New York Olympics 2016

The IOC(International Olympic Committee) gave the games to the city of London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was there to give a happy ending to all the IOC judges. New York only had mayor Bloomberg and Senator Clinton. Outside Rockefeller Center the disappointment came early when the second of the five finalist to be eliminated was announced, it was New York with only 16 votes in favor. Moscow was first and Madrid came next. But the future is not all gloom the 2016 Olympic bid seems stronger.
Now while some blame Bloomberg administration I don't think that is true at all. When he lost the West Side Stadium he quickly got two alternatives. I think they should highlighted the fact that these other countries are unreliable. Now in Paris during a heat wave recently over 10,000 people died that doesn't bode well for a summer Olympic. Moscow had little resources to transform the city. Madrid continues to deal with terrorism from the Muslim and the Basques.
To counter all those points New York had a huge power outage during one of the hottest days of the year and not one person died and there was no looting and for that day crime actually went down. We in New York may not all have resources but the richest people in the city would have contributed if money was an issue. While we are the biggest target in the world we haven't been attacked since September 11^th while Madrid who has 30 years of being attacked still can't keep there citizen safe.
So all that is left is London while small and crowded so is NYC. In my eye the thing that pushed it over the edge for London was Tony Blair was there in person and the current vibe of the world is to hate America.


The good news today though is that the Mets and the Yankees got new stadiums construction will start for the Mets stadium next year.






Another piece of good news out today was that Lil' Kim will be going to prison for a year and a day for lying.


Here are the official results:
Results of the vote:


Round 1
London: 22
Paris: 21
Madrid: 20
New York: 19
Moscow: 15

Round 2
Madrid: 32
London: 27
Paris: 25
New York: 16

Round 3
London: 39
Paris: 33
Madrid: 31

Round 4
London: 54
Paris: 50