therealstevesmith

What Would Frist Do?

           July 6, 2005

    This case may drive the lying doctor Bill Frist nuts.  He'd probably have the child tried for murder.

    It's one of the weirdest stories I've ever heard. Is it true? I don't know.

Clarence Thomas OK's Smoking Weed

                                 June 7, 2005

    Proving once again few people are ALL bad.

How

               April 12, 2005 

The University of Colorado has the common sense to realize Ward Churchill can not be fired for saying what others won't admit. But in a move that is perhaps even worse, they are forcing him to prove that he is part Native American in order to pursue a plagerism case against him.

  I suggest he throw out the first pitch at a baseball game in Cleveland.

  I think the main message here is similar to the Arie Fleischer's anti American comment after Bill Maher compared the terrorists' courage favorably to US soldiers after Sept. 11...people better watch what they say. 

  It hardly matters what happens to Churchill anymore.  Financially, he can command outrageous speaking fees and get support from the sane were he to lose his job, which doesn't seem likely to happen.

But will the next potential Ward Churchill be intimidated back into his cubicle at "Eichmann and Sons Investments?" Back in the 90's we were chasing Monica Lewinsky's blue dress and now we want to curtail free speech?  The speech is only free if we use it.

  I guess whoever is on the committee to shaft Ward Churchill is probably being called by Colorado governor Bill Owens' punks, threatening funding or whatever if they don't investigate something.

It Could Happen to You

  April 2, 2005

  I wonder if Terri Schiavo ever thought she'd end up in a celebrity threesome wtih Johnny L. Cochran Jr. and the Pope.  If they're together now, the Pope is blessing her and Cochran is defending her.  Not a bad combination.

  So I started thinking, what other two celebrities would I want to die in the same week as (you nome sayin).  And being 5/5 of an American I decided to do a top five.

5. Charlton Heston and Barbara Walters.  If she could get him to cry, maybe I could grab that gun out of his cold hands.

4. Carol Burnett and Chuck Berry.  I could produce the song "I'm so Glad My Dingaling Had This Time Together."

3. Darryl Gates and David Horowitz. We could take turns doing that whole "chokehold on normal people test" just for laughs. You know, turn a negative into a positive.

2. Haley Joel Osment and Dakota Fanning.  I'm trying to break the record.

1. Jim Morrison and Tupac Shakur. Just in case. At the Pearly Gates. It's not what you know...it's did you go?

In Bonds We Trust

February 25, 2005

Who are these people so upset with Barry (US) Bonds?

First, and this point can't be overstressed; The drug involved in the Balco investigation was not a banned substance by Major League Baseball at the time in question.

Using steroids is not cheating. It's doing everything you can to get to where you want to go.

If you're a savvy internet user, then you might have graduated from college, which means, statistically, you are most likely a cheater. Except the average person is cheating in order to get a $60,000 a year job, not a seven year, 62 million dollar deal (will you do the math or use a calculator?). So we should consider whether those in judgment would act the same as all these "irresponsible" athletes. I know the answer. And that's what rankles me.

Consider this realistic exchange between two fictional people

Person A: That's a tight Yankees cap.

Person B: Aw you know just reppin.

Person A: But steroids man, I don't know. They're straight up ruining the game.

Person B: I'm hip. And high school players are roidin' up and they're all gonna die when they turn 40 from shrunken testicles.

Person A: Can I hit that?

To paraphrase Allen Iverson, what are we talking about here? Steroids? We're talking steroids. Not a spitter. Not the thing that makes an 85 MPH pitch drop off a ledge the moment it looks like it's coming at your head.  We're talking about steroids. What are we talking about?  Not wetting down the infield when a running team comes to town. We're talking about steroids.  Steroids?  Not a sign stealer, stealing signs so guys know what pitch is coming. We talking about steroids.  What are we talking about?  Mark McGuire got 72 virgins and a Cadillac when he hit 70 home runs and we're talking about steroids. Steroids? Not a strike,  a greedy ass strike/lockout whatever.  Not a strike that almost destroyed the game that's been passed father to son for more than a century. We're talking about steroids.

  If you outlaw steroids then you should ban caffeine, which gives you an immediate boost. 

Or how about this?  Let only those who have not been entertained by baseball in the past ten years judge.

post -   I found a great article from back in '04 that is still relevant.