Say it isn't so... IT ISN'T SO!

"PARIS - The director of the Tour de France said it was a "proven scientific fact" that Lance Armstrong had a performance-boosting drug in his body during his 1999 Tour win, and that the seven-time champion owed fans an explanation."

The title of this post may not make much sense, but this should... "I CALL BULLSHIT!". Those French fuckers have been after Armstrong for LITERALLY 6 years. Now, I'm not an expert on the Tour De France (or as us folk in Kansas call it, "That Bike Race") and I have NO idea what kind of shit Lance Armstrong has or has not taken... but I do know this... The French HATE the fact that an American has won their precious BIKE race 7 times in a row.

With all that said, here's what I want to know: First, the urine sample they tested was from 1999. That piss is 6 fucking years old. Second, who can verify that sample wasn't contaminated? PROVE to me nobody fucked with the 6 year old piss. Third, the lab that did this testing said they could not confirm that it was a sample from Lance Armstrong. But L'Equipe (a frigging newspaper) says it can. The only thing associated with the sample is a six digit number. They claim they know it was Armstrong's because the six digit number on the sample matched some other six digit number associated with some other tests done by other doctors on Armstrong. Ok, if there is a privacy concern, why would you use the same numbers on multiple tests?

"Five-time cycling champion Miguel Indurain said he couldn't understand why scientists would use samples from the 1999 Tour for their tests.
"That seems bizarre, and I don't know who would have the authorization to do it," he told L'Equipe. "I don't even know if it's legal to keep these samples."

My question exactly! Was this even legal? This is the same issue I have with the whole Mark McGwire deal. Everyone THINKS he used steroids, he looks like he may have used steroids, but did he? I don't know. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. As far as I'm concerned, McGwire may or may not have used 'roids and Lance may or may not have used EPO (a red blood-cell booster). What matters is this... neither one of them say they did it, neither one of them were caught doing, so neither one of them is guilty of doping.

This whole thing with L'Equipe is this... "L'Equipe is owned by the Amaury Group whose subsidiary, Amaury Sport Organization, organizes the Tour de France and other sporting events. The paper often questioned Armstrong's clean record and frequently took jabs at him — portraying him as too arrogant, too corporate and too good to be real." IT IS A WITCH HUNT. L'Equipe doesn't like the fact that an American dominated their sorry asses for 7 straight years so they are trying to tarnish it.

HEY, you L'Equipe jackasses! HE RETIRED. He's done with your stupid fucking BIKE RACE! Get over it and move on for fucks sake.

Is it me or do the French suck?

*Update - Lance is now saying he's being set-up and an independent doctor is questioning the veracity of the tests by saying that EPO is very fragile and he doesn't see how it would continue to show up in a urine sample over 6 years after the sample was given. Hmmmm.... sounds to me like L'Equipe may have some 'splainin to do!

Show Me The Bud!

So, we all know T.O. is a complete waste of talent in human form. He's a jackass beyond the normal jackass. What about the uber-talented Randy Moss? What did he do?

If you recall, he tried to run over a cop in Minneapolis. She tried to give him a ticket or something for turning down a one-way street (I really don't remember the details, I'm just pulling this crap from the air). Anyway, he tried to run her over. Dumb. He gets into squabbles and bickers with management and other players and NEVER plays 100% for an entire game. He readily admits that he takes plays off (basically, he's a lazy fuck that makes millions of dollars).

Now, this moron decides to do an interview and admits he smokes dope on occassion and has done so since the time he entered the league. Now, if someone wants to smoke some herb, by all means go for it. I've tried it (didn't much like it... just made me hungry and tired at the same time). It's sort of the illegal version of beer. I don't do it, but I have friends who do and it's not a big issue with me. The point is, he's a multi-millionaire that has kids watching him and is in a profession that SUPPOSEDLY monitors this crap. Now, if he's been smoking bud the entire time he's been playing, either he has one of those whizzinators that he hasn't been caught with or the NFL really doesn't test. Regardless of that, he admits this crap and is risking his career.

