jus_the_facts
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:10 PM
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New Orleans would have had a better chance to host the next Olympics |
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:21 PM
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1. You're right. New Orleans would get a huge sympathy vote, plus it's a FABULOUS city! |
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:23 PM
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2. Oh, that would be wonderful! And they sure know how to put on a party!! nt |
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:28 PM
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3. And they already have Blackwater as security |
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:29 PM
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4. Once again, I'm just slightly ahead of my time |
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I was thinking along those lines when I was down there around 1990. Then Atlanta got it, so I figured it wouldn't come to the American South again for quite some time.
Also you'd have to schedule the games more towards September, lest you have competitors dropping like flies from the heat and humidity.
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Fri Oct-02-09 12:39 PM
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5. Do you really want to put 15 billion dollars into an event that takes |
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place during hurricane season in NO? Seriously?
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Fri Oct-02-09 01:04 PM
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6. But...they'd be safe in the Superdome... |
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