Reactions from the Pro Peloton to #USPSConspiracy (USADA) - post here

[ChewbaccaD]

"whole chickens like Tic Tacs"?

I think "she is so fat she eat whole chickens like Tater Tots" would be more appropriate.

Or how about "her breath is so stinky because she sucks cats turds like Tic Tacs".

It is the quality of the simile I had issue with. Not the simile itself.

I guess you're too little to remember the commercials for Tic Tac. They showed someone popping them in their mouths. The act of eating was a big focus of the commercials. I guess you being a child and all, I should just over look your ignorance, but I figured you could use a dose of knowledge and understanding today. Hey, I said "dose." Sorry, didn't mean to draw attention to your fraud of a hero's current conundrum.

 

[MacRoadie]

"whole chickens like Tic Tacs"?

I think "she is so fat she eat whole chickens like Tater Tots" would be more appropriate.

Or how about "her breath is so stinky because she sucks cats turds like Tic Tacs".

It is the quality of the simile I had issue with. Not the simile itself.

Funny, quality posting has never been an issue with you before.

As to your suggested replacement, for a simile to be effective, the reader must have some level of familiarity with both unlike things, in order to understand the dissimilarity (the whole purpose behind using similes).

We'll just have to take your word on sucking cats turds.

 

[The Hitch]

spot on -He's the one I would love to hear from about LA's current situation, knowing how "adamant he was back then on doping issues & his continuing defense on LA".

........And nonetheless I'd like to hear from CADEL EVANS as well

I want to hear from Bradley Wiggins. The same Bradley wiggins who cant resist a shot at Contador any chance he gets, for 2 atoms of clen.

 

[Polish]

I guess you're too little to remember the commercials for Tic Tac. They showed someone popping them in their mouths. The act of eating was a big focus of the commercials. I guess you being a child and all, I should just over look your ignorance, but I figured you could use a dose of knowledge and understanding today. Hey, I said "dose." Sorry, didn't mean to draw attention to your fraud of a hero's current conundrum.

Ok, makes sense.
Kind of funny then... "whole chickens like tic tacs"
Thanks Race Radio for the quote.
Did Lance really say that? And the Golden Corral thing?

But was Lance insulting her breath or her weight?

 

[The Hitch]

Hopefully he'd say "Give my my yellow jersey from 2005!! I'm a two time winner!"

http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2012/06/what-a-mess/

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You cannot be serious

 

[ChewbaccaD]

Ok, makes sense.
Kind of funny then... "whole chickens like tic tacs"
Thanks Race Radio for the quote.
Did Lance really say that? And the Golden Corral thing?

But was Lance insulting her breath or her weight?

I don't care.

 

[SpeedWay]

looks like you lost around post 30+.

You haven't been here that long. These entertaining threads always start out on track with good intentions but due to several ADHD engineers they quickly derail into a train wreck. Along with taxes and death, its a sure thing and always good for laugh or two.

 

[MarkvW]

Why would someone eat chickens to freshen their breath??
That does not make sense. Link please.

One of a whole series of offtopic posts. Others too.

 

[ChewbaccaD]

You haven't been here that long. These entertaining threads always start out on track with good intentions but due to several ADHD engineers they quickly derail into a train wreck. Along with taxes and death, its a sure thing and always good for laugh or two.

And that makes it worth the trouble.

 

[red_flanders]

The Betsy angle ins't adding to the discussion, please stick to the topic at hand. Thanks everyone.

 

[fatandfast]

The USADA case is not a government case.

the only thing Lance is right about is that this is a government case.

Nobody(including the government.yuk yuk lol) has money to pursue this. Are yfkm that anybody but a government sponsored wingnut would pursue this?
In the US alone we had a guy involved with a murder w guns and knives that nobody spent this amount of time or money on(Ray Lewis). this is somebody's agenda..nobody that is spending their own money cares about what a bike racer did,,yesterday or 10 years ago. Lance is guilty of doping..the US taxpayers are guilty of being dopes for allowing our money to be spent getting to the bottom of some problem that happened in France or Italy 10 years ago.

