Obama Got the You Did Not Build It Yourself comment from Romney.

And just to provide a little perspective, the video referenced by WTF said the costs of the Salt Lake games was something on the order of 2.7 billion. The cost of the London games is estimated to be between 17-19 bil. Originally Posted by Ducbutter

Willard and his boys scarfed 2.7 mil from congress for the city of salt lake ... 2.7 million wasnt the total cost of the salt lake games

Willard and his boys scarfed 2.7 mil from congress for the city of salt lake ... 2.7 million wasnt the total cost of the salt lake games Originally Posted by CJ7

I said billion.

And here's an ABC article saying the cost to taxpayers was half of the 2.7.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95650&page=1

This article in the Wash. Post says the London games will cost between 17 and 19 billion .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...paPX_blog.html

I think I agree with COG. I'd prefer they were self financed but that's not gonna happen. We should think long and hard though before hosting another games.

you did say billion and I meant to type billion


and for the pork paying for salt lake roads, and bridges that stay after the games go away .. I give a robust NO!

good thing salt lake built the olympics all by themselves and didnt have any government help.

Doove- Yes it's a valid concept. That doesn't mean it's justification for raising someone's taxes. Originally Posted by Ducbutter

So you're saying that, as part of his argument he made a valid point. Correct?

So you're saying that, as part of his argument he made a valid point. Correct? Originally Posted by Doove

I wouldn't exactly call five statements an argument. Without a little more context I find it a little difficult to discern a larger meaning. But I'm sure you'll enlighten us. The floor is yours.

I wouldn't exactly call five statements an argument. Originally Posted by Ducbutter

Actually, you kinda did.

Actually, you kinda did. Originally Posted by Doove

Based on the fact there's an "R" after his name I made an assumption. But I could be wrong.
What's your assumption?

I think we agree mostly. The american electorate for decades has been demanding, or at least accepting, all these increases in gov't services and entitlements that they essentially refuse to pay for. Our elected officials tell us we can have it and we believe them. I'd prefer they be honest about it. I'm in favor of a national health care safety net program that would be available to all who choose to participate for instance. Let's just be clear about the financing. Let's say, add a $.75 tax on fossil fuels and couple that with some efforts to bring down those fuel's pre-tax costs to minimize the pain. Originally Posted by Ducbutter

I do agree with that ...

And just to provide a little perspective, the video referenced by WTF said the costs of the Salt Lake games was something on the order of 2.7 billion. The cost of the London games is estimated to be between 17-19 bil. Originally Posted by Ducbutter

Winter Olympics always cost was less than Summer

The Olympics should be self-funding. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Not according to Mitt Romney

Romney is a big spending statist politician. That's news?

The Olympics should be self-funding. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

COF, you should be in the SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

Thank you, Stevie. You're pretty special yourself.

Couldn't have said these things better myself. I think it is funny how Mitt is pissing everyone off on his little "foreign affairs" trip. First the Brits, then the Palestinians, and on and on..

It's amazing how much the Repubs just keep trying to defend this guy. He lives up to his name "Mitt the Twitt". Originally Posted by Sensia

Shucks. Anyone who claims the Holocaust happened upsets the "Palestinians". So Sensia, do you believe the Holocaust is a "Big Lie"?


Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum, expressing the Islamic militant group's position, claimed Wednesday that the Holocaust "is a big lie."

. . . . Many Palestinians fear that if they acknowledge the Holocaust, they will diminish their own suffering, including their uprooting during Israel's 1948 creation and decades under Israeli occupation.

http://www.newser.com/article/da0cp6...a-big-lie.html

COF, you should be in the SPECIAL OLYMPICS. Originally Posted by Little Stevie

Are you looking for a job, Little Blind Boy? They're hiring javelin catchers.

lol

leave it to InBred to toss out the olympics and shuffle in the farkin holocaust.

lol

leave it to InBred to toss out the olympics and shuffle in the farkin holocaust. Originally Posted by CJ7

You do not read well, CBJ7. You misattributed the originators of both the Olympics remark and the Palestine remark.