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Could Utah host Winter Olympics with six months notice?
The Lowell Sun / The Associated Press ^ | August 8, 2013 | Matthew Piper, The Salt Lake Tribune

Posted on 08/08/2013 11:13:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Will Salt Lake City host the 2014 Winter Games? Almost certainly not. But could the Utah capital, logistically, host the 2014 Games?

The answers range from no doubt to no chance.

A grass-roots movement is afoot to boycott the Sochi Winter Olympics or move them to another city after Russian President Vladimir Putin in June signed a law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" and giving the government seemingly broad powers to discriminate against gays.

Salt Lake City is on the short list of places that could conceivably host a modern-scale Winter Olympics on a moment's notice.....

(Excerpt) Read more at lowellsun.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; obama; olympics; romney; russia; utah; winterolypics
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To: paudio

Which Islamic country could host the winter Olympics?


21 posted on 08/09/2013 12:43:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Correct!


22 posted on 08/09/2013 1:33:05 AM PDT by toddausauras
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m no fan of the militant gay agenda. I’m also not a fan of infringement on free speech. These laws are not a good thing.


23 posted on 08/09/2013 2:36:14 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

The Olympics, summer and winter, are full of homos and lesbians.


24 posted on 08/09/2013 3:16:43 AM PDT by twister881
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Obvious Gay Olympic Event: Two Man Luge.

Texas could definitely host it. Does Mount Houston have snow? Where is Mount Houston? Heck they have a road called Mount Houston, there has to be a mountain somewhere named Houston.


25 posted on 08/09/2013 3:19:49 AM PDT by OC_Steve
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Uzbekistan, I believe - if they had the infrastructure.

Or in about 10 years, England.


26 posted on 08/09/2013 3:57:05 AM PDT by jimjohn
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If they move it from Russia nobody will want the games in the future and the Olympics dies.

It isn’t going anywhere.


27 posted on 08/09/2013 4:16:07 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: Vendome
Let the Games go on at Sochi and respect local customs.

Liberals are all about respecting cultural differences until they encounter a different culture.

28 posted on 08/09/2013 4:26:08 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Texas could do it in 4 months.

Where ya gonna hold the bobsled and alpine ski events?

29 posted on 08/09/2013 4:30:39 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Boycotting the Olympics is so “Carter,” kind of reminds you the libs only ideas have to do with “recycle.”


30 posted on 08/09/2013 4:43:16 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag
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To: Hot Tabasco

The exit from I 45 marked “ MT. HOUSTON “


31 posted on 08/09/2013 5:00:10 AM PDT by Einherjar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Which Islamic country could host the winter Olympics?

Sarajevo, Bosnia.


32 posted on 08/09/2013 5:01:15 AM PDT by irish_links
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If that happens, I guess I’ll have to boycott the US Olympics. We need to get our noses out of other countries’ business. Like Ben Franklin said.

We’re throwing huge money and arms at countries with national religions and huge destructive agendas, meanwhile punishing those who don’t threaten us.


33 posted on 08/09/2013 5:05:16 AM PDT by gotribe (Vladimir Putin is MY President)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These poofters are wasting their time. It is too late to change the venue.


34 posted on 08/09/2013 5:06:18 AM PDT by dforest (BR)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would Utah WANT to hold the Winter Olympics? The Olympics always are a money pit for whoever hosts them — and the debts the locals incur live on long after the Olympics are over.


35 posted on 08/09/2013 5:34:54 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Well actually, it is, almost anywhere is less hostile to homos than Russia and pro-gay propaganda is legal under the first amendment.

Salt Lake City itself is run by liberals who are very pro-gay.


36 posted on 08/09/2013 5:35:38 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Perdogg; BillyBoy; NFHale; ...

Highly amusing.

I find myself in unfamiliar territory being on Russia’s side on something.


37 posted on 08/09/2013 5:39:54 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Texas could but why would we? It’s always a financial disaster to the host city/country.

We’d have to make the snow and somehow keep it frozen but how about a snow boarding obstacle course down Congress Ave. in Austin dodging and jumping over weirdos. Maybe cross country skiing to everywhere Sheila indignantly asked, “Don’t you know who I am?!?” Speed skating through Oak Cliff in Dallas, the East side of I-35 in Austin, or where the low lifes reside in Houston. The luge would have lots of fans in Dallas. Being as it’s Texas and temps reached 110 this week, throw in some summer events such as swimming in Lake Travis that’s 1/3 full what with the drought. Weight lifting nekkid sunbathers out at Hippie Hollow although the cameras would have to severely edit that event. Or cycling along Highway 130 during rush hour with posted speeds at 85 mph. I’d love to see a Run for the Border triathelon event to clear out the illegals.


38 posted on 08/09/2013 5:44:15 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Impy
Did you read it?

Its starts off saying that no way will this happen.

Dems are comparing Russia’santi-homo laws to Hitlers cool reception of that black track-and-field star Jesse Owens 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Gays are the new blacks its sounds like.

39 posted on 08/09/2013 5:48:09 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Grass roots? More like ass roots.


40 posted on 08/09/2013 5:50:34 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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