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Steroid scandals don't hurt any sport. Latest case in point: today's revelation that Tour de France winner Floyd Landis tested positive for elevated testosterone levels. If not for this story, there would be no bicycling headlines at all today, or any day for the next 11 1/2 months for that matter. "Bicyclist tests positive," "Robert Downey, Jr. tests positive," I'm not sure why people care one way or the other, but they do. And the sport is bigger than ever.---
We're hearing about nothing but Lance Armstrong in our state this week. He's riding in RAGBRAI, or "(the Des Moines) Register's Great Bike Ride Across Iowa." His official mission is to help raise cancer awareness, but what is really being accomplished? Do we really need to have more awareness about the disease? I think we all get it. What we need are more celebrities of his stature tackling the tough issues of medical research-- namely, stem cell research. Some people are going to have to get offended before any progress is made.
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The New York Yankees are looking to become "the New York Yankees" of public stadium fleecings with their current effort to have a new ballpark constructed in the Bronx. Taxpayers in NYC even foot the bill for the team's lobbying effort. Amazing.
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This could have been written about me.
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This too.
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It's so hot this week, here and across the U.S., I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.
They were walking, people!
It's so hot, I saw a squirrel with a sunburn on his nuts.
On his nuts!
It's so hot, tourists in Washington D.C. have been trying to stand next to Hillary Clinton just for the chill.
For the chill! Am I right, gang?!
It was so hot today, a flasher on the street asked me to imagine a rain coat.
Imagine a rain coat!
That's all I've got.
posted by CM @ 7:46 PM
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