Paris Olympics

Mxsmanic wrote:

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.
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You don't need to. The polls clearly show that a large majority of
Parisians (and French) support the bid.

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Go Fig a =E9crit :

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

One of them was me - by accident. I went to the cinema on Champs
Elysees, and left home a bit early thinking I'd have a quiet coffee and
buy a new salt mill at the Peugeot showroom (!!) Imagine my surprise to
find the place absolutely mobbed by millions of people!!

Nancy Kay 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.

Considering the amount of money spent for a shot at hosting the games, I am sure
there are lots of other projects for which that money could be much more
effectively used. It's not the unemployed to get the money for those lobby
efforts. It ends up costing the people of the cities. It's out and out
corruption IMNSHO.

Nitram:

You should have bought a Peugeot from a salt mill in Silesia.

The salt mill is guaranteed for life. Shame about the cars!

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco
writes:

You don't need to. The polls clearly show that a large majority of
Parisians (and French) support the bid.

Who is paying for the polls?

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"JohnT" wrote in message
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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.

you mean Atlanta 1990!

tim

Mxsmanic wrote:

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco
writes:

You don't need to. The polls clearly show that a large majority of
Parisians (and French) support the bid.

Who is paying for the polls?

You tell me, and then explain why they're wrong (no inferences please-
I'd like facts), and I'll get back to you. OK?

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

"tim (moved to sweden)" wrote:



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

you mean Atlanta 1990!


He probably means Atlanta 1996, since that is when the games were there.

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
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"tim (moved to sweden)" wrote:



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

you mean Atlanta 1990!


He probably means Atlanta 1996, since that is when the games were there.

Yes, but it's the bid date that important to determine "how long ago the
town
won the games". The process is so long that the difference is significant.

tim

"tim (moved to sweden)" wrote:

Yes, but it's the bid date that important to determine "how long ago the
town
won the games". The process is so long that the difference is significant.


I wonder how much of that time is to ensure that the selection committee gets
to collect all its graft.