Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Department of Justice Assigns 5 Prosecutors to Retrial of Roger Clemens but None for Black Panthers - Godfather Politics

Department of Justice Assigns 5 Prosecutors to Retrial of Roger Clemens but None for Black Panthers - Godfather Politics: Our government needs to get out of the drug business. If baseball, football, and Olympic athletes want to use drugs, then let them. Since sports organizations are businesses, let them police their employees. If the NFL and MLB want to prohibit performance-enhancing drugs, it’s their business.

Last year, Roger Clemens was in court on a drug charge. Actually, he was in court because he appeared before a Congressional committee and swore under oath that he did not take steroids. It’s not about drugs anymore; it’s about perjury. But there wouldn’t have been a perjury charge if the government hadn’t gotten involved in the drug business. Whatever happened to the belief that a person should be able to do what he or she wants with his or her own body?

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