Friday, June 6, 2008

Hey I was there, I just didn't get to see the Democratic nominee for President!





Apparently Sen. Barack Obama found his way back to town today and gave a nice speech. I saw it on the CBS 2 news at 5 today and here's a story in Crain's. When I dropped by there was a martial arts demonstration. Unfortunately I forgot was the actual martial art was, I believe it started with an I. Anyway it was touted as a much more modern martial art and it was as much about diplomacy as it was about aggression. I may not be explaining it right. Anyway surely this might be another sport where one can compete for a gold medal in the olympic games.

There wasn't a lot of people around obviously aside from curious onlookers. There were some tents in Daley Plaza filled largely with vendors and of course there were people looking at the stage at the demonstration.

I had to get a shot of the podium with the seal of the City of Chicago. If that podium was there then Mayor Daley would certainly have at some point showed up if he hadn't already. Though why not he's as much a driving force for these olympics as any body else was.

Does anyone have any thoughts as to the prospect of the Olympics coming to Chicago in 2016?

1 comment:

  1. On the one hand, there's a certain pride in having the Olympics here. On the other, I'd probably spend the time griping about the traffic and the wasted tax dollars. So it's a mixed bag.

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