Thursday, June 29, 2006

I Have a Question...

For my white brothers and sisters: Do you really care that much about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's sinful union or Britney Spears and Kevin Federline disfunctional marriage? Goodness gracious. They're on the cover of every celebrity magazine and are headline news on these nightly news shows.

I'm dead ass serious, because while you go ga-ga over these people who wouldn't give 2 dog terds about you, there are real problems in the world. Maybe these cheesy stories are your relief from having to worry about those problems, but this is out of control.

New Orleans is STILL in bad shape. There are many people who continue to live without a home. The crime in New Orleans has reached another level. That's nothing to worry about though.

You see how expensive gas is out here. It's already at $3 a gallon in the DC area and it's just the beginning of the summer. I got at 3.30 by the Fourth of July. That's nothing to worry about though.

I just want an answer to my question because I can't understand this at all. I find this concept ridiculous.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

One Pound Too Many

This is a plea to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee: Dr. Richard Pound needs to be relieved of his duties. As head of WADA and Vice President of the IOC, Dr. Pound has time-and-time again abused his power to attack American athletes.

He wants any American athlete who's takien a teaspoon a Robitussin when they 11-years-old to be suspended. He continues to slander athletes in the media, with no consequence because of his position, and it's not right. You would think someone in his position would wait until due process had been done before commenting. While Dr. Pound may have his opinions, as we all do, he needs to keep them to himself because the two organizations he's in work on facts.

Facts: Neither Lance Armstrong or Marion Jones have ever failed a drug test. WADA couldn't find enough substantial evidence to find Marion Jones guilty, but its still on your witchhunt.

As is the case with Lance Armstrong. A French newspaper, which happens to hate Lance as much Dr. Pound, prints a story saying 1999 urine samples from Lance tested positive for a banned substance. An independent investigator was hired to look into the matter, but when their findings were that Lance had done nothing wrong you dismissed it as if the investigation was done by a bunch of monkeys.

Now we get to Zach Lund, a skeleton athlete who was taking medication for hair loss. There was something in the medication that caused him to test positive for a banned substance. Everyone on planet Earth knew that he wasn't cheating and that he was gaining no advantage from the substance. The U.S. anti-doping agency and skeleton's governing body saw it fit that he be issued a public warning and told not to use the medication again. Dr. Pound on the other hand sought a two-year suspension and got a one-year suspension even admitting that WADA knew he wasn't cheating. Took this man's Olympics away because of your own inferiority complex.

This real is what Tony Kornheiser would call a "gots-ta-go" situation. I know Dr. Pound likes to go by his nickname, Dick. I reall wish the man didn't have to be one though.