blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:16:13 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Sheldon blathered:
>>>
>>>>> What's sad is they will not permit the world to see the slums
>>>>> climbing up
>>>>> the mountainside for the world to see. Expect them to bulldoze
>>>>> them and send the impoverished into an even worse hell than they
>>>>> already live in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Were it any major city in the US there'd be exactly the same
>>>> razing of slums dilemma... every major city on the planet the
>>>> same, even not such major cities, every town I've ever visited had
>>>> two sides of the tracks... every family everywhere has skeletons
>>>> so I don't think the world expects pristine.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know which Atlanta and Los Angeles neighborhoods were
>>> BULLDOZED
>>> when the Olympics were held there? How about St. Louis, Lake
>>> Placid, Squaw Valley, or Salt Lake City?
>>>
>>> I call bullshit on the Sheldon the NEWBIE LIAR.
>>>
>>
>> If you want to know how ugly the games can be, look into what China
>> did to millions of its people prior to the show. That includes
>> depriving 3 million people of their water supply so it could be
>> diverted through Beijing to flush out the sewage and other filth.
>>
>> Paul
>
> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to
> those of china is just silly.


Yup...

And didja know that Chicago *was* awarded the games in 1904 but they were
moved to St. Louis to coincide with St. Louis World's Fair...


--
Best
Greg

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to those of
> china is just silly.
>
> blake

Dead people don't vote in China?

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:21:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>
>> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to those of
>> china is just silly.
>>
>> blake
>
> Dead people don't vote in China?

i was thinking it's not a crime to have more than one kid in chicago, but
whatever...

your pal,
blkae

blake murphy wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:21:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to those of
>>> china is just silly.
>>>
>>> blake
>> Dead people don't vote in China?
>
> i was thinking it's not a crime to have more than one kid in chicago, but
> whatever...


Not to mention that China has lots of prisons like Gitmo.

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:16:13 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Sheldon blathered:
>>>
>>>>> What's sad is they will not permit the world to see the slums climbing
>>>>> up
>>>>> the mountainside for the world to see. Expect them to bulldoze them
>>>>> and
>>>>> send the impoverished into an even worse hell than they already live
>>>>> in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Were it any major city in the US there'd be exactly the same razing of
>>>> slums dilemma... every major city on the planet the same, even not
>>>> such major cities, every town I've ever visited had two sides of the
>>>> tracks... every family everywhere has skeletons so I don't think the
>>>> world expects pristine.
>>>
>>> Does anybody know which Atlanta and Los Angeles neighborhoods were
>>> BULLDOZED
>>> when the Olympics were held there? How about St. Louis, Lake Placid,
>>> Squaw
>>> Valley, or Salt Lake City?
>>>
>>> I call bullshit on the Sheldon the NEWBIE LIAR.
>>>
>>
>> If you want to know how ugly the games can be, look into what China did
>> to
>> millions of its people prior to the show. That includes depriving 3
>> million
>> people of their water supply so it could be diverted through Beijing to
>> flush out the sewage and other filth.
>>
>> Paul
>
> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to those of
> china is just silly.

That was not at all the point. My point was that the choice of where the
games are held can bode very badly for some large group of poor *******s.
It's a double edged sword. And if the games were hosted in Chicago, I am
sure many thousands at least would have been forced from their homes as an
act of eminent domain. They won't bulldoze any rich people's homes.

I'm just a wet blanket.

Paul

On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:19 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:21:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>> comparing the policies of chicago (or any other american city) to those of
>>>> china is just silly.
>>>>
>>>> blake
>>> Dead people don't vote in China?
>>
>> i was thinking it's not a crime to have more than one kid in chicago, but
>> whatever...
>
> Not to mention that China has lots of prisons like Gitmo.

yep. at one time in the u.s. you couldn't be clapped in jail just because
The Leader thought you were dangerous. oh well.

your pal,
blake