the booby prize

is there a bigger booby prize on the planet right now than having the winning bid for the olympics?

montreal spent years paying for their olympics even after they're mayor said "The Montreal Olympics can no more have a deficit, than a man can have a baby." the montreal olympics were held in 1976 and it was 1996 before the olympic stadium was paid off. the vancouver olympics lost money but the olympic organizing committee claimed to have broke even. yes they did, because the federal, provincial and city governments covered the loss. they say for every $12 spent by Ottawa and B.C. on the three big projects, local taxpayers contributed only $1.

now it appears that russia is going to have THE MOST EXPENSIVE OLYMPIC GAMES EVER! the cost has ballooned from $12,000,000,000.00 to $50,000,000,000.00. that's quite an increase and the $50 billion figure will probably rise. i would think russian needs some better managers and accountants. but more importantly, i think russia needs some better politicians. our western politicians might be total assholes but the russian politicians seem to have added incompetency to the wonderful traits of assholeness and corruption. on the other hand, blowing $50 billion on the olympics isn't as bad as blowing $50 billion on a war.

so what can make me smile today? this, Snake-handling preacher dies from rattlesnake bite in West Virginia my theory is his wife switched snakes when he wasn't looking.

i love you sons of bitches!