Official Lance Armstrong Thread **READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING**

[Dr. Maserati]

It's what a lot of people keenly say during July to seperate themselves from the masses and people like LiveStrong. That's what it is mocking.

If you just joined today how would you know what people said last July?

 

[TrueCyclingFan]

Can you point out this "constant abuse" that you refer to

Also, he did not organize a campaign, he set up a joke twitter account for a 'law firm' (which actually was done because the UCI had threatened to sue him).

You should probably read the story.

 

[TrueCyclingFan]

If you just joined today how would you know what people said last July?

Is this the only place in the world for cycling fans?

 

[Anonymous]

You should probably read the story.

Hey @CensoredCyclist, what's up man? Good to see you subverting your ban!

 

[MacRoadie]

Is this the only place in the world for cycling fans?

Based on your repeated attempts to return here time and time again, one would be led to assume that it is.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

I prefer these guys:

Mods day out?

 

[Dr. Maserati]

This was one of the worst kept secrets in the history of worst kept secrets. My favorite line was “Twitter is a public forum,” Armstrong told Outside in an e-mail. “Using it to publicly and intentionally attack and humiliate people of diverse backgrounds is offensive to me and many others.”

The ball on that guy! This is the guy who just posted the private website of someone he hates on his twitter. One thing I know for sure about the Gunderson, he might be able to ride a bike pretty good, but his sense of irony is lanterne rouge.

Don't forget he did this before by shooting a video to identify a guy who had emailed him - and then he tweeted it to his followers.

However, he got in his riposte by reading out repeatedly the sender’s name — Andrew D. Hogg — and he doesn’t leave it there. He reads out Hogg’s e-mail address twice, too. Hogg’s identity has now become a subject of chatroom fascination. And Armstrong has a new e-mail address.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/owen_slot/article6206960.ece

Video here:
http://www.livestrong.com/video/5347-lance-armstrong-responds-his-twitter/

 

[MacRoadie]

Hey @CensoredCyclist, what's up man? Good to see you subverting your ban!

I may have to unblock him on twitter, he'd be great for entertainment if it weren't for all his idiotic private messages...

 

[MacRoadie]

Mods day out?

Nothing like a few riffs from "Break Like the Wind" to air out your frustrations...

 

[Anonymous]

If you haven't been be able to discern that most of his communications, including many of the early emails that were released, were coming from multiple sources...well, then you'll need to consult Jan Ulrich for the appropriate response.

No, he actually believes that Landis didn't sleep for 7 days straight fueled by his hatred...

 

[TrueCyclingFan]

I think a lot of what he does is funny, but it's not directed at me. If you turn the tables on people they tend to have thin skins. Even Floyd at times. Believe me.

If people are trying to claim the moral highground about Armstrong, constantly attacking him and his associates on twitter under every message they write, using sock accounts, rather undermines this.

 

[MacRoadie]

If people are trying to claim the moral highground about Armstrong, constantly attacking him and his associates on twitter under every message they write, using sock accounts, rather undermines this.

I'm afraid we will all have to defer to your much greater expertise on that subject...

 

[Anonymous]

In before the close

"The whole purpose of playing live is to blow people's heads off," says Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio . "That's what we do; that's the energy of this band. We're out there to kick ***. We're out there to turn our gear on and blast. We're out there to kill. That's what metal is. Anybody who says otherwise is not playing heavy metal. We will melt your face!"

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/biographie-groupe-Manowar-id_bio-694-l-en.html


I think Joey DeMaio and Lance may have been twins separated at birth.

 

[MacRoadie]

No, he actually believes that Landis didn't sleep for 7 days straight fueled by his hatred...

You have to elevate it to "Seething Rage" for it to register on the Armstrong Angerometer...

 

[Anonymous]

No, most of it was him. You can tell when it's his style. This is undoubtedly the defense though.

And, BPC, your style is all your own as well.

 

[thehog]

You would if you had a mirror near by - Floyd was saying how Armstrong uses the social media to 'manipulate perception'.

You have yet again proved him correct.

I remember back in the good old days. When Lance put a password logger on Kik's computer to record her email password. All of sudden various people started getting emails from K asking them what they know and that Lance is a good guy. Yes he broke into his ex-wife's email so he could tell her friends he really is a nice person. Now thats social networking.

He also read emails from Betsy and sent a few telling her to back off on Kik's behalf. Sterling chap.

 

[Polish]

And Armstrong was still given the heads-up by Larner that Hamilton was at the restaurant, and Armstrong still went inside and changed the odds of an encounter from absolutely zero to about 100%.

But who gave Larner the heads up that Tyler was there?
Did Larner recognize Tyler all on her own?
Did Tyler introduce himself and give her a wink wink?
Did someone "leak" the fact that Tyler was there?

And did Tyler know that Lance was in the Bar when Tyler went in there?
Yes?
No?
Maybe so?

Seems the place was crawling with Outside Magazine Employees.
Not one of them heard a bad word from Lance.
But maybe one of them told Tyler Lance was in the bar?
Should have stayed on the patio. 0% chance of encounter.

 

[MacRoadie]

More blah, blah, blah.

Until you add "and they put a gun in the small of his back and forced him through the front door" to your ludicrous narrative, it all makes no difference.

He went in of his own volition, fully aware that a grand jury witness who had provided testimony alleging that he had used PED's and other doping procedures was inside.

