No Chicago Olympics – “The ego has landed: World rejects Obama”
Love the Drudge headline!
I was one of those Illinoisans who didn’t want the Olympics to come to Chicago because I knew no matter what they said taxpayers would pay for it in high leaps and bounds, to try to apply sports rhetoric to it….
But then when the Obamas got involved, particularly Barack, I wanted it to fail to put him in his place. I expect I have bitter motives and must work on that. But someone also told me it is correct not to want evil people to succeed. The Lord knows.
From the Associated Press:
The race for the 2016 Olympics has come down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting….
Chicago’s elimination was one of the most shocking defeats in IOC voting history. It had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support – from President Barack Obama himself.
In Chicago, thousands of people stood around in stunned silence watching the International Olympic Committee choose someone else for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The vote in Copenhagen was carried on huge television screens in the Daley Center, set up to carry what many had hoped would be approval of Chicago to host the games.
Instead, Chicago was bounced in the first round of voting Friday, bringing an audible gasp heard from the crowd.
[HT: Kristina H.; photos via the Associated Press]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
sorry, Obama, but the Olympic Committee is not weak minded and won’t fall for your Sith mind tricks!
Did they pay for their trip to Copenhagen themselves or did we, the taxpayers, pick up the tab?
So funny Jill. I loved the headline too when I saw it and sent it to many friends.
Like you I felt badly for gloating but I could not help it…
praying the spell is breaking….
Ha ha ha…seriously, I would be afraid there would be a terrorist attack if it was in Chicago. Oh well Barack! You stink at passing healthcare and now this…boo hoo! They must all be racists in Copenhagen!
It would seem The One has far more pressing concerns than the Olympics, like our troops in Afghanistan for instance.
Michelle “sacrificed” to go to Denmark on a luxurious private plane? Lunch with the queen.
Oh the horror, the horror.
“sorry, Obama, but the Olympic Committee is not weak minded and won’t fall for your Sith mind tricks!”
Haha, love it!
“The ego has landed.”
Was this an intentional Robbie Williams allusion? If so, I don’t get it!
I don’t think that this had anything to do with Obama so much as various other things disqualified Chicago (infrastructure or something like that).
And, as much as I love America, I think that Rio ought to get it. America has had it more recently. We almost got it in 2012 (New York City, which made me question if it was at all possible to cram another massive thing like an Olympic stadium on that island), but London got it in the end. I just think that it’s time to let another country have the glory of the Olympics, so I was hoping for either Tokyo or Rio (Madrid is nice, too, but Barcelona had it not too long ago in Olypmics-years).
Sydney,
I think you are correct! Racism is the reason we won’t see the Olympics in Chicago.
Whoa! News report from MSNBC: Rio wins!
Congratulations, Rio! :)
As a life-long observer of corrupt Chicago politics, I couldn’t be happier. I’ve prayed for a long time that it be revealed and perhaps this is one more step. The corruption is so rampant that some think it’s just how stuff is done.
All the spit and polish in their bid couldn’t hide the actual hollowness of the city. It would have cost us a mint, as Chicagoans, Illinoisans and Americans — much of the overages going to insiders. That is how it’s done in Chicago, thankfully, it was curbed in Copenhagen.
The Ego has landed goes for the whole group that has been pushing this. I can’t wait to see our Mayor go all high-pitched and whiney — sweating ans stammering while he insults anyone who asks him a question. The President and his wife were so revealing when they pitched the bid on the basis of them wanting it for themselves or their families — everything, it seems is about them and their ‘sacrifices’. Hollow, shallow and corrupt — the politics of Chicago.
Thank you IOC!
Abortion is only legal in Brazil for two reasons, if the life of the mother is in danger and to kill a child that is the result of rape [1].
Rio is different culturally than Chicago.
The I.O.C. is RACIST!
I was just on Drudge reading the headline before I came here. I was so happy to see it.
Jill, I could not agree with you more. The audacity to think that he, Michelle, and Oprah, could win it was too much hubris for me. They are all just so full of themselves.
Meanwhile General McChrystal has waited how long to meet with Obama? The same Obama that wants to rush through and pass legislation no has read or understands, can’t seem to find the time to deal with him. Shameful.
You’re right, Vannah: we’ve had the Summer or Winter Olympics here four times in my lifetime, and I’m under 40. I think it’s an absolute disgrace that they haven’t been held in South America OR Africa up to this point. It’s like an all-star game, but on a much larger scale, of course: it should be moved around.
I don’t think it’s Obama’s “fault” that Chicago didn’t get them, and I do feel bad for everyone in those cities who were close to getting them. It’s just humorous to see the incredulous media who were just certain that a few speeches from You Know Whom had locked this thing up:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/02/comedy-gold-cnn-anchor-in-utter-disbelief-as-chicago-is-eliminated/
Just had a terrible thought. I hope Obama doesnt get on the teevee like he does to whine and campaign when I am watching my second cousin race this winter.
fastest woman on ice evah
Cindy klassen
To all the fans, thank you for cheering me on.
Cindy
‘Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.’
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
http://www.cindyklassen.com/
Congratulations to Rio de Janeiro!
I’m glad the IOC didn’t go for who threw more money or glitz at them (I hope).
I didn’t want Chicago to get the Olympics either. I’m not a fan of anything so over-hyped. I understand why Obama tried, however, and hold nothing against him. It’s what politicians do.
Congrats to Rio… I think it’s great they won. And seriously… Chicago?? That’s some nasty humidity they get in the summer up there. Where were they going to put it anyway… oh, yeah, they’d probably have just eliminated some low-income housing areas so that Michelle’s old hospital wouldn’t have to worry about bussing them elsewhere!
I think the funny part was the gasp, though… as if people seriously thought the world community took Obama seriously. C’mon, the FRENCH are lecturing us about APPEASEMENT… sacre bleu… how low can you get???
Hal, this is the first time a sitting U.S. President has done this. It is usually done by city or state officials. We have more pressing issues for him to handle. Like, I don’t know, actually talking to the generals on the ground to understand the situation in Afghanistan so that he can get the forces their the support they need and deserve.
Vannah: Barcelona had the Olympics back in 1992. ;) That was almost 20 years ago. :p
I live in Georgia, right outside Atlanta. I was 9 when the ’96 summer Olympics were held here, and it was one of the most fantastic, eye-opening, and wonderful experiences of my life. Even the massive staduim they built turned into the Braves home field after the Olympics, and Centennial Park is stil one of the most visited places in our city. To heck with whatever you think it has to do with Obama, having the Olympics hosted in your city is a fantastic honor and a mind-blowing opportunity to pretty much have the whole world in or watching your city for a few weeks. It’s phenomenal for local businesses, which rake in huuuuge profits from the tourists. I really have no idea why just the fact that Obama is from Chicago would make you not want to have such an awesome universal coming-together in your city.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Obama is ! “When I’m president in 2016?” He said this before the election.arigint
I think this whole episode demonstrates just how large Obama’s ego truly is and I think the rest of the world is not quite as smitten with him as are Americans. What he did today was the height of arrogance – to think that he and Oprah could just walk in and land the Olympics for Chicago.
This man truly has no idea what his priorities are – he should be dealing with Afghanistan, the economy and so forth.
What America does not need is to spend yet more money on hosting these games. How many trillions is he willing to sink into this fiasco?
BTW, I’m a big Cindy Klassen fan!
Erin,
Half of the Chicago area was against the Olympics from the start. The crowds and traffic would have been paralyzing to a city whose entire east side is bounded by Lake Michigan. Tax payers were not up for subsidizing it. The killings in Chicago, especially of school children, are a problem that needs immediate attention. Monetary resources should go towards that. Now it’s time to change focus to more important long range goals for the city.
Obama is the shepherd I did not want. He leadeth me beside the still factories. He restoreth my faith in the Republican party. He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party’s sake. Yeah though I walk through the valley of the breadline I shall fear no hunger for his bailouts are with me. He has annointed my income with taxes. My expenses runneth over. Surely poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life and I will live in a mortgaged home forever.
A commenter on a Fox news story shared this.
“The country receiving the least votes is the United States.”
Wow!!!! That’s gonna leave a mark!
In what has to be a Guiness Book of Records for public repudiations (that is the ‘motha of all bitch slapdowns’ for you Obama supporters) the IOC gives the collective bums rush to B.O./M.O. and the ‘O’ (the Oprah) and please let the door hit you in yor more than ample asses several times on the way out.
