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USOC picks Boston for 2024 Summer Olympics bid
AP ^
| January 8, 2015
Posted on 01/08/2015 4:04:14 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
DENVER -- The U.S. Olympic Committee chose Boston to bid for the 2024 Games in an attempt to bring the Summer Olympics to America after a 28-year gap.
During a daylong meeting at the Denver airport, USOC board members chose Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, all of which have been lobbying to become the American choice for more than a year.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxsports.com ...
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: boston; massachusetts; olympics; usoc
Nothing rivals the image of Chicagoans shock about not getting picked in a prior bid.
To: ConservativeStatement
>>Nothing rivals the image of Chicagoans shock about not getting picked in a prior bid. <<
IIRC obozo RUSHED there which made the snub exquisite.
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:10:27 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: ConservativeStatement
Remember Obama went to Copenhagen personally to.lobby for Chicago? Michelle said their strategy was take no.prisoners.
To: freedumb2003
Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:11:34 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
To: ConservativeStatement
How many Kennedys will be sent to pimp this one?
To: ConservativeStatement
And you thought the Big Dig was a cluster-you-know-what.
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:14:22 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Loud Mime
>>Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?<<
Other than L.A. most Olympics have broken even or lost (Sydney lost a a lot)
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:14:59 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: freedumb2003
And everybody makes money but the athletes and the idiot volunteers.
The Olympics are a scam.
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:16:42 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Rather have Obama as President than a Rino? SMART! /s)
To: ConservativeStatement
Of the 4 possibilities, this is not quite as repulsive as DC, LA, or SF.
As long as they don’t include Olympic Pressure Cooking
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:22:33 PM PST
by
digger48
To: dfwgator
I have friends n Boston. They don’t want the Olympics due to the absolute mess construction and security will make daily life.
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:27:25 PM PST
by
matt04
To: ConservativeStatement
Huge mistake. The traffic is a nightmare.
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:37:23 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: ConservativeStatement
the one living muslim brother who is responsible for the chaos and death of the Boston..Marathon...should be out on Parole by then
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:38:15 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ConservativeStatement
Chicago is out? Chicago is OUT???
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posted on
01/08/2015 4:46:32 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Massacrewits turnpike going to be a cluster****. Stay well clear.
To: ConservativeStatement
Really should have been LA.
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posted on
01/08/2015 7:13:34 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: digger48
To: matt04
I have friends n Boston. They don’t want the Olympics due to the absolute mess construction and security will make daily life.And there aren't enough yahds to pahk all the extra cahs....
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posted on
01/09/2015 3:39:35 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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