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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
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It's hard to believe that someone of Armstrong's tenacity and dedication would roll over and choose not to fight anymore if he was truly innocent . Is it impossible for him to focus on his charity and fight the charges?
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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Perhaps after years of battle he has decided that he will never be exonerated in that process, so continued engagement has no upside.
That indicates nothing about whether he is guilty or innocent. Just that he's done fighting what he thinks is a pointless fight. Giving up a pointless fight is not inconsistent with being a champion and fighting long odds where it matters and where one's actions can influence the outcome.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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According to the article , only the UCI has the power to ban Lance , not USADA....Wha , wha , wha , wha...!
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:10pm PT
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That is why LA threw in the towel today. Whatever dude . . . you are still an as#@&%e.
There is no false hero . . . just an extremely pathetic nobody that is dissing on someone that has accomplished something in their life.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:11pm PT
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There are better things to spend our tax dollars on!!!
I propose that those dollars be spent on research into, or solutions to, the global warming problem. This actually has two huge advantages: first, it channels time, money, and human energy into something useful instead of a complete waste, and second, The Chief will hate it just as much! The rest of us get some real benefit, and he gets to keep on ranting -- it's a win/win!
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pc
climber
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:11pm PT
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+1 on the bingo.
It's just frickin' entertainment. Who cares? And he does a lot of good for folks who don't have any hope at all.
7 new TdF winners? Joke. Though I'd love to see Jan Ullrich get one of them.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:15pm PT
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Man, what a mess.
What would really kill me, though, is losing the rockin' girl
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:16pm PT
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Does this mean they give him his cancer back too?
Sounds like The Chief probably wouldn't mind that either.
Curt
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:17pm PT
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no one ever seriously thought he did not dope. It's fecking cycling, they all dope. BFD..............
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:20pm PT
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Eggs ackley, my man! Majority of dopers, minority of non-dopers, anyway. They all seem to admit this. Coyly, of course.
Chief, the Tea Party needs you, bud.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:21pm PT
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I might be an as#@&%e but not close to the LOOOOOOOOOOOOSER lying cheat that swindle all you sheep out there over the years into believing he was a perfect saint and then stole millions in prize money and endorsements.
Who ever implied that anyone is a saint? You've got some issues dude . . . professional sports are all about performance enhancement. Cyclists have been "enhancing" long before Lance was even born. Pull your pin head out of your ass and focus on your issues.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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Ghost, I am sure you agree:
The fox smells his own hole
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:26pm PT
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Let me ask you this: if you didn't dope, and came in 2nd place to Lance, would your thoughts be different?
I always wondered if the loss of the testosterone which the other (missing) ball should have pumped out was never an issue nor slowed the man down. Clearly the man has drive and talent. He wouldn't back off so easily if he thought he could win his case.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
-A race of corn eaters
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:29pm PT
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ghost,
Seems you just get a giant boner at the thought of pushing some hero off a pedestal.
LOL!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 23, 2012 - 11:32pm PT
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I doped when I climbed El Cap,.....ten times........
Damn, are y'all gonna take my titles away?????
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Aug 24, 2012 - 12:03am PT
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That is the tale of our society... regardless the truth.
Give me a fukking break. The last thing you care about is truth. Maybe LA doped and maybe he didn't--I have no absolute proof either way and neither do you. Doping is/was rampant in cycling and likely as not, the guy who finished second to LA in each TDF was doping. All you seem truly passionate about is tearing down a legend.
Curt
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Aug 24, 2012 - 12:05am PT
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THis is a joke. They all dope. They should simply go after the new winners the way they went after Lance until they accept bans and then go after the third place guys
Sure, they try to avoid being technically tested on the wrong side of the law and Lance beat all that, so they go after him anyway
Peace
Karl
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Aug 24, 2012 - 12:06am PT
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Example, Tiger Woods.
Yeah, Tiger's really hurting. Do you just hate all Americans?
A legend in your own minds. Not nor ever was in mine. Fact is, was not in many others either.
Hell, if he had a rocket super glued to his ass the last ten years and outright cheated and still won, you all would be in the same bs "Legend" sand box.
While you're on your pathological mission, why not strip Michael Phelps of his London medals for the Louis Vuitton ads?
Curt
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