90 [censored] SECONDS

"James Calivar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage

George

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Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight

TdF

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victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you

know,

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the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped

some

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[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his

best

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friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely

dominate one

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of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a

glib

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post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored] you,

George

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Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball playing, wife beating

blue

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collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU George. [censored] you for dumbing down

cycling to

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the typical American viewer. I hope you die soon.

rofl, haha! dumbing down? which george was that?

Exactly!

"James Calivar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage

George

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Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight

TdF

Quoted message said:

victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you

know,

Quoted message said:

the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped

some

Quoted message said:

[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his

best

Quoted message said:

friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely

dominate one

Quoted message said:

of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a

glib

Quoted message said:

post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored] you,

George

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Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball playing, wife beating

blue

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collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU George. [censored] you for dumbing down

cycling to

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the typical American viewer. I hope you die soon.

(Namby Pamby, Texas - July 25, 2004) A spokesperson for George Michael
announced today that George Michael would be becoming openly gay really soon
in order not to miss out on the latest cool new craze of being openly gay.
"George Michael will become openly gay probably early next week," the
spokesperson announced. Despite the announcement however, the spokesperson
was quick to deny that George Michael was only becoming openly gay in order
to capture the rapidly growing demographic of people who are not only openly
gay, but are also ACTUALLY gay -- you know, like, FOR REAL. "George Michael
is becoming openly gay," said the spokesperson, "because it is the right
thing to do. It is the right thing to do for our country and the right thing
to do for our freedom... And for our democracy.... And for our
constitution." However, several openly gay professional cyclists protested
George Michael becoming openly gay, saying it was just a political stunt,
and that if he went ahead with becoming bogusly openly gay then it would
make all other currently REALLY openly gay heterosexuals look like a buncha
douchebags and therefore they would all immediately and totally STOP being
openly gay, though they weren't sure yet whether that meant they would have
to stop being just openly or stop being just gay or actually stop being both
at the same time. However, the fifth openly gay Supreme Court justice,
Rehnquist, has intervened saying if the UCI openly gay cyclists stop being
openly gay he will sentence them all immediately to the electric chair or
the gas chamber for failure to come to a complete stop at a stop sign
partially covered over by a tree. George Michael's spokesperson said that
as soon as George Michael finished becoming openly gay and before being
removed from the so-called "Sports Machine" to make way for Bob Roll, he
would, of course, appoint Phil Liggett Secretary of State and Paul Sherwin
head of the FBI. He also said he'd appoint the Village People to be
Secretary of, you know, the Interior. "It's the least an openly gay
American can do to honor our great openly gay American heritage," the
spokesman said George Michael said.

"James Calivar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage

George

Quoted message said:

Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight

TdF

Quoted message said:

victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you

know,

Quoted message said:

the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped

some

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[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his

best

Quoted message said:

friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely

dominate one

Quoted message said:

of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a

glib

Quoted message said:

post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored] you,

George

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Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball playing, wife beating

blue

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collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU George. [censored] you for dumbing down

cycling to

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the typical American viewer. I hope you die soon.

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Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

WhoooWHEE man, look at dem cars smashin' into eachother. Now that's racin',
I tell ya what.

Mike
http://mikebeauchamp.com

James Calivar said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage George
Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight TdF
victory.

What does "vaunted" mean in that sentence? Because all
the dictionaries I look at say it means the opposite of
the word that belongs there.

--Blair
"Just replace George with the machine."

"James Calivar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage George
Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight TdF
victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you know,
the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped some
[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his best
friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely dominate one
of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a glib
post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

I didn't know anyone actually watched that Sports Machine show. I
thought the guy owned the network or something and the Sports
Machine was a vanity project.

M.

James Calivar said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage
George Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's
6th straight TdF victory. I would have at least expected some kind
of personal story - you know, the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a
weekly basis after having raped some [censored] fan, or to some local
high school cheerleading hero who saved his best friend's pet
chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even mentioned
the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely dominate one
of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no -
just a glib post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear
the Star Spangled Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored]
you, George Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball
playing, wife beating blue collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU
George. [censored] you for dumbing down cycling to the typical American
viewer. I hope you die soon.

I lived in DC all my life until 1982, so it was sort of cool when a
sportscaster I knew from there went national (syndicated) some years later.

