What do you think about all this Lance Armstrong hoopla? Personally, I'm fed up to my eyeballs with it already. It's not gaudy enough that Lance has to go on Oprah to blab his guilt about doping throughout his bicycling career, now the media is dredging up anyone that ever greased his chain or aired his tires to ask if they noticed anything suspicious in order to keep the headlines popping. Enough already. The man admitted he's a big fat liar -- why does he deserve all this attention?
First, he uses performance-enhancing drugs and techniques to win the Tour de France seven consecutive times, among other cycling feats. Why he would do this is beyond me. I mean, the man was Superman in spandex and a helmet anyway. He had a lovely wife and three cute kids, then he had Sheryl Crow by his side. Not shabby. He had a three-way with cancer and won, then started the Livestrong foundation to help others with cancer. He was even on Wheaties boxes, for Pete's sake. What more can a man want out of life? Why would you take a chance on losing all that by cheating?
Then, he vehemently denies doping over and over, to anyone and everyone, including under oath. That's what really angers me, how much and how strongly he lied. And how convenient that he finally tells the truth after the statute of limitations runs out for perjuring himself. For a long time I actually felt sorry for the guy, believing he was being unfairly persecuted for being the best. Well, no more. The dude is a major dope. I'm glad he's been stripped of all his titles and banned from the sport. But I don't think that goes far enough. Even his name, Lance Armstrong, sounds like a winner, sounds like someone people should look up to. I think he should be stripped of his name as well and be dubbed Dingleberry Dopington. That seems more fitting for a liar and a cheat. And maybe that will kill all the headline buzz as well. He's had way more attention than he deserves already.
First, he uses performance-enhancing drugs and techniques to win the Tour de France seven consecutive times, among other cycling feats. Why he would do this is beyond me. I mean, the man was Superman in spandex and a helmet anyway. He had a lovely wife and three cute kids, then he had Sheryl Crow by his side. Not shabby. He had a three-way with cancer and won, then started the Livestrong foundation to help others with cancer. He was even on Wheaties boxes, for Pete's sake. What more can a man want out of life? Why would you take a chance on losing all that by cheating?
Then, he vehemently denies doping over and over, to anyone and everyone, including under oath. That's what really angers me, how much and how strongly he lied. And how convenient that he finally tells the truth after the statute of limitations runs out for perjuring himself. For a long time I actually felt sorry for the guy, believing he was being unfairly persecuted for being the best. Well, no more. The dude is a major dope. I'm glad he's been stripped of all his titles and banned from the sport. But I don't think that goes far enough. Even his name, Lance Armstrong, sounds like a winner, sounds like someone people should look up to. I think he should be stripped of his name as well and be dubbed Dingleberry Dopington. That seems more fitting for a liar and a cheat. And maybe that will kill all the headline buzz as well. He's had way more attention than he deserves already.
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