Saying it my way . . .

WOW – one would think that with a favorable rating of less than 20%, that Congress could find something more productive to do than ask doped-up and over-muscled professional baseball players if they ever took human growth hormones or steroids.  One would think that anyway, but it’s not the case.  Apparently Congress feels that it can go anywhere and anytime they damn well please without regard to the overall condition of our country.  If you had put professional athletes and the condition of our country on a scale of 0 to 100 (100 being the most important) I would have to rate any professional sport as a five; the war of terror a 90; economic conditions a 90; the 2008 presidential campaigns a 35; border security a 90, etc.

Baseball has a commissioner that is probably very highly paid, but not paid as much as some of the so-called “players” and his job is to oversee and manage the league itself.  It seems that his oversight would include the use of illegal drugs and inappropriate behavior.  Perhaps he is the one that should be the focus of the investigation for failing to perform his duties.  Nardelli, formerly of Home Depot was given a severance package of $210 million dollars for not doing his job.  Why shouldn’t the commissioner be given a going away present similar to Nardelli’s and then find someone that can control the owners and the players?  That would be too hard to do though and some over-zealous trial lawyer (maybe a John Edwards type) might sue someone.  Oh well, it’s only a game . . . keep that in mind the next time two over-muscled over-doped guys start swinging the bat in a home run race.

I almost forgot, where in our Constitution does it give power to Congress to investigate professional sports?  I am always amused with the various areas that Congress can insert itself.  What a colossal waste of time and taxpayer money but it is free television time during an election year.