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Author: Raine
Date: 07/27/2015 12:47:49
Way back less than a year ago, everyone thought this little old man was a silly fool and did not pay attention. It was treated as a tabloid story.
They ignored that one of his alleged victims was 15 years old…. her name is Renita Chaney Hill; this story was published back in November of last year.
It was treated with a gasp and people moved on to the next thing. People wanted to ignore this and make this go away.
Ignorance is no more.
Sometimes, heroes need to be accountable. Sometimes we need to call a rapist a rapist.
Sometimes, we accept that a serial rapist has been allowed to go free for decades. These women are victims and people who have been able to corroborate these crimes. Yes, these were crimes that were committed. Every one of the women you see above had a a criminal act put upon their bodies and their souls.
**Trigger Warning**
Read these accounts. (After writing this last night I awoke to see that the server where the article is has beenflooded and the site is down so for now, hacked. I will use this link from the NY Daily News.)
There are a lot of powerful people that want to make this go away. Bill Cosby raped women on a regular basis and has never been held accountable.
Look at that empty chair. How many people are out there, victims who can't sit there? How many people are there that wanted to sit in the chair and can't because they are no longer with us?
People need to take rape seriously in this country. People need to take people who tell you they are a victim of rape seriously. All the money and power in the world cannot make that pain go away. Everyday there is a person out there who has been raped, probably by someone who is not as famous nor beloved by the masses like Cosby, but still has a right to sit in that chair and make the claim without shame for what was done to them.
Every day there are people who will walk past that chair wishing they had the courage to sit and tell their story. As for Cosby - he's done.
Update: New York MAgazine has been hacked. this is what they have tweeted out:
and 
Raine
The Emmy-winning Cosby, NBC’s most bankable star at the time, used Scotti to deliver monthly payouts to eight different women in 1989-90 — including Shawn Thompson, whose daughter Autumn Jackson claimed the actor was her dad.
Frank Scotti says he did "a lot of crazy things" for Bill Cosby, including being a coverup for the actor.
Cosby, while denying paternity, paid out more than $100,000 to Thompson over the years after their 1974 affair began. Scotti told The News that he believes Cosby was sleeping with all the women who received money.
They ignored that one of his alleged victims was 15 years old…. her name is Renita Chaney Hill; this story was published back in November of last year.
It was treated with a gasp and people moved on to the next thing. People wanted to ignore this and make this go away.
Ignorance is no more.
Sometimes, heroes need to be accountable. Sometimes we need to call a rapist a rapist.
Sometimes, we accept that a serial rapist has been allowed to go free for decades. These women are victims and people who have been able to corroborate these crimes. Yes, these were crimes that were committed. Every one of the women you see above had a a criminal act put upon their bodies and their souls.
“I didn't realize that I had been raped. Back then, rape was done in an alleyway with somebody holding a knife to your throat that you didn't know. There was no date rape back then. I just knew that something horrible had happened. But I couldn’t put a name to it. The difference between this and that rape in the dark alley is that his face would be before me every week on TV. People would mention a joke that he said: ‘Wasn't that funny?’ And all the while, my stomach would just be churning.” —Joan Tarshis
“In 1975, it wasn't an issue that was even discussed. Rape was being beaten up in a park. I understood at the time that it was wrong, but I just internalized it and dealt with it and pushed it down, and it resided in a very private place. It affects your trust with other people.” —Marcella Tate
Read these accounts. (After writing this last night I awoke to see that the server where the article is has been
There was the disoriented and drugged woman who said Bill Cosby put his forearm under her throat after she revealed to hotel staff she was 19 and staying with the superstar.
There was the woman who couldn't form words as the star of “The Cosby Show” leered at her and her unconscious friend with “a very predatory look on his face,” according to a New York magazine article that publishes Monday.
And there was the woman who thought she was one of Cosby’s best friends — until she woke up naked after he plied her with medicine for a “headache.”
(snip)
Many of the women say that speaking out is therapeutic.
“I’m no longer afraid,” said Chelan Lasha, 46, who says Cosby drugged her when she was just 17. “I feel more powerful than him.”
