Lance

So, Lance Armstrong confessed.  After years of saying he was a victim, he was being hounded by jealous people, he was cleaner than the driven snow  --  he tells us it was all "shuck and jive".

After he tried to destroy other folks  --  he goes on his "apology tour".

This great hero.  This man beset by angry competitors  --  is just another con-man celebrity.

I guess he's going to claim his competitive spirit drove him to it  --  or some such hogwash.

Just another rich con-man trying to regain something or other.  To bad he didn't start the foundation AFTER his confession  --  then he might have become another Michael Milken, the FORMER "fraudster" who did jail time, was disgraced and had his firm go belly up (remember Drexel Burnham Lambert?).   

Anyway, he's now a respected philanthropist (in some circles).  America just LOVES these "tales of redemption". 

Lance, unfortunately, had to resign from HIS foundation.  Just bad timing on his part.

Anyway, I guess it's a good thing the emulate Lance craze is over  --  all that serious bicycle riding/racing seems to lead to impotence in men  --  it can do quite a bit of damage.

When we first moved down here to Texas we would see these groups/herds/clots/gaggles/ of spandex clad, helmeted, serious bicycle folk, on their serious bicycles, just about every weekend.  As Lance's popularity waned, there were fewer and fewer of these groups on the road.  Now, we rarely encounter more than two or three of those folks  --  perhaps they are lost, looking for the rest of their group (or whatever it's called).

Poor Lance.