why is the government giving the USADA $9mil?

lance seems like a total ASSHOLE!

Wow, @ 1 and 2 have written some intellectually stimulating arguments. Maybe we can call someone a fag now.

"have the ball to use" Sorry, that line just made my day!!

I don't give a flop about Lance Armstrong, cycling, or accusations of doping. However, As their founder and (probably) main supporter\voice of the organization, any damage this investigation does to Armstrong will almost certainly down onto them. Therefore it only makes sense for Livestrong to speak up for its founder. Doing otherwise would be bad business sense.

And come on. The whole 'They shouldn't do anything else until cancer is cured' line is bullshit. It's not some dude running a website out of his basement, it's an entire goddamn organization. I'm sure they have the manpower to direct funds towards cancer research and talk to US Representatives at the same time.

Sounds to me like another good republican at work.

@6: Erm... He's not Republican. He's described himself as 'middle to left', and is on record as pro-choice. I mean, he might be, but it seems unlikely.

Mike Gore, for this post I will send you $50 if you want. This kind of work should not go unpaid, my dear. I loved it and it definitely improved my day.

@5, want to explain why non-profit organizations that take good people's money and get tax-exempt status should be run by "business sense"?

Alice you make me smile, even though you remind me of my non-existent salary!

-Mike the Intern

@8-not to put words in @5's mouth, but a non-profit should operate with good business sense because failure to do so could constitute a breach of fiduciary duty on the part of the non-profit's board and officers; in terms of fiduciary duty, board members and officers of a not-for-profit corporation are held to the same standards as their counterparts in the for profit universe. Non-profit is not synonomous with fiscal obliviousness.

AAAK...spelling. S/b "synonymous," not the other.

@8: Umm, because wasting good people's money with pie business skills would be unethical and ineffective? Since when is it preferable for non-profits to be incompetent?

Pie business? Good Christ autocorrect is a pain in the ass. Poor business skills.

@5, Livestrong does not fund research. What they actually do is not clear.

I like pie.

Until you lose a ball, maybe you should watch the cancer jokes. After that, be my guest.