Waxman is a self-centered prick conducting a show hearing for attention.

[originalpckelly]

I'm sorry if I don't think some stupid motherfuckers taking steroids is a national emergency, in light of the fact that we've got a President in office who probably authorized torture.

If these baseball players want their balls to shrink, that's their own stupid fault.

I'm sick and fucking tired of so much news and attention being focussed on brain dead idiots who are candidates for missing link, in many cases.

I'd love to live in a country where this was the most important thing going on, but I don't.

We've got war criminals running this country!

Even if they investigate and find no evidence for impeachment, they should AT LEAST be investigating this, and THAT investigation should be TOP priority!

But oh no, we're watching that overgrown rat conduct a show hearing.

This is why I think our whole system is a crock of crap! We must always remember that WE THE PEOPLE are the Democratic Party, not these attention seeking assholes!

:grr:

[Ian David]

1. The steroid "scandal" is a trick to crack-down on internet pharmacies selling drugs to the elderly.

[LakeSamish706]

Yep, and we were just having this very discussion on this form....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2857110

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. That doesn't exactly look like a conversation...

[originalpckelly]

6. They're really fucking pushing this country!

I'm sick of it!

Goddamnit, I'm mad, I'm NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

[DS1]

2. There needs to be a separation of State and Sport

this is ridiculous. Fuck highschool sports, let the major leagues dope themselves up like the WWE. Who gives a fuck?

[Supersedeas]

35. Absolutely a waste of time -- Nancy Disaster needs to show some damned leadership

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Baseball is a multi-billion dollar a year industry

Granted, it isn't as a high a priority as the war and such, but there's way too much money involved to ignore it.

[originalpckelly]

8. And war crimes are trumped by money?

Yes, actually, that makes sense, this is the United States of Corporate America!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

14. As I specifically said, no, it shouldn't be.

You'd do well to read.

[Eurobabe]

4. I am going to email people on that committee

and ream them all a new asshole. This is a joke.

What about Katrina/NOLA? What about the missing emails? Impeachment? Gas prices, heating oil? Healthcare?

No major fucking league baseball is more important.

[babylonsister]

7. The fact that the m$m is showing this is what's disgusting. They never

show serious hearings, but this is considered news? I don't blame Waxman; I imagine he'd like nothing better to concentrate on real issues.

[originalpckelly]

9. Oh yeah, we forget who is in charge of the hearings.

I think he schedules them, maybe his staff, right?

The news media is awful, as you said, for not covering more serious ones.

[opihimoimoi]

10. The Attention Whore has had the stage for 25 minutes with no let up in sight, Disgusting

HENRY.......STFU.......



Wow, finally he relinquishes the mic.....

[0007]

11. Roger is a first class wank. Giant size prick.......bar none!!

http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Roger_Clemens

[NWHarkness]

12. So you think the government only does one thing at a time?

I think we've pretty much forfeited the right to call ourselves the reality based community.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. That happened long, long ago.

At least for DU.

[originalpckelly]

21. What business does the government reform and oversight committee...

have conducting an investigation into steroids?

Isn't it supposed to be looking at the government?

To my knowledge, all the proposals to regulate the industry are going to be done by MLB, not the government.

[gratuitous]

28. Major League Baseball has a federal antitrust exemption

Reading over your comments, it's clear that you don't have a clue why this is happening, and this is hardly the time or place for your education on the subject. Suffice it to say that Major League Baseball has one of the biggest antitrust exemptions ever granted by the federal government, and oversight of their activities is part and parcel of that ongoing exemption.

Waxman is doing his job. I'm sure there are other matters that require attention, and I'd sure like to see those matters addressed, as well. But this definitely comes under the purview of Waxman's committee.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Well Stated

That's exactly the point. The "up and up'ness" of MLB as a business is the responsibility of the oversight committee given the ATL exemptions.

