Clemens Dog-and-Pony Show and The Real Story

Come on, it's been everywhere, so it's only logical that it would eventually end up here. I'm skipping all of the specifics and just saying that this hearing accomplished absolutely nothing whatsoever. Each man stuck to his story and each story was the antithesis of the other so obviously someone is lying, but neither one can be trusted so the end result of this to the people involved will be nothing.

In my opinion, this is overshadowing the real steroid-baseball story of Bud Selig ruling out independent, third-party testing of baseball players to detect the use of performance-enhancing substances. This is important because independent testing was one of the recommendations made in the Mitchell Report, and when it came out Selig said that he agreed with all of the recommendations and that they will be implemented by Major League Baseball. So now the man that has allowed this steroid frenzy to take place is expected to police its use? How silly would a person have to be to believe this organization, interested only in its self-preservation, can successfully and rightly police itself?

Give me a break.

*Spygate End Note*

It strikes me as interesting the fact that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) is the one person riding the NFL and the Patriots on the whole Spygate fiasco. What makes it interesting to me is the fact that Specter is one of the biggest proponents of the Patriot Act. An act passed by the government allowing illegal spying by the government on its own citizens sharing a name with an NFL team accused of spying on opponents and the government investigating this team for spying. Some things you just can't make up.

Lak