http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8282518.stm
Rio de Janeiro and Madrid are vying to be the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, after Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated by the International Olympic Committee.
Chicago's early exit was a surprise, with bookmakers making them favourites.
Oh snap! God damn racists!
... maybe Barack should be more focused on solving problems rather than cultivating his ego in Europe.
'Senator Rowland Burris of Illinois, the Senator who was appointed to fill President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, blames George Bush for Chicago not getting the Olympics in 2016. Burris stated in an interview, shortly after the announcement, that the image of the U. S. has been so tarnished in the last 8 years that, even Barack Obama making an unprecedented pitch for the games could not overcome the hatred the world has for us as a result of George Bush.'
ReplyDeleteIn 1993, Burris, an advocate for a national handgun ban, helped to organize Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day. The following year, Burris admitted that he kept a handgun in his home and had not turned it into police as he had urged others to do. A spokesman stated that Burris had "forgotten about" the handgun.
ReplyDeleteIn 1998, Burris caused a controversy by referring to his Democratic primary opponents as "nonqualified white boys".