<
Posted on 09/28/2009 7:03:38 AM PDT by STARWISE
Updated 7:30 AM CDT, Mon, Sep 28, 2009
President Obama will travel to Copenhagen to make a pitch for Chicago’s Olympic bid, White House officials have confirmed to NBC News.
Obama will leave for Denmark Thursday night, hours after his wife Michelle departs for the vote. The president made the final decision Saturday night after returning from the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
The announcement ends months of speculation of whether the president would lend his considerable fame to the pitch. The president has dropped hints all month long that he may attend the event.
Last week he sent an advance team to Copenhagen just in case he could make it ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
According to a report I saw on Glenn Beck...Obama has known for quite some time that additional troops were going to be requested and he has done everything BUT take the time to work on Afghanistan!!!
Expect to see a ‘surprise’ visit to Afghanistan by the Kenyan to boost his CIC cred. The 60 Minutes piece was not kind to the president.
<
Yep, that’s exactly what I thought. As well as the b@stard leaving McChrystal and our troops twisting in the wind, while he flies off for this stupid crap!
I hope anybody but Chicago gets it, just to give Bambi a black eye. (haha)
Can Brazil keep up with us on bribes?
It’s why I love living here.
I’ll stack the Art Institute, Gibson’s, Wrigley Field, the Lakefront, the skyline, Millenium Park, and the cleanliness of the city up against any other urban center in this country or anywhere.
People don’t have to love it, but calling it a toilet is just idiotic.
Seriously, though, the Democrats own the city and state. That’s without a doubt.
But the state GOP is just awful.
What’s really amazing is that if Jack Ryan didn’t have some kinky sex flings, Obama would not be President today, as he would have lost easily in the Senate race.
Exactly, coming from the SUNSHINE state. All northern states look dirty to Floridians. You have mud, streets are dirty, ours are not. NEVER!
It’s obvious to me that you have never been to FL or spent any significant amount of time here unlike the hundreds of thousands of people worldwide that flock to Fl each year and spend thousands of dollars for a vacation in paradise.
Why would anyone want to live in a big, dirty, corrupt, industrial city that is the murder capital of the world when they could live in Florida? Truth is, many didn’t and they now live here.
We never freeze in the winter which means we can grow Key Limes, Pineapples, Avocados, Mangoes, Plumeria, Ylang Ylang and hundreds of other tropical plants and fruits. We can grow tomatoes, green beans, you name it, almost all WINTER long.
The sun shines almost every single day. While you are bundled up in the cloudy, freezing, dismal weather and dealing with the slick streets, shoveling snow, then slopping through the mud when the snow melts, we are here with our windows open, fresh, clean air, southeasterly trade winds blowing in from the open ocean.
We can go diving on the coral reefs, snorkeling, fishing, to the beach anytime we want. We can go fishing, night or day and come in with enough Snapper, Dolphin and Grouper to feed us for a month. We can catch stone crabs in the winter and lobster in the summer. I have over 100 lobster in my freezer and well over 50 pounds of Hog Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Mangrove Snapper Grouper and Dolphin in my freezer. All fresh, caught in clean water.
Our summer temperatures rarely go over 90, unlike the heat waves up there that reach into the high 90’s. Where we live we don’t have to worry about getting mugged, there are no gangs, I don’t have to make sure my door is locked in the day. The smell of the ocean air, the night blooming jasmine and the Frangipani blooms can be smelled a mile from shore when we are coming in from the ocean.
I have a close friend that was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in Sarasota. I spent a month with her one winter and it was the dreariest, most depressing month of my entire life. I could barely see the sky, unlike here where the sky seems go on forever. I think we night have had 2-3 days that were sunny. Traffic was horrendous and I think half the entire city is composed of minorities. The streets were dirty. My car was filthy everyday. The air was polluted.
