The picture to the right says it all. Sports, which, when I was a teenager, meant everything, has given us, the public, the collective middle finger. Whether it`s the Tour de France, NBA and its mafia-controlled refs, MLB and its juiced-up home run hitters, or the NFL and its dog-fighting, dog-torturing, thugs, sport has been letting me down. It makes it hard for me to escape to it like I used to. It seems to be just as corrupt as the rest of reality. Which makes me sad, but not too surprised.
Money has an amazing power on things. Treating players, people who run with a ball, ride a bicycle, or hit a baseball like royalty, has made them act like royalty. Like the Bush administration, many athletes at the highest-level seem to believe that they are untouchable. They have money, status, and power...no one can get to them. And, in recent years, despite the increased testing, investigations, etc., the scandals keep on coming. Don't these guys care what they`re doing to their respective sports, to their countries, to their futures?
Money. It has a way of warping minds, erasing memories, and making everything seem possible. We keep paying to go see the Barrys, Vicks' and Tours. They keep laughing to the bank. And Congress keeps trying to subpoena Rove. Connect the dots until you spell IMPUNITY.
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