However, about a year of the "Sports Machine" was more than enough.

Haven't seen it in at least five years. (Closer to 10 probably.)

I suggest you follow suit.

Bill "vote with the clicker" S.

Mike Beauchamp said:

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Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

WhoooWHEE man, look at dem cars smashin' into eachother. Now that's racin',
I tell ya what.

Highway Star --

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything

I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's a moving mouth body control
and everything

I love her I need her
I seed her Yeah She turns me on
Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that i'm on the road again
Oooh i'm in heaven again i've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
and everything

I love it and I need it
I seed it eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything like a driving power big
fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star, I'm a highway star

James Calivar said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage
George Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's
6th straight TdF victory. I would have at least expected some kind
of personal story - you know, the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a
weekly basis after having raped some [censored] fan, or to some local
high school cheerleading hero who saved his best friend's pet
chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even mentioned
the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely dominate one
of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no -
just a glib post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear
the Star Spangled Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored]
you, George Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball
playing, wife beating blue collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU
George. [censored] you for dumbing down cycling to the typical American
viewer. I hope you die soon.

Just what the [censored] did you expect? For every one person that watched the
TdF, 10,000 watched the NASCAR race, and that number is probably low.
Nextel Cup is the #2 spectator sport in the country by TV ratings, behind
only the NFL. Heck, I'd be willing to bet NASCAR's IN PERSON attendance
numbers at the race track is higher than OLN's viewership.

You're lucky Lance got 90 seconds, and the only reason he got 90 seconds
instead of 30 is because he won #6. #1-#5 got 30 or less, I would bet, if
ol' George showed them at all.

Regards,
H.

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 03:52:17 GMT, "James Calivar" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage George
Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight TdF
victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you know,
the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped some
[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his best
friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely dominate one
of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a glib
post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored] you, George
Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball playing, wife beating blue
collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU George. [censored] you for dumbing down cycling to
the typical American viewer. I hope you die soon.

They don't understand this sport and make no bones about it. Read the result and
move on. You on the other hand display such malice and ill-will that if it were
known outside of this little circle it would only confirm the wisdom of ignoring
those shaved-leg whackos and their stupid race.

Put simply, your attitude is far uglier than theirs.

Ron

In article <[email hidden]>,

James Calivar said:

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage?

A lot of good competitive cycling goes by unsung & unnoticed.
Maybe most particularly, in the Commonwealth Games.

But I think it makes it all rather esoteric, and lends sport
cycling a certain mystique.

cheers,
Tom

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"James Calivar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

90 seconds. 90 [censored] seconds. That's the total amount of coverage

George

Quoted message said:

Michael's vaunted Sports Machine gives to Lance Armstrong's 6th straight

TdF

Quoted message said:

victory. I would have at least expected some kind of personal story - you

know,

Quoted message said:

the kind they give to Kobe Bryant on a weekly basis after having raped

some

Quoted message said:

[censored] fan, or to some local high school cheerleading hero who saved his

best

Quoted message said:

friend's pet chihuahua from drowning. Hell, maybe they could have even
mentioned the fact that he had recovered from cancer to completely

dominate one

Quoted message said:

of the most difficult physical challenges in the world. But no - just a

glib

Quoted message said:

post-win ripoff interview about how great it was to hear the Star Spangled
Banner in France, and that's it.

Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

Christ.

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage? [censored] you,

George

Quoted message said:

Michael. [censored] you and your Nascar-loving, baseball playing, wife beating

blue

Quoted message said:

collar moron viewers. And [censored] YOU George. [censored] you for dumbing down

cycling to

Quoted message said:

the typical American viewer. I hope you die soon.

George Michael is a former disc jockey from WFIL radio in Philadelphia. He

was a disc jockey from the golden age of Top 40 radio. I grew up listening
to him on the radio. He left radio to become a local sportscaster on
Washington, DC television. You expect him to do a long piece on the Tour De
France. The guy's expertise is The Supremes, The Temptations and The Four
Tops.

In article <[email hidden]>,

James Calivar said:

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage?

When you realize that the most Americans consider sports participation
to consist of drinking Bud Lite in front of the TeeVee (excepting the
superatheletes who drink it during their slow pitch softball games) it
starts to make sense, really.

