15/2009, -0/+4dugg for "But the Olympic organisers insist that the athletics track must remain. Legacy, innit."
- dpknc84, on 02/15/2009, -1/+5Anyone have a larger version of that image in the article? That "enlarge" button is a joke and just displays the same image except in a fancy bs popup layer.
- mickstephenson, on 02/15/2009, -0/+4Problem is that actually almost never happens and cities are left regretting hosting an Olympics they could ill afford.
- MrARPA, on 02/15/2009, -0/+4 >They came 15th on per capita if I remember?
Just remember China crushed the US ... - mcquitty, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3That sounds suspiciously like a stimulus plan.
- JedicodeWarrior, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3So ... what? We now need a bailout plan for the Olympics?
- diecastbeatdown, on 02/15/2009, -1/+4"But what makes this venue so remarkable the price." - some might consider this a run-on sentence. nice one dailymail!
- MrARPA, on 02/15/2009, -1/+4>which is also called field hockey in england
No, popular usage is just "hockey" and "ice hockey" in the UK. - Grazzit, on 02/15/2009, -1/+4Did this guy twitter this article in or what?
- glaz, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3Whoever is digging the Daily Mail needs to conduct some serious research into the integrity and bias of the newspaper. The Daily Mail makes Fox News look like a liberal rag.
- jamesmcm, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3Haha, I knew it would be the Daily Mail before I even clicked it. Don't digg this racist ***** rag.
- mattgilberg, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3No, because us westerners would rather be entertained as opposed to doing something good and charitable.
- tgc1, on 02/15/2009, -0/+3Guess they didn't get the Memo about the recession.
- dogstylee, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2What are you talking about? In Britain we play hockey all the time! And riding bikes around a big circle - well that's our Daytona 500! Everyone watches it weekly. And don't get me started on white water rafting, it's like a national pasttime.
(ps it's 2 weeks, - dogstylee, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2Also there are several spelling mistakes in that article.
- JulyZerg, on 02/15/2009, -2/+42012 is bad? Here, in Vancouver (Host of 2010 Olympics), they hit us with a security budget 8 times larger than the estimate, a charge of 1 billion dollars because they used some bankrupt American construction company, spent 5 million on mascots that suck and are still coming on the news everyday trying to gather support for the Olympics.
Also of note is that the one billion dollars will be directly payed by the taxpayers, and is equal to approximately half of the city's annual budget. - DirtyVicar, on 02/15/2009, -1/+3Oh, is this the one with the "Lisa giving Bart head" Olympic logo?
- diggdong, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2Smoke weed win Gold medals.
- drewpost, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2Not that it even needs a facelift... IT'S TWO YEARS OLD!!!!
- Walwyn, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2nope, more like the sun and the news of the world i'd say.. which are still, ***** awful
- mickstephenson, on 02/15/2009, -1/+3This is one of the few time I would agree with the Daily Mail on something, this story is right on the money. Well except on their inability to point a finger towards Johnson because they are so far up his arse the notion that the Tory is nothing more than a pompous (yet likeable) *****, never even seems to occur to them.
Fortunately for me I don't live in London and the burden is being taken on their shoulders since this is paid for entirely with their council tax. - mickstephenson, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2@glaz I dunno I, didn't digg you down, you are right in your statement of their expectations, just their expectation is usually wrong.
- weeFred, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2I don't think they'll put on as good a show as Beijing either but that has nothing to do with sports and is not relevant to your original statement.
- NeoTechni, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2Use the increase font size/zoom feature of your browser
- inactive, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2The Daily Mail lacks the journalistic integrity of The Onion.
- watermelonnz, on 02/16/2009, -0/+1I could not give a ***** about US sports, I am not from the US. At least the US churns out international athletes that do very well in non olympic events. The UK doesn't seem to anymore? Althouh the US is sort of slipping from that as well.
- ohreilly, on 02/15/2009, -0/+1Full marks for comparing a city to either a continent or a country (depending on how you look at it)
- inactive, on 02/16/2009, -0/+1Will you dimwits please stop submitting Daily Mail bollocks.
- crossmr, on 02/16/2009, -0/+1The original budget is meaningless, unless someone can show some way they wasted several billion , pointing out 1 single venue worth 20 million doesn't really prove anything.
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