Comments on: Chicago And The Olympics: Is The Fix In?

By: Now that’s a logo « The TrogloPundit

Now that’s a logo « The TrogloPundit — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:42:52 +0000

[...] tip Ed Driscoll, whom I forgive unreservedly for linking Ramesh Ponnuru instead of me, even though we both made [...]

By: Obama Doesn’t Care About the Troops « Snark And Boobs

Obama Doesn’t Care About the Troops « Snark And Boobs — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:12:43 +0000

[...] likely, as Ed Driscoll mentions here, the Olympic committee has already decided to come to Chicago, so Obama is doing this not to [...]

By: democratsarefascists

democratsarefascists — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:33:23 +0000

The Chicago Mafia who put Obama into office must be loving this.

They control concrete and garbage collections in the city, as well as the labor unions, naturally.

Obama’s making them very rich.

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:24:36 +0000

These days, there are few worse curses for a city than that it get the Olympics. It is nearly always a financial catastrophe. (And it’s not like Chicago has lots of money to spare, nor that Illinois can help out either.)

I don’t understand why any city even makes a bid.