Federal Gov't Involved In Baseball!?!?! What??

[mysticgeek]

Today I passed by a television and saw live coverage of Congress holding hearings about "steroids in baseball". I thought to myself ...

"Where in the constitution does it say the Federal Government is in charge of finding out what happens in a baseball league?"

IMHO this is a classic waste of Federal Government time and money!

 

[newmedia4ron]

exactly people should be outraged over this
this is not the role of government

 

[nbhadja]

exactly people should be outraged over this
this is not the role of government

I have a feeling the gov focuses on this stuff to make people forget about the real issues like inflation and the national debt. Sadly it works and the morons of this country think it's important for the Feds to intervene.

 

[hopeforamerica]

It's out of control isn't it?

 

[RPinSEAZ]

Congress has access to this because MLB has a Congressional exemption from many commerce laws, including the Sherman Antitrust Act. They are reviewing these facts ostensibly in the context of reviewing whether to withdraw these exemptions.

 

[nullvalu]

I wondered this myself a couple years ago when this was all in the news. What crap. Next they're going to be holding public trials in supreme court to find out if Britney Spears is a fit mother, or if Michael Jackson has had improper relations with minors.

 

[constitutional]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=119426

 

[Live Free]

Today I passed by a television and saw live coverage of Congress holding hearings about "steroids in baseball". I thought to myself ...

"Where in the constitution does it say the Federal Government is in charge of finding out what happens in a baseball league?"

IMHO this is a classic waste of Federal Government time and money!

Not only that, but they are probably diverting attention away from something important.

Ever since the OJ Simpson trial, that is what I think when the news is about something like this. While OJ was being tried, the individuals responsible for bombing the World Trade Center the first time were also on trial. Nothing was ever mentioned about it on the news UNTIL!!! that trial was over.

Looks like another individual linked to another thread that was posted this morning about this topic. In it, it was noted, and I verified, that this baseball nonsense was on 6 news stations! Absurd!

 

[AJ Antimony]

I made a topic about this as TheAmistad brought up. Not only is the govt in MLB, but it's starting to get involved with the NFL!

 

[ultimaonliner]

We should email Waxman and the other congressman who are showboating this event for publicity to tell them that we are smarter than that.

We are not part of the idiocracy and recognize that they are wasting limited taxpayer resources to achieve their time in the spotlight.

 

[Ex Post Facto]

I've been outraged for years, they pass bills that restrict our freedoms and are worried more about impeaching, so to speak, baseball and football athletes.

 

[mysticgeek]

We should email Waxman and the other congressman who are showboating this event for publicity to tell them that we are smarter than that.

We are not part of the idiocracy and recognize that they are wasting limited taxpayer resources to achieve their time in the spotlight.

Nice call! And every time we see these wastes we need to let them know! I wonder how much money was wasted on that today.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

This is being broadcast live on:

Fox News
Fox Business
MSNBC
CNN
Headline News
and
C-SPAN3

Super Tuesday didn't get that much coverage!

It must be a slow week for Britney Speers, Madona and Paris Hilton...

Oh - and pay no attention to the intelligence bill being passed today - unlimited Wiretapping, carte blanc on reading our e-mails in real time, water boarding is OK after all - just a few non-issues like that... Pay no attention... move along now... nothing happening behind the news blackout...

-n

 

[ForrestLayne]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22249234/


Also this article from 2005
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=816

 

[JenaS62]

Today I passed by a television and saw live coverage of Congress holding hearings about "steroids in baseball". I thought to myself ...

"Where in the constitution does it say the Federal Government is in charge of finding out what happens in a baseball league?"

IMHO this is a classic waste of Federal Government time and money!

Exactly. We'll not hear anything about ballot tampering or voter fraud but some guy who plays baseball and is accused of using steriods is on the news ALL DAY. Pathetic. The only postive is at least it's not Britney Spears.

 

[slamhead]

Was my feelings exactly this morning when I turned on the TV...who FN cares about steroids in baseball. Gee I guess if baseball becomes corrupt the United States will be done. My predictions 20 years from now. The highest paid athlete's salary will be 20 trillion dollars after all the inflation and the collapse of the dollar.

 

[mysticgeek]

Was my feelings exactly this morning when I turned on the TV...who FN cares about steroids in baseball. Gee I guess if baseball becomes corrupt the United States will be done. My predictions 20 years from now. The highest paid athlete's salary will be 20 trillion dollars after all the inflation and the collapse of the dollar.

If we still have the dollar. Perhaps it will be Amero's and worth even less!

 

[RSLudlum]

Caught myself yelling at the TV this morning in anger over Congress wasting time and money on something like this...WTF??? All the problems this country's facing right now and Congress wants to spend it's time in session playing baseball.

Even my pops called me up today and jokingly said, we should call Dr. Paul up and ask him to make a statement about Congress's wasted time on baseball players?

 

[dvictr]

Personally i think we should let professional athelets take steroids... WHY NOT... they are "entertainers..." right?




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[mysticgeek]

Personally i think we should let professional athelets take steroids... WHY NOT... they are "entertainers..." right?
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True! it is all entertainment. Not to mention the fact that The Revolution is in favor of legalization of drugs.