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#1 2004-04-27 10:45:10
- Bill White
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
I was reading about the 2004 Olympics set for Athens and found this in the Washington Post. It was pretty funny IMHO and worth quoting:
"Greeks are famous for procrastinating as long as possible, and then rushing frantically at the last minute," says Costis Chlouverakis, a physician and writer. "The Olympics were announced in 1997, but they didn't do anything for years. Of course they are not ready."
A favorite joke circulating on the Internet shows the Greeks half-ready for the 2004 games and the Chinese already done for 2008. Even the Athens city Web site remains "under construction."
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#2 2004-04-27 10:59:16
- clark
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
Eh, it's all Greek to me. 
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#3 2004-04-27 11:03:36
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
*The Olympics are a joke. Steroids, politics, bribing judges as to who will win the Gold...(ala Salt Lake City).
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--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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#4 2004-04-27 11:09:16
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
In the jaded and cynical race, we may just have a winner... 
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#5 2004-04-27 11:19:12
- Bill White
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
*The Olympics are a joke. Steroids, politics, bribing judges as to who will win the Gold...(ala Salt Lake City).
:down:
--Cindy
Tee! Hee! Cynical or idealistic?
Since NBC has agreed to pay $2.2 billion dollars for the American broadcast rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics somebody thinks the Oympics are worth something.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics … -nbc_x.htm
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Mars media rights?
Lets see. Launch. Trans-Mars injection burn. Mars areocapture. Landing. First steps (12-24 hours after safe landing) and then an ongoing search for life or fossils.
Thats worth $20 billion. Easy.
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#6 2004-04-27 11:23:25
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
Now that's idealistic.
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#7 2004-04-27 11:30:11
- Bill White
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
Now that's idealistic.
In 1978 the NBA Finals were broadcast on tape delay!
In 1998 the NBA Finals were the crown jewel of NBC Sports.
Why? Accident? Nah.
Some real smart marketing types persuaded America to fall in love with basketball. David Stern, Brad Falk, Phil Knight, Spike Lee - - its the shoes - - and Michael Jordan.
David Halberstam (the living definition of sober journalist) has explained quite clearly how it was done. All I am saying is - - lets just do it - - again, with a new subject. Space Travel.
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#8 2004-04-27 11:34:41
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Some real smart marketing types persuaded America to fall in love with basketball.
You're preaching to the choir here. Litteraly, look around.
Now, tell me how we make America fall in love with Mars when Bradbury, Robinson, Wells, Vernes, and a whole slew of others haven't managed to.
Tell me and I will follow.
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#9 2004-04-27 11:41:44
- Bill White
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Re: 2004 Olympic Games - Random thoughts
Some real smart marketing types persuaded America to fall in love with basketball.
You're preaching to the choir here. Litteraly, look around.
Now, tell me how we make America fall in love with Mars when Bradbury, Robinson, Wells, Vernes, and a whole slew of others haven't managed to.
Tell me and I will follow.
Mark Cuban. Calling Mark Cuban.
I mean really, how many NBA titles can the Mavericks win before that guy gets bored.
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