Pot proponents upset with Kellogg's for bonging Phelps

Michael Phelps took a hit recently when Kellogg Co. got frosted at him for flaking out on them when he was caught smoking marijuana from a bong last November (click post title for Tribune story).

They've decided they'll no longer be showing him the green, despite sticking with him after a previous drunk driving conviction. Pot proponents are pretty steamed about the whole thing, and I agree. Athletes can drink, smoke cigarettes, commit acts of domestic violence, and worse, and have no problem getting lucrative endorsement deals. Phelps is a dope for getting caught, but Kellogg Co. doesn't have a real leg to stand on when you consider that the company's founder, John Harvey Kellogg, was a proponent of genital cages and electric shock, and co-founded the Race Betterment Foundation, which helped spark the eugenics movement in America. Kellogg Co. is on their high horse here, and needs to leggo their ego.