USA Today article

[4bidon]

Her chin is so long, it makes the Shreks blush.

And we all know overdeveloped chin = doper!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

And we all know overdeveloped chin = doper!

I lol'd.

 

[BikeCentric]

I guess I should have e-stalked her like Scribe did before I posted based on her articles' headshot.

 

[Oldman]

I guess I should have e-stalked her like Scribe did before I posted based on her articles' headshot.

Where is ChrisE when we really need him?

 

[badboygolf16v]

Check out the comments at the end of this. Armstrong fans are the Creationists of cycling. It depresses me that people can argue so strongly from a position of ignorance.

http://jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com/2010/07/22/armstrong-would-be-biggest-fraud-of-all/

Is Fanhouse a big site in the US?

 

[Kennf1]

Check out the comments at the end of this. Armstrong fans are the Creationists of cycling. It depresses me that people can argue so strongly from a position of ignorance.

http://jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com/2010/07/22/armstrong-would-be-biggest-fraud-of-all/

Is Fanhouse a big site in the US?

Never heard of it. But given that there are over 5 pages of Livestrong army comments, I'm really starting to believe that there are paid posters at work, surfing the web, identifying bad press, and swarming the comments section.

The template is: (1) slam the author and mock him/her as a journalist; (2) smear Landis and Armstrong; (3) talk about Lance's inspirational message (and throw in "what have YOU done" for good measure); (4) most tested-never tested positive; and finally (5) waste of taxpayer's money.

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[ThaiPanda]

Never heard of it. But given that there are over 5 pages of Livestrong army comments, I'm really starting to believe that there are paid posters at work, surfing the web, identifying bad press, and swarming the comments section.

The template is: (1) slam the author and mock him/her as a journalist; (2) smear Landis and Armstrong; (3) talk about Lance's inspirational message (and throw in "what have YOU done" for good measure); (4) most tested-never tested positive; and finally (5) waste of taxpayer's money.

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Sounds like freepers during the Bush years.

 

[powerste]

Armstrong fans are the Creationists of cycling.

Perfect catch, badboy!

That goes a long way toward explaining their aversion to reason.

 

[shawnrohrbach]

Never heard of it. But given that there are over 5 pages of Livestrong army comments, I'm really starting to believe that there are paid posters at work, surfing the web, identifying bad press, and swarming the comments section.

The template is: (1) slam the author and mock him/her as a journalist; (2) smear Landis and Armstrong; (3) talk about Lance's inspirational message (and throw in "what have YOU done" for good measure); (4) most tested-never tested positive; and finally (5) waste of taxpayer's money.

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Confirmed. I know of one young man who was paid to do just that, but NOT FOR Mr. Armstrong or Livestrong and not in this forum. He had a different master. No longer does it. I will not out him, but hope he sees this (I will make him aware of it) and see if he fesses up.

 

[top_tenz_finish]

Oh there are certainly many, many people out there who do just that. I know they exist in the UK and so I think they definitely do in the US too...

 

[scribe]

How do we apply to get paid to post?

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Those comments make me despair. I don't even think LA getting jailed would change their minds.

No it wont. As I posted before, as long as Lance denies, and he will to the very end, there will always be people who believe him, even in the face of a Mt. Ventoux pile of evidence, many will not turn away.

I recommend people read, or even just peruse, Eric Hoffer's masterful book Reflections of the Human Condition. or his more famous The True Believer. Some sixty years later his theories apply quite closely to what you all are discussing here.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

How do we apply to get paid to post?

http://www.lancessaladtossingfanclub.com