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PAPER: OLYMPIC HERO PICTURED SMOKING BONG
http://www.drudgereport.com ^

Posted on 01/31/2009 2:13:01 PM PST by kcvl

PAPER: OLYMPIC HERO PICTURED SMOKING BONG... DEVELOPING...

'NEWS OF THE WORLD' SET TO ROCK SPORTS WITH SHOCK PHOTO, STORY...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; athletes; drudge; michaelphelps; potheads
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To: Batman11

Phelps has the emotional maturity of a 14 year old and it was obvious after the olympics that he was on his way to a bruising. In Baltimore, everyone talked about it. He is a dorky kid,,


61 posted on 01/31/2009 3:05:07 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: kcvl

That can’t be a photo of Phelps.
Don’t see any gills or scales :)


62 posted on 01/31/2009 3:08:01 PM PST by Riptides
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To: mysterio
"Who cares? He’s a 23 year old kid."

my "kid" father quit HS to join the Navy at age 17 to fight in WW2...he was a kid....

being a "kid" is getting to be an older age, and I wonder why....is it because we don't make people grow up anymore?....take responsibility?...

63 posted on 01/31/2009 3:08:25 PM PST by cherry
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To: Yaelle
wish he could have been more discreet.

What do you mean "discreet" when everyone and their dog has a camera phone with them 24/7?

64 posted on 01/31/2009 3:08:56 PM PST by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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No smoke no fire. He has a bong in his hand. So what? Prove a controlled substance is involved. Compare that to a former US president who publicly asserted that he “didn't inhale” [marijuana] but was given a pass regarding the obvious self-implication that he'd physically handled (possessed) a controlled substance.

("It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is." (parse parse parse) Well, he actually never touched anything but rolling paper.)
65 posted on 01/31/2009 3:09:28 PM PST by Orbiter
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To: kcvl

No surprise to me. He’s from Baltimore and it was news a few years ago when he got a DUI. A friend of a friend knows Phelps and says he loves Land Rovers so much he buys a new one every year. Gets “tired of them” after a few months. The offer to cover up the story does not help.


66 posted on 01/31/2009 3:18:20 PM PST by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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To: kcvl

It was predicted he would make 100 million from sponsorships.


67 posted on 01/31/2009 3:19:37 PM PST by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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To: kcvl
Which Olympic Champion smoked pot for the first time recently at a Michigan hotel? The stoned athlete broke the TVs in his room,....

Pot made him violent? I call Ballet Slippers.

If the article said he violently tore into the room service offerings, I'd believe it, but he broke a TV because he smoked a joint? Unless it had been laced with more than pot....

68 posted on 01/31/2009 3:32:55 PM PST by fanfan
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To: kcvl

Phelps was just named USOC atlete of the year. He is also High Times Athlete of the Year. High Times is doing a feature on him with the cover being a bong with 8 gold medals around it. He nudged out the USA snow boatding team.


69 posted on 01/31/2009 3:39:19 PM PST by Scotswife (GO ISRAEL!!!)
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To: Jemian

If it was a glass of whiskey, no one would care.


70 posted on 01/31/2009 3:51:30 PM PST by mysterio
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To: TankerKC
That got a Chris Matthews laugh out of me.
71 posted on 01/31/2009 3:52:04 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Jemian

You’re getting technical. 23 years old is definitely kiddy-time to me. I was so messed up at that age I could barely find my ass with both hands.

As for Phelps, well, it’s depressing, but on the other hand, no one is going to say that he didn’t win those 14 Gold Medals honestly. It’s not like marijuana is a “performance enhancing drug.”


72 posted on 01/31/2009 3:53:59 PM PST by Ronin
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To: hellinahandcart

You must be hard of seeing.


73 posted on 01/31/2009 5:16:27 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: Kirkwood
You must be hard of seeing.

I'm an artist, actually, and I have to make visual comparisons all the time.

Have you not noticed yet that the ears in the picture you posted are a good bit SMALLER than the ears in the tabloid picture? You could put part of that down to perspective or camera distortion, but still.

His forehead is covered by something. Forehead shape is another way we identify others.

And his mouth's stuck inside the bong, so we can't rely on THAT feature either.

It may very well be Michael Phelps, but there's nothing in this photo that screams "Michael Phelps!" definitively. In fact, that picture looks a lot more like one of my college boyfriends than it does Michael Phelps.

74 posted on 02/01/2009 5:42:21 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart
It may very well be Michael Phelps, but there's nothing in this photo that screams "Michael Phelps!" definitively.

Phelps's flacks allegedly offered the News "incentives" not to publish instead of a Hell, no! followed by a promise to sue the paper into bankruptcy. If that's the case, the non-denial denial speaks volumes.

75 posted on 02/01/2009 5:47:14 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
Do I need to point out that I'm playing devil's advocate here? I don't care if it was or wasn't him. I am not a fan. I just don't see why everyone is jumping to conclusions based on a very nebulous photograph.

So, to continue, the key word in your post is "allegedly". And it sure takes a lot longer than one day to sue a newspaper into bankruptcy. So not only does the "non-denial" NOT speak volumes, it's barely a sentence at this point.

76 posted on 02/01/2009 7:02:20 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart

You can’t be much of an artist if you don’t even understand the concept of perspective. LOL!

By the way, Phelps admits the photo is legit, so you’re wrong on all counts.


77 posted on 02/01/2009 10:38:32 AM PST by Kirkwood
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To: Kirkwood
It doesn't get much more definitive than a confession.

You can’t be much of an artist if you don’t even understand the concept of perspective. LOL!

And you are a DEFINITE jackass.

78 posted on 02/01/2009 2:15:20 PM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: Kirkwood

You can’t be much of a poster if you can’t see the utility in proving the picture is real. I looked at the picture this morning and I was not convinced at all that it was Phelps. Until I saw B-roll footage this evening of Phelps w/ hair all over his face and looking like the photo, and his admission that it was indeed him, I was not convinced.

Your snide and uncalled for digs at hellinahandcart’s artistic ability show oxygen deprivation because you obviously are suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion. Asshole.


79 posted on 02/01/2009 3:44:37 PM PST by sauropod (An expression of deep worry and concern failed to cross either of Zaphod's faces - hitchhiker's guid)
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To: sauropod

Excuse me, but I was correct. I was able to analyze the photo and make the correct determination based on shapes and perspective. It is not my fault the other poster was the pompous ass who claimed to have some special ability and was then proven wrong. I’m waiting to hear an apology to me.


80 posted on 02/01/2009 4:42:34 PM PST by Kirkwood
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