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Congressional steroid hearings an abuse of power

By Gritsforbreakfast

We're at war. The nation's credit system and housing markets are headed down the toilet. One quarter of Americans don't have healthcare and about 2 million Americans are locked up behind bars. But Congress and the nation's media today will focus their rapt attention on steroids and baseball, with "Rocket" Roger Clemens scheduled to testify under oath, risking perjury charges if he lies.Let me repeat that: Clemens will testify under oath to Congress. We couldn't get Condi Rice to testify under oath about 9/11, and myriad Bush administration officials under the GOP Congress were allowed to appear before Congress without risk of perjury charges if they lied. But now Congress will give a baseball pitcher the third degree? I can just see the D.C...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 13, 2008 (boomark / email).