London wins 2012 olympics bid!!!

BBC | 07/06

[phoenix_004]

Per BBC(Not posted yet... ) London wins 2012 Olympics bid!!!

[SueRae]

GOOD!

[mhking]

If NYC can't have it, London works for me.

[1066AD]

The "Red Ken" games !

[small voice in the wilderness]

Looks like Chirac has screwed le pooch again. Open another bottle of wine, Paris. And weep!

[RexFamilia]

I would have preferred Paris, so the France can be bankrupt

[IndyTiger]

Fox and CNN confirm: It's London!

[kharaku]

I think Moscow would have been more interesting.

[elhombrelibre]

Wonderful. Eat crow, Chirac.

[MadIvan]

2005 has been good for us. Chirac's pain is a joy to behold.

Regards, Ivan

[mugsaway]

Yeah it is... I hope the unemployment rate skyrockets in france and thier economy tanks further. Screw the CESM's.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

This is definitely not the Year of the Frog.

[Textide]

Isn't every Olypics a drain/strain on the host city? It's like a commitee announcing which city will be burdened 7 years hence.

[Bahbah]

Chirac's pain is a joy to behold.

Yes, it is. And congrats to you and all of our friends across the pond.

[MadIvan]

I would invite all my American friends to come in 2012. Let's make it a party that celebrates the triumph of the Anglo-Saxon world.

Regards, Ivan

[Dawgreg]

I agree..........(so much for sending Shrill to bat for us, eh?).

[nuconvert]

Congratulations to England.

[AbeKrieger]

Job 1, clean up the Muslim pandering. Then we'll have an Olympics.

[Always Right]

Serves the frogs right.

[Mad Dawgg]

"If NYC can't have it, London works for me."

YES! In your face Chirac! hehehehe

[saneright]

My thoughts exactly.

I definitely found it amusing watching hopelessly socialist Greece go bankrupt hosting the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[Always Right]

Wonderful. Eat crow, Chirac.

Or eat cow

[small voice in the wilderness]

...but chirac said the food is SO bad! I bet not as bad as the sour grapes he must be ingesting right about now!

[mugsaway]

Only if you promise to get the exchange rate back to a level that won't bankrupt me...Living on a Britsh isle this $1.89 to the pound is killin me. :)

[mugsaway]

Oh...and Congrats!

[newzjunkey]

Saints be praised NYC *didn't* get it. I'm sick of that pompous piece of property.

Congratulations to Blair, QE2 and the Brits!

[citizen]

Looks like Chirac has screwed le pooch again.

But they do have such fine French cuisine, so much better than the Fins, Brits & Scots.

Bugger off, Chirac.

[MadIvan]

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding for Jacques. Served with some English ale.

Regards, Ivan

[BulletBobCo]

[GiveEmDubya]

Agree wholeheartedly, although in a way I'm glad New York didn't get the Olympics--I don't even want to think of how much worse the traffic would have been!

[conservativecorner]

GOOD FOR THE BRITS!!

[MadIvan]

The French newspapers apparently said the only thing that could destroy Paris' bid was Jacques Chirac.

They were right.

Regards, Ivan

[JennysCool]

Paris is deeply disappointed.

[philo]

Actually when the host cities use corporate sponsorships i.e.
LA, Atlanta, Salt Lake City they've all made money

[NathanBookman]

Darn it, I was looking forward to watching the German athletes marching into Paris, while the French cower in fear! Or watching the French do the wave! What? It's not the wave, they were just surrendering!

[leilani]

Better than the Yellow Fro...oh, never mind. Why kick the french when they're down? They obviously like being there, so let 'em suck up their own sewerage as the civilized planet's most contemptible country.The London games will get a lot more traffic & tourism $$ from this side of the pond than the snarky-farty french would have. Smartest choice by the IOC. I just pray the economics of all this helps London, though, Mr. Livingstone aside.

[Wiz]

Yahoo! Paris defeated! France defeated!

[EQAndyBuzz]

And once again Hillary didn't bring home the bacon to NY'ers.

Gee, how great for the libs it would have been if tomorrows NY Times, WAPO and rest of the lamestream media had as a headline, "Hillary brings Olympics to US."

Guess they never thought about it. As they say in French Le Bummer..HAHAHA

[N3WBI3]

My wife and I said the same thing yesterday, In terms of city layout (wide streets), spread out.. Moscow made the best choice. My wife is from NYC (Ive only been a hand full of times) and neither of us could imagine what a nightmare the Olympics there would have been and, from what I hear, London is even worse.

Oh well I am kinda happy the French did not get it. Even though usually the Olympics are a net (-) it still would have given those frogs something to crow about..

[FranklinsTower]

Having been to London 5 times myself, I really cannot think of a more fun city to go see the Olympic Games at. Congrats!!!!

The added bonus is that it really must make Chirac's skin crawl that Paris lost to London.

[Wiz]

Any plans for India to run for Olympic candidate in the future?

[MadIvan]

Defeating both the French and Hillary is worth the extra taxes to me.

Regards, Ivan

[SheLion]

Well, we can blame Mayor BloomingIdiot of NYC for the losing of the Olympics because of his no-smoking policy!

 

And no one can tell me different!

[phoenix_004]

Ohhh!!! Poor French!!!Now they have to goto London and taste that "bad lousy British food" !!!!!!

[MadIvan]

Well that's what everyone is saying here...people are delighted because it means that we truly gave Chirac a kick in the goolies.

Regards, Ivan

[saveliberty]

LOL! This dissent, coming from the hoity toity man who used to work the ice cream counter at HoJos. There's nothing wrong with honest work, but if he wants to be le food snob, then he should apologize to HoJos.

[ajolympian2004]

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Congratulations...

Another generation of younger people will be inspired to compete at the highest level of sport.

[an italian]

Great. I'll do my best to be there.

[saveliberty]

Ooo! Frog cornish pasties?