Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Roger Clemens on trial for lying to Congress
Baseball legend Roger Clemens is on trial for lying to Congress about his use of steroids. According to Wikipedia,
steroids were added to the list of Schedule III drugs in 1990. I know, I
know, Wikipedia is not reliable. I assume it's probably reliable enough
for generic information like this. Anyway, on to steroids, Congress and
Roger Clemens. First, why are steroids illegal? I don't see any power
enumerated in the Constitution granting the federal government the
authority to ban a substance like steroids. But let's save that for
another day. Second, if you still believe Wikipedia, steroids don't have
the addictive qualities that would make it a candidate for listing as a
Schedule III drug according to the DEA and FDA. But I guess Congress
couldn't let big public scandal such as Ben Johnson being disqualified
from the Olympics after winning a gold medal go to waste. They just had
to do something and that usually causes a loss of money or rights, or
both, for Americans. But even that's now what this post is about. This
article is about Roger Clemens perjuring himself before Congress. He
allegedly lied to them. If lying before Congress is a crime, then I'd
like to see most of Congress put on trial for perjury. I bet there are
very few of them that haven't lied while speaking on the House or Senate
floor. I don't see how they can bring charges on someone else lying to
them when they regularly lie to each other and to the American people.
Or maybe they just think they are above the rules.
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