 

[TrueCyclingFan]

A lot of them seem to be very computer literate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/sports/cycling/16landis.html

 

[Race Radio]

I must have missed something. Does anyone have an example of this campaign of harassment?

 

[mewmewmew13]

Don't forget he did this before by shooting a video to identify a guy who had emailed him - and then he tweeted it to his followers.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/owen_slot/article6206960.ece

Video here:
http://www.livestrong.com/video/5347-lance-armstrong-responds-his-twitter/

I was just going to post this, so thanks. Sorta outs his hissy fit about publicly humiliating and harassing people doesn't it.

One thing that struck me about this vid the first time I watched it...I couldn't bring myself to listen to him talking so muted it---and I saw a perfect example of a raving narcissist. I could not believe his facial antics and mannerisms---and he actually posted it himself on his LW site.
I would be embarassed if I were him.

 

[MacRoadie]

But who gave Larner the heads up that Tyler was there?

Good question. Since Larner is the primary source of this information, why didn't she include that little nugget? She's obviously on Armstrong's side of the story so why not say it was Hamilton or Outside that dropped the dime on LA?

Did Larner recognize Tyler all on her own?

Again, ask Jodi. The whole narrative comes from her.

Did Tyler introduce himself and give her a wink wink?

Did someone "leak" the fact that Tyler was there?

See above. Although for a set up, why not keep Hamilton's presence on the QT? Much more fireworks with a surprise ambush, plus zero chance that Armstrong has a stroke of smart and doesn't go in.

And did Tyler know that Lance was in the Bar when Tyler went in there?

Yes?
No?
Maybe so?

Larner is very clear as to giving LA the heads up about Hamilton. No one has come forward to say Hamilton was aware of Armstrong's presence in the bar, at the restaurant, or even in Aspen. Come to think of it, why DIDN'T she tell Hamilton?

Seems the place was crawling with Outside Magazine Employees.

Based on what? If there were so many, then why did none of them hear the conversation? If they went to the bother of setting it all up, and flooding the place with reporters, then they sorta dropped the ball on actually getting the story...

Not one of them heard a bad word from Lance.

Not one of them heard anything (see above) but nice try.

But maybe one of them told Tyler Lance was in the bar?

Yet didn't go with him, or go to the bar, or at the very least get close enough to hear the result of all this carefully planned subterfuge?

Should have stayed on the patio. 0% chance of encounter.

Right, because the bar and the ****er are LA country...

Yep, all just blah, blah, blah.

 

[Willy_Voet]

You can tell when it's his style.

The irony of BPC posting this...

 

[Polish]

Until you add "and they put a gun in the small of his back and forced him through the front door" to your ludicrous narrative, it all makes no difference.

He went in of his own volition, fully aware that a grand jury witness who had provided testimony alleging that he had used PED's and other doping procedures was inside.

He went in on his own reservation party of two
And Lance does not need to avoid a GJ witness.
He is even allowed to discuss their testimony with them isn't he?

Lance is allowed to talk with George and Tyler and Floyd and Popo.
Does not need to avoid them nope

Telling a GJ witness that his lawyers will "rip them apart" is true.
They will, lol duh. Rip Rip Rip.
That is their job.
I suppose that may be intimidating to some who can't handle the truth.
But Lance is being up front and honest. No secrets.

I would think if Lance gave George the same heads up, Big George would say "thanks for the warning".

 

[TrueCyclingFan]

I must have missed something. Does anyone have an example of this campaign of harassment?

You missed the link at the top to this article:

"Inside Floyd Landis’s clandestine campaign to torment his former boss"

....That’s the high-minded explanation, anyway. Down on the low road, it’s obvious that @GreyManrod—a handle Landis says he shares with about ten other people—simply likes giving Armstrong a hard time. For example, after Armstrong’s recent run-in with Hamilton in an Aspen bistro, Manrod poured fuel on the fire, tweeting and retweeting rapid-fire insults. “He’s practicing being in peoples faces to protect his backside to prep for prison,” said one of the messages. Another, a retweet, observed: “Soon Jeff Noviztky [sic], a ‘Good Friend’ of @Ty_Hamilton is going to toss @lancearmstrong out of the bistro called freedom.”

It’s tempting to write this stuff off as mere towel-snapping by a disgruntled jock and his online pals, but Landis’s cyber-heckling could seriously backfire, particularly if he’s called upon to testify in court. Reportedly, Landis is a plaintiff in a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed against Armstrong and his former U.S. Postal teammates, and he’s a potential witness for the government should a current grand jury investigation of Armstrong result in fraud or perjury charges. (The inquiry began shortly after Landis accused Armstrong of cheating in 2010, allegations that were made public after The Wall Street Journal obtained a letter Landis had written to cycling’s governing body, the International Cycling Union. Armstrong has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing.) Landis also says he’s the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation into fundraising activities by his Floyd Fairness Fund.

With litigation on the table, leaving a trail of hostile tweets might not be the brightest idea. “No good can come from this, either as a whistle-blower or as a federal witness,” says Bill Lawler, a former federal prosecutor who’s now a partner at the Washington, D.C., offices of Vinson and Elkins. “As a prosecutor, I want someone who’s credible and not biased, and not going to be viewed as someone with an ax to grind.”

"....many of the Tweets don’t appear to be satire at all, and one could argue that what Landis is doing is more like whipping a campfire into a blaze, asking a bystander to tend it, and then denying any responsibility for the conflagration that ensues."

- Harassment:
1. to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.

2. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/harassment