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**[email protected]** · February 6th, 2009, 05:16 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:14:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 6, 6:03 am, wrote:

, it would be one thing, but we're talking about, um, inhaling, and in
2009. As I said, I don't smoke the stuff,

You sound like a whiny liberal ;-) C'mon, he has no inherent "right"
to million-dollar endorsements,

Nope, not one bit.

endorsements are _all_ about image,

Yes, for both the endorser and the endorsee...and I'd say that Kellogg ****
right down both legs with this one, whereas Phelps is 23 or 24 year-old kid who
is obviously a superb athlete in top physical condition and I can't imagine
anyone with any sense at all, including doctors, saying that such a person is
going to suffer any negative health consequences from an occasional toke or two.
I'd say his "image" is fine, save for a few hypocrites.

and he blew it.

Well, something got blown, that's for sure...

He's getting what he deserves.

Uh, yeah.

Besides, I'm sure all the endorsement agreements he signed include his
promise not to engage in these sorts of things.

Well, ****, I had no idea you were an entertainment lawyer...

If you want, just look at it contractually.

Sure. Please fax over your copy of his contract with Kellogg and I'll review
it.

He broke the contract first.

I reserve comment on that pending receipt of your fax... I suspect you are
referring to a typical "morals clause," many of which are little more than
escape hatches. I suspect that if you signed a similar contract, I could
vitiate it on something you did, about 4 times a day, including things you and
millions of others do every Sunday in various churches.

he had been snapped with a drink or beer in his hand,

The difference is, this is legal.

Speeding is illegal. Not coming to a full and complete stop is illegal. Looking
at a deer too long with your headlights, even without a weapon and with no
intent to harm the animal, is illegal. I haven't checked lately, but I suspect
that in some remaining jurisdictions, unmarried sex and even heterosexual oral
sex between a married couple is illegal, too. While I agree fully that pot is
generally illegal (and is under these circumstances), and I do not condone
breaking the law, we aren't talking about the legal aspect, we're talking about
the "moral" aspect. And to call this kid "immoral" over this is nonsense...and
no, your mileage ought not to vary one tiny bit...

Had he been snapped outrageously drunk, I bet he'd be in almost as much
hot water with his sponsors.

Hmmm..."almost?"

Kellogg doesn't suffer some well-deserved blowback from this cowardly decision.

I give 'em credit. I wish they'd all drop him, send a strong message
to our children.

Yeah, several corporations are managed by a bunch of hypocritical pussies...

Maybe I'll go out and buy some cereal...

Just look for the box with Ted Haggard and his bible on it - "Wheaties - the
breakfast of hypocrites"...

HTH,
R

Jon.