hah, yeah, i remember in the day or two between when the photo came out and Phelps made a statement. I was sitting with one of my roommates, blazed as hell as usual, and we were saying how awesome it would be if Phelps stood up for himself, took all the criticism and became a Martyr. I said he could be "our weed Jesus", and the minute I said that, the TV we were igoring pipes up "Michael Phelps released the following statement today..." and we start getting all excited, but then, of course, it's the same bullshit line as always. Dude opted for the money, not the right thing... too bad.