A total of 46 women have come forward to say they were assaulted by Cosby, according to the magazine. Many in the group say they've been contacted by others who have not yet spoken publicly.
“It was sort of like we were yodeling in a canyon and set off an avalanche,” Tarshis said.
Triggering that avalanche — a radical, rapid change in public opinion — took years.
Cosby’s accusers were previously portrayed as gold diggers and not taken seriously.
There are a lot of powerful people that want to make this go away. Bill Cosby raped women on a regular basis and has never been held accountable.
Look at that empty chair. How many people are out there, victims who can't sit there? How many people are there that wanted to sit in the chair and can't because they are no longer with us?
People need to take rape seriously in this country. People need to take people who tell you they are a victim of rape seriously. All the money and power in the world cannot make that pain go away. Everyday there is a person out there who has been raped, probably by someone who is not as famous nor beloved by the masses like Cosby, but still has a right to sit in that chair and make the claim without shame for what was done to them.
Every day there are people who will walk past that chair wishing they had the courage to sit and tell their story. As for Cosby - he's done.
Update: New York MAgazine has been hacked. this is what they have tweeted out:
Our site is still down but you can listen to 2 women's testimony about Cosby on Instagram
https://t.co/GEoDc8pMF0 + https://t.co/CLlPl40cGS
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015Raine
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Comment by 
Raine on 07/27/2015 13:12:30
Raine on 07/27/2015 13:12:30
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:16:49
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:16:49
Mr TriSec. I need your detailed knowledge on the health insurance business and how to make them do my bidding. I want to get a shingles vaccine since my father had them. They are painful as all hell. I want to avoid this. My provider which rhymes with Bumited Mealth) says I have to wait until I am sixty. Should I have my doctor call their doctor and say hey you know about this thing caller heredity, right? So they get the magics words medically necessary to the parsimonious bastards to cover it. Would that be the best way?
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:19:32
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:19:32
Quote by Raine:
And just when you thought Trump was gonna be the worst. We have this tripe from Huckabee.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:21:01
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:21:01
Also, what kind of car do the TriSecs now own?
Comment by 
wickedpam on 07/27/2015 13:31:32
wickedpam on 07/27/2015 13:31:32
Morning 
Just running through - Mom's birthday so we took it off to have a 3 day weekend.
Wonder if Ben's will now revoke his lifetime free chili dog's. The man is scum and even his legacy is now tainted.
Just running through - Mom's birthday so we took it off to have a 3 day weekend.
Wonder if Ben's will now revoke his lifetime free chili dog's. The man is scum and even his legacy is now tainted.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:45:15
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:45:15
I learned a new term that a faction of conservatives hurl at another. They are keeping it klassy as always.
Comment by 
TriSec on 07/27/2015 13:52:43
TriSec on 07/27/2015 13:52:43
(Quoting is not working via iphone)
Mondo, i would say yes. I actually have first- hand experience: FCHP paid for all my genetic testing after my cancer dx, based on 'medical necessity', likely due to the fact that 3 of my grandparents succumbed to the disease.
I am driving a Nissan Sentra, with the items I wanted, in the color I wanted, after a painless experience at Clay Nissan on the Automile.
Mondo, i would say yes. I actually have first- hand experience: FCHP paid for all my genetic testing after my cancer dx, based on 'medical necessity', likely due to the fact that 3 of my grandparents succumbed to the disease.
I am driving a Nissan Sentra, with the items I wanted, in the color I wanted, after a painless experience at Clay Nissan on the Automile.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:58:37
I will bring up with my PCP when I see her in September.
"Tardis" blue in believe you called it? What does Nissan call it?
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 13:58:37
Quote by TriSec:
(Quoting is not working via iphone)
Mondo, i would say yes. I actually have first- hand experience: FCHP paid for all my genetic testing after my cancer dx, based on 'medical necessity', likely due to the fact that 3 of my grandparents succumbed to the disease.
I am driving a Nissan Sentra, with the items I wanted, in the color I wanted, after a painless experience at Clay Nissan on the Automile.
I will bring up with my PCP when I see her in September.
