tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post7168753747686218507..comments2023-10-29T05:58:20.875-04:00Comments on Aunt Jemima's Revenge: Marion Jones - UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-34661286013519737992008-01-12T11:39:00.000-05:002008-01-12T11:39:00.000-05:00MDC -She's definitely going to write a book. I'm ...MDC -<BR/><BR/>She's definitely going to write a book. I'm not sure what her degree is in, but she could use that. And in a few years, particularly depending on how she does her community service, she'll be back in track somehow. <BR/><BR/>WTM - <BR/><BR/>I agree Marion's choice of partners is poor, but she's not mindless. She put that check in her account and she knew that was wrong. And she's an elite athlete, she knows she needed to ask questions about what was going into her body.<BR/><BR/>Whatever happens, I will be supporting her making it back.Dr. Tracey Salisburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209154351201523646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-61713288568919937432008-01-12T10:29:00.000-05:002008-01-12T10:29:00.000-05:00again, i feel it is her choice in the patners she ...again, i feel it is her choice in the patners she is giving her life over to.<BR/><BR/>bad choices-being unevenly yoked with a person with no postiive growth-will kill all positives in you.<BR/><BR/>yes she made the choices, i'm not denying any of that-but the influence from devious, conning men (in this case), helped her fall.<BR/><BR/>marion is from a 'red-mud country' place here in NC. <BR/>but her mother raised her not to be the way we are seeing her.<BR/><BR/>her mother is a very good woman.wisdomteachesmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064324322310160672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-80046422459185657872008-01-11T22:06:00.000-05:002008-01-11T22:06:00.000-05:00Jones faced sentencing on two different charges, p...Jones faced sentencing on two different charges, perjury and check fraud. She was a first time offender, but faced multiple counts. <BR/><BR/>I would be more forgiving if it had been just about lying about cheating, but the check kiting thing was just plain fraud on her part.Dr. Tracey Salisburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209154351201523646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-67577433329089435562008-01-11T21:52:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:52:00.000-05:00Attorneymom,She'll get out in three. She'll be ok...Attorneymom,<BR/><BR/>She'll get out in three. She'll be okay. Also wasn't it perjury (not the actual act of cheating) the reason for the sentence? If it was, then she might have gotten off light.SheCodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781431886213930930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-8495890196320806492008-01-11T20:14:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:14:00.000-05:00You are absolutely right. I really looked up to M...You are absolutely right. I really looked up to Marion and I feel very disappointed that it ended this way. Oh well.Jonne Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588364681822707984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-44388012851824635782008-01-11T19:11:00.000-05:002008-01-11T19:11:00.000-05:00Hi Professor Tracey,I just hope Marion is going to...Hi Professor Tracey,<BR/><BR/>I just hope Marion is going to be okay. <BR/><BR/>I'm not as sure as you are about the people around her. She hasn't made great choices in the past.<BR/><BR/>About her future, well she will be an outcast in Track, so I'm not sure how she will make a living; except to write a tell all memoir.<BR/><BR/>And about Allyson, she's one of my favorite athletes. I've followed her career since she was a high schooler. But her ex-boyfriend was busted for using performance enhancing drugs too. <BR/><BR/>That's the problem, I didn't want to suspect Marion because of the company she kept and look how that turned out.<BR/><BR/>So maybe Allyson does have some "splainin'" to do.Mes Deux Centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697034868111011343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-29687316220367949582008-01-11T19:07:00.000-05:002008-01-11T19:07:00.000-05:00prof. tracey said ="I still love Marion Jones and ...prof. tracey said ="I still love Marion Jones and I look forward to her return!"<BR/>------------<BR/>and so do i! and i will greet her with open arms-though i still don't think she should go to jail-i have no tears for her or any 'guilty' person. she lied and they are making her pay with mercy for her. six months, it's just part of the consequences because she chose to change the direction and forge her own path.<BR/><BR/> it is what it is.<BR/><BR/> you made great points in this post.wisdomteachesmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064324322310160672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-14849886355314033532008-01-11T18:05:00.000-05:002008-01-11T18:05:00.000-05:00What I thought was SOOO messed up about the whole ...What I thought was SOOO messed up about the whole incident: how the runners that ran in relays with her would have to forfeit their awards also! I would be fire red mad, after all of the (honest) training someone has to do, just to forfeit a medal b/c someone else was dishonest. <BR/>I just wonder if this same thing is going to happen with Roger Clemens. I mean, Marion vehemently denied any steroid use also, just like Clemens...Allison Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058178511898387086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-65293233362244306552008-01-11T17:51:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:51:00.000-05:00Was the 6 month prison sentence really necessary??...Was the 6 month prison sentence really necessary???<BR/><BR/>Isn't she a first-time offender??<BR/><BR/>She was sentenced to 6 months in prison and 2 years probation. I think that was excessive.Attorneymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247713586224949215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-55859667363470892862008-01-11T17:47:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:47:00.000-05:00Marion Jones has made it harder for every single b...<I>Marion Jones has made it harder for every single black female track athlete competing now and in the future for at least the next 20 years!</I><BR/><BR/>THANK YOU. I feel terrible for young black girls in athletics -- they don't need this at all.<BR/><BR/>If Marion had admitted it on her own, in a crisis of conscience, I would have been on the front lines of the forgiveness crowd. I am in the forgiveness crowd though, just lurking in the back somewhere.SheCodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781431886213930930noreply@blogger.com