Well here we are, Friday October 2, 2009 and the announcement came down from the IOC that Chicago, who was reported as a front runner was eliminated in the first round of voting for the right to host the 2016 Olympics. I'm now listening to and reading post of all the pundits and the uneducated as they give their reasoning or point the finger as to why Chicago lost its 2016 bid.
Lets see the one I'm hearing the most is because of the recent Video of the young honor student http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1790639,teen-mob-action-killed-family-092509.article being killed in a vicious attack. The other one is that North America has had too many games in the past. Oh and for you Fox news fans it was the world rejecting President Obama and it was his fault.
(that last one cracks me up)
So here is what I believe happen, and because I am who I am and I have no intentions of EVER running for any public office I can type and publish this without any hesitation or regret.
This was the rest of the world Punching the Bully in mouth. This was not about Chicago this was more about the USA then it was about Chi-city. More people get killed and disappear in RIO every day then those that get killed in Chicago in a year. So for those of you thinking that was the reason sorry!! Do some reading on the crime rate for Brazil and Rio. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1072.html
It wouldn't have mattered if the city was Dallas TX where J. Jones just built 1.5 billion stadium, we (USA)still would have lost because of or reputation around the globe.
I know my republican friends will not like this but this wont be the first time they hear this from me. A lot of countries around the world DON'T LIKE US, and don't be fooled by this "they hate our freedom" crap either. We are fighting two wars on two different continents and most of the world blames us for the financial crisis.. This vote took place like the end of an episode of Survivor, where the smaller weaker members vote off the Bully/Stronger competition. Take a look at the IOC voters and look at the countries they represent and tell me they don't have an axe to grind. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/The-IOC/The-IOC-Institution1/IOC-Members-list/ You cant go around the world doing what you feel to anyone just because you claim its for freedom, and then expect the world to shine the spot light on you. This was a chance to Embarrass the USA and that's what the rest of the WORLD (IOC) did. Puppeteer Cheney and his puppet President Bush left us with the best gift of all. The stench of a bad reputation that can't be easily washed away, even by great speeches and an unclenched fist by a new President. You see the, worlds FICO score(reputation) has been damaged, and just because you start doing the right things in 2009 doesn't mean you erase the damage done from 2001-2008. It takes time to rebuild credit(reputation).
To my peeps in Chicago I know first hand what the Olympics would have meant to the city. I saw with my own eyes what ATL was like before they got the games. All they (ATL)were known for was the FreakNik and streets named Peach tree. Now ATL is one of the most popular and still growing cities in the US. Now the blame game will begin and the Fox news crazies Hannity/Beck and right wing radio/bloggers will turn this into political chatter. Check the video from eariler today. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=43158474001
Keep ya heads up chi-town,
Peace
Dana K
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I have mixed feelings about Chicago not getting the Olympics. A part of me didn't want the Olympics here because of all the congestion it would cause, and personally I was embarrassed for our city. I am embarrased at how our youth act,in public Derrion Albert was the cake topper for me that showed me that our young people are too angry. Before Derrion I was embarrassed at the way the city handles the homeless population. Just Because you move Pacific Garden eight blocks away and give them a new facility doesn't make the issue of poverty go away. Chicago has many underlying issues going on to even put on their plate an Olympic event.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I am sad that we didn't get it,yes...our skyline is beautiful and there is more than a million things to do in the CHI. I am sad today because we just lost 2 million jobs and a billion dollars in revenue for our city. We have lost the chance to expose Chicago's Jackson Park ....I mean reincarnate Jackson Park back into the beautiful place it once was since the Exposition of 1893.