The Glade 4.0

Obama flying to Denmark to present case for Chicago to get Olympics

Wonder how much this is costing tax payers... way to go!

Imagine how well the investment will pay off if we get the olympics. Jobs, construction, lots of money in the economy. Think it through.

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I don't believe you have thought it through at all, or you would realize the idiocy of that statement.

If hosting the Olympics isn't very lucrative for the host city, then why is there such intense competition to host?

Bragging rights.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Probably, and this is just a stab in the dark here, because Ladas isn't concerned with the Olympics so much as the immediate cost of transporting the President and other U.S. dignitaries to Denmark for what amounts to a sales pitch.

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Publicity and ego.

Here is a quick link on the economic impact of the Olympics.

That said, economics of hosting the games wasn't the basis of my comment to Monte.

I don't think it's really a worthy matter for the President's time to advocate for getting to host the Olympics. I don't really care about the cost at this point. The cost of a few days for the PResdient in Denmark is unworthy of public attention compared to the mountains of government waste elsewhere.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

I hope he took unpaid vacation and a commercial or private flight, and didn't do this at the US Taxpayers expense (but I know better).

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Really? Really?

"Lots of money in the economy". The vagueness of this statement doesn't really speak to any point, so I'm not going to bother with a rebuttal.

Jobs and construction to do what, exactly? Host an international competition? I think I've made it clear that I'm a huge fan of athletic competition in almost any guise. But this is not about my fandom of such a thing, it's about how funding the construction of the facilities to host the Olympics diverts resources away from other projects. Now yes, there is an increase of patronage in terms of local services and products vendored at the city to support the organizers, athletic teams, and spectator who take up residence for the duration. But it's trivially small compared to the cost to build such facilities. Chicago will benefit, no doubt, but the cost is to the rest of the country.

It's not a like-for-like, it is a net loss. Those facilities being there, the increased patronage, any rennovation and done to restructure the city to support the event and the benefits associated with those civil/architectural upgrades are not going to result in some miraculous boon to pay for itself, let alone make returns in the future.

That said, I absolutely love the city of Chicago; the first time I went outside of a family vacation was 2006 on a flawless 70 degree, cloudless day in summer of 2006. The lake is stunning when the weather is nice and the winds are calm. I can't think of a more picturesque backdrop as far as urban settings are concerned. Cruising down Lakeshore Dr. is a memory I still remiscense about. However, I am clearly stating my support for having the event hosted there purely from non-fiscal perspective. Chicago is not so different from any other of the ubiquitous large, non-capital cities that dot the globe.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

In this instance, I'm agreeing with bringing the Olympics to America, giving Chicago the chance to build world class stadiums, arenas and so on. we can use the good world press, the publicity in a positive light.

Its not like we're going to pay off the debt we already have anytime soon. Lets party Chicago style.

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"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Perhaps Obama should worry more about the rampant violence in Chicago before endorsing it to the world as a prime location for world travel.

Maybe they should have it in Baltimore instead

Or Detroit? Or DC?

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Holy shitsnacks!

Warez < Detroit < Baltimore < the underside of a fat man's scrotum < Chicago