Net Miles Of Smiles

Published: Friday | April 17, 2009 

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Jamaica’s Beijing Olympics double sprint champion, Usain Bolt, is in line for another prestigious sports award.

Bolt has been nominated for the Laureus world sportsman of the year award following his fantastic world record runs in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He is also in line for a second award as the Jamaican sprint relay team, of which he was a member, has been nominated for the Laureus world team of the year.

The nominations were announced following a ballot among 873 journalists from 112 countries.

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By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports

Buzz Up Print

IOC President Jacques Rogge

AFP - Aug 21, 2:12 am EDT
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BEIJING - Jacques Rogge is so bought, so compromised, the president of the IOC doesn’t have the courage to criticize China for telling a decade of lies to land itself these Olympic Games.

All the promises made to get these Games - on Tibet, Darfur, pollution, worker safety, freedom of expression, dissident rights - turned out to be phony, perhaps as phony as the Chinese gymnasts’ birthdates Rogge was way too slow to investigate.

One of the most powerful men in sports turned the world away from his complicity. Instead, he has flexed his muscles by unloading on a powerless sprinter from a small island nation.

Rogge’s ripping of Usain Bolt’s supposed showboating in two of the most electrifying gold-medal performances of these Games has to be one of the most ill-timed and gutless acts in the modern history of the Olympics.

“That’s not the way we perceive being a champion,” Rogge said of the Jamaican sprinter. “I have no problem with him doing a show. I think he should show more respect for his competitors and shake hands, give a tap on the shoulder to the other ones immediately after the finish and not make gestures like the one he made in the 100 meters.”

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Palin Pick
John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. We’re learning more and more about Governor Palin.

Apparently her daughter’s name is Juno.

- Jay Leno

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Second Fattest
According to a new study, Mexico is now the second fattest nation on Earth, right behind the United States.

That’s because the only people left in Mexico are the ones too fat to actually run across the border.

- Jay Leno

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Liquid Vote
According to CNN News, John McCain would win if only beer drinkers voted. A Democrat, either Hillary or Barack, would win if only wine drinkers voted.

Here’s the interesting part: If we all got drunk on tequila, Ralph Nader might actually have a shot.

- Jay Leno

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Chinese Oil
The latest word is that China is going to go into the oil business. We could one day get our gasoline from China.

Good luck trying to find unleaded.

- Jay Leno

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Gore Birthday
Happy birthday to Al Gore. God bless him. He’s 60 years old.

He just couldn’t enjoy his party, though. He was so obsessed with how quickly the ice cream was melting.

- Jay Leno

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Suicide Donkeys
It seems that terrorists are using suicide donkeys to carry out missions. They pack them with explosives and then detonate them.

Let me tell you something: If you use a donkey for a suicide mission, you can pretty much kiss your ass goodbye.

- Jay Leno

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Decathlon
President Bush arrived in Beijing earlier today. I don’t think he really understands the Olympics that well.

They asked him if he liked the decathlon, and he said, no, he preferred regular coffee.

- Jay Leno

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Pricey Gas
Gas is getting quite expensive.

In LA now if you call 911 they ask you if you can meet the ambulance halfway.

- Jay Leno

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Adultery Sermon
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton attended church services in Bowling Green. It just so happened that the minister gave a 60 minute sermon on adultery.

Here is the really embarrassing part: Right after the minister finished, Bill stood up and gave a 20 minute rebuttal.

- Jay Leno

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American Gladiators
The show “American Gladiators” is a big hit on NBC.

This show is for people who like professional wrestling but are unable to follow the plot.

- Jay Leno

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Buy Happiness
According to a study by the University of British Columbia and Harvard, money can buy happiness but only if you spend the money on someone else.

To which former Governor Eliot Spitzer said, “See!”

- Jay Leno

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Meeting Record
Oil company executives met with Congress yesterday.

Oil executives talking to politicians. I believe they set a record for the most number of lies ever told in one room.

- Jay Leno

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Virtual Fence
The government has pulled the plug on the virtual fence it was going to build along the U.S. - Mexican border.

Why announce that? Why not just say it’s there. At least it will scare off the really stupid people.

- Jay Leno

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Pregnant Man?
A man in Oregon claims he’s pregnant.

And you thought you had a wild spring break.

- Jay Leno

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Dr. Seuss Movie
The big movie that is opening this weekend is the Dr. Seuss film, “Horton Hears a Who.”

Don’t confuse it with the new film about the governor of New York, “Eliot Hires a Ho.”

- Jay Leno

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Poverty Rate
According to a new report, New Jersey has the lowest poverty rate of any state.

You know what that means? Even poor people don’t want to live in New Jersey.

- Jay Leno

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Alchohol Warning
Delegates at the Democratic Convention received three separate warnings not to drink too much, because alcohol has a much stronger effect in higher altitudes.

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