Archives for the 'Olympics' Category
Going For The Gold!
Published on 3 Oct 2009 at 9:30 am.
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Filed under Obama, Olympics.
Some truly Olympian performances in the reactions to President Barack Obama’s unsuccessful expenditure of political capital in Copenhagen. And the gold goes to …
Olympic Pain
Published on 30 Sep 2009 at 8:36 am.
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Filed under Olympics.
Turns out Chicago’s no more enthused about the Olympics than America is about President Obama’s other signature agenda item. via Yahoo: ChiTrib poll shows growing opposition. 47 percent for, 45 percent against, down for 2-1 for in February. Those numbers are headed the same way Obama’s are … apparently due to a perception that the Olympics will be [...]
Obama’s Olympic-Sized Gamble
Published on 29 Sep 2009 at 9:59 pm.
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Filed under Obama, Olympics.
He’s being mocked as “head of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce” for the Copenhagen junket to pitch Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. Kristol at the Weekly Standard bets he’ll get some real work in, with a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Good idea … Afghanistan is just one of the increasingly serious problems he’s facing.
But the Olympics [...]
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It’s “Gloves Off”
Published on 29 Sep 2009 at 11:57 am.
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Filed under Obama, Olympics.
In the Obama 2016 Olympic bid! Michelle, via Reuters, “gloves are off!” via CNN, “It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners!” I guess that means all opposing bidders are about to learn they’re partisan racist hater naysayers who offer no alternative.
You go, Michelle. It’s the Chicago way, from the cops to the crims, and [...]
New Olympic Events
Published on 8 Apr 2008 at 6:59 am.
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Filed under China, France, Olympics.
Protestor-dodge torch relay in Paris, bridge-scaling in SF, where the torch is due tomorrow. French/Greens protest you can get behind. Oddly, the torch was doused and bused for its protection five times. In most French protests, that would have been five torched buses.
