I didn’t watch the Part One Oprah Winfrey interview with Lance Armstrong last night. Nor will I be watching Part Two tonight. I think the two celebrities are losers and don’t conjure up any curiosities in my book.
Yet, according to the liberal mass media, Huffington Post, they reported the interview, so far, was a big success. Oprah got a much-needed boost to her pathetic OWN network and Armstrong may be able to ride his little bikey once again.
Say what?
Armstrong admitted, without batting an eyelash, that he has been doping and using many illegal drugs for over twenty years. He also calmly stated that without these so-called enhancement drugs he never would have won a single race, nor the Olympics, nor the seven Tour-De-France bicycle competitions. Rather than condemn Armstrong for his blatant lying and cheating, Ms. Winfrey chastised Lance for not honoring his legal contracts.
In our new, modern progressive-liberal world, there is no right and wrong. Just legal contracts. The law now certainly outweighs the Ten Commandments: Thou shall not lie, cheat or steal. Unless it says so in your legal contract.
Is it any wonder the progressives want to remove any semblance of religious doctrines out of our line of sight? What have we gotten in return? Politicians who lie right to our face and directly in to the camera. Till they get caught. By the law. Athletes who don’t know the difference between reality or doing whatever it will take to win. Corporations and CEO’s who condone their actions as a right to an end that justifies the means.
Today’s corrupt-du-jour comes from football hero and all-star Notre Dame linebacker, Manti Te’o. Te’o now admits that his recent girlfriend, Lannay Kukua (pronounced Koo-Koo Duh) who recently died of leukemia (just one week after Te’os supposed grandmother died) was just imaginary. Kukua never existed. Except inside his mind and his Facebook page.
The lying hasn’t stopped with celebrities and politicians. Nope. Now, we have scores of imposters saying they are the aunt, uncle, mother, father of one of the children who were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and can you just please send us a donation through our social media pages so that we may bury our child and continue our lives in peace? And more solvent.
Lance Armstrong didn’t admit to his doping to relieve any of his guilt. Armstrong didn’t get no revelation from God advising him to come clean so that he could enter the pearly gates of heaven. Nope. Armstrong was advised by his lawyers that if he went public with his admission, he could ride his little bike again, ring the bar-handle bell and make millions of dollars doing so. Rather then sit silent and keep his already stolen millions, Armstrong must now face tons of lawsuits, probably have to give all the money back to those he defrauded and perhaps face total destitution. But since Armstrong’s desire to stay in the public eye is stronger than doing the right thing, We The People have been asked to forgive and support him again.
In a pigs eye.
Oprah Winfrey couldn’t give a rat’s ass on whatever Lance Armstrong has to say. Winfrey just wants to recoup some of her lost millions so that she can get back into the top 100 Billionaires Club in Forbes Annual Report. If you watch her show, highlighting a disgraced athlete, what does that make the you, the viewer?
So, it all comes down to money. Money is the god. In the bible, there is a quote from Jesus Christ: You can not love God AND money. It is one or the other. Take your pick. Guess what most everyone has selected?
I don’t keep tabs on any sports athlete. I wouldn’t know a Te’o from a Tebow. Nor do I give anything that comes out of a politicians mouth any credence. Throw the mass media and mass killers in to the brew. They can all go suck an egg.
I just worry about myself and my family. I got the best results out of my own children when I told them if they lied, cheated or stole they were going to burn in hell.
Worked like a charm each and every time.
Im with you 100%. All a big publicity stunt for both Lance and Opra. Ride a bike again?? How can he do that when he should be in jail for dope, cheating, defrauding, threatening other players, cheating other players out of what they should have won!
Simply amazing, isn’t it, Lori? If We The People ignore Lance, perhaps he will just go away.
I feel for the other cyclists who were striving to win fairly. Their honest, hard work and possible victory and the success that stems from that was stolen from them.
Rebekah, you’re so right. Armstrong, however, indicated that most of the American cyclists were doping also. Thanks to him. What a disgrace!
Lets see Pete Rose is NEVER allowed near baseball again so Mr. Armstrong should never be able to race again. Even as a olympic atlete he was held to a higher standard, and example to children to everywhere. As for me well I think I will let my children look up to the true heros..the teachers who sacrifice there own lives to save the children of Sandy Hook, the firemean and policemen who run in the direction that others run from, or the parents, friends, neighbors who get up every day and go to work to feed their families and yes the true athletes who play honestly and by the rules.
And only a true coward takes the mud that is on him and throw it on others who are working hard as they can. I am sure there are some that may be doping but to say most of them makes me ill. And Oprah your time is done. Wrap it up. Enjoy your money and your houses. Glory passed cannot be reclaimed
Judy, I couldn’t have said it better. Thanks for your comments. Armstrong wants to rat out all the others who doped along with him. He surely is the devil.
Personally, I don’t even believe he ever had cancer to begin with. If you lie in one area, chances are you are lying in ALL areas.
PS: one other I noticed, when Oprah had her own talk show, she often praised God for her good fortune. Apparently what God gave Oprah wasn’t enough for Oprah. She wanted more. She wanted her own television station and it was never, as far as what I could see, ever blessed in God’s name. Hmmmm? I wonder. Oprah very rarely praises God on OWN. Just a thought and observation.
Great points. I don’t follow sports either. It’s a sad state of affairs that people want to ‘win’ at all costs whether it be in business, sports or politics. I fear for the lives of my future grandchildren. What kind of world are we leaving them?
I don’t know, Sharon. Judy has it right about who we should really look up to. The unsung heroes.
It seems harsh to condemn them both for a lack of sincerity when you didn’t watch the interview.
I did watch it (we’ve just had Part I screened in Australia). I found Armstrong convincing and accept his apology. That doesn’t mean I want to see him back on the bike.
I’m a cycling fan, and enjoyed Lance’s riding, always knowing that he was possibly doping. He was incredibly focussed, organised and very determined. He didn’t ride like a nice guy – he rode like a school bully, but that’s what we sport fans like to see. It was a disappointment, though not a surprise, when the truth came out.
As it turned out, most of his rivals were also doping, so he felt justified in doing it himself. What I found much harder to excuse was the way he used his power and money to threaten the little guys (journalists, lesser riders and his team soigneurs) when they told what he knew was the truth.
And though he didn’t consider it at the time, he and the other dopers cheated clean riders out of the careers and the success they could have enjoyed.
He won’t ever compete again. He may go to gaol. He may be sued and lose all his millions.
I don’t think he’ll burn in hell, however. We were raised Protestant – hellfire was for Catholics. I even felt hypocritical telling my kids that if they told lies, Santa wouldn’t fill their stockings. It may have worked, but it felt wrong. The end didn’t justify the means.
I appreciate your view and comments. I did see highlights of the interview on another network. What I did see, I didn’t like.
And yes, we are Catholics. Ex-catholics. Christians now.
My computer has been down until today and I was glad to see your post as I knew you would help put it into perspective for us. I just want to say……AMEN, AMEN and again AMEN!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Betty. Maybe we should say” AWOMEN! LOL