Pubdate: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA) Copyright: 2009 The Modesto Bee Contact: http://www.modbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271 Author: Dee Miller IMAGE PROVES PHELPS IS NOT PERFEC, JUST HUMAN In response to all the hype regarding Michael Phelps and his fall from the grace of the same Americans he carried all the way to the Olympics. He didn't wake up on the first day of the games and smoke a blunt and say, "Hey, I think I'll go and represent this country against the world's greatest athletes today." That young man had many years in which he sacrificed his social life, trained and worked out while his peers were enjoying the last years of their youth. He pushed himself beyond the limits because that's what it takes to stand in the winner's circle. It's too bad a sports hero can't take a private moment to himself without some jerk having to snap off a picture and run straight to the bank! Get a life! Phelps has apologized for using bad judgment, but the way I see it he's achieved the highest honor an athlete can achieve and if he wants to take advantage of the calming effects of marijuana at the end of the day, maybe people in the land of the free and home of the brave should lighten up and mind their own business! Dee Miller Turlock - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin