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Old 10-02-2009, 01:58 PM   #100 (permalink)
dippin
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Originally Posted by Derwood View Post
the Olympic spin was obvious weeks ago. It was lose-lose from the start
One of the random douches from ESPN published an article earlier this week about how he was against the olympics in Chicago, how it doesn't really generate improvements for the city, and etc. Today, after the decision, he wrote about how Chicago was "snubbed" and said he hoped the infrastructure aspects of the Chicago proposal are not forgotten and take place.

The general media attitude seems to be "we didn't want it, but damn you for not offering it to us." Some of the usual suspects even brought up "anti-Americanism" as the culprit, apparently oblivious to the fact that the US has hosted 4 olympics in the past 29 years...
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