kaiak Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/...o-60240542.html Interesting website: When it comes to backing the bid, Mayor Daley, Chicago's got your back. Waaaay back. At least according to ChicagoansForRio.com, an anonymously created web site devoted to resisting Chi's Olympic plans by promoting the charms of its closest 2016 competitor, Rio de Janeiro. "It would be exciting to host the Olympics here," the site reads, below a spoof icon of an Olympic torchbearer stumbling. "But you know what would be even better? Rio de Janeiro. Just let Rio host the 2016 Olympics. We don't mind. Honest." Designed similar to a Sprint commercial for Olympics-related data, ChicagoansForRio displays a grid of Olympic-related stats meant to dissuade local bid backers. ChicagoansForRio also displays a head-to-head city comparison widget, comparing everything from city nicknames (The Marvelous City vs. The Second City), beaches (Copacabana vs. 63rd Street), and signature events, e.g., naked people dancing vs. chubby people eating. Most striking is a video compilation of Chicagoans explaining why they don't back the bid (crowds, corruption, etc), which is largely summed up by a white-haired man in a polo shirt: "A lot of crowds, a lot of traffic, they're going to build the facilities in parks so the people won't be able to use the parks, and the city won't be any better off than it was before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiak Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 check over: http://www.chicagoansforrio.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, us Cariocas for Chicago will beat the living daylights out of those looney Chicagoans!! Besides, we CfC are better-looking than those frigid Chicagoans!! So there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, us Cariocas for Chicago will beat the living daylights out of those looney Chicagoans!! Besides, we CfC are better-looking than those frigid Chicagoans!! So there!! I'm from Chicago and it doesn't mean anything to me. Yes it's true what you read, most of us don't want the SOC in 2016. Come over and check it out. I back for Rio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm from Chicago and it doesn't mean anything to me. Yes it's true what you read, most of us don't want the SOC in 2016. Come over and check it out. I back for Rio! Then why are you on this site? Yeah, my cousin in Chicago is also against it...which is why the family has disowned her!! She has been ostracized!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Then why are you on this site? Yeah, my cousin in Chicago is also against it...which is why the family has disowned her!! She has been ostracized!! Relax man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Relax man!!! This is NO TIME to relax. The Big Bang is happening in 2 weeks. This comes around only every 2/4 years, ma'dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 This is NO TIME to relax. The Big Bang is happening in 2 weeks. This comes around only every 2/4 years, ma'dear. So give me your cousin's phone then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 So give me your cousin's phone then! Sorry; that's private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Sorry; that's private. Cher Baron...je suis desolée pour toi alors! I invite all IOC members to share with us chicagoans our feelings that's not time for our city to hold the SOC. We have other priorities baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 We Cariocas have OTHER priorities as well. We will already be saddled with that ridiculous World CUp in 2014; and then we have to put up with the Oly Games again in 2016?!?!? What about our poor, our needy, our disenfranchised?? Give it to Chicago!! The US is far richer!! They can afford it. We can hardly afford to feed, clothe and educate our poor and selfish Chicagoans like this Anne-Marie think they're doing us a favor!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 We Cariocas have OTHER priorities as well. We will already be saddled with that ridiculous World CUp in 2014; and then we have to put up with the Oly Games again in 2016?!?!? What about our poor, our needy, our disenfranchised??Give it to Chicago!! The US is far richer!! They can afford it. We can hardly afford to feed, clothe and educate our poor and selfish Chicagoans like this Anne-Marie think they're doing us a favor!! I insist man...we don't need that. Honestly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I insist man...we don't need that. Honestly! Well, even your President Obama wants it there!! As your American saying goes...you can't fight City Hall!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, even your President Obama wants it there!! As your American saying goes...you can't fight City Hall!! Who cares about him? I am republican! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, even your President Obama wants it there!! As your American saying goes...you can't fight City Hall!! Who cares? I am republican! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Ah so No WONDER!! Republican = self-centered = myopic = wasted a lot of lives in Iraq!! Well, there are LESS of you who don't want it Chicago than there are those who want it. Give it up, Anne-Marie. You're vastly outnumbered!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 No WONDER!! Well, there are LESS of you who don't want it Chicago than there are those who want it.Give it up, Anne-Marie. You're vastly outnumbered!! I see you are getting stressed out, fake brazilian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Stressed out? R u kidding? I luv this. This is what I live for, fake Chicagoan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 DO U REALLY THINK I'VE CREATED THIS WEBSITE?? WWW.CHICAGOANSFORRIO.COM!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 PEOPLE FROM THIS BOARD, COME OVER AND OVER TO VISIT THE SITE AND CHECK WHAT WE CHICAGOANS THINK ABOUT SOC IN OUR CITY, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE VIDEO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm only doing this because this guy dumped me for that far prettier gal who wanted Chicago!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Who cares about him? I am a selfish, self-centered republican who only thinks for herself...or not!! We oppose the populist president because he thinks for the common good. I also belong to the KKK of Skokie, Illinois!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 PEOPLE FROM THIS BOARD, COME OVER AND OVER TO VISIT THE SITE AND CHECK WHAT WE CHICAGOANS THINK ABOUT SOC IN OUR CITY, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE VIDEO! It's good for a few laughs!! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Marie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Anne Marie, you should stop this. Don't you see the prejudice for our city. Stop, we may have IOC members checking this website and it won't be good for Chicago's bid I DON'T CARE BARON! I AM CONVINCED IT WON'T BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY. LEAVE ME ALONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I CARE BARON! I AM CONVINCED IT WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY. Please DON'T LEAVE ME like the last guy!! OK, I'll take you back if drop this "Chicagoans for Rio" nonsense ...or we'll take you back to the asylum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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