Maybe somehow the IOC will be scrapped in favor of a less corrupt organization? Or, more likely, Beijing, who at least has held Olympics before, albeit Summer Games, will win out or we will all learn the name of a city or two in Khazakstan. I think people are tired of the stories of homes and villages destroyed, animals slaughtered to "clean up" the streets, and the atrocities of expensive structures left to rot long before they are paid off ...