Besides, why should our precious precious airwaves be used to promote a
sport engaged in by less than .005% of the population?

..max

--
the part of <[email hidden]>
was played by maxwell monningh 8-p

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Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

WhoooWHEE man, look at dem cars smashin' into eachother. Now that's

racin',

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I tell ya what.

Yes it is. Just as much as the TDF is.

Mark Jones said:

"Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

WhoooWHEE man, look at dem cars smashin' into eachother. Now that's

racin',

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I tell ya what.

Yes it is. Just as much as the TDF is.

NASCAR: "OK. It's kind of complicated. You're gonna go straight.
Then you're gonna turn left. then you go straight and turn left right
away. Then a straight, then a left turn. Then a quick straight and
another left turn."

Nowhere near as interesting as, say, the Monaco GP, which is still
contested on the streets of the principality, or the World Rally
Championship--car time trials over "interesting" terrain in real
"stock" cars (WRC rules specify "regular production" cars, so yes, you
*can* drive the same car as the rally racers). NASCAR's "stock" cars
are as close to stock as a Ducati is close to a Raleigh three-speed.

The TdF is tough for non-enthusiasts to follow because it moves
slowly, has relatively complex rules, and does not finish in a single
afternoon. Postmodern attention spans being what they are, they'd
much rather watch NASCAR, where the world is easier, and there are no
foreigners.

-Luigi

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:33:17 -0700, [email hidden] (Tom Keats)

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

James Calivar said:

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage?

A lot of good competitive cycling goes by unsung & unnoticed.
Maybe most particularly, in the Commonwealth Games.

But I think it makes it all rather esoteric, and lends sport
cycling a certain mystique.

Ever see "Dodgeball"? One of the guys there has a subscription to
"Obscure Sports Quarterly"....

-Luigi

"If you can dodge traffic,
You can dodge a ball!"
-Patches O'Houlihan

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cheers,
Tom

Max said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

James Calivar said:

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage?

When you realize that the most Americans consider sports participation
to consist of drinking Bud Lite in front of the TeeVee (excepting the
superatheletes who drink it during their slow pitch softball games)...

You forgot the sport of drinking Bud Lite while driving their Detroit
behemoths.

"Sheeit, I could out-drive them NASCAR dudes! [Slurp!] Watch me make
it through this here neighborhood!"

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

Luigi de Guzman said:

Mark Jones said:

"Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Followed immediately by SEVEN MINUTES of Nascar coverage.

WhoooWHEE man, look at dem cars smashin' into eachother. Now that's

racin',

Quoted message said:

I tell ya what.

Yes it is. Just as much as the TDF is.

NASCAR: "OK. It's kind of complicated. You're gonna go straight.
Then you're gonna turn left. then you go straight and turn left right
away. Then a straight, then a left turn. Then a quick straight and
another left turn."

Nowhere near as interesting as, say, the Monaco GP, which is still
contested on the streets of the principality, or the World Rally
Championship--car time trials over "interesting" terrain in real
"stock" cars (WRC rules specify "regular production" cars, so yes, you
*can* drive the same car as the rally racers). NASCAR's "stock" cars
are as close to stock as a Ducati is close to a Raleigh three-speed.

You're right they are not stock, they are real race cars. And I'm sorry if the
sport is too damn subtle for you to follow, but there is a hell of a lot more to
it than "turn left." Along the same level of complexity as track racing, except
with 700 Hp.

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The TdF is tough for non-enthusiasts to follow because it moves
slowly, has relatively complex rules, and does not finish in a single
afternoon. Postmodern attention spans being what they are, they'd
much rather watch NASCAR, where the world is easier, and there are no
foreigners.

Pot, meet Kettle. Kettle; Pot.

Ron

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:04:09 -0400, Frank Krygowski <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Max said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

James Calivar said:

What the [censored] is WRONG with this country's sports coverage?

When you realize that the most Americans consider sports participation
to consist of drinking Bud Lite in front of the TeeVee (excepting the
superatheletes who drink it during their slow pitch softball games)...

You forgot the sport of drinking Bud Lite while driving their Detroit
behemoths.

"Sheeit, I could out-drive them NASCAR dudes! [Slurp!] Watch me make
it through this here neighborhood!"

Congratulations. You have exceeded the level of bigotry and small mindedness
that you are accusing others of.

Ron