By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:50:33 +0000

I was thinkin the same thing. Instead of all the time put into tryin to get Olympics into chicago we should be spendin time fixing the violence problem. I wonder if this young mans death had any influence on the final decision? Sad so sad. I pray for his soul and his family. RIP young warrior.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:05:19 +0000

Forget holding the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. This young man’s untimely and violent death is yet another TRAGEDY highlighting what has become a DEADLY epidemic in that city “Black teens DYING in the streets of Chicago”…!To the degree that the President and first-lady find time to advocate on behalf of Chicago for anything_it should be finding a quick and effective solution to THAT problem!!!AP: Rio de Janeiro Wins 2016 Olympics VoteCOPENHAGEN — Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro.In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.Chicago was knocked out in the first round – in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting. Even Tokyo, which had trailed throughout the race, did better – eliminated after Chicago in the second round.Rio spoke to IOC members' consciences: the city argued that it was simply unfair that South America has never hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly."It is a time to address this imbalance," Brazil's charismatic president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, told the IOC's members before they voted. "It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country."Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support – from President Barack Obama himself. But he only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him.The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/2016-oly…

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