does that mean the olympic committee are racists and part of the "vast right wing conspiracy" too?

If Chicago is chosen for the Olympics, the taxpayers will be paying for it a long time; I would like to know the names of the people who will profit from it.

Rio de Janerio should host the Olympics this time. There are several reasons:

(1) South America has never hosted the Olympics.
(2) Can we really afford to spend billions on "games" during these tough economic times. It is possible that we'll make the money back in 2016, but now spending billions that we don't have is not wise. Bailing out the banks and UAW is painful enough to most people.
(3) America has hosted the summer and winter Olympics several times.
(4) The recent spade of brutal violence, gangs, and murders, and the political corruption of the city, paints an ugly picture of Chicago.

Rio de Janerio does have the violent, drug-controlled favelas, but still Brazil does deserve the Olympics this time.

Chicago has underinsured their Olympic financial costs and obligations by more than half of the cost projections for the 2016 expenses.
Any cost overruns will be absorbed by the various Chi-town maneuvers that soaks local, state and federal taxpayers for the necessary political paybacks, corruption scams, and outright INABILITY to forecast and manage such a project.
We all will pay if Chicago wins.

"I think he thought when he became President, it would be a never-ending of parties and fun, but it isn't."

Exactly. He's acted more like a lottery winner than President. "I get to have weekly cocktail parties! I get to go on The Tonight Show! I get to go to Denmark!"

I don't mind him shilling for Chicago. I DO mind him using taxpayer money to fly himself and his wife - SEPARATELY - over there when teleconferencing could have accomplished the same thing.

"please tell me where the outrage was when last year George W. spent 4 days in China at the Olympics?"


wha??

Did you sleep through ABC's Olympic diatribes or were you in the predictable blind as a bat liberal stupor?

Perhaps you should read Michelle Malkin because she notes: "A Chicago Olympics may cost Chicago and Illinois taxpayers billions of dollars because the IOC requires a financial guarantee. It will be a shame if President Obama persuades the IOC to select Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics and the federal taxpayers end up having to pick up the tab."

Get that? Illinois is broke, which means Chicago is broke, so who will be stuck guaranteeing billions of dollars if Chicago is picked? The US taxpayer and you know it.

I pray Chicago loses.

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The reaction is so predictable. I know people get tired of having Bush put up as a contrasting example (Joyce), but please tell me where the outrage was when last year George W. spent 4 days in China at the Olympics?

Just another example of the knee-jerk reaction that if Obama does it, it must be bad.
By Alabamastan

That is just ridiculous and shows you haven't really read anything I've posted. If you think I am a Bush fan you're are indeed an idiot.

Just another liberal knee-jerk reaction that everything Obama does MUST be okay.

Get your head outta your a$$!

This is really a non issue. If the Windy City gets this, it will open jobs in the area. It is also something of national pride. Remember Jesse Owens giving Hilter a punching Hitler in the mouth by winning 4 gold medals. US Hockey team beating the USSR and winning gold. This is more about Pride for our country.

The reaction is so predictable. I know people get tired of having Bush put up as a contrasting example (Joyce), but please tell me where the outrage was when last year George W. spent 4 days in China at the Olympics?

Just another example of the knee-jerk reaction that if Obama does it, it must be bad.

My problem isn't with the Olympics, but that fact he can do this, but not meet with McCrystal? Chicago is more important than our men and women in Afghanistan? That's what everyone is upset about.

I think he thought when he became President, it would be a never-ending of parties and fun, but it isn't.

It's time for him to act Presidential, stay in D.C. for some time and do the boring things.

Then again, may be this is the best thing.

It will cost the tax payers a fortune in added security, the 2 people who will profit from this are Presbo's 2 main advisers.

Yes, in the grand scheme of things, this is no big deal. However, just like the Dems did the last 8 years, we need to hammer this idiot on every single thing - we need to be relentless. Alinsky-style - marginalize and paint a picture of this jerk as a hypocritical, double-standard, out of touch, do as I say not as I do walking Marxist blowhard. After a while, it will stick. For the average moron, ridiculous issues about Bush stuck such as "he was reading My Pet Goat when 9/11 happend for 8 minutes;"Bush is on vacation again while war is going on...". Guess what, that stuck to this day.

This is somewhat of a big deal- perception-wide- when you consider two things going on:

(1) These Statists are trying to pass the largest tax in US history with cap and trade (err...sorry Pollution Reduction). Meanwhile, as our planet is in near collapse from all that CO2 emission, Michelle and her entourage take a nasty large polluting plane across the ocean yesterday. OBozo takes a SEPERATE plane today!! She couldn't wait an extra day??? What about all of the CO2????

(2) The General is saying we can't wait a minute longer on Afghanistan, YET, this community organizer can't even find 10 minutes in his "busy" schedule to talk to the General in 3 months???? He can go on 5 talk shows and regurgitate his mindless bumper sticker slogans, go on Letterman, speak to kids, go to useless UN, go to Olympics, etc., but can't talk with the General and hammer out a decision on the war while our soldiers are in peril????

Keep hammering and keep painting this guy for what he is. It will stick.

It must be cool to be president. You don't have to go through airport security, and no drug dogs get within a mile of you. Obama's got it made, baby!!

You've got to be kidding Neal. It's only going to cost Chicago (what a joke). We have all this unspent stimulus money. What do you want to bet a pantload of it will be directed to Chicago because the Olympics will "help the whole country". Drink your coffee before you write your comments Neal. Remember all Obama's chums who will gain from this.

It's an issue of priorities. Prezbo is showing more concern over a stupid athletic event than our soldiers in Afghanistan. The president is leaving our troops cheese in the wind while he orchestrates deals for his A-hole cronies in Chicago.

If Obama is pressing flesh in Denmark, he's not in DC pushing legislation. Shut up and be grateful.