Back Talk

Why are they allowing California Congressman Henry Waxman, who relishes this sort of foolish witch hunt, spend untold millions of taxpayers’ money to investigate something that is not a crime and should be left to the baseball commissioner to resolve? Why aren’t they spending all that time and money fixing the bankruptcy-bound social security or Medicare systems, or addressing the destructive illegal alien issue, or revising the out of control tax system, or tort reform to stop the runaway frivolous lawsuits and litigation lunacy? Nobody tells the truth in this type of show trial and nothing productive will result, yet, Congressmen love to preen and posture on television, spend more time speechifying than questioning, and pretend they are conducting the Nixon hearings. The committee Democrats are trashing Clemens, while the Republicans are trashing the one-time personal trainer; I have no idea why they are aligned by party – just habit, I guess. Roger Clemens will deny he took steroids and the alleged supplier will say he administered them personally. Then what? Arrest both of them and let God sort it out? So what if Roger Clemens did take steroids? The whole thing is beyond ridiculous. The other big event the politicians are crowing about, in an attempt to gain some ground on their record low approval rating, is the cash rebate program to stimulate the economy. The fact that it is a non-partisan bill means three things. It is a band-aid that is all show and no substance, it will have bad unintended consequences long term, and the tax payers should run for cover because they are going to get screwed in the deal. This is pure election year posturing, particularly for the Democrats; if they really believed that putting more money in the public’s pockets would stimulate the economy, why do they want to discontinue Bush’s tax cut?