“Where’s the love, man?”
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato attempt to assert it the republican’s fault.
“It’s a classic political hullabaloo that will fade quickly,” he said. “I think it actually points up a problem the Republicans are having, which is focusing the unhappiness and disagreement they have with Obama. In politics you have to be able to complain about the right things.”
Gosh, I didn’t know the members of the IOC were all disaffected americans.
The IOC looked at pbho and said, “Who might you be when you are at home?”
The ‘ego’ has plowed a deep furrow in the ground as crashed and burned.
The IOC was both dismissive and derissive to first couple and fellow travelers.
Yes we can……..make a collosal joke of the presidency of the United States of America!
If Oprah couldn’t get the job done by herself, then B.O and M.O. were just so much whip cream on the banana split.
yor bro ken
It’s possible to fly on Air Force One and still work on the business of the country. Remmember George W. Bush took quite a few “vacation” days:
According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That’s 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a “working vacation.”
That’s 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a “working vacation.”
Yes, let’s be fair.
If you had a choice to get out of DC, wouldn’t you?
Hal,
Don’t you think Obama shot himself in the foot by showing up in Copenhagen?
Posted by: Hal at October 2, 2009 1:42 PM
“I understand why Obama tried, however, and hold nothing against him. It’s what politicians do.”
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While I believe everyone would agree B.O. is a politician, I do not believe most would agree that the leader of the free world should deminish the office of the Presidency of the United States by going hat in hand, begging like a kid in a candy store, for a favor from the IOC.
It is demeaning.
B.O. has demonstrated repeatedly the he has no sense of decorum, protocol or noblesse oblige.
It’s not the end of the world, but I believe we can just about see it from the west wing of the white house.
Look for some binge eating in the Obama and Oprah households.
yor bro ken
So…Obama was on vacation??
LOL, Hee Hee, Carla!!
Congrats to the people of Brazil and to all of South America (even Hugo Chavez).
Their time has come. Let the games begin the beguine.
yor bro ken
Hal:
Why give up your own objectivity and integrity for Mr. Obama? Don’t tell me it’s becuase he’s an abortion fanatic and he enables your abortion fetish.
You say you don’t belevie in God, however, I see a lot of adoration from you to O.
Obama was willing to risk the reputation of the US in order to pay off his Chicago cronies.
The sooner this guy is out of office the better.
This is a bittersweet moment for me. While I know personally of unemployed people who were counting on this Olympics being held in Chicago putting them back to work, increasing their business, etc., while I am so proud to be an American that I would have felt a sense of pride in the US receiving this decision and while my family loves track and field and competed as athletes in high school and college, however I am greatly relieved that us taxpaying Americans will not be put in more debt than we already are.
I am relieved that the arrogance and egotism of the Chicago Democratic pay-to-play machine and our President was not rewarded with another notch in their belt.
I am relieved that Chicago, a city who has brought the most pro-abortion president and administration ever elected to power(with sworn alligance to PP, NARAL, Emily’s List, Kathleen Sebelius a friend of a late-term abortionist, who sat unmoved as Jill Stanek testified about holding a baby for 45 minutes as he breathed his last breath after a botched abortion-to list a few) did not get the Olympic bid.
I am relieved that the most leftist anti-American radical leaning president (friend of William Ayers, mentored by Jeremiah Wright who celebrated Louis Farrakan, Qaddaffy,and Black Liberation Theology but damned America, to list a few), relieved that the most anti-family pro-homosexual president and administration ever elected (who has promised to overturn DOMA, who has appointed Kevin Jennings as School Safety Czar an avowed homosexual activist founder of GLSN not just seeking tolerance but embrace of homosexuality by adults and children and even wrote the forward to the book “Queering of Elemetary Education”) was not rewarded with the 2016 Olympics.
My heart does go out to those innocent, well meaing people who are wounded and hurt by losing this decision. I continue to pray for our nation and our President.
Maybe Barack, Michelle and Oprah will be more successful in their upcoming trip to Germany to push for the Special Olympics to be hosted by Auschwitz.
Extremely funny, but would have been more appropriate with Dachau. Auschwitz is in Poland.