Bonds,now Roger..how much more? buy me a fish taco or a beach house in Carmel or Nice .Why waste the cash of millions who don't care?. No more splinter groups. If anybody can start a criminal justice system why not start w the other Texan George Bush

Lance is being pursued because the money to do it is complete slush,,unaccounted for..period. The people that tried and failed at Bonds and no Clemons should repay the stupid long shot BS they played out. If anybody has Landis on the witness list they should be fired. Tyler as a witness in person or on paper..fired.not w my money.Lance doped.done save the money

 

[MarkvW]

the only thing Lance is right about is that this is a government case.

Nobody(including the government.yuk yuk lol) has money to pursue this. Are yfkm that anybody but a government sponsored wingnut would pursue this?
In the US alone we had a guy involved with a murder w guns and knives that nobody spent this amount of time or money on(Ray Lewis). this is somebody's agenda..nobody that is spending their own money cares about what a bike racer did,,yesterday or 10 years ago. Lance is guilty of doping..the US taxpayers are guilty of being dopes for allowing our money to be spent getting to the bottom of some problem that happened in France or Italy 10 years ago.

Bonds,now Roger..how much more? buy me a fish taco or a beach house in Carmel or Nice .Why waste the cash of millions who don't care?. No more splinter groups. If anybody can start a criminal justice system why not start w the other Texan George Bush

Lance is being pursued because the money to do it is complete slush,,unaccounted for..period. The people that tried and failed at Bonds and no Clemons should repay the stupid long shot BS they played out. If anybody has Landis on the witness list they should be fired. Tyler as a witness in person or on paper..fired.not w my money.Lance doped.done save the money

The government contributions do not make it a government case.

GET THIS STRAIGHT: You don't care about antidoping. Many other people do. I'm glad they do. Cheating filth like Armstrong set a very bad example.

 

[Hugh Januss]

You haven't been here that long. These entertaining threads always start out on track with good intentions but due to several ADHD engineers they quickly derail into a train wreck. Along with taxes and death, its a sure thing and always good for laugh or two.

If I'm laughing does that make you the ADHD engineer?

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

The Betsy angle ins't adding to the discussion, please stick to the topic at hand. Thanks everyone.

Just to add, further discussions of this will automatically lead to suspensions.

Susan

 

[DirtyWorks]

I know without doubt that these are good people who believe strongly in their mission and seek to apply the rules and conduct the anti-doping process fairly and impartially.

And this is where I genuinely wish the Rule of Law applied. Might makes right. Golden rule and all that.

You may want to seriously entertain the idea that Wonderboy gets away with this one too. As in, some people at USADA will be invited to leave if they don't get something substantial in a hurry. Bad things happen to good people all the time. I don't want that outcome, but might has made right many, many times with Pro cycling.

 

[fatandfast]

The government contributions do not make it a government case.

GET THIS STRAIGHT: You don't care about antidoping. Many other people do. I'm glad they do. Cheating filth like Armstrong set a very bad example.

GET THIS STRAIGHT..YOU ARE RIGHT. If you mean I don't care about the pursuit of anti doping at any cost both human and financial you are correct again. The cherry pick of cycling because of it's lack of organization and resources make the laws and rules behind anti doping very unevenly applied. Before you hit the caps lock again you should honestly answer the question: Are the use of PEDs present in all other major sports? Where are the headlines? And why are those athletes and the leagues they participate in and are paid by not receiving the same scrutiny? All roads will lead back to the UCI. You should probably hold your non government standards up to a little more evaluation.Let Freddymac or Fannymay be a starting point.

Lance has a few things going for him the 10 years and millions wasted by non/government prosecutors trying to get other athletes that yielded 30 days house arrest on a technicality. The USADA may have the heavy hand to immediately punish Lance by not allowing him to race. They may also be able to assume him guilty while handing down punishment without trial but the other government legal experts thought that Armstrong's case was not worth pursuing.Cycling and Armstrong are no dirtier than anybody else in pro sports

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I wish some would enforce the rules here too - and moderate away all the noise*
so the OPs wish for thread of Reactions from the Pro Peloton to #USPSConspiracy (USADA) was respected.

