The Brits are jealous the London Games have seen problem after problem and they haven’t even started yet. Meanwhile, the Salt Lake City Games were saved (by Romney’s leadership, no less) and produced a profit.
Profit is a four letter word, not spoken in polite company. Watch your mouth around children. You have been warned. ;^)
The saving and profit came from massive taxpayer (federal) subsidies, and the winter Olympics are a fraction of the scale of the summer games.
Minor problems.
And Atlanta went swimmingly didnt it?.
***Meanwhile, the Salt Lake City Games were saved (by Romney’s leadership, no less) and produced a profit.***
Wasn’t there a scandal at SLC Olympics about bribing people with BHP pistols as gifts?
So far all they’ve had go wrong is an Olympics construction “budget overrun” of $14.4 billion spent as opposed to the $3.7 billion alloted.
And the security firm hired by the Brits which was supposed to provide 10,400 skilled guards failed to deliver, showing up with under 6,000 hastily trained rent-a-cops so far.
And already the genius Olympic officials caused the North Koreans to keep their womens’ soccer team from the field after the South Korean flag was mistakenly displayed on the overhead scoreboard screen-—Cameron himself came forth and groveled to North Korea about that one.
And lastly—or firstly—the dumbass Brit “Culture Secretary” Jeremy Hunt shook the opening Olympic bell too furiously at a public event and ripped it from its base, flinging it into a wide-eyed crowd.
What did the manly, resolute, ever-ready Sec. Hunt exclaim as the audience ducked and covered? “Oh, oh dear! Are you all right? Health and safety!”
Health and safety??
Oh yeah...things are going swimmingly there in London town.
No dear that “profit” was 50% MORE in costs...
We US taxpayers paid $1.5 BILLION when spend thrift Willard was through spending our money on pork etc...
Willard taught Obama how to spend the taxpayers money...
2 years beforee the Oympics John McCain read off some of Willie the Wastrels expenditures on the Senate floor...
From the Congressional Record:
Senator McCain on the GAO Report
On Sept. 19, 2000, Sen. McCain, speaking in opposition to the Conference Report on the 2001 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill advised the Senate of details from the GAO’s report. As recorded in the Congressional Record, Sen. McCain stated,
“The GAO now determines that $1.3 billion—and some of those I will read: $974,000 for the Utah State Olympic Public Safety Command; $5 million for the Utah Communications Agency Network; $3 million to Olympic Regional Development Authority, upgrades at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex; $2.5 million, Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities; $2.5 million, Salt Lake City Olympics regional park-and-ride lots; $500,000, Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan, and on and on; $925,000 to allow the Utah State Olympic Public Safety Command to continue to develop and support a public safety program for the 2002 Winter Olympics; $1 million for the 2002 Winter Olympics security training; $2.2 million for the Charleston Water Conservancy District, UT, to meet sewer infrastructure needs associated with the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. What the Olympic games supposedly hosted and funded by Salt Lake City, which began in corruption and bribery, has now turned into is an incredible pork-barrel project for Salt Lake City and its environs.” — Sen. John McCain in the United States Senate, Sept. 19, 2000 - [Page S8731-S8748 - Congressional Record.]