First, in no way do I see a ‘rebuff of Obama’. Now to your direct questions.
“Do you think the Obama's were slightly in a state of denial in going to Copenhagen to lobby the IOC?” - SD “Slightly”??? I don’t know. Denial in general? No. “If you were on the voting team would you have given Chicago any consideration?” – SD “any”??? perhaps. Would I have voted for Chicago? No. “Should the IOC consider it's own reputation when voting?” – SD I’m guessing you mean to imply a specific aspect of their history. Let us know which aspect so we can accurately respond. Overall, since it is ‘big news’ in the US today, my best guess is that there remains a sour taste about the 2002 Salt Lake City games bribes. This even though the entire system has become corrupt. Also, since the US has hosted 4 of 28 Summer games and 4 of 22 Winter games, a total of 8 of 50, not far short of 20%, I see no reason to select the US. Also, there are 204 countries involved today. Let some other countries go into debt! Sorry about the cynicism, but not only would the ancient Greeks turn over in their graves about the politics involved today, but the total commercialism of the games makes them nothing more than another infomercial as far as I see it. I no longer watch nor follow them. On Oct 2, 1:50 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if all the scandals and the recent street melee murder of a > student had any negative impact. > This past year Chicago has had a good share of indictments, > convictions, and front-page headlines. It's been one after the other > on top of Chicago's notoriety as a state of corruption. It's not like > the rest of the world doesn't know about it. This month has also > brought down the University of Illinois President Joseph White after > allegations of admissions corruption involving political connections > that favored less qualified applicants over others. > Obama has as well had his name tossed about during the Rod Blagojevich > investigation. > > Do you think the Obama's were slightly in a state of denial in going > to Copenhagen to lobby the IOC? > > If you were on the voting team would you have given Chicago any > consideration? > > Should the IOC consider it's own reputation when voting? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
