tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post3403294643046036409..comments2023-10-20T04:28:04.547-04:00Comments on Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog: Gee Whiz! Are You Kidding Me?Screech's Best Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094199653375184305noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-83956519876440412022008-02-15T17:21:00.000-05:002008-02-15T17:21:00.000-05:00Rallytime Richard,Henry Waxman has been a pompous,...Rallytime Richard,<BR/><BR/>Henry Waxman has been a pompous, arrogant windbag for many, many years. I did not draw that conclusion from these hearings. It's just that he took the opportunity at these hearings to demonstrate once again how much damage his constituents do every two years by re-electing him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-91097405274973361862008-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:002008-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:00Mike,Waxman held the hearing because Roger wanted ...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Waxman held the hearing because Roger wanted another spot in the limelight to once again exhibit his anger and his utter disbelief at this hurrendous betrayel by the lying bastard MacNamee. At least that is what he wants us to see. Roger's livid response is a calculated ploy to win over some support from people who feel "look at he reaction, he is really hurt, he's livid, he must be telling the truth."<BR/><BR/>Waxman did not start this investigation and he did not want the open testimony. Yes, he is goofy looking, but I disagree that he is an arrogant pompous windbag.<BR/><BR/>Roger is a lying, cheating, money-grubbing whore. I've been saying it for years and he keeps proving me correct.<BR/><BR/>The story on who is responsible for the hearing is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/sports/baseball/15clemens.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=waxman+hardin&st=nyt&oref=sloginRallyTime Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711715005605961712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-31315683144320403992008-02-15T15:30:00.000-05:002008-02-15T15:30:00.000-05:00William: Well, steroid use is a public health issu...William: Well, steroid use is a public health issue, especially amongst kids and should be investigated by the government; however, the farce that took place this week in Washington resembled an inquisition of a multi-millionaire athlete along with his seedy trainer and how they vaulted themselves to the top.<BR/><BR/>Granted, government has the right to look into businesses that violate anti-trust laws, but did anything tangible out come out this hearing for the public good? No. <BR/><BR/>There are other pertinent issues in this country to ponder about (yes, far more serious and further reaching than baseball in this country) and it's silly that the government has spent numerous days and countless dollars on the events of the this week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252895705916946248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-61488614189306410402008-02-15T15:26:00.000-05:002008-02-15T15:26:00.000-05:00You make an excellent point William French Smith. ...You make an excellent point William French Smith. I had not considered this from that perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-80719807915044528002008-02-15T14:17:00.000-05:002008-02-15T14:17:00.000-05:00Mr. Edgar,As long as a sporting industry is grante...Mr. Edgar,<BR/>As long as a sporting industry is granted a no competition excemption to our antitrust laws, you'd better believe that the Congress has a duty to investigate any perceived misdeeds. That includes Players, Owners, and Unions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-438304657029047172008-02-15T10:50:00.000-05:002008-02-15T10:50:00.000-05:00Roger Clemens used people around him to extend his...Roger Clemens used people around him to extend his career and to bilk money out of owners and the fans that paid to watch what they assumed was a fair competition. The partisanship was apparent at the hearing, but do not forget that Tom Davis, a Republican, was first to call a hearing on steroids in baseball in 2005 (remember that?) that started all this. Waxman was left with closing the deal after Clemens claimed that everyone else was lying or "misremembering" what happened as reported in the Mitchell report. Clemens is now a joke (or a punchline). I used to respect the guy just like I used to respect Mark McGwire. I hurl a splintered bat in his general direction....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-11158870258760463672008-02-15T06:55:00.000-05:002008-02-15T06:55:00.000-05:00I have to respectfully disagree with you on this o...I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one, Senatornat. Even if I were to concede that Congress has a legitimate interest in finding out to what extent illegal drugs are and/or have been used in baseball, it certainly does not have to hold the kind of "dog and pony show" hearings we saw this week, and which their egos can't let them resist. <BR/><BR/>The other aspect of these hearings that really bothers me is that they became a show trial of Roger Clemens rather than a larger investigation into drugs in baseball. My personal opinion is that Clemens took HGH and steroids, and is lying in his denials, but I don't like the way that the Mitchell report was so selective in its focus on players in only certain geographic areas, and I don't like the way that these Congressional hearings were so focused primarily on Clemens, McNamee, et al. <BR/><BR/>These clowns on Capitol Hill saw an opportunity to share some camera face time with a popular athlete, and they couldn't walk away from it. It's just a bad joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-87613998100864582342008-02-14T18:58:00.000-05:002008-02-14T18:58:00.000-05:00actually the attorneys we not supposed to speak in...actually the attorneys we not supposed to speak in that setting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-77094461018036465902008-02-14T16:32:00.000-05:002008-02-14T16:32:00.000-05:00Didn't strike out? Did you watch the same hearing...Didn't strike out? Did you watch the same hearing the rest of us did? Clemens just lied his way out of the HOF. Future HOFer no more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-7703701707499646892008-02-14T16:19:00.000-05:002008-02-14T16:19:00.000-05:00Actually, I think that Congress has role when it c...Actually, I think that Congress has role when it comes to the proliferation of illegal drugs adversely impacting a major American enterprise, like professional sports. States and localities invest billions in facilitating these franchises, they enjoy special immunities from anti-trust laws, and they actually are intertwined with national holidays (e.g. Fourth of July) and in the case of the NFL, have created a new one (SuperBowl Sunday). When the Chicago White Sox were found to have thrown the 1919 World Series, that became a national issue, despite other pressing concerns such as the Palmer raids, reconstituting Europe following a World War, and the incapacitation of President Wilson.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, the Chairman and Mr. Burton could not have been more partisan, and ludicrous in their demeanor and in their opposing lines of "questioning." The only person more absurd was the Rocket, of course. And his lawyers, who were comical. "What are we, potted ivy?"<BR/><BR/>Waxman looks exactly like the dumbfounded chairman of the Senate racketeering investigations committee in the Godfather; while Burton resembles the coopted Senator who was set up with the dead blonde in his bed in Nevada...Clemens needed only to remind the Committee: "I would remind the Committee that I also take One-A-Day Vitamins and Centrex..."<BR/><BR/> He is so obviously lying, because he took steroids and HGH, obviously, and his trainer administered them. Otherwise, McNamee would not have been alive to testify - having been murdered by the Rocket for shooting his wife Debbie in the naked behind! The last, and only, person to shoot my wife in her naked behind had better have been a medical doctor or nurse, I can assure you! No ex-cops, or PhD's in physical education, need apply for this assignment!!<BR/><BR/>He is an enormous Fraud; supported by folks in high places, apparently including the President; folks who certainlywould not reach out to support Barry Bonds in the same way: "just stay strong Barry through all this," which is why, I suspect, folks rally around Bonds, when they know in their hearts that he is a Giants Fraud, too...<BR/><BR/>"Say it ain't so, all you self-important zillionaire professional athletes..."<BR/><BR/>Trust in Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. All Good.SenatorNathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049860385485455410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-75630808316876319812008-02-14T13:27:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:27:00.000-05:00Clemens became Pete Rose and Martha Stewart yester...Clemens became Pete Rose and Martha Stewart yesterday. He is finished, he is dog doo doo. Can they find an orange suit big enough to fit him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-61770988029774772912008-02-14T11:31:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:31:00.000-05:00Your analysis is comical. The committee asks for ...Your analysis is comical. The committee asks for the Nanny's name and address, and they only get it after the Clemens team "talks" to her in person. Yeah, nothing improper there. Waxman scored big on that one. <BR/><BR/>Clemens is rightly getting killed today on sports talk radio and other media.<BR/><BR/>And it's really rich to see Rep. Burton talk about the hearing as a circus. This from the guy who dragged this country through endless hearings on every salacious and false rumor during the Clinton years. Burton made an even bigger fool of himself than he already is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-56981925287080721452008-02-14T11:09:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:09:00.000-05:00Clemens did strike out. I have yet to hear any new...Clemens did strike out. I have yet to hear any news or media source, at least in New York, stating that he proved his case. What was clear is that Clemens is a bully and a creep. He threw his wife, friends, lawyers, agents, owners, nanny, union under the bus all to protect what looks like now is nothing more than a "cheat". One last thing maybe Clemens can take some of his millions and spend it on getting his GED. Enough with massacring the English language. This guy can not speak english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-19885594923149135992008-02-13T23:00:00.000-05:002008-02-13T23:00:00.000-05:00By the way, SBF, nice job of describing the action...By the way, SBF, nice job of describing the action! Very original. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676208.post-39424928162394154862008-02-13T22:59:00.000-05:002008-02-13T22:59:00.000-05:00Whether Clemens is lying or not, Congress, in my o...Whether Clemens is lying or not, Congress, in my opinion, has absolutely no business wasting its time and our tax dollars holding these hearings. What a joke. Oh, and by the way, Henry Waxman is an arrogant, pompous, windbag. He's a big nanny government guy, and wants Congress involved in everything. He probably wipes himself with a copy of the Constitution every day, because that's how little he respects and upholds it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com