Good for Roger

Clemens Is Found Not Guilty in Perjury Trial:

WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens, the hard-throwing right-hander who intimidated even the toughest batters while becoming one of the best pitchers in baseball history, was acquitted Monday of charges that he lied to Congress in 2008 when he insisted he never used steroids or human-growth hormone during his remarkably lengthy career.

I am glad to see that Clemons was found not guilty; although the suspicions of his alleged misdeeds will follow him the rest of his life.

His name will be coming up shortly to induct him into the baseball hall of fame that requires 75% of its member to give him a check mark. Based on recent adverse allegations, even though he was found not guilty it doesn’t seem that he will ever get the nod. It is a shame because he was one of the best.

It still baffles me what business Congress has sticking their nose into sports issues. One of the primary charges against the great pitcher was the he lied to Congress in 2008 about taking performance enhancing drugs.

I am certain that there are more pressing issues in this country for Congress to focus on beside who is telling a lie. If they put all of their constituents and the rest of the people in our government up on charges that told a lie; the chambers in DC would be completely empty and the government would have to build 6 more prisons to house them all.

This is the second time Clemens went to trial on the same charges which cost the government millions of dollars to prosecute him and failed both times.

The only named athlete that was convicted on the same charges was slugged Barry Bonds.
After a very long and costly trial he was found guilty and given the very severe penalty of 30 days under house arrest. He wasn’t allowed to turn the TV on before 0600. I would think if some governmental agency spent that much time and money on getting a guilty verdict the offender would get at least 10 years in prison for it.

To top it off; what is so bad about lying to Congress? Most of them have a doctorate degree in lying. Someone should be following them around with lie detector machines; they would have a field day. That aint no lie!