I do not know whether Flinders did pay Armstrong or any organisations associated with him for the use of the trademark LIVESTRONG™ or the other matters raised here … I think it is important that these questions be asked – particularly because we know so little … about the arrangements between Armstrong and the South Australian government and other agencies in that state.
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Dear Mike, we need to talk about Lance…
Surely it is now time for Mr Rann and his minions to finally cast Lance Armstrong adrift and start answering the many outstanding questions about the relationships between his government and Armstrong?
READ MOREArmstrong to quit TdU & leave legacy as “saddest deception in sports history”?
I won’t insult my readers by trawling through the sycophantic puffery that is passed off as serious commentary on Lance Armstrong in the Australia media. You can pick up plenty of that for yourself in the tabloids and on the TV. And the broadsheet coverage isn’t much better. Most of that reporting – and the guff spouted by politicians – treats Armstrong as if he was some God come to earth on two wheels to lead us into some glorious future after the “war” on cancer has been won.
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An open letter to Lance Armstrong…
So I’ll take a stab in the commercially-confident-and-very-secret-dark and say you’ll be pitching for $AU2.5 million for your visit to South Australia this year. Again, if I’m wrong please feel free to correct me – or get someone from Ranny’s office to drop me a line.
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Governments, ownership and control of the Yuendumu 100
“Warlpiri people are not slaves, yet many in ‘mainstream’ society persist in claiming some sort of ‘ownership’ of Aborigines. They arrogantly have opinions as to what Aborigines should or shouldn’t do, and believe they have some sort of right in deciding what is best for them. Warlpiri have no power over their destiny. No say in their future. No say in how they should run their lives.” Frank Baarda, Yuendumu 2010
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David Winderlich, South Australian independent: winter’s light and the “state of suppression”
David Winderlich: I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t disclose how much they are spending on sportsmen like Lance Armstrong – unless of course they are ashamed of it. But there is also the fundamental question that is paramount in any democracy – which is transparency – why shouldn’t people know these things – what is secret about it? I think the general default position is that everything should be open unless there is a good reason for it not to be.
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