Did he or didn’t he?
I have a question – you might like to watch this first:
So to the question:
Did Ben Johnson win that race in 9.79 seconds? Or did a beast win it?
Similarly, did Agassi win those tennis matches or did a beast win them? Did he drop the people in it who enabled him to carve out his career and was this a dog’s act between friends or was it the right thing to do? If it was the right thing to do, then why now, when they can’t touch him?
Look at the physical stature of the World No 1s [men]. Agassa is much smaller. How else could he have achieved his stardom?
Lastly – what should he do now? Should he be shunned by former friends? Should it be, as Angel says in Tess of the d’Urbevilles: “You were one person then – now you are another” … ?
Filed under: Society & human issues
Paying back all the prize money he won might go someway to cleansing his soul.
Here is the detail
OOPs, sorry, wrong blog, my candle burnt out..
He won (being small) by being able to return anything and being quick enough to get to the shots. He never overpowered anyone and never would. He was the man who got to the balls that no one said he could.
Did drugs do that? No clue, but it doesn’t help to be remembered as a druggie
Yes, Melanie’s right – it is a deliberate policy of social engineering. The Left really does believe it has this G-d given right [except that they don't believe in G-d] to transform the whole of society into its warped, completely unsustainable image.
Concerning that 100 mtrs.
He won it.
He was juiced. His mistake was getting caught. He had bad advice from a dumb coach who should have known better. The testing at the time was neanderthal, anyone who got caught was a fool. Half-lifes are/were all known!! His brew dated from the ’50s. Even then tests took cognizance of endocrine parameters and markers, but they were simplistic, easily fooled.
The other 2 named in the Utube were later caught out. I’m not sure of the yanks brew, but the Brit was using a product that could be detected 12 months after use, that was equally easily detected, – - not liver toxic though, like Bens was.
Numb-nuts, ruined a long career.
Ethics?? MSM bullshit, mainly. Cheeting? How?, when products and advice were freely available to all athletes at that time, quietly, from official sources! The field was a level playing field at that time! Eastern block and US nationals were the instigators. Coaches were aiding the national effort of propaganda. Elite athletes, medal possibilities, were frequently informed of when mid-season, “random testing” would take place, so they could plan their cycle accordingly.
In those days the moralising was done by MSM to sell copy. Athletes and coaches, and officials were pragmatists, – they were there to win. MSM won.
Turning to Melanie.
There does seem a strange and frightening, almost death wish, widespread among western politicians, witness for eg,the wealth transfer out of developed nations under the guise of climate change, carbon limits, etc, for no logical reason. The more you look, in ever more scenarios, the more it becomes more apparent that they wish to destroy their/our society.
For the west, the question of derivatives is crucial to our survival. Today is more precarious than just before Lehman blow up, – nothing has changed, the banks continue to create them, there seems to be a second freeze up developing, willfully ignored by regulators, with the taxpayers remaining on the hook. UK and US regulators/politicians are being criminally negligent in their failings.
Here are a few links to show the deliberate cock-ups.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a7T5HaOgYHpE
The back-ground to the above, – a large part of AIG derivs originated from the London Office. London asked NY who would regulate London AIG.
NY replied that they would regulate London AIG, as they were more familiar with the products. The truth was that Greenscum and the entire US administration were against the regulation of OTC derivatives. London probably new this, but wanted “of” the hook. Net result, – no oversight.
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The following is the testimony of the ONLY person to speak FOR regulating Derivatives recently. He was censored at the hearing, and forced to submit in writing. It was subsequently delivered before the deadline, but authorities claimed IT problems led to its EXCLUSION from the published deliberations.
http://www.newdeal20.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/raj-revised-testimony1.pdf
Here is a blog. it explains that the Congress version is riddled with holes. Yves Smith concurs.
http://www.newdeal20.org/?p=5613
Here is more on Goldman.
http://www.tavakolistructuredfinance.com/GS.pdf
If I HAVEN’T BORED THE ASS OF YOU BY NOW,
Here is a blog.
Be sure to read the scribd article.
http://economicedge.blogspot.com/2009/10/dark-vision-coming-collapse-of-muni.html
The situation is failing, authorities are rabbits in the headlights, banks are unrestrained with taxpayers f*cked. Countries will be destroyed. All we hear is bullshit.
Latest Balance Sheet.
JPM $92 Trillion
GS $48T
BofA/Merrill $84T
Pure insanity.
THIS SAYS IT ALL Read and weep.
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/2009-114a.pdf
Post just disappeared??????
XXXL, what do you mean post disappeared?
You said yourself you put it on the wrong post. Here ’tis.
No, James.
The post that went missing was timed immediately prior to my “post just disappeared” message.
It related to Ben J Olympics.
Long post, several links, somebody/thing ate it.
Was in spam. The spam gobbler is pretty hot and if you change address, it picks up on it or it might have been the links. Anyway, I think it’s back now.
Just checked the links – preaching to the choir with me. Trouble is if any other reader will click on them. That Bloomberg is enough in itself.
Thanks James.
Trouble is if any other reader will click on them.
Yup. It is a problem. It’s like they do not want to know.
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