RIO..... HERE IT STARTS....THE 2016 OLYMPICS....SHOULD IT HAVE EVER BEEN?
WATCHING THE CBC NATIONAL NEWS FOR CANADA, ONE EVENING BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONIES, LOOKING AT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE CITY, AND THE POVERTY OF PEOPLE, IT REALLY WAS A CRAZY IDEA TO EVER AWARD THE OLYMPICS TO BRAZIL.
AS ONE "IN THE KNOW" GUY IN RIO SAID, "TO GIVE THE OLYMPICS TO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WAS JUST PLAIN STUPID."
YES, WE NEVER HEARD MUCH ABOUT BRAZIL [BUT FOR THEIR SOCCER FAME] FOR DECADES....ONE GOOD REASON, YES IT IS A BACKWARD THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
BRAZIL HAS NEVER BEEN, AND IS NOT YET, IN THE SAME GAME AS MOST OF THE WESTERN WORLD, RUSSIA, AND CHINA.
THE WORLD WILL HOLD ITS BREATH FOR ALL THE DAYS OF THE 2016 OLYMPICS, HOPING IT WILL NOT BE THE TARGET FOR TERRORISM.
YES I WILL BE WATCHING AS MUCH AS I CAN - I DO ENJOY BOTH THE SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPICS.
IT WILL BE A PLEASANT SIDE STEP AWAY FROM THE USA EVER CRAZY POLITICAL RUN TO THE NEW PRESIDENT.
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