Re: Yo, George, What Happened to the Drug War??

In article <1123043884.447324.145580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ,
"remarksman@xxxxxxxxx" <remarksman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Deborah Terreson wrote:
>> In article <1122935573.151864.19800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ,
>> "remarksman@xxxxxxxxx" <remarksman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Oriole's star Rafael Palmeiro was suspended from baseball for steriod
>> > use, five months after swearing before Congress that he'd never used
>> > steriods, hated steriods, and was (ta da!) extremely concerned about
>> > the effect of steroid use on kids
>> >
>> >
>> > LOL!!
>> >
>> >
>> > Instant Karma gonna get you
>> > gonna knock ya right in the face!
>> > Better get yourself together
>> > join the human race!
>> >
>> >
>> > :O)
>> >
>> >
>> > Junior Bushboy, of course, stated that he was 100 percent behind
>> > Rafael, and had complete faith in his honesty and integrity
>> >
>> > isn't it slick how when Junior, or one of his family, friends,
>> > employees, or baseball buddies, gets caught using an illegal substance
>> > -- uh, not to mention perjuring himself before Congress -- all of a
>> > sudden Junior's beloved Zero Tolerance, the War on Drugs, and the War
>> > on Evildoers suddenly and conveniently disappears?
>> >
>> >
>> > "In his book, Canseco also writes that President Bush "had to have been
>> > aware" of rampant steroid use on the Texas Rangers when he owned the
>> > club in the early 1990s, the Daily News reported." [AP/ESPN news]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > now -- what would happen to YOU or ME if WE'D been caught perjuring
>> > ourselves before Congress, or using dangerous drugs?
>> >
>> > two words: Man Cage
>> >
>> > and don't bother to bring your undies, brother, they've got uniforms
>> > for you . . .
>> >
>> > but no four-to-a-cell for Raffie and Junior!
>> >
>> > is it possible for America to descend any deeper into hypocrisy and
>> > foulness?
>> >
>> > the grand old pastime, the very Americana of sports, baseball . . . we
>> > go down the list of the "heroes" of our generation: McGwire, Canseco,
>> > Ivan Rogriquez, Juan Gonzales, Bonds, Giambi, and on and on
>> >
>> > all lowlifes, common hippies, drug users and degenerates -- no better,
>> > really, than that addict Rush Limbaugh
>> >
>> > cheaters, is what we called them back when men still had gonads
>> >
>> > weaklings who could not succeed via the masculine ethic of merit
>> >
>> > cheaters, just like so many (you listening, Junior?) of our generation,
>> > who rose to positions they DID NOT EARN, and are not qualified for
>> >
>> > cheaters, just like feminists, come to think of it -- and all the other
>> > Privilegees of the Protected Classes
>> >
>> > yo, America: all the testosterone injections and dick-hard pills in the
>> > cosmos won't restore your manhood to you
>> >
>> > you have to EARN that, same as it ever was
>> >
>> > and THAT is true conservatism, as opposed to the snakeoil the american
>> > right-wing feeds us
>> >
>> <stands in salute> Hit the nail quite squarely on the head you did here...
>>
>> Deb.
>
>
> oops rambunctuous with the caps, oh well
>
> i was gratified to see steve young got into canton on the first ballot
>
> as opposed to ahem above, young played the shitholes, waited his turn,
> now it's carnegie hall, bravo!
>
> fearless dood on the field, ran the fatboys ragged
>
> america originally was imagined as a kind of experimental haven, where
> folks could realize max potentialites
>
> but that only works on precondition of merit, otherwise entropy ensues,
> collective and individual
>
> eh . . . translate to equation and solve for me, would you deb? :O)

Ooooo, I sucked at maths. Translation as best as I can parse (given the 12
oz. beer curls I've been working out doing) is as follows:

Honest work + sweat + talent = honest success.
>

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