I could go on and on, but I’m sure you understand by now. So while you are sitting in your house, with your yard and entire city bare of any green foliage for months on end, day after day of bitter cold and cloudy days, I will be sitting here with my windows open, temps of around 72, gentle SE breezes, crystal clear sunny skies, breathing the clean air, and thanking God I am here and not there.
Yes !
Sorry to those I offended but serious save the words stunningly beautiful for places that deserve it such as tropical islands, beautiful vistas in south america, the grand canyon, sunsets in Hawaii etc...it’s kind of like calling pro-sports players “heroes”.
______________________________
AMEN!!! Don’t apologize, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Many have slammed Florida to me on here. I present my case and think to myself, if they only knew.
It makes one wonder just how jaded a person can become about sex. I simply cannot fathom having Jeri Lynn Zimmermann (Ryan) at home and also wanting to pass her around in public. I mean ‘possessive’ wouldn’t begin to describe me. Sheesh!
I could go on and on, but I’m sure you understand by now. So while you are sitting in your house, with your yard and entire city bare of any green foliage for months on end, day after day of bitter cold and cloudy days, I will be sitting here with my windows open, temps of around 72, gentle SE breezes, crystal clear sunny skies, breathing the clean air, and thanking God I am here and not there.
~~~~
LOL .. and for the fair and balanced view ... I lived in FL for over 30 yrs ... lost everything in one hurricane in SFla, went thru a living hell for almost a year afterward, then moved to Central FL and lost my mind after 4 hurricanes in 6 weeks in ‘04... and I begged to leave, no had to nearly be carried out, I was such a basket case. Had a total breakdown .. had to go on meds with the stress.
Now in IL, I’ll put up with ANYthing here .. frigid temps, snow, gray skies, ice .. I don’t care what. Life is wonderful ... there’s NO hurricanes. I couldn’t get away fast enough from that demon. Coincidentally, there’s also no roaches, mosquitoes and suffocating humidity, which I’m thrilled are gone from my life.
So remember, to each his own ...
This all makes sense those kids in the video singing mmm BHO were practicing for the Olympics in Chicago. Move over Bejing we will top your brainwashed robots!!
Baghdad: Lower murder rate, less corrupt city officials, lots of large unused buildings and located in a country with a roaring economy that is a beacon of liberty and freedom.
Okay ... LOL.
___________________
Not a doubt in my mind you are right. The big Wookie went separately so she can hang out and shop, eat and play with her ghetto friends, on our dime.
If only he would take this tact when he sits down with our enemies without preconditions
.
I don’t have roaches. Mosquitoes are rarely an issue and an small price to pay for clean air and all of the other benefits such as no heating bills EVER! 2004 will probably never happen again in your lifetime. It was a crazy year and not typical, as you well know if you lived in FL for 30 years. I wouldn’t let a pesky hurricane chase me to what for me would be a hell hole.
You know the old saying... If you live on the water, you will sooner or later live in it. It’s the price you pay for living in paradise and I’m willing to take it. Secure your things, take your valuables, evacuate, hope it misses and if it doesn’t, that’s why you have wind and flood. If it hits, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start over again. While you are doing it, people all help each other, the sun will be shining, the palms will still be green and swaying in the breeze, the air will be clear, the water will clear up and new beaches will be formed and life will be good.
I’m a die hard Florida lover and no hurricane will ever chase me into hell.
suffocating humidity
_______________
Humidity is a good thing. It makes the air soft, your hair and skin much nicer.
I’m a die hard Florida lover and no hurricane will ever chase me into hell.
~~~
I pray your words ring true for you. And I don’t consider ANY place I’ve lived a ‘hellhole,’ from New England, to the islands to FL to IL .. so you can check outrageous and ridiculous hyperbolic descriptions like that at the door with me.
Hell would’ve been actually losing my life or sustaining lifelong severe injury in a hurricane, which, I discovered afterward, I just narrowly missed in one.
I’ve also learned to never say never... because no one can predict what’s coming next, or state what one would do in any given hypothetical situation ... until it happens.
The treasure is life, by the grace of God .... the mercy and grace of God ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.