>>>>>>>My money's on Tokyo or Madrid. I think the controversy took Rio and Chicago [effectively] out of the running:
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>>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090929/ts_afp/oly2016_20090929180606
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is Mayor of Chicago a hereditary post ? :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>You'd have to ask Mike B that question - he's in that area. Who knows why Chicagoans vote in the father and the son so many times!
>>>>
>>>>I think a higher percentage of the dead voters vote for the father ...
>>>>
>>>>and the little Acorns vote for the son ...
>>>
>>>The IOC is corrupt. Tell them to stick the Olympics and save your money.
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>>Hot off the wire -- http://www.chicagotribune.com/
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>>That wacky IOC!
>
>I blame Obama :-)

I see the smiley but some will. This despite the fact that the President of Brazil, the Prime Minister of Japan, and the King of Spain were also in Copenhagen.