Apparently, President Obama is going all-out to bring the Olympics to Chicago in 2016. Cool. I live in Chicago, and have not gotten to take part in this kind of event before. If he is successful, it would certainly be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in my short life.
The coverage, and some of the comments about the campaign are mildly disturbing though. I’ve read that, according to the First Lady, the “gloves come off”. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Are they going to go cloak-and-dagger and “disappear” the opposition? Are they going to influence committee voters by breaking the legs of anyone who doesn’t agree? Are they going to have a gladiator-style fight to the death to decide the winner? Are they going to use the Jedi mind-trick? How the fuck do the gloves come off in a campaign to bring the Olympics to Chicago?
This issue doesn’t really piss me off to any extent, but nevertheless, the wording of it seems just silly. Gloves come off…. I am all for bring the Olympics to Chicago, or any U.S. city. I think it would give the economy a tremendous boost that is desperately needed. Granted, that boost would not show up for seven years, but it would still be nice to have. Maybe it will also disillusion some of those who think we have nothing else to do but tell the Middle East how to run their region. Maybe this will help shed some of the traditional U.S. stereotypes that the extremists seem to be completely willing to swallow up. I would like to think so.
What I really don’t get though, is why in the hell the wording is what it is; like I said, I am not pissed off at the issue. I am pissed off at the rhetoric used to describe the campaign. What’s wrong with saying, “We will do all in our power to bring the Olympics to the U.S. in 2016,” or, “It is of high importance to us that the Olympics come here,”? Why in the fuck do you need to go with a black-bag phrase such as “the gloves come off”? That’s just a dumb-ass way of trying to demonstrate serious intentions. Seriously, it sounds as though the guys in black helicopters are going to be following around members of the Olympics committee, while guys wearing leather jackets and wielding pipe wrenches are waiting for them in an alley somewhere. And if all else fails, Master fucking Yoda will show up and with a wave of his little green hand, Chicago will be the site of the 2016 Olympics.
Bring on the Olympics. It would kick ass if the Olympics came to Chicago, but just choose your words better. If you mean the gloves come off, then pull a character out of a fucking Tom Clancy book to get the job done. Jack Ryan and John Clark seem to work pretty well.
