I did gather the rebuffing sentiment from this headline. http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58S1H820091002?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
re⋅buff –noun 1. a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances. 2. a peremptory refusal of a request, offer, etc.; snub. 3. a check to action or progress. I guess the word is not totally off base considering that they made a special trip. On Oct 2, 5:40 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
