Posted on 09/16/2010 8:13:41 AM PDT by truthandlife
Old: We beat the Russians to the moon because our German rocket scientists were better than their German rocket scientists.
New: My favorite athlete won because he had better drugs than your favorite athlete.
Does anybody really respect athletics any more?
Really?
hearsay but certainly fits doesn’t it?
This is old news - old as in Frankie Andrieu’s wife told this story a long time ago. It is known. It was in 2006 and Lance was discussing his post cancer treatment with EPO and steroids with the doctors who proscribed the treatment. All the cycling entities and WADA have known about this for a long time. It means nothing.
It would not be allowed to be entered as direct evidence at trial because of the hearsay rule, BUT it could be used to impeach the declarant should the declarant be called to testify and then say something different than what is on that tape.
Also, the hearsay rule does not apply in a grand jury. It's completely admissible there, and may be weighed as evidence by the jurors.
Is what Armstrong waived when he had a conversation with his doctor in front of his friends.
Let that be a lesson, confidentially is waived when you say something to a doctor/lawyer/priest in the presence of other non-privileged parties (generally).
uh hearsay
setup
they’re gonna have to do better than that
Somehow I just don’t care.
No, the "friend" is under no HIPAA limitation. HIPAA applies to medical practioners, hospitals, insurance companies, and the government - not to friends.
If you have a conversation with your doctor about your medical problems, and your friends are present, you're waiving doctor/patient confidentiality - which means the doctor could theoretically be forced to testify about what was discussed when those friends were present. BUT, the doctor is still bound by HIPAA - IOW he couldn't talk about it unless he was subpoenaed. The friends are bound by nothing. The 1A gives them license to repeat virtually any conversation they heard.
Under the Blago Rule he can just say he was talking crap...
I remember some controversey in the late 90’s about some drugs he used during his legitimate cancer tx that would be considered performance enhancing today if used in that context. I think this is old info that is being newly spun out of context.
Yes. I’ve been watching video from the freestyle wrestling world championships, I’m not even sure what drug you could accuse them of using. Hard to say steroids since none look roided up at all.
EPO is sometimes prescribed to people who undergoing chemotherapy. EPO is also a drug of choice for endurance athletes because it increases red blood cell count. It was probably that one.
The bigger controversy seems to be the lengths LeMond will go to to bring down Armstrong.
Talk about obsessive.
Seems to be true of all great men...Paul had his ‘thorn in the flesh’....Prometheus, his liver ate daily by a vulture....Samson had his Delilah...even the Roman generals marching in triumph into the city had a man whispering into his ear”glory is fleeting...all glory is fleeting”.
Armstrong seems to have a LeMond stuck like a snake onto his heel!
I’m sick of all this nonsense. Jealousy, stupidity, and third hand testimony from unreliable sources. Lance Armstrong was a great competitor, an admirable man. Greg LeMond is a jerk.
Too bad. LeMond was a great cyclist too and it makes me wonder what his grudge against Armstrong is...
Yes, although if she told the truth to LeMond about the conversation, she LIED to LeMond about telling the truth in a deposition.
So we KNOW she lied to LeMond, the question is did she ALSO lie to the courts where she could be prosecuted.
Mention Greg LeMond and you know which end of the horse it’s coming from.
Armstrong cannot compete in France because the last time he was there, he was caught with 3 illegal substances: shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste.
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