"Tardis" blue in believe you called it? What does Nissan call it?
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 14:00:32
Mala, I must be feeling off today. Your "dog's" for "dogs" didn't send me into a grammar jerk tizzy. I was more like eh, it's Mala, I will let her slide. I call this progress. Serious progress.
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 14:00:32
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning
Just running through - Mom's birthday so we took it off to have a 3 day weekend.
Wonder if Ben's will now revoke his lifetime free chili dog's. The man is scum and even his legacy is now tainted.
Mala, I must be feeling off today. Your "dog's" for "dogs" didn't send me into a grammar jerk tizzy. I was more like eh, it's Mala, I will let her slide. I call this progress. Serious progress.
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 14:11:18
::: Walks away, shaking head trying not to weep. :::
Raine on 07/27/2015 14:11:18
Quote by Mondobubba:
I learned a new term that a faction of conservatives hurl at another. They are keeping it klassy as always.
::: Walks away, shaking head trying not to weep. :::
Comment by 
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:25:18
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:25:18
Mornin' all. 
Re. Huckabee: I had the thought this weekend that if there's one thing i've learned in several decades of activism, it's that these 'new conservatives' will always find a way to reach a new low. And I'm not just talking about the politicians and talking heads either. Friend of mine made the error of browsing through some right-wing fiction. I don't want to link it because it's so unbelievably disgusting (but if you feel like taking the not-gonna-barf challenge, let me know and I will link it).
Re. Huckabee: I had the thought this weekend that if there's one thing i've learned in several decades of activism, it's that these 'new conservatives' will always find a way to reach a new low. And I'm not just talking about the politicians and talking heads either. Friend of mine made the error of browsing through some right-wing fiction. I don't want to link it because it's so unbelievably disgusting (but if you feel like taking the not-gonna-barf challenge, let me know and I will link it).
Comment by 
BobR on 07/27/2015 14:28:28
You sometimes have to wonder if they don't really want to be president, they just want the publicity they get for running.
BobR on 07/27/2015 14:28:28
Quote by Raine:
And just when you thought Trump was gonna be the worst. We have this tripe from Huckabee.
You sometimes have to wonder if they don't really want to be president, they just want the publicity they get for running.
Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:28:32
I'm not even gonna try to understand this thing. My head is fucked up enough from the meds as it is!
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:28:32
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
I learned a new term that a faction of conservatives hurl at another. They are keeping it klassy as always.
::: Walks away, shaking head trying not to weep. :::
I'm not even gonna try to understand this thing. My head is fucked up enough from the meds as it is!
Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:38:02
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 14:38:02
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 14:49:40
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 14:49:40
There are few American cities that need a gentleman like Jon Gnarr.
One of his other campaign promises was to build a statue of Bjork dressed as the statue of Liberty. Instead of a torch, she was going to hold a mic.
His political platform included promises of "free towels in all swimming pools, a polar bear for the ReykjavÃk zoo, all kinds of things for weaklings, Disneyland in the Vatnsmýri area, a 'drug-free' Althing by 2020, sustainable transparency, tollbooths on the border with Seltjarnarnes, to do away with all debt, free access to Hljómskálagarðurinn (orchestral rotunda park)."
Both before and after being elected, Jón announced that he would not enter a coalition government with anyone that had not watched the HBO series The Wire.He is an avid watcher of the series, and stated his favorite character is Omar. Ultimately, his Best Party entered into a coalition with the social-democratic Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) as its junior partner to govern ReykjavÃk.
One of his other campaign promises was to build a statue of Bjork dressed as the statue of Liberty. Instead of a torch, she was going to hold a mic.
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 15:07:16
you and POTUS agree.
Raine on 07/27/2015 15:07:16
Quote by BobR:Quote by Raine:
And just when you thought Trump was gonna be the worst. We have this tripe from Huckabee.
You sometimes have to wonder if they don't really want to be president, they just want the publicity they get for running.
you and POTUS agree.
Obama said Huckabee's remark was "part of just a general pattern that we've seen that would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad."
He then suggested Huckabee may have made the comment in an effort to steal headlines away from real estate mogul Donald Trump, who's dominated the news in recent weeks for his disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants and Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) war record, according to CBS News.
