U got some splainin to do

The week that was:
Fascinating isn’t it that there’s a whole lot of cheating going on.
First a bunch of the President’s nominees get caught in tax dodges.
Then it gets revealed that A-Rod was using steroids back around 2003.
The question of the week is, “when everyone’s cheating, is it really cheating?” Let’s reflect.

Baseball is largely a contest between a pitcher and the hitter.
If they’re both juiced, what’s it all mean?
It’s 2003 and 67 year old Roger Clemens is out there throwing BB’s. What to do, what to do? Now it turns out 104 players tested positive when it wasn’t against the rules, just against the law. A-Rod’s getting crucified, but forgive me if I want to know the rest of the names. If McGuire was hitting against pitchers who were juiced, who had the advantage? Who goes to the Hall of Fame now? Can we be sure about anyone? Do we just throw out the whole steroid era?

Meanwhile, in DC it appears that a life in public service culminates in a late-in-life paycheck of epic proportions as an influence-peddler. Just don’t get called back to public service because you’ll have some “splaining to do,” especially if your accountant was asleep at the wheel. Now, I’ve had my own IRS adventures, so I know how easily one can slip up. But aren’t the parallels between sports and politics becoming apparent? If everyone’s doing it, is it cheating, or are the rules just changing?

Tom Dashcle bit the dust and we’re worse for it. He was clearly exactly what the doctors ordered and now we have to find someone as qualified. But, it turns out there aren’t two sets of rules. But, it sure is time to change the rules. If you’re going to be a public servant, looks like we’ll have to limit that pot at the end of the rainbow. Do you know any other professions where there is a huge payoff when it’s over? A huge pension and great jobs lined up? Teacher? Preacher? Businessman? (Well, sometimes, if you make it to the very tippy top.) It will make it tough on young ex-Presidents, but while we’re bitching about CEO’s bonus’s might we take a look at what an ex-congressman could possibly be worth.
If we can’t trust A-Rod and Tom D, whom can we trust?