Friday
April 1 2005
OUR CIVIL SOCIETY: Let's recap:
Howard
Dean hates
Republicans.
Sean Hannity
hates
Democrats.
Republicans
are "a
bunch of crooks and liars."
Pies thrown
in
the face. Shoes thrown at
the head.
Cries of
Nazism. Claims of fascism. Calls for a new
McCarthyism.
We live
in a
theocracy where liberal politicians should start fearing
for their lives.
No, wait,
it's a Godless culture
of death
where the judiciary has become a tool "in
the hands of the devil."
I am not
one of those prudes who thinks we should sanitize public discourse.
To the contrary. And in fairness to Sean Hannity and John Kerry,
their remarks were not meant for public consumption. On the other
hand, while the left has been throwing a fit since the war began
in 2001, we seem to have collectively reached new heights of hyperbole
in recent weeks over the Terri Schiavo case.
"IT
WAS NOT INADVERTENT": Sandy Berger pleads guilty
to removing and destroying classified documents from the National
Archives. Last year he claimed it was "an innocent mistake."
Yesterday, a spokesman said Berger's action was "not inadvertent."
Sandy Berger
is not a stupid man. Even though smart people can sometimes make
stupid mistakes, it's hard to believe Berger wouldn't understand
the consequences of taking classified documents home and cutting
them up in his office. He didn't throw away his entire career
for nothing.
CONGRESS
CAN'T HELP ITSELF: I hate to say 'I told you so' but,
c'mon, you weren't naive enough to think Congress would stop with
just Major League Baseball, were
you?
Government
scrutiny on the NFL intensified yesterday when the congressional
committee investigating steroids in sports requested details
of the league's drug policy in a letter to commissioner Paul
Tagliabue.
In
referring to the MLB hearings as "the first in a series"
in its letter to Tagliabue, the committee put other leagues
and sports governing bodies on notice. Beginning next week,
it will send similar letters to the NBA, NHL, NCAA, USA Track
& Field, Major League Soccer, U.S. Soccer Federation and
other sports governing bodies including NASCAR, White said.
Other sports also could be subject to hearings.
Make no mistake
about it: At some point, after thousands of man-hours have been
spent on hearings and investigations, we will see Congress pass
a law banning steroids and imposing testing programs on all sports.
Will it prevent athletes from finding ways to cheat? Not a chance.
But Thank
God Rep. Tom Davis is around to save us from NASCAR drivers on
steroids. - T. Bevan 8:45 am Link
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