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bottom line is that these players including mil of braun violated well known rules regarding performance enhancing drugs there is a big difference between working within the game the spit ball of lore comes to mind the use of performance enhancement drugs does as much much damage as the black sox scandal of 1919 and pete rose betting on baseball games while he was a manager it s really time that baseball take the needed measure of doing what was done to those others who ruined the honesty of the game ban them for life no reprieve the same should be done to juicers mark mcgwire sammy sosa and yes barry bonds they should have their records removed from the history books thankfully the hof committee has seen fit to keep this troika of cheaters well down in the ballot but that doesn t go far enough roger maris earned his record of 61 hr s even with eight extra games and despite his taciturn nature is a credit to the game the same can be said for hank aaron who was basically scandal free in his career true it is believed that he used greenies pep pills but to compare the stimulant effect to what has gone on since the late 90 s is just stupidity here s the solution to avoid arbitrary enforcement use of performance and body enhancing drugs is a lifetime ban on the first offense the players know the rules and while this deprives them of an income it does nothing else today countless everyday life people face harsh penalties for drug use dwi etc by making the sport clean as landis did in 1920 and yes he had his faults which were legion the game was put above board i could care less if a person using drugs whether they are narcotics or performance enhancement drugs in their personal life however when baseball gives a slap on the wrist compared to the millions that the players gain by breaking the rules the temptation is too much for many of them ban them and be done with it drug testing of this sort is not a violation of life or liberty it has no punishment other than exclusion from a job due to violation of rules the same needs to be said though of all members of society particularly those who are in the elite class firm application of sanctions sends messages that justice is equal and should in reality be blind far more often than current practice to mitigating circumstances a rod the other three players and numerous others with braun at nearly the top of the list deserve the special status afforded to rose gandil cicotte shoeless joe williams risberg felsch buck williams and mcmullen ban them for life as a very real lesson that the game is greater than any one or small group of players i am not saying he is a saint but i remember when the jeter a rod comparison started i was laughed at by many when i said jeter was by far the better player because of the rings on his fingers and who he was and what he meant to the team i was right baseball needs more players like jeter who epitomize what is good about the game and what can be good about society hard work self sacrifice and a commitment to excellence are all models and it may sound corny which baseball can emulate to society at large baseball has been at its best when it has been ahead of the curve jackie robinson in 47 which was way too late is an example as well as rightfully pausing when dr king was murdered in 68 along with some teams and many players offering the same sign of respect to senator kennedy later in that horrible year of 1968 equity and integrity at times must take precedence over the concept of the free pass which is never to be confused with mercy as that trait requires another losing what is most dear for the good of another it s time for mlb to play hardball with these guys and to not pitch around this issue leave a comment august 1 2013 baseball my tenuous cord with this culture filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 6 59 am tags baseball citizenship culture politics it s funny how a phrase that resonated with me years ago when i was serving in the military and shortly thereafter and became a song has become so insipid sounding to me beyond that all americans other than those naturalized are americans by mere mistakes of birth or if you will a providence which is my term of choice i m not going to go on a diatribe here it s too late and my reasons for a lack of affinity are so great they could make a laundry list the past few years i ve done a large amount of soul searching through personal financial hardships of which i don t blame anyone and this has caused me to perhaps become more reflective and focused upon other perhaps more spiritual aspects of my life however i will give a very short list of what i feel has caused my lack of affinity a series of wars fought since ww ii which have led me to come to the opinion that the americans are citizens of the most warlike and violent country on the planet and could contend with a long list of bad guys of history btw i am a veteran of the airborne a cultural disconnect i suffer with most citizens in my perspective most institutions either by design or effect have one purpose to kill insightful self dialogue leading to real dialogue and i feel this is influenced by the popular culture and by the state the sense of a growing rise in the power of the state which i strongly believe and could opine about is linked to the first point nations which become militaristic always lose their own self identification other than by brute force this is true whether it is by force of arms or force of governance run rampant i have somewhat retreated into something comfortable and familiar baseball i ve been reading some books viewing some games looking at old documentaries along with other pursuits trust me and came to a startling revelation the other day whilst listening to the national anthem the only thing that makes me feel connected to this country and culture is baseball in a way that may be sad but it is really how i have felt i no longer care about my citizenship in the united states i feel those who do are self important and if you look at the behaviors which can be viewed from a political left right or center in the end one really should ask of what are you proud even hearing the national anthem doesn t move me so much anymore it has become more the ritual of the song that i enjoy not the words at all and god forbid if some proud to be an american twit is waiting for the flyover while it is played true i still can get a lump in my throat by hearing to the colors but that is different i always found that a sad song of reflection about sacrifice to a community as far as baseball songs give me take me out to the ballgame anytime when i hear that i feel connected to something that may pass as american leave a comment november 8 2012 letter to the editor writen june 2010 filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 5 49 am tags adoption international adoption children aren t commodities one recent saturday as i was about to enter overton park for a long walk with fritz a young