Dumb Canucks get 1 billion dollars in debt for the olympics.

JRL · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from Kassz007:

It is strange when you think about it. I am a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan (please, spare the comments, I've heard them all). I am upset when they lose, and happy when they win. Not sure why, but it is what it is.

Interesting.

I follow the Vancouver Canucks intensely, but I kinda like it when they lose, because there's nothing funnier than listening to irate callers on the radio show.

stefan_777 · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from TraderZones:
Was Canada unworthy in the two times they as a host nation won no gold medals? Or was it something that really meant nothing a few weeks after each of those Olympic events ended?

Of course they were unworthy for Gold, they obviously couldn't earn it.

Just like how U.S and Germany weren't as worthy as Canada for Gold this Olympics. Obviously things have changed.

I don't see your point.

zdreg · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from TraderZones:

funny, when one leads in a certain category, one presents it that way.

USA leads in total medals.

I think Norway won "most medals, PER CAPITA..."

Does China lead in "factory athlete medals"? They sure do in the summer olympics. Grab some kids, strip them away from their parents for 12 years, choose a sport for them, all in the name of making the country look dominant...

I think Norway won "most medals, PER CAPITA..."

u are an i...

"The United States, a nation of 300 million, won nine gold medals this year in the Winter Olympics. Norway, a nation of 4.7 million, also won nine. This was no anomaly. Over the years, Norwegians have won more gold medals in Winter Games, and more Winter Olympics medals over all, than people from any other nation."

http://blogcritics.org/sports/article/better-feat-overall-medals-or-most/

again you are an i....

Mav88 · Mar 2, 2010

and China, a nation of a billion, won how many? who cares?

I'm having a hard time with this one. I'm supposed to feel good about total medal count, I'm supposed to be proud of the hockey teams efforts but two days after the end I don't give a crap anymore, life goes on.

Vancouver gave us some decent entertainment, I guess that's all that matters. If Norweigans are happier today then good for them.

jem · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from Kassz007:

This country is full of immigrants. We welcome immigrants up here. I have no problem with more of them.

You have a fair and valid point here. Although to address the last part - the men's hockey tournament was some of the best hockey in the world I've ever seen. [/B]

As long as you can afford them, its fine by me. some of my great grandparents were immigrants to the states.

I just don' t like the way our politicians have been using immigration policy to benefit the politicians goals and not the peoples.

increasenow · Mar 2, 2010

let's be solution minded...perhaps Canadian olympic gold medals can be sold on ebay for 1 billion dollars

deaddog · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from KINGOFSHORTS:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/35581780/

So the Canucks go and rush to get in debt for 1 billion dollars so a bunch of private companies can make a shit load of money.

Another great example of Lemon Socialism.

It was a hell of a party!!!You had to be there for the experience

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Not that expensive for 17 days of everybody having a great time when you consider that the US spends over a billion a day just to pay interest on their national debt.

TraderZones · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from stefan_777:

Of course they were unworthy for Gold, they obviously couldn't earn it.

Just like how U.S and Germany weren't as worthy as Canada for Gold this Olympics. Obviously things have changed.

I don't see your point.

The point was your opinion stated as if it were somehow a fact: Breaking a record for Gold medals is much better than winning a bunch of bronze to boost total medal count.

stefan_777 · Mar 2, 2010

Quote from TraderZones:

The point was your opinion stated as if it were somehow a fact: Breaking a record for Gold medals is much better than winning a bunch of bronze to boost total medal count.

I never said it was a fact.

But I do hope you would prefer one Ferrari F430 over ten Ford Focuses. Both about equal in price.

Quality over quantity sir. The preferences certainly exist between gold, silver and bronze.

acronym · Mar 3, 2010

Quote from Renegen:

I wouldn't call it lemon socialism, it's mostly the city of Vancouver and the BC government that went with it. I don't think the majority of Canadians had any expectation that it would make money, it was national pride but with reservations.

Frankly, as a Canadian, I hope we never see the Olympics again. They do bring debts and extravagant expenses for little benefit to taxpayers. The RE bubble has obviously benefitted from the Olympics, will the economy?

Cutten said it right, I suspect-unless someone can point me to an olympics, any olympics, summer or winter that actually made money-for taxpayers, which is the rub really. Without rubbery accounting or wishful-never-followed-up projections of tourism dollars, they are, oddly enough, a massive scam.