Travesty of Rio Olympics

[bagwell1987]

Bryant Gumbel did an impressive docudrama (?) about the Rio Olympics, as well as looked into other cities where the Olympics have been held and how it affected the native peoples. 

It'll be on HBO again tomorrow, July 30th, at 5-6:30, Lew wanted to see it.

This system is so broken. 'Man has dominated man' is so true with the IOC. Tragic.

I can't watch Olympics anymore, wasn't much into it before but now for sure not into it.

 

http://www.thepostgame.com/hbo-real-sports-explores-rio-olympics  

[Omoyeme]

You and me both Sis. Cheryl. I can't remember the last time I watched the Olympics throughout.  I think the last time was the Summer Games in Atlanta.  (Athletes spending years of training boiled dowm to a few moments of glory on T.V.)  Then what?

[Tortuga]

On 7/28/2016 at 7:31 PM, Omo_Yeme said:

Then what?

TV commercials...

[Shawnster]

Wheaties box cover

[Ivine]

For living in Brazil and not so close to Rio de Janeiro (for being honest I never have been there), Rio and the rest of the country there's no security or even the feeling of security. People dying in the hospitals because there's no doctor or equipments enough for everybody. I'm not gonna talk more about that because I want to keep my neutrality in this issues. Anyway, these game have being a horrible deal to Rio and to the rest of country who has paid off for all that "staging".

[Omoyeme]

9 hours ago, Shawnster said:

Wheaties box cover

 

And the athlete's face plastered on the front cover of the gossip magazines.

[retroHelen]

The more I read about these expensive games, the more I felt sorry for the Brazilians who are struggling to look after themselves amidst government upheavals and  corruption claims, whilst facing all this expense that will likely, like Athens games, just leave them the legacy of large under used mostly empty arenas when they need basics of stable authority, security, good housing, education and hospitals.

 

It stands testimony to the fact we all need a Worldwide fair organised government that only our God can provide!

 

Many of the facilities and transport infrastructure were unable to be finished because they were drained of funds by corruption and the Culture Ministry was closed after the coup and is still occupied by protesters. With only a few days to go before it begins, It all seems chaotic, which adds to the fears about security at such an obvious target amidst the chaos, fueled also by Zika health scares and kidnapping/mugging worries.

[bagwell1987]

I'm hearing what you all are saying. I'm at a loss for what to say to describe how bad this system is. The bad that used to be jaw-dropping and appalling is now just everyday stuff.  Viscous organizations (corporations) like this one in this system, set out for what they can get for themselves with callous disregard to humanity, keep mowing everyone down in it's path. 

[Tortuga]

Now they are using cruise ships. They should have done that first.

[Qapla]

About the only thing I might would watch would be Usain Bolt run and some of the swimming because there are several gators