Ricky Williams is another prime example of an idiot athlete. None of these fuckheads realize exactly how blessed they are. They take it all for granted. I tell you what, let me trade places with any one of these sorry fucks and I'll show you a person that RESPECTS what he's been given. I'd be doing charity work, setting up trust funds... generally just helping people. I'd live comfortably, don't get me wrong, but I guarantee I could get by on less than $1 Mil a year (which would include saving money for my future and my kid's future) and I'd basically donate the rest. Figure you make $6.5 Million a year like T.O., keep $1 Mil of that a year and do some good with the rest of it... this world would be in alot better shape if more people did that.

Anyway, I'm tired of overpaid, whiny athletes complaining about money and the "man" keeping them down. Get a grip on reality, have some values and be a good person. Too many of them are spoiled brats that need a dose of reality. Unfortunately, I doubt it will ever happy for most of them.

Show Me The Money!

If you are a sports fan, specifically a football fan, you are well aware of the "problems" associated with Terrell Owens. If you're not a fan, let me lay the groundwork... the guy literally makes MILLIONS of dollars a year. $47 million dollar contract over 7 years. If you're good at math (or have a calculator like me) that is in the neighborhood of $6.75 MILLION a year. Now, I'm sure he got a signing bonus for this contract and I'm really unsure if that amount is included in the total... but I'm guessing not. So, add another $10 MILLION on to that total. Oh, and endorsements (I'm still surprised he isn't a spokesman for Sharpie)... add another couple MILLION onto his annual income. And yet, even with all of this money, he is unhappy. He's unhappy and is spouting off, being a malcontent, causing problems, being a general pain-in-the-ass and getting kicked out of practice.

Really, can you blame the guy? He's one of the absolute best receivers in the game! He's only making 6.75 MILLION a year (plus bonus, plus endorsements). He should be getting paid at LEAST 10 MILLION a year! DAMMIT!

Now, is it me, or does the difference between 6.75 Million and 10 Million seem PRETTY FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT? It's kind of like the difference between $1.00 and $2.00. Sure, I could buy two things at the Dollar Store rather than one, but really, what's the point? So, if you have 6.75 Million every year coming to you for 7 straight years... you're not going to be happy until you get 10 Million a year? Look, I make somewhere around $40,000 a year. Over 7 years, I'll have made $280,000. Take out taxes (we'll say 25%) and I've made $210,000. Jeez, gotta pay bills. Take off $120,000 for that. That leaves me $90,000 over the course of 7 years to spend on myself and family. With TO, say they take 50% in taxes. That leaves $23.5 MILLION. We'll go extravagant on bills... $10,000 a month (car(s) payments, mortgage, child support...)... that totals $840,000 over 7 years. We'll even round up to $1 million dollars. That leaves $22.5 MILLION. Lets make it even more because I have NO IDEA how a rich person lives... we'll make it $30,000 a month in bills. That's $2.5 Million. That leaves $21 Million. So, $21 MILLION over 7 years is $3 MILLION a year. $90,000 over 7 years is $12,857 per year. This FUCKER is pissed? He's unhappy? WHAT THE FUCK? YOU WHINING CRY-BABY SELF-SERVING SON-OF-A-BITCH! I won't make the kind of money you make in a year in my entire fucking lifetime and YOU are unhappy? FUCK YOU TO.

Next... Randy Moss.

To Be Continued...

The Moronic Media

Watching the Daily Show the other day and I just had to comment on something. My wife and I have joked about this exact thing over the past few years. It is amazing to me exactly how STUPID the media can be. No, not just the LIBERAL media or the CONSERVATIVE media or FOX News (What are they, anyway?) No, I'm talking every single news station in the US that I have ever seen. Local, National, doesn't matter. STUPID. I'll give an example...

As seen on the Daily Show... Fox news doing a report about NOT pampering to the "terrorists" and giving them media coverage. Hmmmmm..... Isn't that EXACTLY what you are fucking doing? By doing a "report" on that subject, you are going against the basic principle of the report in the first place!!!!

Another example... A few months after 9/11, the wife and I were watching the news here in KC. There was a report on how the hijackers got their pilot's licenses and how they eventually got into the planes and brought them down. Details. Where they went to school, what courses they took, their plans, their methods. I looked at my wife and she looked at me and said, "Are they fucking stupid?" (She may not have said "fucking" but if she didn't, she should have) Let's tell the terrorists, in DETAIL, exactly how they should be going about their terrorism plots. Let's not just tell them, let's tell EVERY FUCKING TERRORIST WATCHING TV how they should do.

