General Cycling Discussion - This disgusting!!

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Lance Armstrong receives his yellow jersey from the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Super Cool!

"Its not a toomah..." oh, wait, yes it was :D

ahhh yes.. the future governor of the state of California... "you will sign my bill, or I will terminate you !"

Jeff

I've never been a fan of swartzbrot, but he is proving himself to be quite the politician getting his picture taken with one of the most famous athletes in the world. I pity the folks out west.

I'm still trying to figure out what's so disgusting. Is it Arnold's suit? I agree, it is a bit too light, but I wouldn't call it disgusting.

Originally posted by hollow
I'm still trying to figure out what's so disgusting. Is it Arnold's suit? I agree, it is a bit too light, but I wouldn't call it disgusting.

Nyuck!:D

Originally posted by ljbike
I've never been a fan of swartzbrot, but he is proving himself to be quite the politician getting his picture taken with one of the most famous athletes in the world. I pity the folks out west.

Hahahahaha dude, who is taking picture with who????
There is hardly anyone more famous than Schwarzenegger!

I like him as an actor, businessman and a sportsman!

"I'm still trying to figure out what's so disgusting."

Well, Armstrong's quad and knee is a bit gnarly lookin'.

That would be Arnold Schwarzenegger, the driving force behind convincing AM General to turn the military Humvee vehicle into a rediculous consumer status-SUV for modern highway commuting warfare.

Arnold is in France promoting Terminator 3 for it's August release there.

Arnold's comparing notes with Lance to see how he can make 5 Terminator flicks!

Arnold looks like he's ignoring Lance lol. He's probaly thinking "get the stupid photo finish" to get on the front page b4 the movie hits France. He's probaly sweating like CRAZY in that suit of his.

What's interesting about this particular photo is that right at the moment it was taken I'm pretty sure Lance had just noticed Robin Williams was in the crowd and was pointing him out to Arnold.

If you have it on tape or TiVo you should be able to play it back and hear Williams calling out Lance's name from the crowd (his voice is quite distinctive) and also hear Lance telling Arnold "that's Robin Williams" or words to that effect.

Originally posted by KevinG
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Lance Armstrong receives his yellow jersey from the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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What is exactly disgusting about this picture?

What is so disgusting about it?

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Lance is actually whispering his own version of "I'll be back" to Arnie :) Maybe 6 is in his vision?

The would be politician/actor syphoning off Lance's glory to further his own cause.

Originally posted by ljbike
The would be politician/actor syphoning off Lance's glory to further his own cause.

Ding ding ding. Someone gets it.
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well, not really. We can't always assume that. Would you be saying that if Robin Wiliams was running for governor?

I think that in some ways that is probably true, and in others it's not. In the sense that "syphoning" has a negative connotation, I think maybe not. Lance is probably eyes wide open about what is going on here, and I wouldn't doubt if he gave final approval and encouraged it. Remember, Lance is well connected, and no doubt values highly his associations with the connected. He probably sees himself more and more as part of the "in" crowd of very successful people.

Lance is a world famous athlete, philanthropist, and motivational speaker- influential enough for people like Schwarzenegger to want to associate themselves with LA. That makes him a pretty important guy to some people and maybe even to himself. He has fans, that gives him influence, and that gives him power. He may see this as using his influence to help out another very successfull person whom he may happen to like or possibly even agree with politically, not as being used by someone. In that sense, I don't think it's necessarily disgusting, just reality. We all do that on some level.:)

AHHHHHHhahahahaha.... Like Arnie isn't recognisable in his own right.:D

Originally posted by KevinG
Ding ding ding. Someone gets it.
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oh please :rolleyes:

Arnold to Lance

"So you would suggest a 40 spoke rear, double butted spokes 3 cross?"

Afraid I don't find anything disgusting about it, except maybe the aforementioned suit.

Plus, the Hummer is just darned cool (except when purchased as compensation for "something else" as most people seem to do). But if I find out that Arnie had anything to do with the release of the abominable H2, I will smack his @$$ down so fast he won't be eligible for even the Minnesota governor's race. No smiley at the end of that statement. I mean it. almost

On the surface they are the greatest current cyclist and one of the greatest hollywood money attractions.

What you don't see is they are two corporate pawns combining their efforts to further themselves and take advantage of we the people through advertising.

Originally posted by SipperPhoto
ahhh yes.. the future governor of the state of California... "you will sign my bill, or I will terminate you !"

Jeff

My God, I sure hope that radical right wing, NRA supporting, Hummer driving Schwarzenegger doesn't run for governor of my state 'cause the uninformed majority here would probably vote him in just because they like his crappy Hollywood movies!

Originally posted by iamlucky13
Plus, the Hummer is just darned cool

Hummers are most definately not cool. Read this if you don't know why:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2003/01/15/notes011503.DTL&nl=fix

Anyone here own a hummer or any other unnecessarily large SUV?

