Blogs are meant to be one person's viewpoint on whatever the blogger wishes to write about - I for one have my opinion(s) on many topics and I will blog them. You will either agree, disagree or stand neutral. I respect anyone who wants to differ with me. I tend not to read as much about certain topics - reading other people's opinions helps to create my own opinions.
So having no idea if people can or will be able to read what I write, just be tactful. One doesn't need to cuss another out because one disagrees. I do know that I tend to write something that people agree with and like a lot. For instance, Barry Bonds being found guilty of Obstruction of Justice. The fact is that because Barry made a point of being an asshole when he was playing, he is an asshole. Even if only one count of guilt was reached, it was worthwhile.
My father was definitely a man who did not like Barry Bonds. My dad would say that whenever Barry was running the bases he was panning for the cameras. So if my father, who died a year ago the end of this month were still alive, he would probably be happy that Barry's karma came back to him. Yes, Bonds may only get house arrest, but I really would like to see how he looks in an orange jumpsuit that isn't SF Giants orange.
Barry will now always be an asterisk for sure in everything mentioned about him. Now in his defense, steroid use was never ruled illegal. Thus millions and millions of dollars have been spent to investigate the use of steroids - they could have paid me $20 to tell you "yes, players have used steroids." Why have they used steroids - athletes use them to get ahead. We all have egos, Bonds is a perfect example, and what better way to boost your ego by getting larger in stature and size. We know that muscle wins the day - when was the last Beefstake calendar posted where men weren't muscular? Exactly! Our society wants athletes to perform. SF Giant fans, going into the World Series only had Barry's home run record to hang on. Now that the World Series is won, we can look past Barry and his home runs and realize that Barry didn't help the Giants win a World Series because home runs don't win a World Series - hits win, team play wins. Barry isn't a team player. He was never a team player. He hit home runs and that is something you do solo.
Ok, so I was interrupted and can't remember what else I was going to ramble on about, but needless to say that if the US Government attorneys think that spending more money to retry Barry is a good idea I believe a call to the US Attorney's office will be in order to say "You've got to be kidding me?" Another topic of discussion will have to be, for all of us, "if i have to pay taxes, can I designate where they are spent?" That would eliminate needless warlock-hunts.
Jeff, first of all let me compliment you on the composition. You write beautiful sentences... clear and to the point. Your pacing and transitions are delightful.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on all points today (strange, I know), but I am disappointed that the jury could only convict on one count. A colleague talked to me yesterday about a phenomenon called "jury morality." Her point was that juries are not comfortable declaring heavy convinctions for non violent crimes, particularly in high-profile cases. According to her, they come to believe that the trial is a waste of time/money. After all this, I can only hope that the judge will at least do the maximum sentence. If he'd only signed the damn ball I would have a smidge of sympathy. Good riddens (sp?) Barry.