[Eric in the Ozarks]

What if they held the Olympic Games and nobody came to play ?

[FreepForever]

Worry about the World Expo in Shanghai, 2006 first.

[battlecry]

Eric: Years ago my wife qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon event. We had to fly into Atlanta, then take a hop into Columbia, SC. When we entered the Columbia-bound plane, we thought we were in som twilight zone episode. Most of the women were wearing hospital masks. We sat down in the plane calmly thinking how unprepared we were for what was coming ahead... It will probably be more common now

[HamiltonJay]

If no one did come to their hosted Olympics, you think that would tank their manufacturing base? Hardly. It would be an embarrassment for the government, but it would not spell the end of the nation or its manufacturing.

[Illbay]

I thought the next Olympics was in Athens.