- So maybe skier Bode Miller hasn’t given up drinking/getting hammered before downhill races…..there’s no definitive evidence on this, but at the World Cup downhill event in Bromo, Italy, Miller was disqualified after skiing off the course near the starting line. You may remember that prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, Bode said in an interview that he has, in the past, shown up for races drunk and has in general made an ass of himself in the public eye while flaming out big time in the Olympics plus taking runs at Lance Armstrong, a man revered as a hero and inspiration by many sports fans and cancer survivors worldwide.
- The Mike Tyson Downward Spiral has taken another sad turn. The former heavyweight champion boxer turned convicted rapist turned circus freak/sideshow act was arrested early Friday morning in Scottsdale, Arizona after police pulled him over for a traffic stop and found cocaine on Iron Mike. While I’m sure that nothing this guy does will shock or stun anyone at this point, it is ironic to note that Tyson was taken to the very same jail where he recently went to speak to teens about the danger of drugs and drug usage. The cops even said Tyson was great with the kids and did a good job of reaching them with the message. One can't help but wonder, though, why he couldn’t get the same message through to himself. Most of his self-harming acts have hurt no one but him, but the rape conviction and this drug arrest are on another level. If Mike wants an ugly facial tattoo, fine. If he wants to threaten to eat his opponents’ non-existent children, fine. If he wants to call a reporter a scared coward (redundant, but amusing) and threaten to make that same reporter his girlfriend, those things don’t harm anyone. Drugs, rape and biting off a man’s ear, now those are problematic. Mike might be best locked up, because at least there he can be somewhat controlled and isn't a menace to society at large. Even if he’s not a malicious and mean guy, he just can't help himself and no one else seems able to help him either. Sad………
- Continuing on today’s theme of athletes drinking and driving while impaired….San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Antonio Bryant continued a less-than-stellar finish to 2006 by pleading not guilty to charges of reckless driving and resisting arrest after being pulled over when officers spotted him driving in excess of 100 miles an hour. This, coupled with the current four-game suspension Bryant is serving for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, makes for a black mark on what has otherwise been a decent season for the rebuilding Niners. Judging by Bryant’s immature on-field antics and conduct, no surprise that he’s getting into so much trouble on and off the field.
- Great of the government to issue an apology to a Muslim woman who was wrongfully detained at the Tampa Airport. Safana Jawad was held in a local jail and strip searched, and I’m sure an apology from the government for ripping her dignity and the racial stereotyping for being Muslim will be easily forgotten. Great how the feds can continue using the “national security” excuse to try and sweep just about any misdeed under the rug. Jawad was flagged for what Homeland Security officials termed “association with a suspicious person,” and hey, they’re right, aren't all Muslims or people of Middle Eastern descent suspicious? What, you mean they’re not? Most of them are good, normal people and not terrorists? Wow, somebody needs to tell the government that.
- Sweet home, Alabama, where the strippers aren't really strippers. The most recently enacted state laws in Alabama require that “exotic dancers” (see skanks working brass poles in your dictionaries) have any area of their bodies that would normally be covered by a “modest” bikini be covered in some way, shape or form when they writhe around on stage for the ones thrown by the degenerate losers who go to strip clubs. Most dancers choose to cope with the regulations by using latex, meaning that not only are you a pathetic, sick loser if you go to strip clubs to see these skanks perform, you’re not even seeing actual nudity or anything close to it. Congratulations, lowlifes who frequent strip clubs in Alabama, you’re even more sad and wretched than previously thought.
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