Don't think the IOC didn't consider the number of Eric Rudolph terrorist types in our midst

[NNN0LHI]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph

Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American far-right radical described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a terrorist who committed a series of bombings across the southern United States which killed two people and injured at least 150 others.

Rudolph declared that his bombings were part of a guerrilla campaign against abortion and the "homosexual agenda". He spent years on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a plea bargain, Rudolph pled guilty to numerous federal and state homicide charges and accepted five consecutive life sentences in exchange for avoiding a trial and a potential death sentence.

Rudolph was connected with the white supremacist Christian Identity movement. Although he has denied that his crimes were religiously or racially motivated, Rudolph has also called himself a Roman Catholic in "the war to end this holocaust" (in reference to abortion).

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. The world is watching US citizens shreiking that Obama is Hitler incarnate because he wants to

provide them with universal healthcare.

If I were other than American, I think I would be a little bit leery of attending a high profile event here too...

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. How about the Madrid train bombings?

Face it, Chicago's Olympic bid was mostly due to Daley Jong Il's ego.