"The Republican Party is shocked and yet that arises out of a culture where those kind of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace and yet circulated nonstop through the Internet and talk radio and news outlets," Obama added.
Comment by BobR on 07/27/2015 15:13:26
So - if you're not actively fucking the Dems in the ass, you're allowing them to fuck your wife? (please pardon the crass sexual lingo, but I think it accurately reflects their mindset)
BobR on 07/27/2015 15:13:26
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
I learned a new term that a faction of conservatives hurl at another. They are keeping it klassy as always.
::: Walks away, shaking head trying not to weep. :::
I'm not even gonna try to understand this thing. My head is fucked up enough from the meds as it is!
So - if you're not actively fucking the Dems in the ass, you're allowing them to fuck your wife? (please pardon the crass sexual lingo, but I think it accurately reflects their mindset)
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 15:19:28
Sort of. The article talks about a specific genre of porn that has a real racist subtext. So the image is a double yuck.
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 15:19:28
Quote by BobR:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
I learned a new term that a faction of conservatives hurl at another. They are keeping it klassy as always.
::: Walks away, shaking head trying not to weep. :::
I'm not even gonna try to understand this thing. My head is fucked up enough from the meds as it is!
So - if you're not actively fucking the Dems in the ass, you're allowing them to fuck your wife? (please pardon the crass sexual lingo, but I think it accurately reflects their mindset)
Sort of. The article talks about a specific genre of porn that has a real racist subtext. So the image is a double yuck.
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 07/27/2015 15:53:52
velveeta jones on 07/27/2015 15:53:52
wow. this magazine photo! 
I love the newest info on him -- he didn't take the 'ludes with the women because they made him sleepy. Uh........yeah.
I love the newest info on him -- he didn't take the 'ludes with the women because they made him sleepy. Uh........yeah.
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 15:59:07
Raine on 07/27/2015 15:59:07
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 16:03:01
Raine on 07/27/2015 16:03:01
Our site is still down but you can listen to 2 women's testimony about Cosby on Instagram
https://t.co/GEoDc8pMF0 + https://t.co/CLlPl40cGS
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 16:06:31
Raine on 07/27/2015 16:06:31
I have updated the blog to include this new information.
Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2015 16:15:23
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 16:15:23
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 16:20:38
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 16:20:38
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Comment by BobR on 07/27/2015 16:29:24
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
BobR on 07/27/2015 16:29:24
Quote by Mondobubba:
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 16:34:53
Yes to both here.
I loved his stand up special *Himself* now it just seems terrible horrific knowing he allegedly raped a 15 year old.
Raine on 07/27/2015 16:34:53
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
Yes to both here.
I loved his stand up special *Himself* now it just seems terrible horrific knowing he allegedly raped a 15 year old.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 17:29:17
Know about the revelations, it just sullies the whole memory.
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 17:29:17
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
Know about the revelations, it just sullies the whole memory.
Comment by 
livingonli on 07/27/2015 17:41:39
And it strange that now some of his material (including what he's done at his recent gigs) shows the truth of what a perv this "family values" guy is. I am waiting to see if someone comes forward where he could be still be prosecuted, since in so many of these cases the statue of limitations has expired.
livingonli on 07/27/2015 17:41:39
Quote by Raine:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
Yes to both here.
I loved his stand up special *Himself* now it just seems terrible horrific knowing he allegedly raped a 15 year old.
And it strange that now some of his material (including what he's done at his recent gigs) shows the truth of what a perv this "family values" guy is. I am waiting to see if someone comes forward where he could be still be prosecuted, since in so many of these cases the statue of limitations has expired.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/27/2015 17:43:36
Will in Chicago on 07/27/2015 17:43:36
Great blog, Raine!
Sadly, Bill Cosby is an example of a person whose image has undergone an awful change from a warm, family friendly figure to someone who should be investigated and put on trial.
