Rio is know as one of the most violent cities in the world. Must be some other reason.
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > It has less to do with US immigration policy, than the TV press that Chicago > got in the days leading up to the vote... The press showed the citizens of > Chicago protesting the bid, saying that Chicago was already deep in debt and > asking why the city government could find the money to fund the bid and > build process but not to fund schools and police. > > Secondly the press emphasized Chicago's crime problems and emphasized school > and racial violence showing a video of an 16 year old honor student being > beaten to death because he wouldn't join a gang. > > .... now I don't live in Chicago, so I don't know how this fits into the > local Chicago "big picture" but the national TV press portrayed Chicago as > broke and crime ridden. > > They did the same thing to Washington DC when they bid on the 2012 games. > It's interesting to note that they did not do it to Los Angeles or Lake > Placid... > > maybe because New York and California are where the TV profits are...? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
