tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post760687044633750651..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: Talk about an Olympian task...Paul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-84904523470237265292016-08-16T19:10:52.902-05:002016-08-16T19:10:52.902-05:00Oh, I don't even want to think about what woul...Oh, I don't even want to <i>think</i> about what would have happened if the Olympics were in Chicago. You know how they say, "Round up the usual suspects"? They can do that in a totalitarian country, but short of that I don't see how they could have pulled it off in Chicago.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-82244674552916914122016-08-07T00:08:35.037-05:002016-08-07T00:08:35.037-05:00Points well taken - but Rio isn't (that) much ...Points well taken - but Rio isn't (that) much worse than Sochi, where many similar objections were raised. And if Chicago had been selected over Rio, we'd be getting stories about racial tension and soaring murder rates. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.com