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  1. Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations, but at least the US has finally
    gotten rid of scumsfeld.
    When's the sporting world gonna be as smart as GWB?
    Bill C

  2. On 16 Nov 2006 13:50:32 -0800, "Bill C" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations, but at least the US has finally
    gotten rid of scumsfeld.
    When's the sporting world gonna be as smart as GWB?
    Bill C

    Pound is strange. A few years ago he was not at all agressive in
    pursuing dopers. After the Salt Lake City Olympics, some journalists
    asked the bronze medallist in the women's pursuit, who is outspoken
    about fighting doping, if she thought the two people ahead of her in
    that event were clean and she said something like "Not really." Pound
    went ballistic, calling Scott's remarks irresponsible and pointing out
    that those athletes had been tested.

    Interestingly, over the course of the following year or two those two
    athletes lost their medals due to doping and Scott eventually got the
    gold (I think she's the only athlete to win bronze, silver and gold in
    the same event).

    Now instead of being sloppy and weak, Pound is reckless to try to look
    strong.
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  3. Bill C said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations,

    dumbass,

    the two situations are not alike.

    cycling is like the alcoholic, womanizing party-guy who's been dating a
    woman who's a suspicous control-freak and marries her because of
    pressure from parents even though he knows what she's like. eventually
    he comes home smelling like booze and warm vagina and she's flipping
    out, and he's like "wtf?", but what did you expect buddy ?

    even though pound shoots his mouth off and a lot of improper things
    have happened, the cycling bosses made the choice to sign on to WADA.
    either were oblivious to the doping that was routine in euro-pro
    cycling or they figured the dirty riders would somehow avoid scrutiny.

    you can try to argue away one case or another (floyd, puerto, hondo,
    hamilton), but there's dozens pending. these aren't all plots by pound
    to justify the existence of WADA (which is what you seem to be
    implying).

  4. RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield is vastly more competent than Pound.

    What evidence is there of this?

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  5. I don't think there is another practical option for the bosses to have
    chosen. Even though you can see problems, until others do and buy-in for
    change there is little you can do unless you just want to quit, exit the
    system and find another profession. The trick is to work with the system to
    change it, being prepared for when change occurs and then to capitalize on
    it when it happens.

    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Bill C said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations,

    dumbass,

    the two situations are not alike.

    cycling is like the alcoholic, womanizing party-guy who's been dating a
    woman who's a suspicous control-freak and marries her because of
    pressure from parents even though he knows what she's like. eventually
    he comes home smelling like booze and warm vagina and she's flipping
    out, and he's like "wtf?", but what did you expect buddy ?

    even though pound shoots his mouth off and a lot of improper things
    have happened, the cycling bosses made the choice to sign on to WADA.
    either were oblivious to the doping that was routine in euro-pro
    cycling or they figured the dirty riders would somehow avoid scrutiny.

    you can try to argue away one case or another (floyd, puerto, hondo,
    hamilton), but there's dozens pending. these aren't all plots by pound
    to justify the existence of WADA (which is what you seem to be
    implying).

  6. In article
    <[email hidden]>,
    John Forrest Tomlinson <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield is vastly more competent than Pound.

    What evidence is there of this?

    He successfully ran a drug company.

    --
    Michael Press

  7. RonSonic said:

    We've got one guy in charge of a department of the US government and literally
    millions of employees with opposition from literally every evil [censored] on earth

    Is this evil [censored] related to fat [censored] and does he post to rbr ? Come
    to think of it fat [censored] is Scottish and we do have a Scottish poster......

  8. in 530677 20061117 072629 Donald Munro said:
    RonSonic said:

    We've got one guy in charge of a department of the US government and literally
    millions of employees with opposition from literally every evil [censored] on earth

    Is this evil [censored] related to fat [censored] and does he post to rbr ? Come
    to think of it fat [censored] is Scottish and we do have a Scottish poster......

    Is that Bliar's heavyweight successor?

  9. Donald Munro said:
    Quoted message said:

    Is this evil [censored] related to fat [censored] and does he post to rbr ? Come
    to think of it fat [censored] is Scottish and we do have a Scottish poster......

    Bob Martin said:

    Is that Bliar's heavyweight successor?

    I suspect the chancellor still has a way to go to get to this BMI:
    http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018678/photo/436122

  10. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Bill C said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations, but at least the US has finally
    gotten rid of scumsfeld.

    Quoted message said:

    When's the sporting world gonna be as smart as GWB?

    You mean as smart as GWB's Dad's friends.

    KP

  11. John Forrest Tomlinson said:
    RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield is vastly more competent than Pound.

    What evidence is there of this?

    Dumbass -

    I made that case and you snipped it.

    Consulting the Peters Principle - that in any heirarchical organization
    personnel will rise to the level of their incompetence - we see that both men
    have pretty well pegged their respective personal achievement meters. Nobody's
    giving either of them a promotion. So let's look at their most recent positions:
    Rumsfield had employees who could successfully invade any country that Pound's
    employees could mislabel a urine cup in.

    Advantage Rummy

    Ron

  12. RonSonic said:
    John Forrest Tomlinson said:
    RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield is vastly more competent than Pound.

    What evidence is there of this?

    Dumbass -

    I made that case and you snipped it.

