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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18079197/site/newsweek/

This article spells out why my city should get the honor of hosting the 2016 games.

Anybody who has been to Grant Park, the Loop, Navy Pier, or the Magnificent Mile knows how beautiful Chicago is. It's amazing how you can go to Hyde Park, Lakeview, or Oldtown and have the feeling that you are in a small town instead of a major city.

Look, I know I'm an American and it's a big country and all of that, but damn-are we going to let other countries host this thing or what? We've had a few turns at it already, I'm sure there are countries that would be happy to host it. What the hell?

Look, I know I'm an American and it's a big country and all of that, but damn-are we going to let other countries host this thing or what? We've had a few turns at it already, I'm sure there are countries that would be happy to host it. What the hell?

Quoting for truth.

Look, I know I'm an American and it's a big country and all of that, but damn-are we going to let other countries host this thing or what? We've had a few turns at it already, I'm sure there are countries that would be happy to host it. What the hell?Other countries are getting a shot. It's just that the US commission is choosing tomorrow which city will represent the US bid. Other countries will also make bids with a city and the final decision will be made in 09.

Quoting for truth.

And you should really read the article and realize the UOC is not the IOC.

And you should really read the article and realize the UOC is not the IOC.

I already did. So? My point still stands.

where's the 'neither' option?

The olympics should be held in greece only. A permanent facility should be built for it and competing delegations should pay for its construction/upkeep based upon the size of their delegation.

And if it must be held in different countries every four years, then it should be held in the third world where it would be cheaper and they need the infrastructure. (Again, competing nations should be charged for attending).

I'm sick of the tens of billions of dollars that are spent on this stupid shit every four years so a bunch of politicians and their cronies can line their pockets.

Where's the option for none of the above?

Why does it have to be in an American city? :rolleyes:

Indianapolis.

Where's the option for none of the above?

Why does it have to be in an American city? :rolleyes:

It doesn't have to be in an American city. You need to learn reading comprehension.

The question is which city should the UOC choose to represent the US before the IOC?

where's the 'neither' option?

There is no neither option because the UOC is going to decide between LA and Chicago tomorrow. They are the only two cities up for it.

Where's the option for none of the above?

Why does it have to be in an American city? :rolleyes:
Maybe if the rest of the world weren't so infested by money hating communists, they'd be able to come up with a bid capable of winning.

Other countries are getting a shot. It's just that the US commission is choosing tomorrow which city will represent the US bid. Other countries will also make bids with a city and the final decision will be made in 09.

And you should really read the article and realize the UOC is not the IOC.

It doesn't matter. It would be more graceful to just sit one bidding out and say, "You know, we've had our turns."

Look, I know I'm an American and it's a big country and all of that, but damn-are we going to let other countries host this thing or what? We've had a few turns at it already, I'm sure there are countries that would be happy to host it. What the hell?

QFT.

Where's the option for none of the above?

Why does it have to be in an American city? :rolleyes:

Because this is to see who represents the United States in the bidding process. This s done by the USOC, The United States Olympic Committee.

IDF is not getting our point, and thinks we are not getting his. Kind of funny.

IDF is not getting our point, and thinks we are not getting his. Kind of funny.

You aren't getting mine

LA!

Why? Better facilities.

LA!

Why? Better facilities.

That is the one thing going for it. It's also a smog infested hell hole.

Chicago doesn't have smog issues. It's so beautiful in the summer. The air is clear and the lake shines.

You aren't getting mine

I got yours from the first post, and from your link. It is the american organization, so it just can choose between Chicago and LA.

My point, and the one of many other people here, is that no american city should run this bid, and let someone else have the chance.

chicago easy - it's beautiful and well put together. LA transit is hellish and half the city is a shithole, as well as it being ridiculously sprawled and poorly planned.

The olympics should be held in greece only. A permanent facility should be built for it and competing delegations should pay for its construction/upkeep based upon the size of their delegation.

And if it must be held in different countries every four years, then it should be held in the third world where it would be cheaper and they need the infrastructure. (Again, competing nations should be charged for attending).

I'm sick of the tens of billions of dollars that are spent on this stupid shit every four years so a bunch of politicians and their cronies can line their pockets.

QFT

There is no neither option because the UOC is going to decide between LA and Chicago tomorrow. They are the only two cities up for it.

well at least have a joke option for those of us that don't give a shit but feel compelled to vote on polls anyway.

Los Angeles is a terrible city , and it never ceases to embarrass me as a Californian that people come to this beautiful, vibrant state, see Los Angeles, and think that's what the whole place it like. It shames me. And, by the way, in most places (such as- to pick an example at random- Britain) that's how they see us. It humiliates me to think of that people take on the idea that California is a tasteless, superficial, gang-ridden, smog-encrusted urban sprall. Los Angeles has already had the Olympics twice in the past half-century anyway. Let someone else have a shot.

well at least have a joke option for those of us that don't give a shit but feel compelled to vote on polls anyway.

Los Angeles is a joke. ;)

who cares

Neither. It should be an Eastern City

Why not put it in one of the Amish villages just for a laugh?

LA is not a city, it's a suburb that turned cancerous.

Why do you want the Olympics? Its just an excuse to spend more tax payer money on hosting a competition that people only watch on telly in the hbackground to doing another task. We've been lumbered with 2012, when the French scored more points than us from the IOC so why dont they have it?

Apart from that, if you really want it, Chicago, beause the city is cooler, cleaner and less far away than LA

We don't want the torch bearers to choke on the pollution, so the obvious choice is Chicago.

Well, not LA, unless we want some of the Olympians to get napalmed for driving to fast.

Chicago, all the way.

Not that I don't want the Olympics in my own backyard, its just that it would be terrible for LA and lots of money gone to waste. Either way, I highly doubt whoever wins the UOC nomination will go on to win the Olympics.

I'm going to put my money on Tokyo.

LA held the games 1932 and 1984. Why not make it 2016 on top of that :D

We are 90 minutes away from unvieling who will represent the US Olympic bid for the 2016 games.

*crosses fingers for L.A.*

Chicago. Why? Because it's not LA.

I am not an american, and I don't care about the olympic games.

I am not an american, and I don't care about the olympic games.

Then why the hell did you even click on this thread, much less respond?

Drat. Chicago won the nomination. Alwell.

*prays that Chitown wins the 2016 olympic bid

Drat. Chicago won the nomination. Alwell.

*prays that Chitown wins the 2016 olympic bid

That would make a nice location for a NSUSMU..

Neither. Vero Beach Florida should get the honor. Why? Because it was blessed by God to be the city I currently live in.

Sorry, but after the commercialised rubbish on show at USA 94, and Atlanta 96, I'm inclined to say just give it to Greece on a permanent basis. Either that or Australia, given that Sydney 2000 was the best Olympics of the modern era.

Sorry, but after the commercialised rubbish on show at USA 94, and Atlanta 96, I'm inclined to say just give it to Greece on a permanent basis. Either that or Australia, given that Sydney 2000 was the best Olympics of the modern era.

I hate to break it to you but the Olympics were commercialized for Sydney as well as for Athens. Samething is happening with Beijing too. :rolleyes:

I hate to break it to you but the Olympics were commercialized for Sydney as well as for Athens. Samething is happening with Beijing too. :rolleyes:

Not to the same extent. In any case, surely you agree they remain a monumental waste of money?

Not to the same extent. In any case, surely you agree they remain a monumental waste of money?

That's free enterprise.