July 31, 201212 yr Author Wayhey... Now Boris Johnson has invited the Prince of Darkness himself, Rupert Murdoch along for an Olympig scmooze-athon during Becky Adkington's bid to retain her 800m medal on Friday... I'm sure she'll be chuffed to have that c'nt coming along to watch her.... Not that she would be allowed to say anything either way of course.... Is there nothing Boris the shameless whore won't do to curry favour with those influential people who might help him become Tory leader....? Doesn't really get much clearer that politicians are just using the games for their own ambitions.... And people wonder why I don't like 'em....
August 1, 201212 yr Author Congratulations on ignoring that perfectly valid point. What 'valid point'....?
August 3, 201212 yr Author The one that Jark made. I missed that, mainly because it was on the previous page and Jark writes in such microscopic writing it can sometimes be easy to miss a post by him....
August 3, 201212 yr Author Show me an Olympics in the last several decades which has been 'just about the sport'. I'm surprised you could be so naive as to suggest that given what a cynic you are. Look at the reaction across the world to the opening ceremony - people have been totally uplifted by it. If that's not what the 'Olympic spirit' is about I don't know what is. The Opening ceremony was "pretty" and nice to look at, but I'm not falling for the whole "This is for Everyone" schtick... Danny Boyle has become very good at manipulating emotions with artifice and not much substance, a casual look at his last few films would tell you that ("Slumdog Millionaire" in particular is SOOOOO over-rated, IMO), long gone is the firebrand who made "Trainspotting"... Yes, I am cynical about the games, because I actually LIVE in London and have seen the negative effects on local small businesses, people in the area, I've seen peoples' rents in Stratford and Bow TRIPLE in the space of a year, more or less because greedy scumbag land-lords and estate agents want to cash in and attempt to gentrify that part of London (yeah, good luck with that one given that area has been dubbed the "Murder Mile End Road"); and I know personally several people who live within blast radius of one of those bloody missile batteries.... I made my comment about how I wished the games could be, a genuine celebration of sporting prowess, and not some excuse for the corporations to cash-in or politicians to make political capital out of... Nope, to most of us here in London, it's all a load of expensive crap, Bread and Circuses... Only, without the bread obviously, seeing as how you cant take a sandwich into any of the venues because it might upset Muck-Donalds.... I did get a good old laugh at Boris though, dangling on the wire... It just perfectly encapsulates the omnishambles that has happened with regards to much of the organisation, actually, if the wire had broken or become unsecured and he'd landed on his arse it would've been the perfect metaphor for G4S....
August 4, 201212 yr What a day! Absolutely superb. Scott, you get one life, stop spending it whining and criticising it whilst doing f*ck all. Appreciate the sport or sit down in a corner shouting through the air at bankers.
August 5, 201212 yr Boris Johnson has certainly been milking this for all it's worth. That's hardly surprising but it does rather belittle the contribution made by other politicians such as Seb Coe (from the start of the bid process to now), Ken Livingstone (start of the bid process to 2008), Tony Blair (start of the bid process to 2007) and Tessa Jowell. A lot of the planning will have been done while Livingstone was Mayor. Johnson just had to pick up those plans and ensure they were implemented successfully.
August 8, 201212 yr GREAT Britain is known as the home of football so it should have been the last place on earth where a gaffe disgraced an Olympic Games. I dont see how being the home of football has any bearing on the likely hood of a mistake with a flag. Edited August 8, 201212 yr by tonyttt31
August 9, 201212 yr Do I actually find myself defending someone who went to Eton? Surely not. You don't do you? You're joking! :lol: Doesn't this selfish prat realise that he'd probably not have a school playing field to run about on and be 'spotted'. I watched him in the final too - not much to write home about.
August 9, 201212 yr You don't do you? You're joking! :lol: Doesn't this selfish prat realise that he'd probably not have a school playing field to run about on and be 'spotted'. I watched him in the final too - not much to write home about. Please, we don't need your observations to demonstrate you know nothing about athletics.
August 9, 201212 yr Author What a day! Absolutely superb. Scott, you get one life, stop spending it whining and criticising it whilst doing f*ck all. Appreciate the sport or sit down in a corner shouting through the air at bankers. Keep drinking the Kool Aid, and be distracted by the bright, shiny object whilst the "government" sells off schools playing fields and scraps schools sports targets thus surely making the next generations of working class athletes like the Jessica Ennises and Mo Farahs more difficult to actually come through, yeah, the "Olympic Legacy", eh...... -_- As for Boris Johnson, that shameless media whore. Schmoozing around with Emperor Murdoch of the Sith, BoJo is clearly using the games as a tool to get himself elected as Tory leader..... Dont ask me to just "enjoy the sport" when all this shit is going on right beneath our noses, maybe you can just forget about it all, but some of us swim a bit deeper than just the shallow end, know what I mean.....?
August 9, 201212 yr Author I dont see how being the home of football has any bearing on the likely hood of a mistake with a flag. Why are you attributing that quote to me, it was from the article I pasted... :huh: So, take it up with the reporter who wrote it, and not me...
August 9, 201212 yr Please, we don't need your observations to demonstrate you know nothing about athletics. I'll say what I want ... just as you keep posting the useless boring crap you post Charlie! Fair deal? I do apologise actually ... did you ever have a sense of humour Charlie - or was it surgically removed at birth? You are dreadfully serious (and a bit dull) for a young person. Edited August 9, 201212 yr by Kath
August 9, 201212 yr Author I'll say what I want ... just as you keep posting the useless boring crap you post Charlie! Fair deal? I do apologise actually ... did you ever have a sense of humour Charlie - or was it surgically removed at birth? You are dreadfully serious (and a bit dull) for a young person. To be fair, Charlie's alright when it comes to most things, he's a pretty good poster.. But, does seem to be taking the (valid) criticisms of the Olympics far too personally... I know someone who works at LOCOG, get them away from work and get a few drinks down them in the pub, and the expletives that come out concerning Boris, G4S and Lord Coe would honestly turn the air blue..... :lol: :lol:
August 9, 201212 yr Keep drinking the Kool Aid, and be distracted by the bright, shiny object whilst the "government" sells off schools playing fields and scraps schools sports targets thus surely making the next generations of working class athletes like the Jessica Ennises and Mo Farahs more difficult to actually come through, yeah, the "Olympic Legacy", eh...... -_- As for Boris Johnson, that shameless media whore. Schmoozing around with Emperor Murdoch of the Sith, BoJo is clearly using the games as a tool to get himself elected as Tory leader..... Dont ask me to just "enjoy the sport" when all this shit is going on right beneath our noses, maybe you can just forget about it all, but some of us swim a bit deeper than just the shallow end, know what I mean.....? At least Team GB's performance means there's likely to be a LOT more resistance to cutting sports budgets now.
August 9, 201212 yr Dickhead hurdler! http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympic...on-8014874.html He sees the light! :teresa: Why are we all being mean to Charlie? He's a really good poster!
August 9, 201212 yr He sees the light! :teresa: Why are we all being mean to Charlie? He's a really good poster! No-one's being mean as such. He has posted well in the past (I seem to remember some funny posts a long, long time ago - but maybe it was someone else). He just seems a bit old before his time. There's an excuse for me being boring - I'm in my 90's ... but Charlie's only about 20 at most and he posts like a 70 year old! He's just a bit serious for one so young!
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