Hal… there are a couple of points you seem to not understand… first of all, Camp David IS essentially another Presidential office. Both of the other locations were his HOMES… where he had offices. He wasn’t jetsetting all over Europe on the taxpayer’s dime… he took blocks of time where he did his work from a secondary location that was set up for that purpose.
Secondly… he managed to communicate with the generals on the ground in Iraq on a weekly basis, more if needed. Aside from the measly 15 minutes or so spent talking to the general today, Obama has only spoken to him ONCE in the past 70+ days.
You seriously think there is a comparison there… or at least one that puts Obama in a favorable light? I thought you were smarter than that.
Elisabeth,
True, but to accomplish their intended goal it would have to be a German-occupied Poland, in which case they’d have to appeal to the brass in Berlin.
It seems to me that the news out of Chicago recently (violence, corruption of officials, etc.) just might have had more to do with the Windy City losing the bid than did any rejection of President and Mrs. Obama by the IOC.
Although why the IOC would pick Rio over the other contenders remains a mystery to me. Rio is beautiful on postcards, but it has its own problems with violence, kidnappings, corruption, shooting of homeless kids, slums, humidity, and so on.
Personally, I’m happy that the terrorists won’t have an easy, highly visible target in Illinois in 2016. And I don’t live in Illinois.
Slightly confused here:
Where did the Holocaust come into this? Did I miss a comment or something?
Second, the committee chooses cities on things such as ability to pay for a venue, the ability to house athletes, the ability to keep them safe, and other sports-related things. A city’s politics does not qualify or disqualify it for getting the vote. Chicago probably just couldn’t meet the demands while Rio could.
If politics in a city mattered, there would have been a lot more debate regarding Beijing, as there are heated politics about the human rights abuses going on in China- however, the city was chosen because the government pushed for it by paying for an arena, hotels, et cetera.
Actually, I think that it really is just customary for the president or influential people from the hopeful venue to show up to give support: Bush showed up in Beijing to root the American athletes on, for example.
Go, Rio, go Rio, go Rio…
Where did the Holocaust come into this?
Vannah, We’re referring to Obama’s open disdain for the disabled as expressed on the Jay Leno show a few months back. Exterminating the undesireables by holding the Special Olympics at a concentration camp would give him the chance to catch those who somehow slipped by the reach of his abortion policies.
Mark Levin is so witty tonight. It took the IOC to knock some common sense into those who believe in the “invincibility” of The One. The media love to portray Obama as loved by the world when in fact he is known for his arrogance. The IOC kicked Mr. & Mrs. O back to the States along with Oprah Windbag and so tonight I’m celebrating not only the IOC but Rio’s victory. Woo hoo!!!
“In Chicago, thousands of people stood around in stunned silence watching the International Olympic Committee choose someone else for the 2016 Summer Olympics.”
“…Chicago was bounced in the first round of voting Friday, bringing an audible gasp heard from the crowd.”
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Seeing their Messiah nailed to a cross probably produced the same response in Jesus’ followers.
But B.O. ain’t the Messiah.
Wake up sleepers, wake up!
The illusion is dispelled and you have the opportunity to be disabused of your folly.
The difference between God and B.O. is that God does not believe HE is B.O.!
yor bro ken
You say you don’t belevie in God, however, I see a lot of adoration from you to O.
Posted by: Phil Schembri is HisMan at October 2, 2009 4:08 PM
Nope. I respect the man, that’s for sure. I don’t adore him. And I don’t always agree with him. He’s a very good president, that’s enough for me.
The Drudge Report is doing the job that the MSM should be doing. Obama has been cut down to size, even though it was outsiders who did it. On the same Report there is a story about the pathetic David Letterman with his own difficulties. In one fell swoop the MSM, Obama, and Letterman are exposed, and the American people are the wiser for it.
Against this backdrop of the three pretenders is another story about an equally well known person–Sarah Palin.
The contrast could not be more striking. The picture of Sarah Palin, whom Letterman savaged more than once on his show and whom Obama mocked for her accurate reference to death panels, is a breath of fresh air. She stands in marked contrast with the cheater and the collectivist. She is wholesome, intelligent, attractive, and holds real American values. Naturally, the same media that builds up Letterman and Obama absolutely cannot stand her.
The winner today is the American people. By their own words and misdeeds the truth is coming out about who these pretenders are. In a little more than 12 months we can take a huge step in reclaiming America.
