Obama will be off to Copenhagen to help make the case for Chicago as host of the 2016 Olympics. Either the vote count looks very good or this is somewhat bold, since Obama might be publicly rebuffed when the winner is announced on Friday.
Per these two articles (and Ladbrokes) Chicago is the current favorite. Rio de Janeiro is a solid second as a poor but colorful venue emerging nation venue in a good time zone for the North American audience; Tokyo has plenty of money for a high-tech games but is too close to 2008 Beijing; and Madrid is too close to 2012 London (not to mention Barcelona 1992).
Outlawed events -
*Freestyle swimming
*Uneven bars
Posted by: Janet | September 28, 2009 at 09:24 PM
Outlawed participants -
*Americans
*Israelis
*various and sundry Christ followers, and petrol users
Posted by: Janet | September 28, 2009 at 09:28 PM
centralcal, how do I get in on the action?
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | September 28, 2009 at 10:33 PM
">http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGIwNzA1YmYyNDRkOGZmYTlmZmQyZmQ2OTQ0NTg5YWE="> This seals it.
If The Olympic Selection Committee cares a darn about the Health of it's Male athletes, the choice has got to be the Beaches of Rio over Chi-town.
Posted by: daddy | September 29, 2009 at 02:42 AM