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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Chicago Olympics 2016!!!





Today, I see the television news about Chicago Olympic 2016. I heartily wish that dream become true.
Warmly welcome to Chicago Olympic 2016!
We are very proud of to be Illini.
This is the land of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States and one of the greatest leaders in the world history.
This is the native land of Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States, one of the greatest presidents.
This is the land of Barack Obama, 44th and current president of the United States and current most famous leader in the world.
This is the land of Nobel Peace Price winner (1930), reformer Jane Addams.
This is the land of nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1938), Enrico Fermi.
This is the land of Nobel Prize winner (1976), author Saul Bellow.
This is the land of Nobel Prize winner (1976), economist Milton Friedman.
This is the land of one of Ernest Hemingway, one of the most famous novelists in the world.
This is the land of famous novelist John Dos Passos.
This is the land of famous novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs.
This is the land of Ernie Banks, one of the most famous basketball players.
This is the land of famous Jurist Harry A. Blackmun.
This is the land of famous Jurist, John Paul Stevens.
This is the land of famous politician William Jennings Bryan.
This is the land of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American citizen to be canonized.
This is the land of famous lawyer, Clarence Darrow.
This is the land of famous musician Miles Davis.
This is the land of famous choreographer, Robert Louis Fosse.
This is the land of famous musician, Benny Goodman.
This is the land of famous actor, Charlton Heston.
This is the land of famous actor, William Holden.
This is the land of famous poet, Vachel Lindsay.
This is the land of famous poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
This is the land of famous poet, Archibald MacLeish.
This is the land of famous poet, Carl Sandburg.
This is the land of famous architect, Ludwig Mies van derRohe.
This is the land of professional baseball player, manager and merchant, Albert G. Spalding.
This is the land of famous actress, Gloria Weanson.
This is the land, where O’ hare airport; world’s busiest airport in terms of takeoffs and landings is existed.
This is the land, where Chicago University; one of the top ten universities in the world is existed.
Actually, Illinois still has many other famous places.
We also have some problems but as former US President and one of the most famous Illini, Ronald Reagan said in his speech of Challenger crew’s misfortunate event; “Nothing has to Diminish in it!”
Go Illinois! Go Chicago! Chicago Olympic 2016!!!

Source: The New York Times Almanac (2007)

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