Well now that this is over Obama can get back to the job of being President.
He can do another interview with Letterman, then interviews with all the Sunday talk show hosts except Chris Wallace of Fox while they toss him softball questions, and he can get someone to write a blog post on the White House web site criticizing Glenn Beck. Isn’t that what all Presidents do?
And I’m not kidding about Glenn Beck:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Reality-Check-Turning-a-Point-of-Pride-into-a-Moment-of-Shame/
I guess the Olympic committee decided that the corruption in Rio de Janeiro would be less expensive than the corruption in Chicago. A lot of payoffs will be required to accomplish the displacement of residents and large construction projects.
I believe that “the ego has landed” is a Rush Limbaugh line, and it was interspersed between recitations of “mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm Barack Hussein Obama”. Pretty hilarious delivery.
Hearing the stutterings from the incredulous press people also brought considerable amusement.
The final topping on a day of enjoyment was to contemplate the various members of the Chicago political machine rearranging their financial plans around the reality that a killing in the real estate market is not forthcoming.
I wanted it to fail to put him in his place.
Well said Jill. So you (1) don’t support the USA and (2) you think black leaders should be reminded that white, right-wing Christians rule this country. Glad to see you are being honest.
“The audacity to hope” failed miserably…the Obama’s wanted this for themselves…and leave the bill to the American people.
I am glad that’s over…I cannot think of the level of corruption, gambling, prostitution(?) that’s gonna happen if the IOC chose Chicago.
Axelrod was also slobbering all over himself planning on getting advertising and pr moneys. He of course owns a shell corporation run by his son. Rio money? Not so much. Chicago is incredibly corrupt. Now they have the opportunity to use the billions they wanted to dump into the Olympics to clean up their massive areas of mess.
Drat! The jig is up! We have been found out! Dhalgren is onto us! We, the people must come clean. It is allllllllllllll about race.
Prolifer L, RSD, and xppc touched on another important reason I didn’t want Chicago to get the Olympics: CORRUPTION. We have no idea how much the pay-to-players – including the unions – would have benefited from land sales and construction and service deals, just to scratch the surface.
One other point, I thought Obama was supposed to make the world like us again? That Chicago was tossed in the FIRST ROUND was such repudiation of that baloney. The world may not have liked us, but it respected our strength. Now, thanks to Obama’s impotence, we’re losing respect as well.
Posted by: Dhalgren at October 3, 2009 5:33 AM
…”So you (1) don’t support the USA and (2) you think black leaders should be reminded that white, right-wing Christians rule this country. Glad to see you are being honest.”
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Hey dollman [ken or barbie? certainly not G.I. Joe]
What Jill wrote,
“I was one of those Illinoisans who didn’t want the Olympics to come to Chicago because I knew no matter what they said taxpayers would pay for it in high leaps and bounds, to try to apply sports rhetoric to it.”
What does ethnicity or religion have to with that sentiment?
Are you attempting to assert that ‘racists’ [people, no matter what their ethnicity, who did NOT vote for B.O. or no longer support him] in America somehow telepathically imparted their racisim to the IOC thousands of miles away in Copenhagen, Denmark and as a result Chicago was eliminated from consideration as a host city for the 2016 Olympics?
B.O and M.O. and the ‘O’ were there in person and their charisma and charm and considerable public, political and peer pressure failed to persuade/convince/coerce/intimidate the IOC to compromise and agree with B.O.M.O.O.!
[Sacrcasm Alert!]
Of course this was just another case of blatant racism. Never mind the Olympics have been held in Atlanta. No non-caucasian people live there or are elected to public office from there.
[End of sarcasm]
Hello dolly. Wake up and smell the coffee!
It could just be that the IOC determined it was time for the Olympics to be held in an emerging nation since we are now living in the 21st century.
IOC President Jacques Rogge anouncing the results of the first round of voting:
“The city of Chicago, having obtained the least almount of votes will be eliminated.”
Your guy and gals failed and you lost. Get over it.
yor bro ken
Spoken like a true racist, Dhalgren. Talk about putting words in someone’s mouth.
Hal, please give me an example to support your claim that he is “a good president.”
you think black leaders should be reminded that white, right-wing Christians rule this country.
