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Sochi, Russia awarded 2014 Olympic Winter Games
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| July 4, 2007
Posted on 07/04/2007 4:30:38 PM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Just glad its nowhere in NYS :)
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:31:28 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:31:40 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: HAL9000
Sochi (Russian: Сочи) is a Russian resort city, situated in Krasnodar Krai near the southern Russian border. It is located among the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains overlooking the shores of the Black Sea. At 147 km, Greater Sochi is claimed to be the longest city in Europe.[1] As of the 2002 Census, it had a population of 328,809, down from 336,514 recorded in the 1989 Census.
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:33:31 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: HAL9000
How to win at the Russian Winter Olympics: Dig in and wait until Spring.
To: Petronski
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:39:58 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:42:07 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
How to guarantee that nobody watches the Winter Olympics: put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:43:18 PM PDT
by
GnL
To: mewzilla
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: Petronski
That’s a decent logo, too! :)
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:45:59 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: GnL
They are currently nine hours ahead of EDT.
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:46:13 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: HAL9000
Right up near to IslamoNazi hotbeds. The Russkies need to seriously prepare for terrorist disruptions, in my opinion. Solchi is too convenient and too tempting a target for the Islamists to pass up.
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:47:35 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
To: HAL9000
Any Russian athletes that lose will get an all expense paid vacation at a Gulag of Komrad Vlad’s choosing.
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:52:38 PM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: HAL9000
I'm totally happy that Russia is getting the winter games.
This should keep Putin Inc. quiet till 2014 while they busy themselves building ski runs rather than baiting the U.S.
It's a good idea to let the the commie powerhouses like Russia and China throw a party once in a while to which the whole world is invited. It actually gives the free world a little stick (like boycotts) to keep the hosts somewhat on the straight and narrow for a while while we attend to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and other troublesome areas.
Leni
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posted on
07/04/2007 4:57:23 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !)
To: GnL
I dunno. I believe the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway was one of the most successful of all time.
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:02:59 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Petronski
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:04:05 PM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:05:08 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Senators suck...the ones in Washington and on Ottawa's NHL team)
To: GnL
How to guarantee that nobody watches the Winter Olympics: put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.
I've heard of Sochi, though I can't say I care about it. And there are Olympic followers across the pond in Europe too, and Russia isn't in a time zone too far away from them.
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:09:14 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Senators suck...the ones in Washington and on Ottawa's NHL team)
To: GnL
You must have been rooting for one of these two thriving metropolis Salzburg, Austria or Pyeongchong, South Korea.
I don’t think that they are on CDT either.
To: GnL
put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.
Like Pyeongchong, South Korea ever had a chance. LOL
But was Lillehammer in Norway ever a household name? They put on a pretty good show as I recall.
Besides, people who really care about the Giant Slalom and the Luge won’t care much about silly things like time zones dude.
And after her Gold metal win in Women’s Figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olypimpics, Maryland, USA’s own Kimmie Meissner will be poised to win her second Gold at Sochi in 2014! That should bring in some viewers.
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posted on
07/04/2007 5:27:38 PM PDT
by
Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
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