Given the high ethical standards consistently applied in IOC circles (remember Salt Lake City anyone?), I have a strong suspicion of large sums of money changing hands in the background. Maybe Obama just forgot to bring the necessary bribes with him to Copenhagen.
Francis On 3 Okt., 15:00, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Rio being chosen completely destroys that...around 500 murders in Chicago > last year, around 5700 in Rio. I think the IOC just figured another country > could use a turn. > > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:59 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > London's sewers collapsed long ago Slip - the 'night-soil' is now > > shipped off to China using East European labour who think they are > > digging new Tube tunnels. I understand the Thames Water Authority add > > sewage to the water because Londoners are so used to eating it before > > lapsing into Cockney patois. This is what we hear in the North > > anyway, but then education hasn't reached us yet. We're about as > > literate as New Mexico here, but as we're more socialist none of us > > can actually read but all of us can half-read. My understanding is > > that London will be in one of Poland, Bulgaria or Somalia by 2012, or > > possibly divided into cantons of all three. All sensible denizens are > > long gone and the mayor is a mad Etonian stand-up comedian who isn't > > funny. All this rather rocks your case that Chicago was turned down > > over a few muggings. > > > On 3 Oct, 11:29, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Doh! > > > > On Oct 3, 2:20 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Fear not Slip - our current PM may not be as malleable as the CIA > > > > stooge come Proto-Pope Blair, but he is riding the biggest National > > > > Debt in our history. We Brits will have the good sense to get rid of > > > > him in 6 months and elect a real crook to office. Cameron, not a > > > > Scottish Republican Army sleeper despite his good name, will be up for > > > > business, Uzbekki-style. Cast out a for a few tenders for the Crown > > > > Jewels while your at it old chap - they'll be paste by now but no one > > > > needs to know until after we get the gold. > > > > > The second prize is tickets to the Bisley prone small-boring rifle and > > > > the Narcoleptic finals (heats should already under way, but apparently > > > > the judges keep waking contestants by using a starting pistol). I > > > > hadn't thought about food Orn, as a trip to the Pie Eating festival on > > > > Wigan Pier (part of the magnificent cultural entertainment programme) > > > > is included. Homer Simpson is favourite to win the US's only gold in > > > > that contest, though Desperate Dan will run him close. I was hoping > > > > to introduce you to warm beer drinking, Britain's last fine > > > > tradition ... > > > > > On 3 Oct, 03:48, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Let's just hope that London doesn't have an excessively rainy season > > > > > come 2012 that may cause another sewer overflow. I know tourism > > > > > agencies will be offering reduced rates if such is the case. The > > > > > odorous scents may over power the stench of the political > > > > > discrepancies but it's not a really attractive distraction. As > > > > > President of the IOC I will try to sell off any unwanted hosting > > > > > awards plus a Senate seat as bonus if the price is right. For now > > > > > Arch I think I could unload the bid right now to the Republic of > > > > > Uzbekistan, they're offering quite a bit more than the motherland. > > > > > However, I'm sure your PM won't be agreeable to a sell off. It's > > > > > history whether we like it or not. > > > > > > On Oct 2, 7:34 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The next Olympics are in London - I don't suppose we could sell > > them > > > > > > to Chicago and cut our losses? I am something of a barbarian on > > > > > > sport, preferring games in which magnificent specimens like the > > > > > > sprinters need great courage to actually run - given that the rest > > of > > > > > > us are out to smack them down and test out their over-honed > > muscles. > > > > > > I also think no one should play without having done a shift down > > the > > > > > > pit or survived trying to teach Butchers 4 how to enjoy literature > > or > > > > > > do spreadsheets. Financial reward should equate to enough beer to > > > > > > swill away the bruises for another week. I look forward to a time > > in > > > > > > which all continents vie to get the Olympics run somewhere else. > > > > > > > If my book sells well Orn, perhaps you would be my guest at the > > prone > > > > > > small-bore rifle event at Bisley (or wherever these days). I can > > > > > > promise an action-lacked three days in certain rain and all the > > > > > > thrills of waiting for unexpected proton-decay in a beta-blocker to > > > > > > cause that final miss by a Tibetan vermin-hunter that allows the > > > > > > Andorran patent clerk to get the gold his ten years of obsessional > > > > > > training deserves until the medal is stripped over blood tests > > > > > > indicating innocent use of a nasal spray not conforming to Olympic > > > > > > standards, shortly after the entire Chinese synchronised > > tiddly-wink > > > > > > team is disqualified when it is discovered the turtle's whose blood > > > > > > they had been consuming in vast quantities had been reared on > > anabolic > > > > > > steroids and human growth hormone. After all this excitement, we > > will > > > > > > turn to the closing ceremony, consisting entirely of a Metropolitan > > > > > > Police Marching Band suppressing peaceniks goaded by tear-gas and > > > > > > rubber bullets whilst protesting the now very large war in > > > > > > Afghanistan. Whilst the authorities are suitably distracted, we > > will > > > > > > rescue the turtle and engage Tony Blair's (now Pope Blair) > > barrister > > > > > > wife to get it political asylum. The turtle, needless to say > > smarter > > > > > > than us, will simply enter the 15 kilometre river swim as a > > Canadian > > > > > > contestant, win the event and keep on going out to sea. I mean, > > who > > > > > > wouldn't pay to see all this 'fun' and commit themselves to a > > diabetic > > > > > > future drinking Coke and Pepsi in equal measure in gratitude? Slip > > > > > > will be President of the International Olympic Committee by then > > and > > > > > > already living in the Bahamas having sold the 2028 Olympics to > > Russian > > > > > > Oligarchs planning to hold the events in Chicago. Obama will claim > > > > > > the public credit, but not get, as Slip will tell us with a smile, > > the > > > > > > 'mineral rights'! > > > > > > > On 3 Oct, 01:32, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Bankruptcy, corruption, police oppression and Obama’s error. > > >http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/2/sportswriter_dave_zirin_on_obam... > > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 5:17 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Come on. Someone has to win. South America has never had an > > Olympics. Time to give them a chance. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 4:50 pm > > > > > > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] IOC Rebuffs Obama > > > > > > > > > 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?- Hide > > quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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