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Jeez. As we say in America, just suck it up and deal, people!
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Well, the Brits aren’t alone in engaging in such moan-fests. Chicagoans have experience living in a city that was contending for the Olympics – Summer Games of 2016 to be specific – and:
(1) the public opinion polls were pretty evenly divided on whether Chicagoans wanted the Games, which is interesting in and of itself, but
(2) judging from the blogosphere, newspapers, talk radio, etc. you would have thought that the ONLY Chicagoans who actually wanted the Olympics were Mayor Daley and land developers. :smack:
“I Will, the Spirit of Chicago.” You wouldn’t have thought so during the bid period. “Make no small plans…” No, Mr. Burnham, you’re not in the spirit of the times, now it’s “make no plans…” :rolleyes:
Chicagoans had much of the same reaction to the recent NATO summit, except more so. The sky was going to fall, board up your windows and flee the city! Although, to be fair, (1) NATO summits, WTO conferences, and G-whatever summits have been marred by violent protests since Seattle 1999 (yes alongside peaceful protests; bad apples, yadda), (1a) the security people – mostly the Feds – didn’t help with gems like “the Metra Electric may be closed because it passes under McCormick Place, but we won’t decide until two weeks before the summit” :rolleyes: and (2) you can’t get a ticket to a NATO summit, nor can your rent your house or condo to someone who has a ticket. 