Rio de Janeiro Wins Bid for 2016 Summer Olympics
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As I had predicted in previous articles, Rio de Janeiro won the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The IOC announced the bid five minutes ago in Copenhagen, Denmark. This will mark the first time that the Summer Olympics will be hosted in South America. However, there were a couple of shockers during the voting process. Tokyo ended up being third behind Madrid even though the 2012 Olympics will be in Europe, held in London, England. The ultimate shocker was that Chicago, Illinois of the USA ended up last out of the four cities. Many had believed that the arrival of President Barack Obama would have swayed the IOC vote. However, the Asian voters of the IOC froze out Chicago and supported Tokyo. Also, the USOC is in apparent disarray. There have been five different CEO's in the past six years. In retrospect, Pres. Obama should not have went to Copenhagen.
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Amra did hit the nail on the head with her apt comments. And as I said elsewhere yesterday, Obama with his 'style over substance' way of running the show might put US into more and more dicey situations - if he doesn't realise what he needs to be focusing on really!
Limbaugh feels "the ego has landed". If it really has, good for America! Else, the great nation would need to brace itself for more 'fails'!
ahol888 ends his report with the words, "In retrospect, Pres. Obama should not have went to Copenhagen." True from a common man's perspective but the American President must have had the foresight not to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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