Originally posted by acurran
Hummers are most definately not cool. Read this if you don't know why:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2003/01/15/notes011503.DTL&nl=fix

Anyone here own a hummer or any other unnecessarily large SUV?


It's always refreshing to see an eloquent, unbiased article such as this one;)

P.S. I own a Subaru Impreza

Two great republicans, Lance and Arnold, like it!

(I think Arnold beats out Lance in the who's with who debate, and don't forget, its whats inside)

ehenz

I remember reading that Ah-nold is supposedly pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights. I can't think that the "radical right wing" is going to be overly enamoured of him unless it's an act. And since Arnold can't act. ;)

Originally posted by iamlucky13
Plus, the Hummer is just darned cool (except when purchased as compensation for "something else" as most people seem to do).
A Hummer is nothing but an overpriced piece of $h!t.

I guess that sounds biased so I'll also include most SUVs. :crash:

/* sigh */

If we're going to revive an old thread, at least revive an old thread properly... can't we piggyback these comments onto the end of:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28826&highlight=hate+suv

Originally posted by acurran
My God, I sure hope that radical right wing, NRA supporting, Hummer driving Schwarzenegger doesn't run for governor of my state 'cause the uninformed majority here would probably vote him in just because they like his crappy Hollywood movies!

Are you in California too ? I gotta believe that he would be better than the jackass we have in there now... at least Arnold has spearheaded some initiatives such as after school programs for kids... and was on the Presidential advisory committee on physical fitness... ever look around at the abundance of rotund elementary school kids out there ?? Someone needs to get their butts on some bike... maybe Arnold wouldn;t be too bad ! :D

Jeff

Originally posted by RonH
A Hummer is nothing but an overpriced piece of $h!t.

I guess that sounds biased so I'll also include most SUVs. :crash:

Don't forget my 4-door pick-up. Take it to the "I hate SUVs etc" thread.

Anyway, I didn't see anything disgusting in the pic. I'd say Arnold is more well known/recogonizable world wide. If they get something from each other, who cares.

Originally posted by Stor Mand
If they get something from each other, who cares.

It took me two paragraphs to figure out how to say what you said in 9 words. Will you be my English teacher?

Originally posted by don d.
It took me two paragraphs to figure out how to say what you said in 9 words. Will you be my English teacher?

I don't think you need me ... you seem to write just fine. :D Unfortunately for me, I'm generally not too wordy because I don't have the attention span to write nor read lengthy posts. :(
Your post wasn't too lengthy :)

Isn't it odd how we......who ride cycles.......are both from the ultra conservative to the ultra liberal, and we can share this common sport that we all enjoy. I talk to people everyday while riding that I probably would not give the time of day if I were at a political debate with them. If we could just learn to be more tolerant of one another. ...and not be like the current generation of win at all costs, how much dirt can you get on your opponent type ..politicians that hold office today. Lets enjoy our commonality, and practice a little tolerance, and a little less name calling with regards to Arnold, Lance, and Robin.

OK, I threw out my copy of the "Heavenly Bodies" edition of People magazine (RATS!)

Toward the back, there is a photo of Awnode looking very much like an average 55 year old guy. Flabby man breasts, roll around the middle.

Seems he is human after all.

Someone with a scanner must still have it.

What to you expect from Arnold as far as his physical condition. He is after all getting up in years now, he was Mister Universe in 1974 I believe almost 30 years ago. As for running for governor he might not be a bad choice, would most likely help our school districts and the kids rather then keep cutting their funding.

Well, that's my point. He's human and 55. He's not what he was 30 years ago and (I think) 30 years ago he probably wasn't all that natural (can anyone say "the juice"?) in the first place. Still his present image has a lot to do with what he was then, not what he is now. Maybe some long distance cycling would help him get back in shape!

It's good that he served the public through the government as a physical education embassador and I think that would still be his best strength ;) to help the country.

As far as "the juice" goes, here's a photo from the early 60's that shows a top fitness level

Now, 10 years later we get, Arnold. Something went on here. Training and nutrition didn't develoup that fast to get such dramatically different results. It now looks like he's off "the juice" to me!

Toward the back, there is a photo of Awnode looking very much like an average 55 year old guy. Flabby man breasts, roll around the middle.

FWIW, Arnold admitted he'd let himself go a bit over the years, and he had to work extra hard to get back to that muscled physique he had in T1 and T2, cause in T3, he had a nudie scene, and he didn't want to use a double for the shot. Anyone who saw T3 care to comment as to if he had the thick middle and flabby body or not? ;)

Koffee

What's wrong? A public figure who is a bikie and happens to make lots of $ making really bad movies? Lance and cycling as a whole will gain cred by association--painful as it may be to realize!