german shepherd i adopted in april i decided to check out an unusual sign for a multifamily fundraiser for families that wished to adopt children the people i met were friendly white and well off financially i learned that a few families were pooling together some items that had been gathering dust in an attempt to raise funds to adopt children from foreign countries i left uncomfortable about the concept of selling castaway items for that purpose i wondered was there a shortage of children in the memphis area who would benefit from the care and guardianship of a loving and financially secure family i found out that there was no such shortage i contemplated how funds that might be raised to secure an international adoption might help the children of our own region who have great need but who may not be ideal candidates for adoption due to their age or other factors i then investigated and found that an international adoption typically could cost up to 50 000 in travel costs and fees legal fees documentation fees baby broker fees and probably other fees that are needed to grease the wheels of progress adoption particularly international adoption is big business with youngsters as the commodity and a need to graft another person into a family tree the motivational force i found my skepticism growing toward the altruistic jargon used at the fundraiser i concluded that the fundraising event wasn t about the child s welfare but about possessing a child by any means i asked myself why not just donate the money to the foreign orphanages to help the kids but then the adoptive parents would not gain the child these people who purchase a wanted commodity by selling off knicknacks are well versed in the lingo of many websites dedicated to international adoption sadly the commodities were human beings decency mandates that children who have lost their family be given respect and empathy not a yard sale do you suppose that one day the youngsters will ask to hear the heartwarming story of how their loving parents sold off some end tables to purchase them i suspect they may be told how lucky they are that they have such spiritually generous parents human beings particularly defenseless and voiceless children deserve better from society this practice would be an outrage in a moral society and is de facto human trafficking leave a comment quote of the day filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 5 23 am tags quote of the day said numerous times to my lovely bride the last few weeks during the political season just when i thought i was out they pull me back michael corleone godfather iii leave a comment the real reasons why the gop lost in 2012 part i filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 5 20 am tags 2012 election conservatives immigration minority vote i posted this in some forms on other sites i guess that was a motivator to re open the door here the real reason why the gop lost this election and has been trending downwards since 1992 part i failure to realize the demographic changes in the us and engage in meaningful policy discussion with the groups that now represent 25 to 30 of the general electorate if the gop as a whole continues to lament and rightly so the bad idea of throwing money to those in dire ses and continues to have no ideas that gain traction to these subgroups they will continue to lose about 85 of this group who do vote and will never be a consistent majority party in the most densely populated sections of the nation i said it back when the immigration reform bill was rejected short term bad idea long term suicide gop had a chance to enact legislation to an ethnic group and taken the mantle of lincoln whom most republicans and particularly hard right conservatives would run out of the gop on a rail as writers of legislation nearly as significant as the emancipation proclamation and the civil rights act but we couldn t compromise which is the basis of any republic that short sighted decision has cost and will continue to cost the gop the largest growing demographic group in our nation and will continually put us on the defense do i like the illegal immigration situation of course not do i like that social welfare issues are costly of course not could a reasonable compromise been made it should have been when was the last time serious policy initiatives have been discussed with leaders from these two groups by conservatives where we listen as much as we speak are there other reasons why the gop and conservatives are again on the outside looking in as we have been for 16 of the last 25 years if you consider the bush years conservative yes but as a movement conservatives are deluded if they think they can ignore 1 3 of the electorate and ever be more than a regional party where are the problem solvers in the conservative movement leave a comment some changes filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 5 16 am i ve moved twice since i last wrote on this blog this was due to losing my employment as a public school administrator and my wife losing her job as a manager at ibm i ve been working as a college professor in tennessee and now am in wv we lost it all between 2009 and 2010 the house our credit everything however in it all a most kind providence was at work our marriage of many years is better than ever i think i have realized truly what a treasure i have in my best friend my life partner my wonderful wife we ve streamlined our life as seen when all of your worldly goods can be moved in a 14 u haul truck this was humbling but was a good thing i think i m a more understanding person i ve also had a strong rebirth of faith although i would classify myself more as a highly orthodox christian in any case i believe that is the greatest change in me most of my motivations are now wrapped in the context of my own understandings of the christian ethos i am content i am more moderate in politics than i was in some ways certainly more libertarian and hopefully more thoughtful more to follow leave a comment what is it about presidential elections that make me write filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 5 03 am well the election is over and again my preferred choice lost i ll be posting some thoughts about the process and how for some reason i got pulled back into all of this many life changes have occurred and i ll share them with you with regards to some of the changes there are some that are real with my employment thank you economy and my views still reasonable but the avatar may have moved a bit anyhow if you happen to stumble here i wish you well and invite your reasonable comments even if they are not shared by myself if they are done in a manner that is respectful disagreement in an agreeable tone needs to be more common in our society comments 1 may 5 2009 the voice is now a man of letters filed under uncategorized avoiceofreason 8 53 pm for those who may be interested i successfully defended my doctoral dissertation yesterday i am now 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