Posted on 08/13/2008 10:01:51 PM PDT by newbie2008
And he is looked upon here as a great inspiration, a source of great American pride. The world is dazzled by this man. But that's not the Michael Phelps that truly exists. Michael Phelps is the epitome, ladies and gentlemen, of The Ugly American. I found out today what he eats on a daily basis. I know he swims five hours a day and needs a lot of energy. Big producers do.
He's produced a lot of medals, a lot of records. Big producers do need a lot of energy. But according to Obama and many on the left, Michael Phelps is just a glutton who cares not for the rest of the world. Twelve thousand calories a day Michael Phelps eats! Can I describe a typical day's diet for Michael Phelps? His breakfast starts with three fried egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, and mayonnaise. He follows that up, still at breakfast, with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar, and three chocolate chip pancakes. At lunch, this glutton, who cares not for how much of the world's resources he is using as a single American... Look, folks, you've seen the little ChiCom gymnasts. What do they weigh, 38 pounds? A couple of rice cakes, and they're winning medals, too, and they're not destroying. They're not making a big carbon footprint with their rice cakes! They are behaving responsibly, according to Obama, the Lord Messiah. They're still winning. They don't have these big people out there. You know, the ChiComs in terms of stature, they're small. They don't require much, just a little rice and rice cakes, and that's it. Look at what our guy is doing. No wonder we're hated. And I just described breakfast. Let's go to lunch. At lunch, Michael Phelps "gobbles up a pound of pasta, two large ham-and-cheese sandwiches slathered with mayonnaise on white bread." I mean not only is this stealing from the rest of the world, it's not even healthy, correct? He should be eating whole wheat bread and low-fat mayonnaise. But no, no, no, no! He's going hog wild.
And this is why Rush is The Great One.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
He doesn’t have the record for most golds in the Olympics yet...3 more to go.
I can't listen to terrestrial radio, too many commercials, its ridiculous.
Holy crap!
THORPE
Correction: Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever! Take that Chicoms!
Good GRIEF!
I'm kind of impressed. ;-)
Yes he does. He hold the all time record but not the record in one single games. Whether he does reach 8 golds or not he still has to be regarded as the greatest swimmer of all time because the competition in 2008 is much much greater than what Spitz faced in 1972. There are many more great swimmers today than what Spitz had to face. Phelps has achieved his records with much tougher competition.
I’m not sure that’s true. Sure he is the greates swimmer of all time. However swimming is a sport tailor made so that a great swimmer can win multiple metals. Carl Lewis’s 4 gold metals in the 1984 games was just as great an achievement. It is far more difficult to win a lot of metals in Track and Field than in Swimming. Winning the 100Meters, the 200Meters, Long Jump, and 4x 400meters relay is in its way just as great an achievement. Both are fantastic.
But he burns it all off. It’s the same with cyclists during the tour de France. The calories consumed and burned is a lot.
I know. I swam competitively as a teenager and ate like a freakin’ horse during training and the season, never gaining an ounce.
Thank you.
LOL. Just very glad I don't have to feed him! :)
By the time he finishes breakfast, its time for lunch. I couldn’t hold my attention long enough to eat all that, I’d get bored......
And if I'm not mistaken, each one of his medals has also been a new world record..........
Actually, with 11 gold medals, he does have the most Olympic gold of any single athlete. The record of 7 in a single games still belongs to Spitz, at least for a few more days.
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