Paris Olympics

On 7/06/05 16:12, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

I noticed that the BBC TV News used the term "surrender monkeys" in
the context of the Paris bid. Has somebody from BBC News been reading
this group?
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Martin


The Wall Street Journal only mentioned that the French have a slight lead.

New York is having political problems, the State Legislature won't pass
funds building a new stadium. Moscow was criticized because its dossier is
sloppy. The British bookmakers side with the Parisian bid.

The French appear to really want it badly

It reminds me of -----

Abe Lincoln once told a story about a man who was tarred and feathered and
being rode out of town tied to a rail. Someone asked him how he liked it and
the poor unfortunate replied, "If it wasn't for the honor of this position
I'd just as soon forego the whole thing."

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On 7/06/05 16:12, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

I noticed that the BBC TV News used the term "surrender monkeys" in
the context of the Paris bid. Has somebody from BBC News been reading
this group?
--
Martin


The Wall Street Journal only mentioned that the French have a slight lead.

New York is having political problems, the State Legislature won't pass
funds building a new stadium. Moscow was criticized because its dossier
is
sloppy. The British bookmakers side with the Parisian bid.

The French appear to really want it badly

well they have bid and lost twice before.

This seems to be the way that it goes. Quite why London seems to
think that it should win first time (and won't have another chance if
it doesn't) is beyond me. When was the last time a first time bid
won against sensible opposition?

tim

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On 7/06/05 16:12, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

I noticed that the BBC TV News used the term "surrender monkeys" in
the context of the Paris bid. Has somebody from BBC News been reading
this group?
--
Martin


The Wall Street Journal only mentioned that the French have a slight lead.

New York is having political problems, the State Legislature won't pass
funds building a new stadium. Moscow was criticized because its dossier
is
sloppy. The British bookmakers side with the Parisian bid.

The French appear to really want it badly

well they have bid and lost twice before.

They had quite a few turn out this last weekend on the Champs in
support of the bid.

jay
Tue Jun 07, 2005





This seems to be the way that it goes. Quite why London seems to
think that it should win first time (and won't have another chance if
it doesn't) is beyond me. When was the last time a first time bid
won against sensible opposition?

tim

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On 7/06/05 16:12, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

I noticed that the BBC TV News used the term "surrender monkeys" in
the context of the Paris bid. Has somebody from BBC News been reading
this group?
--
Martin


The Wall Street Journal only mentioned that the French have a slight
lead.

New York is having political problems, the State Legislature won't pass
funds building a new stadium. Moscow was criticized because its dossier
is
sloppy. The British bookmakers side with the Parisian bid.

The French appear to really want it badly

well they have bid and lost twice before.

This seems to be the way that it goes. Quite why London seems to
think that it should win first time (and won't have another chance if
it doesn't) is beyond me. When was the last time a first time bid
won against sensible opposition?

tim


Atlanta 1996? Other candidates were Athens, Toronto, Belgrade, Melbourne and
Manchester.

JohnT

Martin wrote:

I noticed that the BBC TV News used the term "surrender monkeys" in
the context of the Paris bid. Has somebody from BBC News been reading
this group?

That would surprise me. The British fought alongside the French in WW I
and saw how they stood up to the German invasion, holding a large portion
of the line throughout the war and suffering millions of casualties.
They fought alongside them in the expeditionary force at the beginning of
WW II and retreated along with the French to Dunkirk.

Go Fig writes:

They had quite a few turn out this last weekend on the Champs in
support of the bid.

You should not assume that those who turned out were supporting the bid.
It was simply a Major Media Event, and those always attract people.

Paris has probably already spent more trying to attract the Olympics
than most venues would spend hosting them. I don't understand why the
powers that be are so hellbent on having the Olympics. Someone,
somewhere must stand to profit obscenely from the games if the bid is
being pushed this hard.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

You should not assume that those who turned out were supporting the bid.
It was simply a Major Media Event, and those always attract people.

Paris has probably already spent more trying to attract the Olympics
than most venues would spend hosting them. I don't understand why the
powers that be are so hellbent on having the Olympics. Someone,
somewhere must stand to profit obscenely from the games if the bid is
being pushed this hard.

After the decision to send the 2008 ? games to China, a purely political
move, I don't know why anyone city would even bother to try.

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Dave Smith wrote:

After the decision to send the 2008 ? games to China, a purely political
move, I don't know why anyone city would even bother to try.

Might help the unemployment rate for period of time. People will have to
have some of the needed skill to help build the venues that need to be
built.

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Nancy Kay writes:

Might help the unemployment rate for period of time. People will have to
have some of the needed skill to help build the venues that need to be
built.

Extremely temporary, and not enough to compensate for the cost.

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Nancy Kay writes:

Might help the unemployment rate for period of time. People will have to
have some of the needed skill to help build the venues that need to be
built.

Extremely temporary, and not enough to compensate for the cost.


And they will probably use cheap imported labour from eastern Europe not the
expensive French workers.