Interesting rant

[Cannon Shell]

January 5, 2008, 02:52 PM ET
Utterly F***ing Ridiculous.


by Gary Huckabay

The House Oversight Committee has summoned several players and former players, including Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte, to testify before the committee.
All this time, I thought there was a writer’s strike. But surely, this has to be fiction, right? Pakistan is teetering on the brink of chaos. The economy’s fragile at best, plagued by fear, uncertainty, and doubt, both on the business and consumer side. Oil’s at $100 a barrel. We’ve got nearly 200,000 troops deployed and in harm’s way around the world. The federal debt is to the point where it’s about to grow by a digit — which would be its 14th.

So, facing these, and lots of other issues that face the citizenry, Henry Waxman and crew have decided to spend their time, their staff’s time, and, unfortunately, our time, by grilling a bunch of ballplayers about whether or not they used substances to enhance their play on the field.

Let’s stipulate to a couple things, just as part of a thought experiment. Let’s say that all the players are guilty. Of everything any has in the back of their mind. Dianabol Smoothies. HGH facial wraps. Testosterone-injecting parties that make the party scene in ‘JFK’ seem like a Sunday afternoon at Orrin Hatch’s house. Let’s go further. Let’s say that these ballplayers are making personal visits to high schools across the nation, speaking to classrooms every day with the central message of “Steroids worked for me! And now I’m a Hall of Fame ballplayer, rolling in cash, and tapping tail that would make Brad Pitt and Jay-Z genuflect before me.” At the end of each speech, players pass out samples of D-Bol and HGH, and some delicious fruit roll-ups, laced with ‘The Clear’.

That still wouldn’t warrant this kind of treatment. Waxman and his committee are displaying the basest kind of vile pandering, willing to do anything for a few minutes in front of a live camera with an opportunity to wag their atherosclerotically clubbed fingers in righteous anger. We’re talking about small widgets in a small business, that’s already done a hell of a job cleaning up their act, if you actually look at the numbers.

And before anyone gets the idea of writing me with yet another ironically juvenile “What about the children?!?!?!?” diatribe…piss off. The children are at far greater risk from the advertisement barrages that bracket innings within the game. No six year old should know who the hell Spuds MacKenzie or the Budweiser frogs are. Let’s tally up the damage to children from steroids compared to alcohol, shall we? Selective protection of the young teaches hypocrisy.

This whole issue is bulls–t, and everyone, in their heart of hearts, knows it. The collective societal masturbation on this issue is something out of Ionesco, and the number of whorish sell-outs who should resign in disgrace is climbing faster and more brazenly than Barry Bonds‘ HR totals ever did.

Don’t sit idly by and accept this miserable performance from Congress. Make a call. Drop an e-mail. Better yet, write a letter. Good Lord, if me or anyone else did their jobs in a similar fashion, we’d be justifiably terminated in nothing flat.

Yes thanks for that Mr. Huckaby

Our entire State has to spend money
on testing because we got teenagers breaking
out with acne that look like pro wrestlers.

If Congress was supposed to work on one or two
items at one time it would probably be Iraq and our economy,
or health care. Unfortunately, a lot of things go
on at one time. Everynight on C-span you will see
committees discussing everything from decline in fisheries,
to need for infrastructure overhaul.

Where the hell has this guy been?
There is a committee to discuss the reduction
and inflation of committee's themselves. Maybe
he should get elected to clean things up.

[ArlJim78]

congress now is in charge of teens with acne?
i think we expect too much from the federal government.
what are parents and teachers for?

[SentToStud]

Waste of time and money. Bonds and Clemens have to defend against unsubstantiated testimony of felons.

It all bullshit.

Why don't they subpoena all the owners and GMs who knew this was going on and did all they could to support it?

Clemens should tell Congress to shove their invitation up their collective ass.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Waste of time and money. Bonds and Clemens have to defend against unsubstantiated testimony of felons.

It all bullshit.

Why don't they subpoena all the owners and GMs who knew this was going on and did all they could to support it?

Clemens should tell Congress to shove their invitation up their collective ass.

Why dont they subpoena half of Hollywood that has been busted for drugs or is in rehab for the 10th time?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Waste of time and money. Bonds and Clemens have to defend against unsubstantiated testimony of felons.

It all bullshit.

Why don't they subpoena all the owners and GMs who knew this was going on and did all they could to support it?

Clemens should tell Congress to shove their invitation up their collective ass.

"Clemens should tell Congress to shove their invitation up their collective ass."

i'll go out on a limb and say he probably will do exactly that in a sense.

most likely he files a civil suit against brian mcnamee so he can gracefully decline as it would prejudice his case. alternatly he takes the 5th.

[Storm Cadet]

They should go after Isiah and Dolan for ruining the NY Knicks

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

congress now is in charge of teens with acne?
i think we expect too much from the federal government.
what are parents and teachers for?

No our state run by a Republican governor is apparently
responsible. In Texas there will be random testing of
high school athletes in all sports next school year.
My daughter just misses peeing
into a cup... being that she is a senior,
not that she would actually miss the cup.

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

congress now is in charge of teens with acne?
i think we expect too much from the federal government.
what are parents and teachers for?

And yes the FDA also has to approve acne drugs as some
of them are quite potent and have many side effects.