In Saul Bellow's novel The Dean's December, written long ago, Chicago was as corrupt as Soviet Bucharest. I suspect the truth of Olympic legacies is debt and no real impact on the economy for jobs against more 'direct' investment. The best way to cope with the Olympic weeks is on a croft in Scotland with no television or radio. Soon I can imagine we will have to pay to avoid the opening and closing ceremonies and the freakish, sycophantic commentaries. Perhaps they will build giant casinos in Rio for the event too.
On 3 Oct, 17:07, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5NszlXHivA > > On Oct 3, 8:37 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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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