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It's a Birthday..It's a birthday....go Lance..go Lance...Go..go..go..whose ya daddy now huh!!!!

And they had the nerve to tell Lance he didn't belong there.

Lance is a wuss just like all them other Frenchys. They all suck, bro. Seriously.

Wow, FSB, takes a lot of balls to call someone a wuss who's beaten cancer a couple of times and then consecutively won the longest bike race in the world in a year where the course was designed to make him lose. Funny how when a hero comes along, there's always someone there to tear them down.

Real nice.

Oh, and Salishe, the French love Lance. Right now he's doing more to promote goodwill towards the United States than Bush's entire diplomatic team.

Wow, FSB, takes a lot of balls to call someone a wuss who's beaten cancer a couple of times and then consecutively won the longest bike race in the world in a year where the course was designed to make him lose.

Real nice.

He won it 6 times if I'm not mistaken Berk...yeah...and the cancer bit..yep he's a wuss..I mean..a cancer-beater is obviously a wuss.

Wow, FSB, takes a lot of balls to call someone a wuss who's beaten cancer a couple of times and then consecutively won the longest bike race in the world in a year where the course was designed to make him lose. Funny how when a hero comes along, there's always someone there to tear them down.

Real nice.

Oh, and Salishe, the French love Lance. Right now he's doing more to promote goodwill towards the United States than Bush's entire diplomatic team.
From having cancer myself, I can say that fighting and surviving cancer is a relatively small feat, and one we shouldn't glorify an athlete for. It's as discriminatory as making friends with a deaf person simply because he's death.

From having cancer myself, I can say that fighting and surviving cancer is a relatively small feat, and one we shouldn't glorify an athlete for. It's as discriminatory as making friends with a deaf person simply because he's death.

I'm amazed that you call being able to endure one of the largest killers in the world a small feat?..I only wish my grandfather could have made it..but it ate him to the bone to the point they had to have a closed-casket funeral because they didn't think my grandmother could tolerate looking at him.

From having cancer myself, I can say that fighting and surviving cancer is a relatively small feat, and one we shouldn't glorify an athlete for. It's as discriminatory as making friends with a deaf person simply because he's death.

From having many family members who have died of cancer even though they fought bravely to the bitter end and working with individuals who are currently living with cancer, I can say that you take your heroes where you find them.

I'm glad you won your fight and I'm glad that it was a relatively small feat. Many others are not so lucky.

I'm amazed that you call being able to endure one of the largest killers in the world a small feat?..I only wish my grandfather could have made it..but it ate him to the bone to the point they had to have a closed-casket funeral because they didn't think my grandmother could tolerate looking at him.
Sorry about your grandma. I really am. I do feel bad, though, that I talk about my cancer with such levity.

He won it 6 times if I'm not mistaken Berk...yeah...and the cancer bit..yep he's a wuss..I mean..a cancer-beater is obviously a wuss.

Wasn't it six with this year? Even without the cancer thing, it's an incredible accomplishment.

I think Lance winning just goes to show that America is a better country than France.

From having many family members who have died of cancer even though they fought bravely to the bitter end and working with individuals who are currently living with cancer, I can say that you take your heroes where you find them.

I'm glad you won your fight and I'm glad that it was a relatively small feat. Many others are not so lucky.
Still, with modern medicine, and with the treatment Lance is getting, he shouldn't arrogantly flout his cancer survival around like some shallow, self centered athlete that he is. He probably thinks he's on top of the world, that jerk.

Oh. Good. Jingoism. Lovely.

It's a Birthday..It's a birthday....go Lance..go Lance...Go..go..go..whose ya daddy now huh!!!!

And they had the nerve to tell Lance he didn't belong there.
wow, i wodner why the french people were mad at the american being there winning, maybe you should go over there and dance around like an idiot

wow, i wodner why the french people were mad at the american being there winning, maybe you should go over there and dance around like an idiot

It's simple enough why they were mad...sour grapes that one of their own didn't win it..and that an American has won it six consecutive times.

Oh, and Salishe, the French love Lance.
Heh, yeah, spitting on him must be a sign of affection from the French. They are all mad at him for leaving his wife and family for another woman, who's name excapes me at the moment, some singer I think...
Anyways, yeah, they don't love him.

Oh. Good. Jingoism. Lovely.
It's not jingoism. I've seen how he is in an add for every other charity and business out there. He talks about cancer in each one, saying that his cancer is the only reason Tour de France got noticed. That arrogant snot should go to Hell. In fact, I think he may need cancer again. When I had it, it taught me a lot of things. He doesn't seem to get the message, that jerk.

It's a Birthday..It's a birthday....go Lance..go Lance...Go..go..go..whose ya daddy now huh!!!!

And they had the nerve to tell Lance he didn't belong there.

i never got quite THAT excited about a bike race.

but what a tremendous feat! id nominate him for athlete of the century but ....well its only '04 so it may be a little early for that

It's not jingoism. I've seen how he is in an add for every other charity and business out there. He talks about cancer in each one, saying that his cancer is the only reason Tour de France got noticed. That arrogant snot should go to Hell. In fact, I think he may need cancer again. When I had it, it taught me a lot of things. He doesn't seem to get the message, that jerk.

ARROGANT!!

he deserves to be proud of what hes done. hes an incredible athlete and an incredible supporter of cancer charities.

It's not jingoism. I've seen how he is in an add for every other charity and business out there. He talks about cancer in each one, saying that his cancer is the only reason Tour de France got noticed. That arrogant snot should go to Hell. In fact, I think he may need cancer again. When I had it, it taught me a lot of things. He doesn't seem to get the message, that jerk.

Wasn't referring to you, PE. Was referring to Davistania's absurd comment that Lance Armstrong winning the race somehow makes "US>>>France".

Why are the streets in France lined with trees?



So Lance can ride in the shade!!!!

Wasn't referring to you, PE. Was referring to Davistania's absurd comment that Lance Armstrong winning the race somehow makes "US>>>France".

Yes, that was an absurd comment. It was almost as if it was sarcasm.

Yup. Lance Armstrong is the first Bike racer in the world that has to use both his hands to count how many times he's won the tour. Last year he beat Ulrich (sp), widely regarded as a big rival, by only 1min or so. This year, he beat him by that much in the last time trial alone. Lance was on fire this year.

Its true that Lance got some "sour grapes" from the public this year, but as he put it, "Its really easy to hear one boo in a cheering crowd." I wouldn't read too much into it. He's top dog right now, and now matter who he is, they'd want to take him down a peg.

Don't really care about the whole race thing but to say cancer isn't so bad? Thats in the top 10 killers of the world its a great achivement to survive it. My grand mother died of it a believe my grandfother did as well though i never met him. I have seen what cancer can do it aint pritty

ARROGANT!!

he deserves to be proud of what hes done. hes an incredible athlete and an incredible supporter of cancer charities.
It doesn't matter how great of an athlete he is, or how benevolent he is. What he's doing that's arrogant is that he's wearing his cancer on his sleeve. I know of a few celebrities that has had something really bad happen, and yet they don't use it as a publicity stunt. Oprah Winfrey, anyone?

Heroes?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-06-09-liberia-evac_x.htm

Lance armstrong won a bike race

These men saved american citizens when american soldiers didn't.