One more example (just for good measure)... A report about a "sting" operation involving online predators. This was like a 3 segment piece over 3 days. They followed the "sting", showed those involved (not the officers), showed the tactics used to attract the predators and the how they were caught. Now, I'm not the brightest guy in the world (it's true!), but why the FUCK would you tell everyone exactly how you are going about arresting these people? Shouldn't that be kept a secret so they don't figure it out and avoid it?

Last one (I swear!)... A report about how susceptible America's water supply is. Talking about how terrorists could easily put something into water supplies all over the US. Is it me, or is that the stupidest damn thing to tell people? I mean, really. Why go and tell the terrorists where our weak spots are? Why? Let them figure that shit out on their own! Damn! Do you think a Roman Gladiator went and told everyone there was a weak spot in the armor right near the armpit? NO! Someone figured it out! The Gladiators knew all about it! They weren't about to tell everyone! Did Michael Jackson tell the world he has a weak spot for kids? NO! He kept it secret until he got caught! Ok, bad example, but you get my point.

The media is just plain STUPID!

Just let me be President

"In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north. But official statistics show the number of Americans actually applying to live permanently in Canada fell in the six months after the election. Data from the main Canadian processing center in Buffalo, NY shows that in the six months up to the U.S. election there were 16,266 applications from people seeking to live in Canada, a figure that fell to 14,666 for the half year after the vote."

Just some very interesting data. All those idiots out in Hollywood... Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin... hell, the "star" puppets in Team America... all crying and bitching and moaning when W. won the election. All the democrats saying they were moving to Canada or overseas. Then... what happened? Why didn't they leave? No, seriously, I want to know. I kinda wanted them to leave. Go live in Canada you assholes. Go speak French in Quebec. Take off, eh? I mean, seriously, it would be nice to go one day without hearing a disgruntled democrat ripping on W. Ok, so he isn't the BEST president we've ever had. He's not the brightest guy in the world. But he IS our president. Now, I'm not what you would call a Republican or a Democrat. I guess my views and beliefs lean toward the republican side, but I don't really care. It's just a label. What I am is an American citizen that is sick of the millionaires in Hollywood not supporting our president. We had to live through the Clinton administration. We all survived. Hell, he wasn't just an idiot, he was a cheating husband that got caught... in the White House. But we forgave him. (Well, not everyone, but he kept his Presidency.) So when a republican gets elected, the democrats in Hollywood cry and threaten to move away... DO IT DAMMIT! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

So, instead they stay in record numbers. Fewer people than ever are moving to Canada. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe those idiots looked at the immigration website and decided they weren't smart enough to figure it all out. Regardless, this is the land of the free... and those people are free to leave whenever they want. Nobody is stopping them! Go ahead and go, I'm tired of hearing about it. As for me, I choose to stick around, support my president (WHOEVER that may be) and my country.

More International Issues

"Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri warned Britons of more attacks in a video aired on Thursday, saying Prime Minister Tony Blair's policies would bring them more destruction. He also told the United States that al Qaeda would continue to launch deadly attacks until U.S. troops quit Iraq and all other Muslim countries."

Ok, let me get the straight... the US is in Iraq. And al Qaeda is telling us that if we don't leave Iraq, we won't be safe. Hmmmm... sounds great. We should leave. I mean, we'll be safe then. Our troops won't die if we leave. Life will return to normal.

Wait... let me think about this. Were we in Iraq on 9/11/2001? Hmmm... No. I don't think so. Were we in Afghanistan on 9/11/2001? Well, no, I'm pretty sure we weren't. Ok, so, if we leave now we will be safe. But, when we weren't there, you attack us on our own soil with our planes and kill innocent people. Something isn't right here. Why the fuck do you think we're there in the first place, dickhead?! We are there BECAUSE of 9/11! Because we no longer felt safe! Now, those fuckers want us to leave and be safe... YEAH RIGHT! FUCK YOU! We tried that shit and it didn't work. We'll stick around for awhile until WE want to leave and when WE think we'll be safe. Until then, you fuckers are just going to have to deal with it.