When it matters, congress goes to bat for us!

(A comment on balls and bibles.)

I don't know, I'm probably way out in "left field" here (ugh, pun intended), but I find it amusing that a House committee is deciding whether or not to charge Rafael Palmeiro with perjury for his testimony before congress last March 17.

Apparently Palmeiro was told Tuesday evening by Rep. Tom Davis (R, Va.), who heads the House Government Reform Committee that they are obligated to investigate whether he, Palmeiro, deliberately lied when he pointed a finger at the panel and adamantly declared,"I have never used steroids. Period."

Oh that silly congress! Some of its members can be just too overly sensitive sometimes. I guess they pick their chafing points. Apparently the chance congress may have been lied to about steroid use by one of baseball's premiere players is just too infuriating to let go uninvestigated. Punishment may be warranted!

With the morality bar lying on the ground in Washington these days, this just seems to me a bit of overreaction. I mean, if we're going to recall Palmeiro for lying to congress, might this not set a precedent?

Seems lying about a war our grandkids will be paying for, of converting Iraq into a dumping ground for America's nuclear waste in the form of depleted uranium, the unnecessary deaths of all those Americans and Iraqis and making the middle east an empowerment zone for breeding terrorists while the value of Halliburton stock has gone up 284% is probably almost as important as Palmeiro's steroid statement.

If our incensed congressmen feel the need to investigate steroid use, why not the need to investigate Bush and Cheney's fallacious war? Wait, WAIT! Oh shit! I forgot, they've never really lied to congress about the war. I don't remember 'em ever testifying about it. Oh, there were those hand holding Bush--Cheney testimonies given to the commission investigating 9/11, but they weren't sworn in or under oath to tell the truth on that. (Apparently they're exempt from such formalities.)

Okay, so never mind. Having told no lies to congress, no harm done. Let the war continue. But let's kick Palmerio's ass on this steroid thing.

I'm so sorry. I was 'way off base' here. Seems I've really 'struck out' on this one. (Puns intended!)