tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657367.post4768905401387533398..comments2024-03-28T02:13:53.054-05:00Comments on <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Attaturk/fez.png"> Rising Hegemon : Here's a story that deserves a look, PrioritiesAttaturkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08511961896699190171noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657367.post-24655377002069473972013-06-18T13:38:35.910-05:002013-06-18T13:38:35.910-05:00why counties have to pay for the venues is ridicul...why counties have to pay for the venues is ridiculous. typical 2% avoidance of paying for anything.pansypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164502315120164024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657367.post-88576985444310128452013-06-18T09:16:11.064-05:002013-06-18T09:16:11.064-05:00Has Any country actually made money off of an Olym...Has Any country actually made money off of an Olympic Park? Sure the guys that build it get wages and the bigwigs get rich but how does any 'working stiff' get money off that kind of a thing? More trickle down I guess.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657367.post-86883087040819396112013-06-18T08:50:36.262-05:002013-06-18T08:50:36.262-05:00There's a reason the word "bread" ap...There's a reason the word "bread" appears first in the saying "Bread and circuses."DanFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657367.post-10166527983860373302013-06-18T06:35:50.837-05:002013-06-18T06:35:50.837-05:00Sponsors always say that the Olympics will be this...Sponsors always say that the Olympics will be this huge economic windfall. As I understand it, the little research done after the fact suggests that they are at best a wash. Given the endemic corruption, both international and local (construction contracts), and that you end up with a lot of stuff you don't need that can't be easily re-purposed and that will require ongoing maintenance (stadia, dormotories, etc.), it's almost certainly a loser.<br /><br />That said, the Olympics aren't about peace and brotherhood through sport or even about making money. It's about presenting a nationalist platform on a worldwide stage. The 1936 Berlin Olympics are the ideal not the nadir though no one would dare admit it.<br /><br />Should Brazil being do this? Economically, probably not. But I have a hard time when the first world tells the third world "Be better than we are. Don't do what we do." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com