Do As I Say Not As I Do: A Look at the Steroid Hearing

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Sweeney helped to stop the third recount in Miami during the 2000 Presidential election.  President Bush nicknamed him "Congressman Kickass." 

In 2001, Sweeney crashed his 2001 Jeep Laredo into a utility pole.  He was not ticketed nor charged, and although witnesses claimed Sweeney had been drinking in a bar before the crash, he was given no sobriety test. 

On April 22, 2006, Sweeney appeared at a registered party at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity of Union College.  Witnesses reported that, after leaving a bar, he appeared to be intoxicated. Sweeney denied it. 

On October 31, 2006, the Albany Times Union reported that it had obtained a document stating "the wife of U.S. Rep. John Sweeney called police last December to complain her husband was 'knocker her around' during a late-night argument at the couple's home."  A domestic incident report was filed. 

In November of 2007, Sweeney was charged with aggravated DWI.

Early on the morning of April 5, 2009, Sweeney was pulled over by state police for speeding.  He refused a breathalyzer test ordered by the officer, and according to a newspaper report, "Sweeney allegedly told the officers he would not pass the sobriety test, adding he was in 'big trouble.'"

There were other government officials at the steroid hearing, but I'm far too depressed to look into the awful things they have done in their lives.  I'd like to keep some faith in humanity. 

These are the men who are judging baseball players for trying to get ahead with steroids?  These men have used and abused their power in ways unimaginable and yet, they are the judge and jury. 

Unless you can say honestly you would not do something under the table to increase your way of life, there is no way we can act as though these baseball players are awful human beings.

Our problem is we made these men out to be gods and when they showed they were human, we jumped all over them. 

Baseball is just another business, it is not a farm system for heroes.

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