Olympic Doping

A few days ago, this photo surfaced of Michael Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong at a party in November.





Almost immediately, "experts" said that his career was in a tailspin, and that if he didn't stick to the straight and narrow path, he could irreparably hurt his future earning potential.

To add to this, swim coaches across the country said they would use the incident as a teachable moment, driving home the point that drugs undermine athletic performance and that Phelps will suffer the consequences of his actions, losing esteem, and perhaps endorsements.

Frankly, I think it only sheds some light on his reported diet.






If you want my opinion ... and you probably don't ... I say give the kid a fucking break for Christ sakes. After all, he is twenty three years old.

I may be biased, since I dared to risk reefer madness in my college days, but I think this issue is severely overblown for several reasons

* Almost everybody has smoked pot at one point in their life. Show me someone that has not, and I will show you someone who irons their socks.

* The type of consumer who will buy products endorsed by phelps are most likely in their 20s and 30s. They can relate to a guy who like to screw hot girls and take the occasional pull on a Graffix.

I knew this uproar had reached a tipping point of absurdity when I turned on MSNBC last night. A woman in a dark red pant suit was telling the audience that this incident sent the wrong message to young kids about the use of performance enhancing drugs in today's athletes.



(*Disclaimer - I have used a picture of Democratic Minnesota Senator Amy Jean Lobuchar for illustrative purposes only. She was the only picture I could find of a red pant suit. Sorry Amy!)

Performance enhancing drug????

What is this Church Lady smoking?

The only way that pot will ever be classified as a performance enhancing drug is when they place a giant Snickers bar at the finish line.

Sunday Giggle Part VI

Stay in School Kids

This was released in the same year that I was.

1970 Baby!

Somebody was baked for the making of this PSA, and I am pretty sure that it wasn't the cameraman.




Now I feel like glade skiing.