Chicago's elimination was one of the most shocking defeats in IOC voting history. It had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support -- from President Barack Obama himself. But the emotional appeals from Obama and his wife Michelle -- they both flew to Copenhagen to fight in Chicago's corner -- fell on deaf ears in the European-dominated IOC. The IOC's last two experiences in the United States were marred by controversy: the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
But the emotional appeals from Obama and his wife Michelle -- they both flew to Copenhagen to fight in Chicago's corner -- fell on deaf ears in the European-dominated IOC. The IOC's last two experiences in the United States were marred by controversy: the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were sullied by a bribery scandal and logistical problems and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Live by the Daley Ds, die by the Daley Ds, babeeeee. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
I would expect --for the sake of principle alone-- no one but the IOC, nemesis of the American Way.
"I think at a time of war, I think at a time of recession, at a time where Americans have expressed rather significantly their concerns and frustrations over the course of the spring and summer about health care, about the economy, about a host of domestic issues... I think that this trip, while nice, is not necessary for the president," Steele said during the conference call, scheduled to bash Obama and the Democrats on health care.
Cities Too Poor To Bury Dead | LDBDR
CNN's Assignment Detroit project released a report Thursday detailing how 67 people lie in wait at the Wayne County morgue. Unemployment, at a staggering 28% in Detroit, prevents many from affording to provide their family members a final resting place, and Detroit's $21,000 annual budget to bury unclaimed bodies ran out three months ago. More bodies are being left to the control of the state, who are having a harder time picking up the slack.... But it's not just Detroit. In Jefferson County, Alabama, the state has only recently resumed burying the indigent and unclaimed, reports al.com. The county has been unable to afford to pay its employees who handle burials and grave maintenance since August, but some hospitals have started footing the bill until the county can afford to continue their services.
But it's not just Detroit. In Jefferson County, Alabama, the state has only recently resumed burying the indigent and unclaimed, reports al.com. The county has been unable to afford to pay its employees who handle burials and grave maintenance since August, but some hospitals have started footing the bill until the county can afford to continue their services.
A death TAX! on EVERY citizen.
The state of Illinois faced similar fears as its Department of Human Services announced in June that it would be unable to continue paying for burial or funeral services. Budget cuts, reported the State Journal-Register, had shredded the $15 million the state annually puts aside to bury the approximate 10,000 corpses it takes care of. In August, the state rescinded, and approved $12.6 million for those purposes, which affords $1,655 per indigent burial, according to a report by the Southern, much to the delight of cemeteries and funeral homes.
hyper-INFLATION! Bury yer GOLD! Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
and a bombing hit the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Oh, THAT wasn't why Atlanta '96 was controversial... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
world-wide high hopes have given way to something more pragmatic... and possibly a mild spanking for a couple that takes 2 long jet rides to go and shill for the hometown, when there are bigger global fish to fry, and domestic fires to put out.
one is left with an odd taste, was it o-man's job to conspicuously fail in this way, or was it another case of US exceptionalism with everyone assuming that if such a heavy hitter shows up to tout his city's wares, it's a slam dunk.
neither are particularly inspiring.
pancakes anyone? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
