Category: Olympics

Sarah McLachlan's latest song for the 2010 Olympics is, dare I say, another sappy and forgettable song for the opening ceremonies and any other sappy reference during the sappy event. Do these songs always have to suck? That said, does everything visual and aural about the games have to suck from the logos, uniforms and mascots. Everything I've seen so far has made me cringe especially the mascots. My theory is that the whole thing is being run by backwoods trailer dwellers with little or no taste and the rest of the world will probably agree when this thing gets off the ground. Why couldn't Sarah come up with something different, something cutting-edge, something that won't make me fake a Swedish accent and refuse to admit I'm from Vancouver. She's…

So you decide to connect two buildings on your property by building a 90-metre-long concourse. It will be built of concrete, the walls will be decorated with native art and it will have nice thick carpets on the floor. How much do you think it would cost...$10,000?...$50,000?...$200,000? If you're the Provincial Government you'll pay about $38 million. Yes, that's THIRTY EIGHT MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS! That's exactly what they paid to build the walkway that connects Vancouver's twin convention centres. Why did it cost as much as 100 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertibles or 2,750 Hyundai Accents, or the money it would take to raise 150 children to the age of 18? According to Warren Buckley, CEO of the B.C. Pavilion Corp., most of the cost is hidden. "You're only seeing…

In another blatant waste of our tax dollars, the Olympic boneheads in charge of medical services during the games are hosting 48 doctors for a two day training exercise in Vancouver. Jenn and Joe reported that animal tracheas were shipped to Vancouver for doctors use during surgical technique demonstrations. This latest waste of money and resources is disgusting on so many levels. It's ironic that the event is taking place in a province suffering from a critical shortage of doctors. But that's another rant. According to Canada.com... "We'll have a video from Vancouver 2010 showing a scene of the track and a sled coming down,'' said Dr. Julia Alleyne, Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine course director. "At the point of the crash, the video stops and the curtains open on…