A Phelpsian Dilema

Michael Hits the Bong

Published on February 6, 2009 By jdkeepsmiling In Olympics

First, I want to congratulate myself on coming up with the word "Phelpsian." That is a pretty sweet word! Moving on.

So, Mr. Golden Boy himself has a weakness, he likes to smoke down. Apparently if there is a bong anywhere within a 100 foot radius of Mr. Phelps, his innate "bong radar" goes off and he grabs a lighter and heads on over. Like many people, I am disappointed to see a recent Olympic champion, and perhaps the best swimmer of all time do something this stupid. Shame on him.

But here is my dilemma, and I am sure that it is shared by millions of people across the world.... SO WHAT? I find myself mildly amused that they guy thought this would not get out, but really....honestly, if I ask myself, I don't care. I still will root for the guy in the Olympics or elsewhere. If my kid one day grows up with Michael Phelps as an hero, I would not be disappointed. It is not like he was out beating up women or selling meth to kids. He took a hit off a bong. If that disqualifies you from succeeding in life then MANY MANY people in high positions would have to step aside. The current and last two Presidents could not have been President. I know that as a responsible citizen I should be condemning the guy, but I just can't. It was a stupid move, and he is going to pay financially; he has already lost an endorsement deal from Kellogg. There are so many "role-models" out there that do far worse, I just can't bring myself to hate on Michael Phelps.

Comments

spiritwhotalks

on Jun 05, 2009

The president used to smoke. Weed should be legalized, as any sane person who reads up on the topic knows... this would help stop gangs (I live in Chicago, and hear almost daily about the killings... so far, over 40 school kids have been killed this year here), provide a huge tax base (in a lot of states, including California and Indiana, this is the number one cash crop.

Phelps was betrayed... I used to do a show, Peace and Pipedreams, on Fearless Radio, where we tried to make people wake up to this issue... what happened? We were so demonized by our pro weed stance that we could not get enough advertisers, though our show was so popular that the station, based on us, almost purely, became the number one station in Chicago for awhile... this is partially because we were on the net and able to draw a world wide audience.

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