Uh huh. Yea. Hmm. Great. OK.
Posted on 07/25/2004 1:16:43 PM PDT by buzzyboop
Cancer is a funny illness that comes in all shapes and sizes, sometimes better or worse. Sometimes a short fight, sometimes a long fight. The key word is fight. I must encourage you to always keep the faith. The faith in your doctors, the faith in the medicine, the faith in your family, and most importantly the faith in yourself. This, my friend, is absolutely the best thing you can do for yourself. Your strength gives so many others hope and inspiration, including myself. I returned to professional cycling because of people like you, cancer patients who want to live forever and fight like crazy. Thank you and hang in there.
-- Lance Armstrong
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Uh huh. Yea. Hmm. Great. OK.
I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
Hey, the guy had testicular cancer. Testosterone is why men are stronger than women and why guys who use steroids are stronger than guys who do not. If Lance had one or both of his testes removed due to cancer, it would seem that he would have less testosterone and be less strong than a guy with both of his testes and a normal amount of testosterone. Since Lance is obviously very strong, I was just wondering if he is allowed to take shots of testosterone to bring his levels up to what they were before he cancer or is he is able to do so well with lower levels of testosterone. It is a reasonable question and it does not demean Lance or his achievement. If you don't know that answer, why don't you just say so rather than attack me?
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But you wrote, "Never."
They know each other quite well, going back to when Bush was governor of Texas. They attended events/fund-raisers for one another, etc. A major celebrity being publicly seen supporting a Republican...pretty rare.
I'm thankful nobody tried to attack him (outside of spitting, flipping the bird (another American institution exported to Europe) and nasty messages). He indicated last year that he was concerned, what with the nature of the Tour and it's openness. I think a lot of us wondered if somebody would try something (especially with so many Americans making the trip to watch the Tour this year).
There is also the fact that his heart is larger than average, or rather much more efficient, but then again many of the greatest cyclists are like that.
Something I found on the web at Bicycling Magazine - Miguel Indurain, five-time winner of the Tour de France, reportedly had a resting heart rate of 28 bpm. Climbing hard, he could amp his pulse to 190, then plummet back to recover at 60 bpm within 30 seconds.
Rats.
If he is conservative, or even so inclined, Karl Rove should get him to the Convention ASAP.
I think any American who spends time in France would return more conservative than before they went.
It's difficult to understand just how deep our American roots run until we leave them.
If I had to guess, I'd say he's a moderate. I suspect he's against the War on Iraq. But I have no problem with people that hold different views than mine so long as they don't presume to use their fame so they can preach to me. Armstrong seems to realize that his cycling fame should not be a platform for his personal political views. He seems to respect the President even if he disagrees, and that's good enough for me.
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