* This message included

 

[rickshaw]

I wish some would enforce the rules here too - and moderate away all the noise*
so the OPs wish for thread of Reactions from the Pro Peloton to #USPSConspiracy (USADA) was respected.

* This message included

Amen Brother (or sister?) Its nice to have a dream, like waiting for Santa on Xmas morning, or the tooth fairy, or posters staying OT....

 

[BillytheKid]

I wish some would enforce the rules here too - and moderate away all the noise*
so the OPs wish for thread of Reactions from the Pro Peloton to #USPSConspiracy (USADA) was respected.

* This message included

The Tea Pot calling the Kettle Black. Moderate away the noise.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Not ofending anyone. But everybody who is able to walk in a strat line should know that Armstrong druged.

 

[BillytheKid]

Not ofending anyone. But everybody who is able to walk in a strat line should know that Armstrong druged.

He did duck out before Puerto. Alberto walk away from a DNA test on a bag with the intials AC. Not so lucky Jan.

 

[JRTinMA]

The Tea Pot calling the Kettle Black. Moderate away the noise.

I think that was tours first post in this thread so your idiom hardly applies.

 

[joe_papp]

...some people at USADA will be invited to leave if they don't get something substantial in a hurry. Bad things happen to good people all the time. I don't want that outcome, but might has made right many, many times with Pro cycling.

Just to be clear and based on my intimate familiarity w/ USADA's process, the fact that they've announced to the suspects their intent to go ahead with presenting the case to the AdRB (review board), that means USADA already has all of the evidence it considers necessary to win convictions in the case.

I have total confidence in USADA in this matter - they're not dependent on anyone at the UCI or in the traditional power structure for help in this case and they're not beholden to the USGov't for authority or funding to proceed. All the political "pressure" in the world isn't going to find an effective lever to compel them to drop, close or throw the case.

Only hope would be to 1) intimidate the witnesses or 2) buy-off the 3rd arbiter. Or both...

The distinction and magnitude were my real points. Also the distinction between what they allege here and your case...I'm not insinuating you are some dumb jock as you seem quite intelligent from my interaction with you, but your job was to ride and you needed some cash flow and made a bad decision. Everyone does things they wish they hadn't. The MD's involved here didn't just make a bad decision, they have made it their life's work to help athletes cheat. Somebody was going to fill that spot because the money appears to be quite good, but I hope they go down for far different reasons than Wonderboy.

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[joe_papp]

John Eustice

1) John Eustice

2) “We’ve got this wonderful generation of young clean riders.” and
“I think whatever Lance did or didn’t do was common currency in that generation, that era’s professional sports world."

3) http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/06/15/local-cycling-experts-react-to-armstrong-doping-charges/

Excerpt from the article:

Former professional racer and cycling analyst John Eustice, who was raised in Bucks County, says the sport is trying to move forward and away from past accusations of performance-enhancing drug use.

“We’ve got this wonderful generation of young clean riders.”

The US Anti-Doping Agency contends more than ten cyclists as well as team employees could testify they saw Armstrong use drugs or talk about using them, dating to 1996.

“I think whatever Lance did or didn’t do was common currency in that generation, that era’s professional sports world.

 

[joe_papp]

Dave Chauner

1) Dave Chauner

2) “They’re learning that you can do this clean, and the people transgressing and crossing the line, are not getting away with it.”

3) http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/06/15/local-cycling-experts-react-to-armstrong-doping-charges/

Excerpt from the article:

David Chauner, the organizer of the annual pro-cycling race in Philadelphia, which Armstrong won in 1993, says young racers, including his son, want nothing to do with it.

“They’re learning that you can do this clean, and the people transgressing and crossing the line, are not getting away with it.”