Dahlrgen, it’s not just racism that motivates us. While we all are, as Carla acknowledges, unrepentant white supremacists, we are also violent misogynists who wanted to put Michelle in her place and control her body. Most of all, we just hate — and it doesn’t matter who long as they’re even the slightest bit different from us.
Why do object to us getting our pleasure this way? If hatred “feels good,” why should it be distinguishEd from any other form of pleasure? Why is the pleasure you and you liberal friends get from vicariously enjoying Roman Polanski’s child-rape superior to our hate-pleasure! Whatever rocks your boat!
I believe this president has done more to racially divide this nation than any other in recent history. he has brought out more fear and distrust of each other and has played both sides to his advantage Black and white. GOD HELP US.
Osama and the radical right are both celebrating this defeat AND he of course is also strongly pro life !
Okay, I don’t agree with the “Obama got put into place angle,” but I just have to say it:
It’s because the I.O.C. is racist, too. And so racist are all of these people commenting that- muhaha- they put their faith in South America just to show the world the power of the rich white man’s continent.
South America: world crawling with rich white men.
Dhlargen, somehow, you managed to pull ethnicity out of this and I don’t know how…
Enlighten us.
Lauren: I was planning to ask Hal the same thing and you beat me to it. What part of Obama’s performance so far has made him a “good president.”
He is lucky he has the press in his back pocket. Is it his steering the economy in the right directon? The same miserable economy under Bush or any other Republican would be met with a constant howl of derision and cries of ineptitude from the MSM. Or perhaps it is Obama’s foreign policy, such as it is, that is so wonderful. Stuff like going around the world high fivin and bear hugging despots and apologizing for our greatness and never mentioning how it is America alone half the time in bringing sanity and aid to torn up countries.
Obama cut his political teeth in the corrupt single party dominated Chicago and state of Illinois politics. He sees the world through these lens. He is totally unprepared to deal with anything outside the closed in venue of Chicago politics. All of his top advisors also are from Chicago and they are just as unprepared as him. It is almost unbelievable, but yet here we are.
Interesting how the far right wing’s insane hatred of Obama has morphed into a hatred of America, as they wildly cheer any setback for the US, like Chicago’s loss of the Olympics.
As their leader says, they want America to fail. I believe the far right would celebrate another terrorist attack in order to blame Obama.
It is really quite pathetic.
You’re really quite pathetic, Bystander.
Half of Chicago didn’t want the Olympics. History has shown that hosting an Olympic Game generally results in high costs and little long term return. At best, you break even.
We aren’t talking about success of a war or any vital mission on the homefront. The left wet themselves for 7 years over the prospect of failure in Iraq. They were practically giddy at any announcement of loss of American life or sign of impending loss. They can barely keep themselves from bemouning success. In fact, Obama STILL refuses to admit that the surge in Iraq was successful. A win ruins his credibility.
We’re happy that Obama’s egotsim backfired. Perhaps it will teach him an important lesson on international relations. If losing the Olympics teaches him how to deal with Iran, it is definitely a net gain.
What a shame the racketeering scum of the Chicago Machine won’t have this windfall to milk, LOL
And aren’t things going great since Valerie Jarret has been running the country?
http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com
What a group of anti-american, narrow minded, low intellect group of bloggers!!
Care to substantiate those claims or address our points, Dan?
In his last year in office, President Bush strongly supported the Chicago Olympic bid and wrote letters to the IOC in support. So obviously the world has rejected George Bush.
So I must ask, Why to you right wingers hate George Bush? why do you hate Chicago? Why do you hate America?
George Bush’s support of the 2016 Olympics in Chicago didn’t make it any better of a prospect. George Bush also supported corporate bail outs.
Disagreement on those points does not mean that I hate the man, the city, or the nation.
Try again, Bystander.
It turns out, apparently, that the selection came down to money. As is always the case with the IOC.
Rio offered $15 billion, subsidized by the government of Brazil.
Chicago offered $5 billion, out of the pocket of the citizens of Chicago. No wonder nobody in Chicago (other than Oprah) was on fire to get the Olympics.
Really, it’s got nothing to do with Obama, or with the IOC wanting to put the USA “in its place” or any of the other fantastic theories that have been floating around the Web and the talk shows. Never did have. It had to do with money, and it had to do with the IOC members wanting to do an Olympics in South America.