As for Mike Huckabee, I am embarrassed for my country. I know a woman at my synagogue who is a Holocaust survivor. I have known a few Israelis and meet a few Israeli peace activists. Huckabee shows that the GOP seems to have become a bottomless pit of crassness, whose best service as a party would be to expire. I can only imagine what Dwight Eisenhower - who saw death camps at the end of World War 2 - would say about the modern GOP.
Sadly, Bill Cosby is an example of a person whose image has undergone an awful change from a warm, family friendly figure to someone who should be investigated and put on trial.
As for Mike Huckabee, I am embarrassed for my country. I know a woman at my synagogue who is a Holocaust survivor. I have known a few Israelis and meet a few Israeli peace activists. Huckabee shows that the GOP seems to have become a bottomless pit of crassness, whose best service as a party would be to expire. I can only imagine what Dwight Eisenhower - who saw death camps at the end of World War 2 - would say about the modern GOP.
Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2015 17:44:14
TriSec on 07/27/2015 17:44:14
No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
Comment by Will in Chicago on 07/27/2015 17:51:24
It is a shame, as the Olympics could have spurred some useful construction projects.
Will in Chicago on 07/27/2015 17:51:24
Quote by TriSec:
No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
It is a shame, as the Olympics could have spurred some useful construction projects.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 18:04:10
Did we read the same article? It seemed to me that da mayor was doing this because of the significant debt burden that having to host the Olympics would have put on the city. Rather fiscally prudent if you ask me. Given how cities suffer financially in the long-term from hosting the games. But then I'm a rainbow farting unicorn made of sunshine and cotton candy compared to my New England negative-Nelly friends.
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 18:04:10
Quote by TriSec:
No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
Did we read the same article? It seemed to me that da mayor was doing this because of the significant debt burden that having to host the Olympics would have put on the city. Rather fiscally prudent if you ask me. Given how cities suffer financially in the long-term from hosting the games. But then I'm a rainbow farting unicorn made of sunshine and cotton candy compared to my New England negative-Nelly friends.
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 18:11:53
He's going to be deposed.
Raine on 07/27/2015 18:11:53
Quote by livingonli:Quote by Raine:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
One the topic of today's blog. In retrospect, I feel dirty that I saw him in performance a couple of years ago.
Hell - I have a couple of his stand-up comedy albums, and watched "Fat Albert" religiously as a child. You can't fault yourself for decisions made in the past when you didn't have the information you have now.
Yes to both here.
I loved his stand up special *Himself* now it just seems terrible horrific knowing he allegedly raped a 15 year old.
And it strange that now some of his material (including what he's done at his recent gigs) shows the truth of what a perv this "family values" guy is. I am waiting to see if someone comes forward where he could be still be prosecuted, since in so many of these cases the statue of limitations has expired.
He's going to be deposed.
Comment by BobR on 07/27/2015 18:14:07
I don't know how accurate this link is, but it looks like it's a mixed bag. I remember Atlanta getting flack for the commercialization of it, but they came out ahead. They also had realistic plans for the constructions - the athletes' lodging became much-needed dorms for Ga Tech, the baseball stadium and dome replaced the aging Atlanta Fulton County stadium, and Atlanta got a nice new park.
BobR on 07/27/2015 18:14:07
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
Did we read the same article? It seemed to me that da mayor was doing this because of the significant debt burden that having to host the Olympics would have put on the city. Rather fiscally prudent if you ask me. Given how cities suffer financially in the long-term from hosting the games. But then I'm a rainbow farting unicorn made of sunshine and cotton candy compared to my New England negative-Nelly friends.
I don't know how accurate this link is, but it looks like it's a mixed bag. I remember Atlanta getting flack for the commercialization of it, but they came out ahead. They also had realistic plans for the constructions - the athletes' lodging became much-needed dorms for Ga Tech, the baseball stadium and dome replaced the aging Atlanta Fulton County stadium, and Atlanta got a nice new park.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:01:01
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:01:01
I just went back and read the article on why hizzhonor doesn't want to sign the deal for the Olympics. It puts Boston the hook for any cost overruns the Boston 2024 committee my incur.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:08:30
No mention of the amendment that was going to be tacked on concerning wait for it...
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:08:30
Quote by Raine:
This is how toxic the GOP led House is.
