Might want to consider that more than half of the cities running the Olympics have turned a profit. Sure there are some notable failures...doesn't make it so for all of them.
554 actually. And I'm sure the went all by themselves.
OOPS.... Original estimates had about 200,000 Americans expected to attend the Rio Games, but a senior U.S. official said that number is now closer to 100,000
I can go to nearly any major U.S. city and find those as well. Maybe not to the degree we're seeing in Rio, but let's see how many people come out sick before we cast stones from our glass house.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm... Housing is an important determinant of health, and substandard housing is a major public health issue.1 Each year in the United States, 13.5 million nonfatal injuries occur in and around the home,2 2900 people die in house fires,3 and 2 million people make emergency room visits for asthma.4 One million young children in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to adversely affect their intelligence, behavior, and development.5 Two million Americans occupy homes with severe physical problems, and an additional 4.8 million live in homes with moderate problems
I have gone to places where the State Department reached out to me and told me that I was "a fucking idiot.
Most likely because you didn't pay attention to the warnings they post about the places you went to. If you ignore them, what do you expect them to do for you?
How many US citizens are attending. Don't they deserve some protection?
Suppose we didn't and there was an attack, do you believe we wouldn't be sending people in to help? A couple of weeks of prevention is much less expensive than the alternative.
Interesting, but the decision on where to base is often a political one, much more so than a military one. Often it's because you had a friendly group of Senators and Representatives who supported the program, and want to see the jobs come to their state. There's really no practical/military necessity for having so many installations in every state, and you can see that with the push back when they tried to shut down some of them (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure). Then again, you never know when Utah will need to be defended.
Each day in the United States, over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver.
Distracted driving activities include things like using a cell phone, texting, and eating. Using in-vehicle technologies (such as navigation systems) can also be sources of distraction. While any of these distractions can endanger the driver and others, texting while driving is especially dangerous because it combines all three types of distraction.
Wouldn't there have been bans prior to the Olympics? How about neighboring countries?
This is the first olympics in south america.
Why does that matter to the point I made? Would not bans have been in place PRIOR to the Olympics, or in neighboring countries? The GP made a point that I don't think is quite correct. There have been viruses in those nations for years, and have there been bans, or even advisories?
It's interesting to me because I lived in Europe back in the 80s and early 90s during the "Mad Cow" disease issue, and to this day, I'm not allowed to donate blood here in the U.S...what a ridiculous overreaction that's been.
I lived in Korea back in '88 shortly before the games were held there. Those Olympics were a serious turning point for the economy of the country. YMMV, but what you said certainly was not true for Korea.
You are joking right? Swimmers and rowers are rich or upper middle class kids to begin with. Give me a break. There is a reason most great swimmers are from the US or Australia: relative wealth, access to training and PEDs. Period. Swimmers aren't coming from poor countries.
Having swam competitively in the 70s, I'll tell you flat out that you don't know wtf you're talking about.
I do kinda understand what drives people to compete.
Not to be insulting, but do you really? Or were you raised with the generation of kids who got participation medals? Some people are very competitive, myself included, and it is reflected in many things outside of sports. Others, well not so much.
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Might want to consider that more than half of the cities running the Olympics have turned a profit. Sure there are some notable failures...doesn't make it so for all of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"violent emoji" = oxymoron.
We have fewer than 1000 "athletes" there.
554 actually. And I'm sure the went all by themselves.
OOPS....
Original estimates had about 200,000 Americans expected to attend the Rio Games, but a senior U.S. official said that number is now closer to 100,000
You cared enough to whine about it.
BZZZZT! 52% of viewers are between ages 25-54.
http://hub.coxmedia.com/h/i/21...
Because no operation that big doesn't leak out. And, it was likely leaked on purpose.
I can go to nearly any major U.S. city and find those as well. Maybe not to the degree we're seeing in Rio, but let's see how many people come out sick before we cast stones from our glass house.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/24...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...
Housing is an important determinant of health, and substandard housing is a major public health issue.1 Each year in the United States, 13.5 million nonfatal injuries occur in and around the home,2 2900 people die in house fires,3 and 2 million people make emergency room visits for asthma.4 One million young children in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to adversely affect their intelligence, behavior, and development.5 Two million Americans occupy homes with severe physical problems, and an additional 4.8 million live in homes with moderate problems
So, how many incidents/lives is $12M worth? Even making the announcement that this is going on is a good preventive measure.
I have gone to places where the State Department reached out to me and told me that I was "a fucking idiot.
Most likely because you didn't pay attention to the warnings they post about the places you went to. If you ignore them, what do you expect them to do for you?
How many US citizens are attending. Don't they deserve some protection?
Suppose we didn't and there was an attack, do you believe we wouldn't be sending people in to help? A couple of weeks of prevention is much less expensive than the alternative.
So, why do you suppose those cities actually wanted the events? It wasn't forced upon them.
Really? How many cheating scandals have there been in the Olympics. I can think of several w/o even doing a search.
Please do. We don't need your whining.
Got evidence, or repeating a meme?
Look at the history of the F16 (there are others...F15, 18, 111, etc.). I think you're belief is extremely unlikely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Interesting, but the decision on where to base is often a political one, much more so than a military one. Often it's because you had a friendly group of Senators and Representatives who supported the program, and want to see the jobs come to their state. There's really no practical/military necessity for having so many installations in every state, and you can see that with the push back when they tried to shut down some of them (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure). Then again, you never know when Utah will need to be defended.
Face it. Cell phones were the single most magnificent achievement to have benefited our lifetimes.
I'm gonna argue that it was the zipper. How could we have dick size wars without them???
faggot
Thanks, but I don't smoke.
Millions, not so much. Thousands....
Each day in the United States, over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver.
Distracted driving activities include things like using a cell phone, texting, and eating. Using in-vehicle technologies (such as navigation systems) can also be sources of distraction. While any of these distractions can endanger the driver and others, texting while driving is especially dangerous because it combines all three types of distraction.
Citation = CDC
Your mother fucks pigs in hell
Why would anyone's mother fuck you?
Wouldn't there have been bans prior to the Olympics? How about neighboring countries?
This is the first olympics in south america.
Why does that matter to the point I made? Would not bans have been in place PRIOR to the Olympics, or in neighboring countries? The GP made a point that I don't think is quite correct. There have been viruses in those nations for years, and have there been bans, or even advisories?
It's interesting to me because I lived in Europe back in the 80s and early 90s during the "Mad Cow" disease issue, and to this day, I'm not allowed to donate blood here in the U.S...what a ridiculous overreaction that's been.
I lived in Korea back in '88 shortly before the games were held there. Those Olympics were a serious turning point for the economy of the country. YMMV, but what you said certainly was not true for Korea.
You are joking right? Swimmers and rowers are rich or upper middle class kids to begin with. Give me a break. There is a reason most great swimmers are from the US or Australia: relative wealth, access to training and PEDs. Period. Swimmers aren't coming from poor countries.
Having swam competitively in the 70s, I'll tell you flat out that you don't know wtf you're talking about.
I do kinda understand what drives people to compete.
Not to be insulting, but do you really? Or were you raised with the generation of kids who got participation medals? Some people are very competitive, myself included, and it is reflected in many things outside of sports. Others, well not so much.
The fact is that the IOC could EASILY have relocated the venues.
What exactly would you suggest? These things are quite literally years in the planning.