Often enforcement agencies and bureaucrats don't realize that people just want to be left alone, they don't wish to be harassed, second-guessed, and get rather upset when someone accuses them of something, especially a person of authority when they've done nothing wrong.
This shouldn't surprise anyone.
One thing I've learned in business is there is a bit of arrogance when it comes to bureaucrats.
They think that their job is more important than anything else in the world, and that somehow they are elevated in status and authority to that of the strong-willed individual, entrepreneur, or superstar of humanity.
Nothing could be further from the truth actually.
Those people who can't make it in the real world often join the bureaucracy for the very reason of attaining authority.
Somehow they feel as if they have a mandate to lay down the letter of the law regardless of how it trumps an individual's constitutional rights.
They seem to believe that they must "follow the money," as if making money is bad, it's not.
Anytime they see a winner, they wish to bring them back down to earth and show their authority.
In many regards President Obama even seemed to think along this lines when he stated that the entrepreneurs in America didn't make it on their own, and they wouldn't have been able to make it if it weren't for the government creating such a great country for them.
That's a bunch of horse crap, because when I was in business every time I turned around it was the government putting barriers in my way trying to prevent me from succeeding, they hardly helped me.
When someone succeeds in America it is in spite of the authority, and certainly not because of it.
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on August 27, 2012 titled; "Lance Armstrong's Unfinished Road," by Jason Gay who noted that even with Armstrong's notoriety and work with his foundation, his legacy will remain somewhat tarnished.
To that I'd say sure it will after being smeared by the government, and consider some of the comments in the media, it's as if this whole thing is revenge based, as one regulator stated in the USA Today on 8-27-2012 "Lance Armstrong may have kept most of his Tour de France titles if he had cooperated with anti-doping agency, said USADA's CEO Travis Tygart.
" Reference Cite: Article, "USADA: Cyclists hard line hurt him.
" Well, that's interesting the USADA's CEO felt snubbed by Armstrong, and now they want to show him who is boss.
This is typical of those in authority, as they somehow think their unearned ego's and authority trump excellence, intellect, performance, and years of hard work.
How dare they act this way, and really let's not blame the USADA, it's at every branch of government, and all the quasi-want-a-be-agencies as well.
Let me ask you why a man's hardline in proclaiming innocence should hurt him? Why should anyone cooperate with a government agency out to make a name for themselves? Why should any professional cyclist play that game? The attacks against Lance Armstrong are so far after the fact that they should be dismissed as completely irrelevant.
If someone has 500 tests done to prove they aren't cheating, then it might occur to someone that maybe they didn't.
It should also occur to anyone in authority that just because there is a complaint about someone doesn't mean they did anything, and if the only people complaining are competitors, then well it might just a bunch of bogus nonsense.
Did you know the SEC did a study once, and it was determined that 75% of the complaints coming into the agency were false, and only made by investors who wanted to make more money or made bad choices of their own, and in those complaints each one of them had to sign and certify that they were telling the truth under the penalty of perjury.
Of course, the SEC never went after anyone who lied, even though they know that 75% of them are.
Indeed, it appears that the SEC, like many other agencies needs to justify their existence.
No wonder this USADA quasi-agency is going after such a big fish, arguably the greatest athlete in US history.
It seems to me that perhaps they are the ones trying to put points on the board.
Maybe it's time that we investigated the investigators, and shut down these agencies who are so busy publicizing their own efforts that they do little if any good.
We don't need the government tearing down individuals, tearing down role models, or attacking American icons.
In the United States we stand for the individual, therefore we must stand by the individual.
In this case that individual is; Lance Armstrong.
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.