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2012-07-30 Britain

London 2012 Olympics: 'fiasco' of the 12,000 empty seats

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Feckless POMS.

"You know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out," Romney told NBC.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-30 02:58|| 2012-07-30 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 The tone was set some time ago.These games have received loads of media news.Most of it negative.

Posted by Dale 2012-07-30 06:25|| 2012-07-30 06:25|| Front Page Top

#3 They. Just. Don't. Care.

They're getting more and more open with this stuff. From their point of view, why even bother concealing their contempt for the masses? It's actually hilarious to pull shit like this and watch the masses squeal.

Posted by gromky 2012-07-30 08:17|| 2012-07-30 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Sir Menzies Campbell, an observer on the board of Games organisers Locog, described the situation as depressing.

Well, I see a partial explanation right there; although I do admit I am a might confused by the Sir part.

Posted by Shinter Javirong9154 2012-07-30 15:39|| 2012-07-30 15:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought all the off-duty soldiers had to patrol because the security committee fouled so bad.

The whole thing has been a foul up from the opening ceremony. Even if you believe in the NHS, does showcasing modern accessible medicine involve a hospital with 80+ year old equipment where doctors and nurses lock the kids up in their rooms and go dancing, scaring the kids so badly they have nightmares about that short pudgy guy from Seinfield? Also like the part where the druggy hipsters went dancing on the hill the military so dutifully hiked up in the previous scene, real class there. Oh, and your fat American bags, I noticed all the fatties were dressed in the black/white diamond checker outfits. In fact, quite a few looked overweight.

But that picture, where the actor kidnaps the Queen and kicks her out of the helicopter. Wow. Yes, I know what it was meant to be, what I'm saying is that is some pop culture bullcrap. It was so bad, I switched to the baseball game, you know baseball not good enough for this olympics, between the Royals and Mariners two of the worst teams in the game.

And that is just the start. So far every event requiring a judging has been aweful.

-pauses to come back up for air-

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-07-30 17:43|| 2012-07-30 17:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I missed watching the opening ceremony, but looks like a lot of people anyway on the regular News???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-07-30 20:43|| 2012-07-30 20:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Tragic that China put on such a superior event.

Posted by Iblis 2012-07-30 22:52|| 2012-07-30 22:52|| Front Page Top

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