For $15 billion, the IOC was willing to turn a blind eye to the worst street crime in the world, to the relocation of the poor (to where?) so that the venues can be built, to the corruption, etc etc etc.
Chicago can live with that, don’t you think?
Bystander, what if you opposed Chicago getting the Olympics but had nothing against Obama or the country? If I don’t support America getting one hundred percent of the glory one hundred percent of the time then am I anti-American?
I don’t really see why this is about Obama. I don’t care too much about whether Chicago got the Olympics or not, but I don’t think it’s snubbing a city, country, or president to reject a bid. A lot goes into choosing the city.
I know that when it was about NYC, I definitely DID NOT want the Olympics here, and was glad when London won. Even just rezoning the land in Queens in anticipation of building a sports complex was annoying, since it’s all just being made into ugly high-rise condos now. Fortunately that’s not my neighborhood, though it is kind of close.
Anyway that was in 2004 and I never really thought it had anything to do with Bush or the world’s opinion of the US or anything like that. NYC would have been a really challenging site for something like that, and New Yorkers would have been really challenged BY something like that, and there were already the 2010 games in Vancouver anyway.
Vannah, if I opposed Chicago getting the Olympics, but had nothing against Obama or the country, I would not turn the issue into an anti-Obama hate fest, and would not gloat over a decision that was very disappointing to many Americans.
Those who hate the President and hope he fails necessarily hope the country fails, and that is anti-American. Hope that answers your questions.
Bystander: “Interesting how the far right wing’s insane hatred of Obama has morphed into a hatred of America, as they wildly cheer any setback for the US, like Chicago’s loss of the Olympics.”
It’s not a “setback for the US.” It’s Brazil’s turn. It should go to an African nation in 2020, by the way. The U.S. hosting the Olympics every eight or twelve years is like it would be if the NBA All-Star Game were held in Orlando every third year. There’s supposed to be a rotation.
I don’t feel that the reasoning by the IOC need have anything to do with Obama for it to be humbling. Seriously, our President, Michelle Obama, and Oprah all go to Copenhagen with the expectation that their presence will be the deciding factor in the location of the Olympic games? A bit arrogant, don’t you think?
Any man who says something like, “Contrary to popular belief, I was not born in a manger” needs to have his ego taken down a peg. MSM has lauded Obama as the “Hope” for our nation. Obama has lauded himself as the “Hope” for our nation. It’s high time he knew that he’s just another man in office. That yes, he has great responsibility, but that he isn’t and never will be the Savior.
I’m not sure when PBHO will realize that he can’t enact change simply by willing it, he can’t fix everything simply by coming up with a few hairbrained ideas and then telling MSM it’s all good, and he can’t ever, ever save us. No matter what he does.
I and I will guess most every prolifer that has posted on this topic do NOT hate anyone, I would not waste the time, the energy and would not jeopardize my relationship with my Lord and my eternal life with him by hating PBHO or anyone else (except Satan). The good old “race card” comes out the minute Obama is criticized, what a deceitful manipulator. I have already listed in my previous post why I disagree with him and why I hate his pro-death agenda and policies, there is a difference. This stuff is straight from the Saul Alinsky radical playbook so we will shut up and go away prolifers and let the slaughter of innocent babies continue. Please remember that “silence is consent” and thank you for all you do to save lives, keep up the good work.
“Blessed are you when you men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my name sake” “Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.” “You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is therefore good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.” Matthew 5:11-13
bill and bmmg39 Thank you for pointing out the many economic, political, business and cultural reasons behind the selection of Rio. I agree with both of you.
Thanks you for thoroughly debunking the premise of this post and the right wing meme that this was the “world rejecting Obama”. Well done.
When B.O. publicly pimps the prestige of the presidency of the United States of America to promote his own personality and the financial interests of his political pals, and not only fails, but fails miserably, and then he and his spokesweasels attempt to slander the people
who criticize B.O.’s judgement and question his motives more than the result, that is an indication of ignorant and arrogant asses.
yor bro ken
One of the excuses being floated by the B.O. ‘excusers and apologists’ is that Rio was awarded the Games because the Brazilian government offerered ten billion dollars more in guarantees than the USA.
B.O., where is all that ‘stimulus money’ that you said is just looking for shovel ready jobs?
