Nothing Better to Do

So apparently our wonderful legislators have nothing better to do than talk steroids. Wednesday we had Roger Clemens and his trainer in front of Congress to talk about than steroid use its a game of he said she said. Everyone has found a story and they are sticking to it, so with no proof, evidence and no evidence that Clemens is planning to change his story we have a complete waste of time. There is a war in Iraq, Afghanistan an election falling mortgage rates, and gas prices that should be illegal and yet the best that Congress can come up with is hearings on steroids. I think what makes me the most upset is that I truly don't understand why they care or why they think its an issue for Congress to handle. Those on the opposite side of my view will likely use the following views to justify Congress' actions; the integrity of the game and the impact of steroids on youth, notice neither of these mentions the law. Anybody that thinks that baseball has any integrity in its current incarnation is crazy. In 1994 baseball went on strike for a year and when they came back the fans didn't come with them. Then in 1998 Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa went on a tear. They were both chasing Roger Maris' single season home run record and the fans came back for the excitement. If you remember that year remember what McGuire and Sosa looked like and go look at what they looked like prior, these guys were huge I mean if you couldn't tell they were on something... but baseball and baseball fans looked the other way, no tests no rules didn't matter. Steroid pumped hitters were putting butts in the seats and if thats what it took then thats what it took, and now here we are in 2008 and everyone wants to act indignant like they didn't know what was going on. I say whatever... baseball is about entertainment and if a grown man wants to put a needle in his butt that will make his testicles shrink, give back acne, and all sorts of other unpleasantries then so be it. It's not right, but I watch baseball to be entertained and if that's what they want to do I don't believe it warrants congressional hearings. And by the way can someone tell me how Barry Bonds has never ended up before Congress. As for the children this goes back to athlete's being role models... guess what they are not. They hit balls, make baskets and score points, none of those thing warrant admiration. I think blaming athletes for steroid use is a cop out. Have you ever seen an athlete say "be like me do steroids and make the majors"? No, pro athletes don't give kids steroids, coaches do. They entice them by saying steroids will make you make you like insert athlete name here. I say forget the athletes I blame the parents. People always blame the environmental flaws of society for the degradation of the American family, but I think parents let the family down by letting TV raise their children making famous people default role models. Some how in the race to fix society Congress found their way to baseball... like they have nothing better to do.