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.
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>>Nothing rivals the image of Chicagoans shock about not getting picked in a prior bid. <<
IIRC obozo RUSHED there which made the snub exquisite.
Remember Obama went to Copenhagen personally to.lobby for Chicago? Michelle said their strategy was take no.prisoners.
Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?
How many Kennedys will be sent to pimp this one?
And you thought the Big Dig was a cluster-you-know-what.
>>Five-Ring Fever coming to the US again?<<
Other than L.A. most Olympics have broken even or lost (Sydney lost a a lot)
And everybody makes money but the athletes and the idiot volunteers.
The Olympics are a scam.
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
I have friends n Boston. They don’t want the Olympics due to the absolute mess construction and security will make daily life.
Huge mistake. The traffic is a nightmare.
the one living muslim brother who is responsible for the chaos and death of the Boston..Marathon...should be out on Parole by then
Chicago is out? Chicago is OUT???
Massacrewits turnpike going to be a cluster****. Stay well clear.
Really should have been LA.
Tut-tut.
And there aren't enough yahds to pahk all the extra cahs....
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