Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Games

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  1. Oct 2, 2009 #1
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    Well I guess I better start saving for the plane ticket.
     
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    Yea!

    I did hit it, Barry can 'blame it on rio' afterall! :lol:
     
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    Well I have always wanted to go to Rio, I guess this just gives me more of a reason.
     
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    Good for Rio and Brazil... the Olympics have never been hosted by a South American country...
     
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    I could not beleive that Obama would try and steal from the third world, after all the rescources capitalism the USA has stolen from south america Obama proved himself and the Liberal/Democrats hypocrites. To attempt to deny Brazil of the Olympics the USA has hosted many times.

    I wonder though, if Obama cannot negotiate with the Olympic committee successfully how can he negotiate with Iran's leaders who are much more dificult.

    Maybe Obama and Michelle should of concentrated on the games in their respective speeches instead of Michelle-my-bells father, who so tragically died as Michelle-my-bell put it. Poor Obama, he was so looking forward to how good he would feel taking his children to the games.

    Either way, a complete diplomacy failure futher showing that Obama's rhetoric and stuttering speech are ineffective on the world stage.
     
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    As the world's 10th largest economy, with $8k GDP per capita, Brazil isn't 3rd-world.
     
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    Congratulations to Rio and the people of Brazil.
     
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    Rio de Janerio:
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    Rio Slums:
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    Sao Paulo:
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    The Right Wing Is Against the Olympics? Oy Vey!
    When President Barack Obama decided to go to Denmark , he hoped to win international support Friday for the U.S. bid for the 2016 Olympics to be in Chicago . The moment he signed on, however, he also generated a storm of criticism from the right at home.​


    first the GOP talking heads were screaming down the echo chamber how they didn't want the Olympics in Chicago and now they're bitching it's not.
     
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    word is Oprah passed out and is being resuscitated :lol::lol::lol:
     
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