Comments on: How Dare He! http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:56:53 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: killfile http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986984 killfile Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:21:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986984 <p>Virtually all of Chicago (excepting the mayor, the Obama’s and the developers that get to evict the poor for development) are strongly opposed to hosting the Olympics. </p> <p>Hosting the Olympics, like all sports development is nothing but a giveaway to the rich at the expense of the poor and the public in general. </p> <p><a href="http://socialistworker.org/2009/09/25/obamas-olympian-folly" rel="nofollow">http://socialistworker.org/200.....pian-folly</a></p> Virtually all of Chicago (excepting the mayor, the Obama’s and the developers that get to evict the poor for development) are strongly opposed to hosting the Olympics.

Hosting the Olympics, like all sports development is nothing but a giveaway to the rich at the expense of the poor and the public in general.

http://socialistworker.org/200…..pian-folly

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986877 wigwam Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:04:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986877 <p>The headline from yesterday’s LA Times:</p> <blockquote><p> <strong>OBAMA TAKES OLYMPIC GAMBLE</strong><br /> He plans to dash to Copenhagen to help Chicago’s bid, leaving healthcare and foreign issues unresolved. </p></blockquote> <p>But, if instead he went to clear brush somewhere in Texas, then what?</p> The headline from yesterday’s LA Times:

OBAMA TAKES OLYMPIC GAMBLE
He plans to dash to Copenhagen to help Chicago’s bid, leaving healthcare and foreign issues unresolved.

But, if instead he went to clear brush somewhere in Texas, then what?

]]> By: JamesJoyce http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986871 JamesJoyce Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986871 <p>You mean something other than an inefficient internal combustion engine where 73% of the potential energy is wasted in the form of heat. You mean an engine where .73 cents of every dollar I have spent on gas might not have been wasted, given to corporations or foreign countries, as I sit for hours in traffic because a toll road paid for decades ago, does not have enough toll takers, but rather easy pass where credit card corporations now get a piece of the action?? What a deal for America??</p> You mean something other than an inefficient internal combustion engine where 73% of the potential energy is wasted in the form of heat. You mean an engine where .73 cents of every dollar I have spent on gas might not have been wasted, given to corporations or foreign countries, as I sit for hours in traffic because a toll road paid for decades ago, does not have enough toll takers, but rather easy pass where credit card corporations now get a piece of the action?? What a deal for America??

]]> By: flyarm616 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986830 flyarm616 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:13:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986830 <p>Is that the same Henry Kissinger that Obama sent to Russia to represent our nation and his administration shortly after taking office?????</p> <p><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12191" rel="nofollow">http://www.globalresearch.ca/i.....;aid=12191</a></p> Is that the same Henry Kissinger that Obama sent to Russia to represent our nation and his administration shortly after taking office?????

http://www.globalresearch.ca/i…..;aid=12191

]]> By: stritz44 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986822 stritz44 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:58:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986822 <p>What will this cost the state tax payers? Also, they might need to add additonal police with all the youth being killed in Chi Town…</p> What will this cost the state tax payers? Also, they might need to add additonal police with all the youth being killed in Chi Town…

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986818 eCAHNomics Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:50:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986818 <p>Thanks. I’ll get it to you, probably after 9, as I like to listen to democracynow bet 8 & 9 ET and probably can’t finish it before that starts.</p> Thanks. I’ll get it to you, probably after 9, as I like to listen to democracynow bet 8 & 9 ET and probably can’t finish it before that starts.

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986817 nomolos Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:45:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986817 <p>Sure, as long as it is not Word Perfect. Anything else is just fine. finn at campaignfree.org.</p> <p>Looking forward to hearing from you.</p> Sure, as long as it is not Word Perfect. Anything else is just fine. finn at campaignfree.org.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986816 eCAHNomics Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:39:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986816 <p>Can I do it in a word document & then email it to you? (Thanks for the offer. selise did all the real work on my earlier diaries and it still was a pain, especially since they had tables. This one should be easier.)</p> Can I do it in a word document & then email it to you? (Thanks for the offer. selise did all the real work on my earlier diaries and it still was a pain, especially since they had tables. This one should be easier.)

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986815 nomolos Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:31:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986815 <p>You are welcome to any help I can give you with HTML. Please do not let your words of wisdom be unread for the want of some damn programming. You can send it to me and I will format for you.</p> You are welcome to any help I can give you with HTML. Please do not let your words of wisdom be unread for the want of some damn programming. You can send it to me and I will format for you.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986814 eCAHNomics Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:22:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/30/how-dare-he/#comment-1986814 <p>The diary I was thinking of is just a FYI, with a few select quotes. It’s big enough that it doesn’t need any other value added.</p> The diary I was thinking of is just a FYI, with a few select quotes. It’s big enough that it doesn’t need any other value added.

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