On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:07:00 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

On Apr 14, 12:34*am, Red Green wrote:
...just to see if he shows up?


Heh Heh. Hilarious. But I'm not surprised.
The Olympic games arrangements are a long running cock up.
Absolutely unbelievable the stupidity and incompetance we've watched
over the last few years. Just about every aspect of it.
Billions of tax money down the drain.


snip

The cost nas gone to about six times original estimates and a lot of
private sponsership has disappeared these days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17302068
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond...e_cost_of.html

I could have posted it all as a "you-couldn't-make-it-up"


Must be the "prestige" that goes with being the sponsor city. Every
event just tries to top the previous one, no matter the cost in money
or inconvenience of the neighbors.

The event is just a big spectacle to showcase the best athletes money
can buy. At least with SAT TV we have a big choice of things to
watch during that time.