kathy_in_chicago

nannystate: the IOC doesn't ever want another cheap games like atlanta's? Where did you get that idea? in a 2003 IOC report, IOC president Jacques Rogge has been pushing for the games to be "more co...

jennyblur: "We should leave it up to the NGOs." Who is "we"? Who do you think the NGOs are? We are the NGOs too....

jennyblur: It's okay. Some people say the same thing about the United States. Still, what you just wrote was the saddest thing I've read in a long time. Yikes. ...

jennyblur: The idea is based on the IDEALS of the Olympics. The world is not perfect by any stretch, but your outlook is particularly sad. We have to assume you're not a fan of hope and don't believe...

This is a good podcast from Australia's ABC network about the legacy of the Melbourne ('56) and Sydney ('00) Olympic Games. Interesting stuff if you're thinking about the legacy of the Games. http://...

JD84 and lamgray: You guys are right on the money. The anti-Olympics cynic is the fashionable position for the so-called cool and smart realists. But believe me, that will change. After Sydney was...

I have an idea: that one of the Olympics of the next 20 years should be held somewhere in Africa. Well, anywhere in Africa. In a country with barely any infrastructure -- so no roads, no running wate...