Comments on: What Michael Phelps should have said http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/ for freedom Fri, 21 May 2010 00:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tyson F. Gautreaux http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Tyson F. Gautreaux Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:36:12 +0000 http://www.backyardpolitics.org/blog/?p=202#comment-131 Love you miss you very much its raining in my heart Love you miss you very much its raining in my heart

]]> By: Neenie Pie http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Neenie Pie Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:10:31 +0000 http://www.backyardpolitics.org/blog/?p=202#comment-30 Give em books and they eat the covers. :) Give em books and they eat the covers. :)

]]> By: Sunny http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Sunny Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:36:04 +0000 http://www.backyardpolitics.org/blog/?p=202#comment-29 Whatever! The government is one of the biggest importers of illegal substances anyway. They probably encourage the "leaking" of the famous doing drugs because it encourages the youngsters to do it too. It's a major source of income for them in economic hard times. If they legalize it, they won't be making money both ways - by importing/selling it and then arresting people, collecting fines, and getting the free labor from prisoners. Imposing a tax on pot would not make them nearly as much money because it costs more now because it's illegal plus then they wouldn't get free labor in prisons and the prison industry wouldn't be so profitable. Whatever! The government is one of the biggest importers of illegal substances anyway. They probably encourage the “leaking” of the famous doing drugs because it encourages the youngsters to do it too. It’s a major source of income for them in economic hard times. If they legalize it, they won’t be making money both ways – by importing/selling it and then arresting people, collecting fines, and getting the free labor from prisoners. Imposing a tax on pot would not make them nearly as much money because it costs more now because it’s illegal plus then they wouldn’t get free labor in prisons and the prison industry wouldn’t be so profitable.

]]> By: Runslikecrazy http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Runslikecrazy Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:12:58 +0000 http://www.backyardpolitics.org/blog/?p=202#comment-28 That is exactly what he should have said! And Rob you sound like you have a grudge against the entertainment industry and professional athletes: I love the Olympics and I hope to be in the some day. It takes more dedication and mental preparedness to train your body rigorously at that level for a month than it does to show up and sit behind a desk for a year. Represent himself? These athletes already pay for their training, their traveling, and whatever else out of their own pocket. These guys aren't babied by the U.S. to the Olympics, and most go home never making anything out of it. It is a testament to personal achievement. Olympic training takes years, the U.S. trains the 'Olympic team' for a few months and ships them off, and you want to tell me that that little contribution is so vital that it would be career ending? And if you smoke, or drink, you are a hypocrite, because both of those substances are worse for your body, easier to abuse, and more dangerous to those around you than marijuana. That is exactly what he should have said! And Rob you sound like you have a grudge against the entertainment industry and professional athletes: I love the Olympics and I hope to be in the some day. It takes more dedication and mental preparedness to train your body rigorously at that level for a month than it does to show up and sit behind a desk for a year. Represent himself? These athletes already pay for their training, their traveling, and whatever else out of their own pocket. These guys aren’t babied by the U.S. to the Olympics, and most go home never making anything out of it. It is a testament to personal achievement. Olympic training takes years, the U.S. trains the ‘Olympic team’ for a few months and ships them off, and you want to tell me that that little contribution is so vital that it would be career ending? And if you smoke, or drink, you are a hypocrite, because both of those substances are worse for your body, easier to abuse, and more dangerous to those around you than marijuana.

]]> By: Rob B http://iamerica.backyardpolitics.org/blog/2009/02/02/what-michael-phelps-should-have-said/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Rob B Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:58:13 +0000 http://www.backyardpolitics.org/blog/?p=202#comment-27 No, he shouldn't have said that. He works like crazy 10 mos out of the year SWIMMING. If it were not for the Olympics, the best he could hope for would be some irrelevant college trophy. Now, he's worth millions b/c he represented the US @ the olympics. Is it really too much to ask that he respect our drug laws? How about this. Phelps smokes as much dope as he wants. From now on, he represents himself rather than the US. All future expenses for training, traveling, etc., all come out of his own pocket. Burn baby burn. Having said that, I have no problem with throwing all the worthless drug abusing trolls in congress in prison too. Preferably a prison along the US/Mex border in AZ. No, he shouldn’t have said that. He works like crazy 10 mos out of the year SWIMMING. If it were not for the Olympics, the best he could hope for would be some irrelevant college trophy. Now, he’s worth millions b/c he represented the US @ the olympics. Is it really too much to ask that he respect our drug laws? How about this. Phelps smokes as much dope as he wants. From now on, he represents himself rather than the US. All future expenses for training, traveling, etc., all come out of his own pocket. Burn baby burn.

Having said that, I have no problem with throwing all the worthless drug abusing trolls in congress in prison too. Preferably a prison along the US/Mex border in AZ.

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