(1) Now we will not have to listen to complaints about how much the Olympic building projects are costing the city of Chicago, the citizens of Chicago, the US Government to help out Chicago, etc., etc., etc. Seriously, if it cost $1.2 million just for the President to make his overnight trip to Copenhagen, then we are probably saving money until the then-President flies to Rio to watch the games.
(2) Having the Olympics hosted in a city with a reputation of crime will hopefully make the Atlanta bombing not look so bad to the IOC, thereby increasing the US's chances of hosting another Olympics game at some point in the future.
(3) In 2012 we will not have to hear Obama bragging about singlehandedly bringing the Olympic games to Chicago.
(4) The opening ceremonies will be much cooler in Rio. What would Chicago do for opening ceremonies? Rap? Hip-hop? Blues? Evolution of American music and dance? Fire? Mob? World fair serial killer tribute? Rio will probably do Carnival and it will be cool with the outrageous costumes.
(5) It is about time that South America join the hosting.
(6) Olympics cost more than they make in the short-term.
(7) We will probably have a scandal about an American athlete(s) partying too much in Rio and be able to blame bad performances on that. The excuse would not work too well in Chicago.
(8) It isn't Tokyo.
(9) The world's attention will be turned for a little while to a place that needs the gospel. Of course this would have been true for all of the other cities on the list as well, but most of us probably do not think of Rio that often.
(10) We do not have to hear the "They're Coming to America" song for the year preceding the games!
Friday, October 2, 2009
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