No mention of the amendment that was going to be tacked on concerning wait for it...
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:09:48
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:09:48
Repealing Obamacare!
Comment by BobR on 07/27/2015 19:10:18
repealing ObamaCare
BobR on 07/27/2015 19:10:18
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
This is how toxic the GOP led House is.
No mention of the amendment that was going to be tacked on concerning wait for it...
repealing ObamaCare
Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2015 19:14:35
Welp it looks like it's all over now. The USOC has responded to the mayor's stand by revoking Boston's potential bid.
Scoopster on 07/27/2015 19:14:35
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
Did we read the same article? It seemed to me that da mayor was doing this because of the significant debt burden that having to host the Olympics would have put on the city. Rather fiscally prudent if you ask me. Given how cities suffer financially in the long-term from hosting the games. But then I'm a rainbow farting unicorn made of sunshine and cotton candy compared to my New England negative-Nelly friends.
I don't know how accurate this link is, but it looks like it's a mixed bag. I remember Atlanta getting flack for the commercialization of it, but they came out ahead. They also had realistic plans for the constructions - the athletes' lodging became much-needed dorms for Ga Tech, the baseball stadium and dome replaced the aging Atlanta Fulton County stadium, and Atlanta got a nice new park.
Welp it looks like it's all over now. The USOC has responded to the mayor's stand by revoking Boston's potential bid.
Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2015 19:30:34
TriSec on 07/27/2015 19:30:34
Since the instant the bid was announced, everyone lined up to tell the world why we couldn't do it.
Not one group gave even the slightest smidgen of support. No matter how it was portrayed, this was DOA.
So Boston remains the provincial backwater of self-loathing.
Not one group gave even the slightest smidgen of support. No matter how it was portrayed, this was DOA.
So Boston remains the provincial backwater of self-loathing.
Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:33:00
Yes, you have got that last one right! :ducks incoming Bean boot:
Mondobubba on 07/27/2015 19:33:00
Quote by TriSec:
Since the instant the bid was announced, everyone lined up to tell the world why we couldn't do it.
Not one group gave even the slightest smidgen of support. No matter how it was portrayed, this was DOA.
So Boston remains the provincial backwater of self-loathing.
Yes, you have got that last one right! :ducks incoming Bean boot:
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 20:17:00
IT's going to either LA or DC.
Personally I would LOVE a DC Olympics. We have all the world's embassies here!
Raine on 07/27/2015 20:17:00
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No Olympics in Boston. Nimby Naysayer for the Gold!
Did we read the same article? It seemed to me that da mayor was doing this because of the significant debt burden that having to host the Olympics would have put on the city. Rather fiscally prudent if you ask me. Given how cities suffer financially in the long-term from hosting the games. But then I'm a rainbow farting unicorn made of sunshine and cotton candy compared to my New England negative-Nelly friends.
I don't know how accurate this link is, but it looks like it's a mixed bag. I remember Atlanta getting flack for the commercialization of it, but they came out ahead. They also had realistic plans for the constructions - the athletes' lodging became much-needed dorms for Ga Tech, the baseball stadium and dome replaced the aging Atlanta Fulton County stadium, and Atlanta got a nice new park.
Welp it looks like it's all over now. The USOC has responded to the mayor's stand by revoking Boston's potential bid.
Personally I would LOVE a DC Olympics. We have all the world's embassies here!
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 20:17:47
WE have a Winnah!
Raine on 07/27/2015 20:17:47
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Repealing Obamacare!
WE have a Winnah!
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2015 20:38:15
Raine on 07/27/2015 20:38:15
you know, it appears to me that the only people that wanted the Olympics in Boston were real estate development companies and construction contractors.
That Boston was asked to pay for any cost over-runs just reeks of a shakedown. I really think the IOC and the American OC need to get this shit right or no country is EVER going to want to hold the Olympics.
Maybe they can learn from the FISA scandal.
That Boston was asked to pay for any cost over-runs just reeks of a shakedown. I really think the IOC and the American OC need to get this shit right or no country is EVER going to want to hold the Olympics.
Maybe they can learn from the FISA scandal.