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London wins 2012 olympics bid!!!
BBC | 07/06

Posted on 07/06/2005 4:49:21 AM PDT by phoenix_004

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To: kevinm13
Besides, if somebody wants to smoke in New York, the sidewalks are always available. What a stupid comment.

Your not so smart yourself!

But if you think smokers are going to take their money to a no smoking venue, you have another thought coming!

(Where are you from btw?????) idiot!

161 posted on 07/06/2005 6:10:48 AM PDT by SheLion (Donate to Free Republic! Help keep our forum free!!!)
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To: phoenix_004

Aye to London
Non to France,
For Jacques another comeuppance...

162 posted on 07/06/2005 6:13:43 AM PDT by mikrofon (Mr. Chirac's Opus)
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To: flaglady47

Finns prefer British cuisine to French insults....


163 posted on 07/06/2005 6:13:45 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Finns prefer British cuisine to French insults....

Those Finns have good taste.


164 posted on 07/06/2005 6:15:10 AM PDT by flaglady47
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To: The Mayor; The Foolkiller
Check out the poster at #119!

He calls my comment stupid, well I think he is one stupid poster!!!

165 posted on 07/06/2005 6:15:26 AM PDT by SheLion (Donate to Free Republic! Help keep our forum free!!!)
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To: All


Does anyone here know which way the fins voted???I know that the voting is secret but still any idea???


166 posted on 07/06/2005 6:16:26 AM PDT by phoenix_004
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To: Textide
Isn't every Olypics a drain/strain on the host city? It's like a commitee announcing which city will be burdened 7 years hence.

We'll host in Los Angeles again, just so long as someone figures out where Uberoth hid the business plan. I enjoy several of the Olympic venues, participated in the 84 games, and would love to do it all again.

The LAOOC continues to have a profit and it sponsors or donates to many organizations throughout the Los Angeles area.

I'm sorry that I'll never again, alas, be able to buy an Olympic ticket with pocket change. $10 tickets are certainly a thing of the past.
167 posted on 07/06/2005 6:16:47 AM PDT by kingu
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To: MadIvan

I may take you up on it! You invited me to tea once, remember?

:-)

I'm thrilled!


168 posted on 07/06/2005 6:17:35 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: kingu

I attended the LA games. A remarkable success.


169 posted on 07/06/2005 6:19:36 AM PDT by GVnana
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To: kevinm13; SheLion
What a stupid comment.

stupid is as stupid does..

170 posted on 07/06/2005 6:20:19 AM PDT by The Mayor ( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
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To: Chicago Conservative

Oh, let's see. Could it be because London's main competitors were led by two of FR's main targets, "Blacques" Jacques Chirac and Hil-liary Klin-toon?


171 posted on 07/06/2005 6:20:24 AM PDT by ssaftler (Until recently, California had the worst Senators on the hill. Thank you, Turban Durbin!)
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To: mewzilla
I'm just glad it wasn't NYC.

Me, too. It would have been a nightmare.
172 posted on 07/06/2005 6:21:26 AM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: GVgirl
OK you guys. Take it outside.

Hey, I didn't do anything ! I just wanted a beer!

173 posted on 07/06/2005 6:22:01 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: 1066AD; MadIvan
The "Red Ken" games !

That IS annoying, but it's fun to think of Chirac crying in his fois gras today. Congrats to the UK, our steady friend and ally in the WOT. Good on ya!

174 posted on 07/06/2005 6:23:08 AM PDT by veronica
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To: flaglady47

I agree with you, if this turns out to be the case Chirac is beyond toast politically, he'll be a national disgrace and embarrassment. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.


175 posted on 07/06/2005 6:23:19 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: RexFamilia
I would have preferred Paris, so the France can be bankrupt

Too funny. That was my thinking also.

176 posted on 07/06/2005 6:23:20 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: GunnyHartman
That's a famous photo of Parisians pretending to greet Hitler's infantry columns in Paris in 1940.

The guy in the foreground looks like he's just about the right age to have been a veteran in the Great War.

177 posted on 07/06/2005 6:24:12 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: MadIvan
The current marathon distance (26 mi., 385 yds.) was set for the 1908 London Olympics so that the course could start at Windsor Castle and end in front of the Royal Box. Not until 1921, however, was that distance adopted as the "official" Marathon distance by the IAAF.

RHIP = Royalty Hath Its Privileges.

"In the name, of the Queen." And all that sort of thing.

Rule Britannia

178 posted on 07/06/2005 6:24:15 AM PDT by N. Theknow (If Social Security is so good - why aren't members of Congress in it?)
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To: All



It will be interesting to see what the headlines will be in french papers tomorrow!!!!!


179 posted on 07/06/2005 6:31:41 AM PDT by phoenix_004
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To: EQAndyBuzz
"And once again Hillary didn't bring home the bacon to NY'ers."

And ain't that the grandest news? Who could have listened to all the mountains of praise heaped on her by the liberal media? Too nauseating to think about, I can't tell you how much I'm overjoyed that her efforts have failed. Long may she fail.

180 posted on 07/06/2005 6:34:30 AM PDT by Auntie Toots (The GOP is still the best we've got))
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