Cleveland gets the "Gay Games"

Cleveland.com ^ | 9/29/2009 | Donna J. Miller

[cleveland gop]

I had to ping you guys on this....at least some of the posts are good......

.....but I still have to live here.......

sigh

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Thanks, after having grown up in Cleveland and seeing it go through a lot, it is a great city, lots of immigrants 30 years or so ago.

Like any large American city, it has a major ghetto with the major DEm Plantation and thug mentality. Going through certain areas, we never stopped for red lights.

[Brad from Tennessee]

In the early 1980’s a town in Wyoming was able to stop a gay rodeo when county commissioners argued that mosquitoes would bite spectators then fly into town and bite residents, spreading AIDS.

[takbodan]

Richard Simmons will light the Flame.

[This_far]

I feel just like a proud pappa

Nicely done.

(If you take pictures, don't have them developed at WalMart!)

[layman]

Gay Games

Congratulations Cleveland ! BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA !

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The thoughts of a gay wrestling team....How do I get it out of my mind!

[Shyla]

Andy, I live in an area not so differnt from you. Glad to say I am 30 miles from Cleveland. What a scourge on all that use the “near Cleveland” in conversation.

[BenLurkin]

You must be thinking of the city where the G20 just met.

[Blue Jays]

One would think even gay athletes at the highest level would want to be the best-in-the-world and not be reduced to best-in-the-world-among-a-much-smaller-population competition.
This is like defeating senior citizen mall walkers in a foot race. The talent pool is reduced. Compete with everyone and make it a real contest for fastest and strongest.
I'm thinking it is more an excuse to hook-up socially. My advice is to avoid Cleveland hotels around that time.
All sorts of weird things will be happening. Not that there is anything wrong with that! ;-)

[andy58-in-nh]

I understand entirely. I loved the very friendly people I met in the Cleveland area, and wound up marrying one (we’ve been together for 20 years). As usual, it’s not the people - it’s the awful, corrupt politicians who have destroyed it. I should have do so, but failed to make that distinction.

[Shyla]

Yep. Thankfully I live in Geauga County.

[andy58-in-nh]

My wife is from Hudson, and she was quite happy to do the same.

[ari-freedom]

[Shyla]

I grew up in Solon, right down 91.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

it didn’t help Cleve’s rep when our Mayor’s hair caught on fire when he was smoking a cigar at a press conference...nor when the Cuyahog River caught fire from the pollution..HA!

I miss the pink flamingos on the lawns in Parma!

And of course, the Westide Market.

Yeah, the politicians and the Libs and ghetto thugs ruined it.

[andy58-in-nh]

I know the towns up and down that route (SOM Center Road). I went to Case Western Reserve Law School and used to head down to Kent State for various weekend events in order to get out of Cleveland proper for a while.

[Nervous Tick]

>> “Do you hear that giant sucking sound? That’s common sense leaving America.”

Either that, or the opening ceremony at the “Gay Games”!

[Karma Police]

when are the STRAIGHT GAMES????

[Shyla]

LOL... I liked the Flats in the early 80’s before it went to hell. small break in the 90’s due to Jacobs field (sigh) but so short lived.

Now, I am an Eagle member and like the small town pubs in the immediate 3 mile radius.