Another excuse offerred is that the rest of the world is still mad at Bush for invading Iraq.
But the B.O. propaganists convienently forget that China was recently awarded the games and they have one of the worst human rights records on the planet.
By the way, Tibet has been occupied by the Chinese army since 1951, and I have not seen any photos of Tibetan’s proudly displaying their ink stained fingers after having exercised their right to vote in a truly free election.
No word from Bejing about plans to withdraw it’s military from Tibet.
What’s the hurry?
The Chinese Army has only been therer 58 years.
yor bro ken
Ken, I agree. US should have boycotted Chinese Olympics.
I try to ignore all of them anyway..
HAL,
Yeah, what ever.
I misplaced my point some where over the rainbow.
It slipped my mind where I started and where I was headed. (note to self: Leave trail of bread crumbs.)
So this is what it feels like to be a liberal/progressive/humanist.
I had forgotten.
Now I remember why I got drunk and stayed stoned all the time.
It relieved my anxietys of being constantly lost.
I feel like I am in some sort of mental ‘gimble lock’.
I am going to take a long walk and drink some pure water and re-boot.
(note to self: Re-connect with the ONE who gives me breath.)
Zippedee do dah, Zipedee ay…
yor bro ken
I heard on the state controlled All Barack Channel News that the vote was going to be so close that the appearance of The One would likely tip the scales for the United States, that is why our fearless leader flew to Copenhagen. He made the “right decision” in going. Of course the generals and our troops in Afghanistan can wait. First things first.
mmm mmm mmm Barack Hussein Obama, mmm mmm mmm Barack Hussein Obama, mmm mmm mmm…….
Mary, I just loved you post at 4:03pm and 4:42pm LOL!!! We couldn’t make up this stuff could we? I am laughing so hard right now. Probably to keep from crying but the Bible says “a merry heart doeth good like medicine”. Thank you.
Hi PLL,
You’ve very welcome and thank you for your kind words as well.
As my grandmother always said, “if we didn’t laugh we’d cry”. mmm mmm mmm
Anybody else feel like some soup?
Yes bmmg39 I do feel like some soup. This is too funny but also sad little kindergartners singing something so close to the old Campbell’s soup song “mmgood, mmgood, that’s what Campbell soup is mmgood” but to the “Chosen One” BHO, can you hear the liberal, left screaming “brainwashing” if this were a conservative, prolife politician someone like Sarah Palin or heaven forbid about a Christian or Jesus himself, the lawsuits would have flooded the New Jersey court system. Did you know that the woman who wrote this song to Obama actually took a line directly from the children’s Christian song “Jesus Loves the Little Children”, the children actually sang
“Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in his sight”
Wow!! This stuff is unbelieveable.
Good Morning PLL and bmmg39
To think Obama, who can level the oceans, can’t win over the IOC.
I don’t know if it was actually taken from the hymn but it does sound close. It also has a good rhyme to it.
I remember growing up in the Eisenhower and Kennedy eras. While we honored the presidents we didn’t sing to them. This was viewed as something done in countries run by dictatorships as a form of brainwashing.
You’re right, under any other circumstances parents, myself included, would be flooding the courts with lawsuits. I did not send my children to school for political or religious indoctrination.
Oh, and did you hear Michael Moore’s movie about capitalism ranked 7th this past weekend? What a hoot. This is guy who has made millions from a system he condemns. Obviously it hasn’t caused him to go hungry either.
“I did not send my children to school for political or religious indoctrination.”
Maybe we can get rid of the daily Pledge of Allegiance then.
People accept it “We have a BLACK Leader”.
I can not believe you all, why does it ALWAYS have to be about race?
The bottom Line….Race…..
Sick world.
So what the Olympic will not be in Chicago. How can you all mix the bible in with racism.
mac,
Mayor Daley of Chicago is WHITE. George Bush (also WHITE) was President when the Olympic bid began in Chicago. The Chicago bid wasn’t popular in Chicago from the beginning. Obama was just a local politician, by the way. Yes, he is BLACK. (Why all the CAPS?) So where’s the RACISM in this story?
Hal,
The Pledge is to the country, not some individual.
It doesn’t sing the praises of some leader.
BTW, children can opt out if parents so desire.
Obama’s hollow politics and promises are catching up to him.