tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920098.post8429890276770635999..comments2023-07-16T04:34:17.745-07:00Comments on Our Family Stone: Take Off - to 2010!Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102106102102901103noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920098.post-7254402588421636922008-05-30T08:34:00.000-07:002008-05-30T08:34:00.000-07:00Hey Kiddo, Mom here.Way to go for voicing your opi...Hey Kiddo, Mom here.<BR/>Way to go for voicing your opinion and standing by it. I agree that Canada is not being represented as well as it could be. I don't know why they don't let the general community of our country vote on different mascots, the clothing etc because... it IS representing us as a country. We need to celebrate mulit culturalizm (sp?)... but not get it so weighty to one side that we forget who we are. As for the annoymous comment... not all the athletes etc will be staying in Whistler and Vancouver. Just heard the other day that the community I live in (Chilliwack) will be hosting some at bed and breakfast, hotels etc. So. yes acidents can cause problems. The biggest problems is loss of life whether during the olympics or not, but the focus on that station you referred to was more on the olympics than the lives that were forever changed. The olypics started out as a religious thing by the Greeks to celebrate Zeus I think it was. I wonder what the Greeks of old would think of the way it has turned out. Political, costly, and... in a lot of ways missing the point. I celebrate the athletes that work their butts off to gain the skills they have. They work hard to compete and stand for our country... so besides the fact that I see the waste of money (no matter where it is coming from).. I see the athletes and have made up my mind that I will stand behind them..and try and put all the rest of the "crap" to rest. Go Canada Go!! you as athletes make us proud.. (the rest of the politics will continue whether we like it or not). Stand strong Ashley in your opinion and cheer on the athletes because really it is about them. Love ya dear have a good day!!!<BR/>Love MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920098.post-60638987920213496592008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:00The money spent to create, operate, clean and secu...The money spent to create, operate, clean and secure the countdown clock comes from VANOC, not city taxpayers. VANOC's operational money comes from the private sector, through sponsorships and broadcast revenues mostly.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, if an accident closed the Sea-to-Sky highway for even a day during the Games, it would have little effect on the overall revenues of the Games. Athletes and employees putting on the Games that day won't be travelling the route; they'll already be in Whistler or Vancouver. <BR/><BR/>Yes, VANOC would have to refund some money to disappointed spectators who couldn't get to Whistler or Vancouver (depending on which way the spectators were going) to see a couple of events, but VANOC will have contingency money set aside from upfront ticket sales for things like this and it would be the equivalent of a drop in the bucket to the total revenue from ticket sales, and the Games that day would go on, (and quite a few spectators will also already be in their seats having made earlier travel plans), because millions more will be watching on TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920098.post-22374643751380317832008-05-29T15:35:00.000-07:002008-05-29T15:35:00.000-07:00I second this! What a ridiculous situation. We h...I second this! What a ridiculous situation. We have people starving in the streets of the very city who spent millions to have a clock to count down to the games and are now paying security to watch it.<BR/><BR/>Classic case of putting the blinders on and not paying attention to the BIG picture.<BR/><BR/>And the "mascots"? Really, you have got to be kidding.Kamis Khlopchykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891667631830654830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920098.post-79086788283586719492008-05-28T21:52:00.000-07:002008-05-28T21:52:00.000-07:00Ashley, My jaw dropped, and I got shivers when you...Ashley, <BR/>My jaw dropped, and I got shivers when you wrote about the family and the news anchor. Same as you, I am appauled. I see so often the news spending such a short time on a tragic story, and such a long time on less important things like... the olympics! I hereby stand beside you on this one girl. I really don't agree with this whole olympic thing right now... they could be doing it better. The mascots are a joke for sure, and you put the words out just so clearly. <BR/>I believe the moneyused for the olympics right now could be used elsewhere. We have many homeless, and many ill that need help. Schools need help right now... !Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834879306030011493noreply@blogger.com