Good News: Drug Cheat Lance Armstrong Stripped Of Seven Tour de France Titles Banned From Cycling!!!!
Armstrong will not fight doping charges any longer
By Christine Brennan, USA TODAY
Lance Armstrong, the sports world’s ultimate battler, has given up. He announced Thursday night that he will not contest the very serious charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he engaged in a massive doping conspiracy for 13 years, which means the seven-time Tour de France winner and famous cancer survivor now has officially earned himself another title:
Laurent Rebours, APLance Armstrong is expected to be strippped of his Tour de France cycling titles.
He said in an angry and pointed statement Thursday night that USADA “cannot assert control of a professional international sport and attempt to strip my seven Tour de France titles,” but that is exactly what the organization is authorized to recommend to Tour officials, and what it fully intends to do very soon. Armstrong said he will sue USADA if and when that happens.
“I know who won those seven Tours, my teammates know who won those seven Tours, and everyone I competed against knows who won those seven Tours,” he wrote.
Tour de France runnersup
The following cyclists finished second to Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong during Armstrong’s seven consecutive victories and are in position now to move to the top spot:-1999: Alex Zulle, Switzerland
-2000: Jan Ullrich, Germany
-2001: Jan Ullrich, Germany
-2002: Joseba Beloki, Spain
-2003: Jan Ullrich, Germany
-2004: Andreas Kloden, Germany
-2005: Ivan Basso, Italy
Source: Tour de France official website.
That all is well and good, but that’s just like Johnson still maintaining he crossed the finish line first in the men’s 100 meters at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, or Jones still insisting she beat everyone else to win the women’s 100 meters at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
The official records of the Olympics and/or international sports say otherwise. Because those athletes cheated and were caught, in accordance with long-since agreed upon international anti-doping rules, those performances no longer exist. They have been wiped from the record books.
And so it will be with Armstrong’s Tour titles, no matter how long he protests into the night.
Why didn’t Armstrong continue to fight through the long-established channels? Why succumb in this manner, knowing that by giving up, his reputation will be immediately and likely irrevocably altered?
He says it’s because he was not in a fair fight with USADA. He went to federal court in Austin, Texas, to try to prevent the agency from proceeding with its case against him. On Monday, the court threw out his lawsuit, saying that “Armstrong’s due process challenges …are without merit … the court finds they are best resolved through the well-established system of international arbitration, by those with expertise in the field, rather than by the unilateral edict of a single nation’s courts.”
It was as if Armstrong wanted to play by his own set of rules, on his own special playing field.
USADA rightly was pleased with the court’s ruling. In a statement, USADA CEO Travis Tygart gave context that was sorely needed in this case:
“We are pleased that the federal court in Austin, Texas has dismissed Lance Armstrong’s lawsuit and upheld the established rules which provide Congressionally-mandated due process for all athletes. The rules in place have protected the rights of athletes for over a decade in every case USADA has adjudicated and we look forward to a timely, public arbitration hearing in this case, should Mr. Armstrong choose, where the evidence can be presented, witness testimony will be given under oath and subject to cross examination, and an independent panel of arbitrators will determine the outcome of the case.”
Armstrong, clearly believing there should be a set of rules only for him, chose not to fight that battle. He picked a stunning time to do something we’ve never seen him do before: quit.
Days Of Our Lives Fans Accuse Openly Gay Producer Greg Meng & Writers Of Homophobia Because Will Horton’s Explicit Sex Scene With A Woman!!!
I noticed on the internet today many fans of the American soap Days Of Our Lives are upset about yesterday’s episode. The character Will Horton had an explicit sex scene with his female friend Gabi. The main complaint of the pro gay audience is, why would Days invest so much time and energy for Will to come out for him to suddenly have sex with a woman? If Will was so upset to see Sonny getting close to Brian why not have Will have sex with another man? The reason Will didn’t have sex with another man is because Days Of Our Lives is avoiding broadcasting gay men kissing and being intimate on television.
The dangerous message Days Of Our Lives is sending to the audience is being gay is a choice and it is not! Homosexuality is a sexual orientation it is not a choice.
Would Days allow the heterosexual hunks Chad, Brady, Rafe, EJ, or Daniel to have sex with each other if they were upset over a woman?
Greg Meng the executive producer of Days Of Our Lives is an openly gay man! It is shocking and disappointing that despite Greg Meng having incredible power that he allowed this homophobia to engender itself on television. What does it say that a gay man in power at a high profile television show doesn’t even stop the homophobia?
Earlier this year the gay rights organization GLAAD praised Days Of Our Lives for the gay storyline. However, online fans complained that the character Will Horton didn’t have to do much except cry a couple of times. Will only kissed one guy Neil back in February prior to Tuesday’s gay kiss with his best friend Sonny.
Neither Will or Sonny have had a gay sex scene on Days. It appears that Days wants their cake and eat it to which is abhorrent! Days Of Our Lives wants to appear progressive while still promoting homophobia that young gay male characters are prohibited from having sex on television.
A lot of heterosexual women and lesbian women actually WANT to see Will, Sonny, and Brian have love scenes on television! The old excuse that women don’t want to see attractive gay men on television have sex is false! For instance, Brokeback Mountain crossed over and appealed to heterosexual women the film grossed over $178 million dollars world wide. Women weren’t freaked out by seeing hot actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger have anal sex on the silver screen. Women loved it!
One argument is, Will is not accepting of his homosexuality and so he turns to Gabi for comfort. Also, in yesterday’s episode Will is jealous and upset because his potential love interest Sonny is spending time with his friend Brian. Will enters the coffee house and sees Brian removing creme from Sonny’s face.
However, since I started watching Days I noticed that the character Sonny has never had a sex scene! Sonny is supposed to be openly gay and proud yet he only kissed a guy for the first time earlier this week! If Days Of Our Lives doesn’t want to treat gay characters with respect why have them on the show? It doesn’t make any sense! The double standards and the homophobia is offensive!
Will the audience ever get to see Brian, Sonny, or Will roll around in a bed in their underwear making out in an intense sex scene on a bed? Everyone already knows the answer to this question. It is the year 2012, and gay men are still treated as second class citizens compared to heterosexual male characters on television.
It is only fair that Sonny, Will, Brian, are allowed to kiss passionately and make out on a bed just like the straight characters Chad and Melanie!
There is this reticence from the Days Of Our Lives producers which is deleterious, hypocritical, and pernicious! The audience already knows Sonny, Brian, and Will are gay so why not give the gay male characters the same respect in relation to the sex scenes?
Coming out of the closet is only one part of being openly gay the other part also deals with sex and relationships. Soap Operas focus on the love lives of the heterosexual characters yet the gay male characters are treated like they exist in anterior time.
It is time for Days Of Our Lives to step into the twenty first century and stop insulting the intelligence of the audience!
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