Once the Mitchell Report's veracity has come into public question, the committee needs to know if this business, with that exemption, has its house in order or not.
The Professor

[FSogol]

13. BS. Waxman is one of the few Bush critics from day one.

1. He is tireless in his pursuit of holding people accountable.
2. He inherited this investigation from Tom Davis (R-VA).
3. While you may not care about baseball, it is a major business. Shouldn't it be free of corruption?
4. Most importantly, teenagers in this country are dieing from steroids. Would you want to tell their parents this isn't an important issue?

[originalpckelly]

18. Yeah:

1. He is tireless in his pursuit of trying to get attention, so he plays up what bullshit will work to get it. He is, after all, a politician.
2. He has the power to stop the investigation and redirect the resources to more important issues.
3. Baseball is a business of entertainment, this is like asking whether or not professional wrestling is fake. I think it's pretty clear that most normal human beings do not increase their shoe size after a certain age, and it's kind of odd that two people would come along to break home run records at the same time. We should have had more common sense.
4. I fail to see how this investigation stops teenagers from taking steroids.

[FSogol]

26. You fail to see how punishing baseball for steriod use could

prevent teenagers from taking steriods? You think steriods are a recreational drug and teenagers take them for fun?

[originalpckelly]

27. Yes, I do.

I'm really at a loss to see how it is possible to punish them by going after the pros. Unless there is a threat to them for using it, they probably won't. I doubt they're using these steroids because they see MLB players using them. They're probably doing it to get ahead in their own local sports, and the vast majority will not go pro.

[Missy Vixen]

15. It's busywork

They get to say they actually Did Something, without actually doing anything.

Julie

[Fleshdancer]

17. I just assumed this is happening so they can meet the baseball players

This is just silly.

[FSogol]

23. Meet ball players? Why not investigate women's beach volleyball instead?

:shrug:

[originalpckelly]

25. Their autographs probably wouldn't sell for as much on Ebay.

Although, the lure of their *cough* volleyballs would cause many a Representative to take interest, I gather.

[Fleshdancer]

37. I find your optimism over the idea of this Congress making logical decisions to be adorable

:P

[L. Coyote]

19. You degrade yourself by making such ridiculous assertions, you self-cent...

... never mind. Why should I get down there?

While I certainly agree with the sentiments, the outburst overlooks how he IS representing his constituency. That just happens to be his job description!

WAXMAN is an American HERO and he is doing the world a favor is Americas illusionary heroes are melted to reality!

[originalpckelly]

20. I'm tired of bullshit. Our President possibly authorizing torture/illegal spying...

is such a big deal that this Congress should have had that as their only business until it was conclusively determined one way or the other that Bush was(n't) involved.

[L. Coyote]

38. So who did you attack? The person doing something about it! SO, why should he?

If for his honorable efforts his dessert from you is a supreme insult.

Disgusting, I say, even if I understand. Misdirected, to be sure!

[mmonk]

22. I agree 100%

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2851049&mesg_id=2851049

[originalpckelly]

24. I'm glad I'm NOT the only one who sees it.

So much new evidence has presented itself in the last few days in the matter of torture that I find it astonishing the oversight committee didn't cancel this bullshit and do real work.

[leftchick]

29. I just heard that clemmons was making the rounds of congress people

making nice nice, before the hearing! I listened to it on real sports. Even the sham is a sham.

[originalpckelly]

32. Yep.

It's a damn shame!

[AlCzervik]

30. the showboating is absurd, David going off about Clemons being a "Titan" kepp sucking Davis.

fucking nothing else going on the country that there is plenty of time for this bullshit?

[AnnInLa]

33. The hearing may be crap, but Waxman

is not a self-centered prick....except to RWers, of course. Waxman has done more to expose RW corruption in the bush admin than anyone else. There is really no need to call Waxman names here, no need at all, unless your motives are other than expressed?

[Orwellian_Ghost]

34. K&R n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

36. baseball is a billion dollar industry

that is tainted by a scandal. a MAJOR scandal.