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| Comrade Stalin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Welcome to 1995. Rio's made big strides in the past decade. |
I was talking about Chicago. |
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| jerZ07002 |
"The worst day of Obama's presidency, folks. The ego has landed. The world has rejected Obama," echoed Rush Limbaugh.
If the worst day in obama's presidency is the day chicago lost it's olympic bid, i'd take that presidency in a heart beat.
Do these people even think? Chicago probably lost because Brazil was willing to dish out more money; obviously it was unrelated to obama. jeez! |
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| Fir3start3r |
This just helps solidify the fact that Brazil is an up and coming economic power in the world.
In our monthly investment group meetings they can't get enough of this country - there is TONS of changes going on in Brazil right now... |
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| Comrade Stalin |
America's democracy is obsolete. No real debate, no real compromise, and one of the least engaged, least informed electorates in the Western world. If Rush Limbaugh is the mouthpiece for the Republican Party, and we all know he is, then this country is doomed. The day our politics is controlled by radicals is the day American democracy fails, and in my opinion, it's failing. America's democracy is obsolete. |
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| pmoisse |
hahah I'm amazed at how this is somehow Obama's fault. All the other world leaders were there, and only one nation won - are they failures too?
Even CNN started talking about Brazil 5 minutes after the results were read, saying how there was uncertainty they could pull it off, security concerns blah blah.
What sore losers.
The US has had 4 Olympics since 1980. It's time for someone else to have a chance, especially on a continent that hasn't held them before. |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
hahah I'm amazed at how this is somehow Obama's fault. All the other world leaders were there, and only one nation won - are they failures too?
Even CNN started talking about Brazil 5 minutes after the results were read, saying how there was uncertainty they could pull it off, security concerns blah blah.
What sore losers.
The US has had 4 Olympics since 1980. It's time for someone else to have a chance, especially on a continent that hasn't held them before. |
SLC doesn't really count. The olympic committee is kind of limited with respect to hosts for the winter olympics. There's really only a handful of countries with the winter sports infrastructure to host the games. Probably only the US, Japan, Canada, and continental europe. Having the winter games in Chile or Argentina would be a disaster!
All that aside, i'm happy Brazil won. Olympics are a bitch. The vancouver games have already ed up my annual Whistler vacation (have to push it forward into the beginning of January). Moreover, many times the games are a net loss (in real money terms) for the hosts. Vancouver was having all kinds of problems financing the olympic village. |
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| pmoisse |
^Hit Fernie, Kicking Horse or Revelstoke instead of Whistler. Way more powder :)
I hear what you're saying about the winter olympics, but hell, south America and New Zealand have some amazing skiing. With a bit of construction work they could make a hockey arena or two, bobsled run and ski jump thing and off we go. It shouldn't be limited to the north, thought history does reinforce this. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
^Hit Fernie, Kicking Horse or Revelstoke instead of Whistler. Way more powder :)
I hear what you're saying about the winter olympics, but hell, south America and New Zealand have some amazing skiing. With a bit of construction work they could make a hockey arena or two, bobsled run and ski jump thing and off we go. It shouldn't be limited to the north, thought history does reinforce this. |
Wow. :eyespop:
Someone else that knows Revelstoke??
Grew up there for my 1st 16yrs of life. (Moved to Barrie, Ontario - 1 hr North of Toronto - after that)
Lots of Europeans would come over during the winter months for Heli-skiing.
(Others would die because of avalanche stupidity - ie. ignoring the warnings...)
and I would agree, the powder can be amazing!!
and man do I miss it :( |
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| pmoisse |
^I grew up in Waterloo ON, and have only ridden Marmot in Jasper but enough people I know go on and on about Revvy and Kicking Horse. One of these days I'll take a trip home to ride the fine interior pow.
I'm going home next week and will bring my snowboard back here to NL with me so that I can maybe hit Garmisch or somewhere in France or Austria this year. I really want to hit Are in Sweden in April where there is 22 hours of daylight in which to ride. |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
^Hit Fernie, Kicking Horse or Revelstoke instead of Whistler. Way more powder :) |
I've heard good things about all of those places. The only problem is getting to those places; they're all located in the middle of nowhere, and flights to Calgary are expensive and arrivals are at weird times. I can get on a $300 flight at 5pm from Newark going to Seattle and be in whistler by 2-3 am, not losing any boarding time because of travel. Plus, the whistler scene is a huge bonus!
EDIT - oh yeah, whistler is also good because if the powder isn't there, they have a sick park. I know all too well about planning snowboarding trips during dry spells, so i like to go to places with some diversity. FYI - The only park better than Whistler's park is Mammoth mountains's (Cali) park.
| quote: | Originally posted by pmoisse
I hear what you're saying about the winter olympics, but hell, south America and New Zealand have some amazing skiing. With a bit of construction work they could make a hockey arena or two, bobsled run and ski jump thing and off we go. It shouldn't be limited to the north, thought history does reinforce this. |
amazing skiing doesn't make for amazing facilities. The south american ski resorts have ty amenities. That makes for great skiing for those who are there, but it is a terrible revenue driver. NZ also has some ty ski areas. NZ is better known for the backcountry than the resorts. |
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| occrider |
| Wait so this is good news right? I'm still waiting for any "conservative" to properly explain this to me. How out of touch can you be? Kind of surprised at you shaka, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding the intent of your post. |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Wait so this is good news right? I'm still waiting for any "conservative" to properly explain this to me. How out of touch can you be? Kind of surprised at you shaka, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding the intent of your post. |
You must be misunderstanding me. There was no point, I was just posting the news. I could care less who gets the Olympics and why. I find the whole interchange on the subject to be humorous. Don't forget, I'm from Atlanta--I've already been through the Olympic experience and it is highly overrated.
What did you think my point was? |
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