Total Members Voted: 11
Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 12, 2022, 04:55:24 PMIs this an injustice?https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/Maybe so.Joe blew it.I don't yet fully understand the criteria for the MoF selection. Maybe. If athletic accomplishments were the only criteria, then the MoF would differ little from the dozens of other medals that Phelps already has. I don't think I'm ready to make firm comparisons on community service metrics on mental health, sexual assault victims, etc. They both have made worthy contributions. Does this particular selection of MoF winners mean that Phelps might not be awarded one at a later time?
Is this an injustice?https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/Maybe so.Joe blew it.
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 12, 2022, 04:55:24 PMIs this an injustice?https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/Maybe so.Joe blew it.She in no way let the country down.Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.
Quote from: Barton3.0 on July 12, 2022, 05:45:56 PMQuote from: josh on July 12, 2022, 05:35:06 PMERCOT didn't think the Texas summer would be as hot as it actually is, says interim CEOhttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-didn-t-think-the-Texas-summer-would-be-as-17299561.phpBetter thank Feb 2021.Without utility scale battery systems there will be a bleak future for transitioning away from carbon.What utter idiocy.America is not transitioning away from carbon.Even Biden and Kerry admit it would be stupid if China et al kept building coal plants.America today is awash in resources. But it has a lack of pipelines, refinery capacity,liquefaction capacity, ships and other supporting infrastructure to move energy supplies to meet booming demand in the world.What it needs is a carbon tax so oil and gas industries, and their infrastructure suppliers, would be free to invest in all the energy we want at a decent after-tax price.*Then the ignorant media would have to admit that climate change is not the end of the world, and the science never said it was.
Quote from: josh on July 12, 2022, 05:35:06 PMERCOT didn't think the Texas summer would be as hot as it actually is, says interim CEOhttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-didn-t-think-the-Texas-summer-would-be-as-17299561.phpBetter thank Feb 2021.Without utility scale battery systems there will be a bleak future for transitioning away from carbon.
ERCOT didn't think the Texas summer would be as hot as it actually is, says interim CEOhttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-didn-t-think-the-Texas-summer-would-be-as-17299561.phpBetter thank Feb 2021.
Quote from: LarryBnDC on July 12, 2022, 05:33:36 PMQuote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 12, 2022, 04:55:24 PMIs this an injustice?https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/Maybe so.Joe blew it.She in no way let the country down.Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.I think your blinded by race on this one. He has almost 3 times as many medals, and was way ahead of her in raising awareness on mental health in the world of elite athletes.She deserves one, but AFTER he got his, IMO, and in many others' opinions.
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 12, 2022, 08:24:49 PMQuote from: LarryBnDC on July 12, 2022, 05:33:36 PMQuote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 12, 2022, 04:55:24 PMIs this an injustice?https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/Maybe so.Joe blew it.She in no way let the country down.Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.I think your blinded by race on this one. He has almost 3 times as many medals, and was way ahead of her in raising awareness on mental health in the world of elite athletes.She deserves one, but AFTER he got his, IMO, and in many others' opinions.She stood before the world and faced her abuser along with her teammates and said that guy did that TO ME.Then she got the twisties in the Olympics and rather than mail it in she stood up and I cannot do this. I will not do this!It was much more than athleticism.BTW When she was leaving DC a fight attendant offered her a coloring book...
Maybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 13, 2022, 09:11:46 AMMaybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?
Quote from: Barton3.0 on July 13, 2022, 09:53:59 AMQuote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 13, 2022, 09:11:46 AMMaybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?If Phelps had received the medal, and been black, Forrest would be pointing to Phelps two DUIs and bong video and wondering why the medal did not go to some white guy.
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