This so-called steroids in Baseball "crisis" and Congressional inquiry is all a big act. Ryan, of the San Francisco Chronicle questions: Steroids? Alcohol is real problem. Right, she is... in pointing out that the real problems are being ignored, while the "fake" ones are grandstanding about. But, what are we to expect from BushCo and its legions of Congress people. Faux news, false war claims, fake reporters, corporate giveaways and useless distraction. One of those distracting elements, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky), gets the award for most underhanded dig on Barry Bonds when he stated:

"Mr. Chairman, maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I remembered that players didn't get any better as they got older," Bunning said. "We all got worse. When I played with Henry Aaron and Willie Mays and Ted Williams, they didn't put on 40 pounds and bulk up in their careers, and they didn't hit more home runs in their late 30s than they did in their late 20s. What is happening in baseball now isn't natural and it isn't right."

Hmmm, I realize that Bunning was a former athlete of sorts, but does that make him a bona fide expert?

But, let's get back to the major hypocrisy of these "hearings." The point Ryan and others, including most baseball fans I know, are trying to show is that our government is doing a grave disservice but neglecting the issues and well-being of its peoples by not investigating and taking responsibility for the quagmire in Iraq, the treasonous act of outing CIA agent Valerie Plame, not doing anything to deal with the healthcare and economic problems in this country, and not ensuring our safety and security....