    You wrote:
    " I'm sure you don't think either has done his job well, but consider
    the level of difficulty. We've got one guy in charge of a department
    of the US government and literally millions of employees with
    opposition from literally every evil [censored] on earth as well as a lot
    of perfectly legitimate loyal opposition, versus what? A second tier
    minion of a branch of the corrupt IOC."

    That's the case?

    Quoted message said:

    Consulting the Peters Principle - that in any heirarchical organization
    personnel will rise to the level of their incompetence -

    So you're saying that Rumsfeld is competent because he made it to
    become Secretary of Defense? That begs the question of competent at
    what? At being a toady who talks a good game? Of being good at
    politics?

    Quoted message said:

    So let's look at their most recent positions:
    Rumsfield had employees who could successfully invade any country that Pound's
    employees could mislabel a urine cup in.

    You could surely say Rumsfeld was more powerful than Pound, but this
    doesn't say much about his competence.

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  13. Oops, I missed this
    http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2006/sixyears/index.html
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  14. John Forrest Tomlinson said:

    On 16 Nov 2006 13:50:32 -0800, "Bill C" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations, but at least the US has finally
    gotten rid of scumsfeld.
    When's the sporting world gonna be as smart as GWB?
    Bill C

    Pound is strange. A few years ago he was not at all agressive in
    pursuing dopers. After the Salt Lake City Olympics, some journalists
    asked the bronze medallist in the women's pursuit, who is outspoken
    about fighting doping, if she thought the two people ahead of her in
    that event were clean and she said something like "Not really." Pound
    went ballistic, calling Scott's remarks irresponsible and pointing out
    that those athletes had been tested.

    Interestingly, over the course of the following year or two those two
    athletes lost their medals due to doping and Scott eventually got the
    gold (I think she's the only athlete to win bronze, silver and gold in
    the same event).

    Now instead of being sloppy and weak, Pound is reckless to try to look
    strong.

    Give me a specific example fo when Pound was reckless?

    Magilla

  15. Okay, so you don't like Pound. I'm sure [censored] has some regard for human
    life, unlike Don "A day without war is a day without sunshine" Rumsfeld.

    But anyways....
    I don't follow this topic as much as many of you, but I that won't stop me
    from chipping in. How often is Pound actually correct or close to being
    correct on the issues he spouts off on? Disregarding his style, ego, etc,
    I get the feeling that he is closer to the truth than anyone else. I'll go
    a step further and propose that he is one of the few that actually is
    trying to uncover cheats, whatever his motivation is. Did you ever hear
    about his accusation of doping in the NHL without any proof? Pound was
    vilified in Canada for that. But you know what, he is probably close to
    the truth. Dumbasses like Don Cherry insist good Canadian kids wouldn't
    dope. uh-huh. There's hundreds of 18 year olds whose whole life is hockey,
    maybe are too dumb to do anything else and they need to be stronger and
    faster to get into the NHL. nah, they wouldn't dope.

    Consider cycling. It's run by former cheats (ie former cyclists) and they
    say they're trying to catch the cheats.

    Pound reminds me of referees in professional sports. Everyone complains
    about them and says what a [censored] job they do. At least they're doing it.
    We have to put up with it until a better one comes along.

  16. MagillaGorilla said:
    John Forrest Tomlinson said:

    On 16 Nov 2006 13:50:32 -0800, "Bill C" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone notice the both bluster and attack everyone who questions them?
    Both are presiding over a major setback at best, both seem to be
    protecting corrupt administrations, but at least the US has finally
    gotten rid of scumsfeld.
    When's the sporting world gonna be as smart as GWB?
    Bill C

    Pound is strange. A few years ago he was not at all agressive in
    pursuing dopers. After the Salt Lake City Olympics, some journalists
    asked the bronze medallist in the women's pursuit, who is outspoken
    about fighting doping, if she thought the two people ahead of her in
    that event were clean and she said something like "Not really." Pound
    went ballistic, calling Scott's remarks irresponsible and pointing out
    that those athletes had been tested.

    Interestingly, over the course of the following year or two those two
    athletes lost their medals due to doping and Scott eventually got the
    gold (I think she's the only athlete to win bronze, silver and gold in
    the same event).

    Now instead of being sloppy and weak, Pound is reckless to try to look
    strong.

    Give me a specific example fo when Pound was reckless?

    Denouncing Landis before Landis's B sample was tested.

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  17. in 530688 20061117 151005 RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield had employees who could successfully invade any country that Pound's
    employees could mislabel a urine cup in.

    Please remind me : what was the last country his employees successfully invaded ?

  18. Chris said:

    I don't think there is another practical option for the bosses to have
    chosen.

    <snip>

    Dumbass -

    In the US, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the
    National Basketball Association all test for drugs and none of them are
    under the umbrella of WADA.

    thanks,

    K. Gringioni.

  19. Bob Martin said:
    in 530688 20061117 151005 RonSonic said:

    Rumsfield had employees who could successfully invade any country that Pound's
    employees could mislabel a urine cup in.

    Please remind me : what was the last country his employees successfully invaded ?

    Uh, Iraq. Remember, it was in the news.

    They have failed to take complete control of the country in the tyranical manner
    to which it has been long accustomed but that's a question of politics not
    maneuver.

    Gotta admit, the whole, invade and conquer thing, they've got that down pretty
    good.

    Ron

  20. Bob Martin said:
    Quoted message said:

    Please remind me : what was the last country his employees successfully invaded ?

    RonSonic said:

    Uh, Iraq. Remember, it was in the news.

    Depends on how you define conquer.

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