Law & Disorder

Roger Clemens

Now that the Casey Anthony trial is over, it looks like the next big trial on the horizon is the trial of former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. Clemens is charged with obstruction of Congress, perjury, and false statements in regards to testimony he gave to Congress regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs.

This could result in one of the most dramatic falls from grace ever from a professional athlete. Considering that the federal government don't like being lies to, Clemens could very well be facing time in prison.

It didn't have to be that way. Roger Clemens was a Hall of Fame pitcher before he (allegedly) injected his first steroid. He should have know that his then personal trainer, Brian McNamee is a questionable character. Alarm bells should have gone through his head when McNamee was saving syringes with Clemens's blod on it. Once caught, he came clean about it. Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte came clean about their steroid use and saved themselves a lot of trouble. It bear repeating: the federal government do not like being lied to.

Only one person could have prevented the mess that Roger Clemens finds himself in. It's the man he sees when he's looking in the mirror.

Casey Anthony

That was a bitter pill for us to swallow. There was a lot of outrage when it was announced that Casey Anthony was found not guilty in the murder of her daughter Caylee. Facebook exploded in rage over the verdict. People questioning, myself included, how could the jury come to such a decision. All the holes in Casey Anthony's story, her questionable character, two things that there is no doubt about.

So I'll have to defer to the legal experts, and them seem to be almost unanimous in the opinion that the prosecution we're unable to prove guilt. That there was reasonable doubt. In doing so, the jury had to vote to acquit. I'm not a lawyer, so I'll have to agree with them, even though I hate to. Caylee Anthony is still dead and most likely, no one will be brought to justice for it.

Casey Anthony may have very well gotten away with murder. But once she's released, she'll no longer be receiving any legal penalties. But there's still ways to punish her. She'll be looking for book deals and movie deals. Do not buy any books and watch any movies associated with Casey Anthony. Your money will not find it's way into her pockets. Make sure she does not benefit from the crime in any way. Plus her life will still be far from easy. She's a pariah in her hometown.

The verdict was a bitter pill to swallow. But Casey Anthony will be swallowing plenty of bitter pills herself before it's over.

NBA Lockout

I'll be brief. Memo the the NBA owners and players: you are not the NFL. If we lose a season, not many people will miss you. In the fall, I need my football fix. While I like basketball, I usually don't go out the way to watch many basketball games. If there's no NBA season, I won't me missing the Tuesday night Atlanta Hawks - Milwaukee Bucks games.