Couldn't be that she'd stand to gain a ton of money if it comes to Chicago by using her public housing land (which she has allowed to diminish and thus needs to be demolished) to build the Olympic village or other venues...right? This is important to her and her own power and financial security.

As far as it being a tool to reach out to other countries...Hmmm. That's a fairly weak reason. Having it here is not a reaching out. It's all about money and power. Problem is, most countries hosting the Olympics have incurred great debt to the public. We do not need that right now.

Valerie Jarrett had her hand in far too many things. The President gave her an ethics waiver evidently so she could be a party to this Olympic bid...think about that. An ethics waiver????

Take a look at this interview. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/18/60minut... For sure, He's not a Christian. He's nothing... he's whatever gives him greatest comfort at the time. Just shows he doesn't stand for anything, just whatever makes him "happy". Sad really. But...makes other comments he's made politically make sense.