There's no greater waste of money and resources than the Olympics.

Spend hundreds of millions of dollars on facilities that will be used for 2 weeks and then never again.

The IOC is an organized crime outfit.

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Posted by genuineLSUtiger

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Posted on 2/13/17 at 4:56 pm to IAmReality

New Orleans could pull off a Summer Olympics. Would revitalize the entire area.

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Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler

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Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:13 pm to genuineLSUtiger

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New Orleans could pull off a Summer Olympics. Would revitalize the entire area.

In much the same way it's revitalized other third world economies

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Posted by Teddy Ruxpin

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Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:31 pm to LSU alum wannabe

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Athens, I get it.

Funny thing is, the 1896 stadium is in great condition.

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Posted by WestCoastAg

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Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:33 pm to Teddy Ruxpin

What's even crazier is the motherfricker was built in like 600 BC

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:36 pm to Teddy Ruxpin

Sarajevo luge.

Who knew they would host the Olympics...as brotherhood and peace...

And then 6 years later the country would be ripped apart embroiled in ethnic cleansing and civil war.

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Posted by genuineLSUtiger

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Posted on 2/14/17 at 2:51 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Who knew they would host the Olympics...as brotherhood and peace...

And then 6 years later the country would be ripped apart embroiled in ethnic cleansing and civil war.

That's why the human race cannot have nice things.

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