"The FBI is investigating whether baseball pitcher Roger Clemens committed perjury in testimony before Congress, officials say."

name... 30 things that are more important than this

1. Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco
2. Osmama Bin Laden
3. Jason Derek Brown
4. James J. Bulger
5. Emigdio Preciado Jr.
6. Robert William fisher
7. Victor Manuel Gerena
8. Glen Stewart Godwin
9. Jon Savarino Schillaci
10. Alexis Flores

Twenty others will be listed when I am not at work.

11. Repealing anti-trust exemption for baseball so Congress can quit wasting time treating it like some kind of pet nationalized hobby that allows them to posture about tradition and fair play in a context that, unlike actual meaningful policy or politics, lots of adult males will actually pay attention to

^^ not a job for the FBI, of course

2. Osmama Bin Laden

lol

anyway my list of people the FBI should be investigating is more like so

1. everyone who ever served in bush's cabinet
2. bush

I would rather see them continuing to investigate the shootings of Tupac and Biggie and I don't give a fuck who shot Tupac and Biggie.

xp: That list is their own ten most wanted

a guy who killed three people and fled is more wanted than osama bin laden?

or is this like a "no particular order" thing?

I don't know that it's an ordered list! (It probably is, tho)

i cant believe you guys dont LOVE the idea of roger clemens going to jail

W T F

jhoshea otm as usual

I want Clemens to go to jail as bad as I wanted the Pats to get pounded into babyfood in the Super Bowl.

I demand separation of sport and state

thanks for clarifying that dan since I was about to ask you why you couldn't type all of a sudden and what kind of beef you had with Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco

"i cant believe you guys dont LOVE the idea of roger clemens going to jail"

It would be hilarious. If Marion Jones and Bonds have to go, Clemens has to go. They'll have to confiscate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shoelaces, though.

I don't want Roger Clemens to go to jail, I was a big fan of his rotisserie chicken.

they're focused on a lot of other things

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/28/ledger.investigation/index.html

Seriously, though: can anyone offer a coherent justification of government's involvement with baseball (and the anti-trust exemption) that goes beyond "oh but it's baseball"? I mean, I'm not saying "oh but it's baseball" is necessarily the worst justification, just wondering if there's anything more than that, beyond the fact that it lets congresspeople periodically play to the nation with folksy speeches about the crack of wooden bats and whatnot.

uh no thats abt it you pretty much nailed it

I look forward to the establishment of the National Apple Pie Monopoly

And a folksy argument between the honorable gentleman from Wisconsin and the honorable gentleman from Virginia re: slices of sharp cheddar on top

This pretty much boils down to Clemens having the brass balls to testify to Congress under oath and then lie like a lying liar, repeatedly, and with forethought, because he thought he could get away with it because it's a he-said-but-they-said-otherwise situation.

Congress doesn't like this sort of thing and I can't say I blame them. So, what else can they do to slap him down a bit and try to discourage future similar perjury, except to put the FBI on him? Congress doesn't have any local law enforcement agency they could refer the case to. It's the FBI or nothing.

OTOH, Clemens had the right to take the Fifth Amendment, and probably should have.

meanwhile, in Iraq today...

yeah getting angry at the FBI for working at the behest of people y'all fuckin' elected is pretty pathetic from where I'm sitting. then again I am inordinately proud of the fact that my mailing address precludes me from "participating" in "democracy"

Seven years of watching Bush treat Congress with contempt prolly rubbed off on the other Texas hardman.

yeah getting angry at the FBI for working at the behest of people y'all fuckin' elected is pretty pathetic from where I'm sitting.

Okay Mr. Presumptuous Pants, I see how you made the leap that this is a rant thread against the FBI but, as you say, it's Congress that's diverting them onto this and, seeing as most of us aren't mouth-breathing vacuous tool monsters, I think we all already knew that.

whatever MBVTM 001

It's sad that I looked at that and went "My Bloody Valentine... TradeMarked??? what the hell does that mean?"

lol mee too

that's not what it means?

I thought the same thing? Maybe Ned is some sort of shadow government leader?

Barry Bonds isn't dumb enough to insist on "clearing his name" before posturing Congressfolk.

Also, thank God NFL players are clean and injection-free.

"OTOH, Clemens had the right to take the Fifth Amendment, and probably should have."

Not only did he not invoke this right, he demanded a hearing. Waxman said the committee didn't want a hearing, but gave into Clemens. I hope Clemens is getting his legal advice for free, it sure ain't worth shit.

A federal grand jury will indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported, citing two sources briefed on the case.

I don't want Roger Clemens to go to jail, I was a big fan of his rotisserie chicken.

― ian, Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:50 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

I stand by the post I made 2.5 years ago, how stupid do you have to be to have committed perjury at a hearing that you actually demanded?