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Title: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: thundley4 on February 27, 2009, 09:29:06 AM
Must not be any economic problems in Chicago.
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The Reader's Ben Joravsky takes a hard, skeptical look at the city's Olympic bid and notes that, among other astonishing outlays, Chicago intends to spend $10.5 million to come up with a suitable Olympic mascot.

The history of such mascots is inglorious and comical, and if we can't come up with something better than Sam the Eagle (left, LA, 1984) or Izzy (right, Atlanta, 1996) for oh, say, $5,000 tops, then we are truly pathetic.

Folks, let's help out Mayor Daley.  Come up with some concepts, themes and names for an appropriate  mascot for the 2016 games.
Tribune blogs (http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/02/help-save-chicago-105-million-propose-an-olympic-mascot.html)

The first comment is d*mn funny and truthful.
"Four animals that immediately comes to mind is the sloth, the weasel, the pig, and the rat. Any of those four would represent the Chicago spirit appropriately."
Title: Re: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on February 27, 2009, 09:33:42 AM
Hm-m-m...

Something that represents a confluence of radical ideologues, thuggish unions, organized crime, corrupt politics, vote fraud, graft, opportunism, lawlessness and tyranny.

How about...

BARACK OBAMA!
Title: Re: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: Atomic Lib Smasher on February 27, 2009, 09:40:54 AM
A Jailbird would be a good mascot for Illinois.
Title: Re: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: JohnnyReb on February 27, 2009, 10:23:16 AM
Why don't they just steal one? .......after all, it is Chicago.
Title: Re: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: Eupher on February 27, 2009, 10:27:51 AM
Why don't they just steal one? .......after all, it is Chicago.

 :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao:

+1
Title: Re: Help save Chicago $10.5 million! Propose an Olympic mascot
Post by: Chris on February 27, 2009, 03:59:39 PM
They can borrow one from San Francisco (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,22325.0.html).