http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/winter-games-vancouvers-stimulus-plan/economy “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/winter-games-vancouvers-stimulus-plan/economy/comment-page-1#comment-1338 Lois Geller Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:03 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=3677#comment-1338 Hmmm, as an American, I'd like to visit your Olympics. It might be a waste of money, and it might cost 6 billion dollars. It is done now, though. And, for a while all eyes around the world will be on Vancouver, and what a beautiful place it is, and safe. People might think about visiting there in years to come, and remember how civilized it all looks there, a place where there are still good manners (having been under the British rule for 100 year longer than us). I hope I get to go. Hmmm, as an American, I’d like to visit your Olympics. It might be a waste of money, and it might cost 6 billion dollars.
It is done now, though. And, for a while all eyes around the world will be on Vancouver, and what a beautiful place it is, and safe.
People might think about visiting there in years to come, and remember how civilized it all looks there, a place where there are still good manners (having been under the British rule for 100 year longer than us).
I hope I get to go.

]]> http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/winter-games-vancouvers-stimulus-plan/economy/comment-page-1#comment-1316 Gary Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:37:42 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=3677#comment-1316 I hope this finally convinces the municipal, provincial and federal governments to never again seek to stage an Olympics anywhere in Canada. If some city wants to stage the Olympics, let them and their provincial government, if they are so short sighted, pay the entire bill for themselves. God save us from ever again inflating the civic ego with another boondoggle like the Olympics. I never want to ever hear of the Olympics happening anywhere in Canada. It is a massive waste of valuable resources. The money, if all other civic needs are met, should remain in the pockets of those who earned it. I hope this finally convinces the municipal, provincial and federal governments to never again seek to stage an Olympics anywhere in Canada. If some city wants to stage the Olympics, let them and their provincial government, if they are so short sighted, pay the entire bill for themselves. God save us from ever again inflating the civic ego with another boondoggle like the Olympics. I never want to ever hear of the Olympics happening anywhere in Canada. It is a massive waste of valuable resources. The money, if all other civic needs are met, should remain in the pockets of those who earned it.

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