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Congress has times for everything these days. I mean, considering how well the country is being run, I'm not surprised. In fact, I am just thrilled as punch to see the Congress investigating steroid use in Baseball and the rights of that woman in Florida stuck in a vegetative state.

Because these are the pressing issues, my friends. The soldiers in Iraq, the budget crisis, the intelligence failures, social security, those are really back-burner issues compared to whether Sosa juiced up.

Please don't get me wrong. I don't condone steroid use. I really think that the thrill of competition is an even playing field from which prodigies emerge. If records are broken by enhanced players, the new triumphs are a bit tainted to say the least. It sort of spoils the game. Not just baseball, curling as well.

And please, my sympathies go out to this woman and her family as well. It's a tough situation all around that I don't know the right answer to, nor does anyone except the family and the doctors...

Why? Because it's none of our fucking business. If there's one thing I'd like to be able to count on from a Republican Congress, it's smaller government. So, why is this smaller government suddenly getting involved in more and more aspects of personal issues? And why isn't MLB handling their own poop?

I think it's diversionary, consciously or not. People, constituents, are tired of the crap and want Congress to clean something. They want a bright shiny something from the shitstorm in D.C. And that, my friends, is baseball.

So, I am now asking Congress to set up a comission on the Jackson trial and an exploratory comittee to decide on the proper second wife for Scott Peterson (he's already had two proposals). Write to your reps and senators! Make your voice heard. Congress needs to decide everything for everyone! Ask them to tell you when you should take a shit!