Saturday, January 19, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Juiced
1.16.07
Congress has recently taken an even stronger stance in the steroids. Im sure that interests some of you. But honestly, I could no care less. I understand how people can be concerned with each other, but I honestly feel that those people are making their own mistakes.....let them! If Jose Canseco wants to die an early and shriveled death...why should I care. Why should Congress care?! There are many more pressing matters in the united states than drugs in a sport. I would rather Congress discuss drug usage as a whole than drag in grown men to sit them down and reprimand them for grown decisions. A teenage player taking Human Growth Hormone (HGH) or anabolic steroids, or any performance enhancing drugs is a problem. A problem that Congress needs to deal with. If Andy Pettite decides that he needs to take HGH as a way to cut down on injury time, and is willing to risk his future to do so. Then why not let him? Steroid use in teens can easily be avoided by....guess what....PARENTING. Making your kids aware that drugs in whole are bad, is something that parents are supposed to do. If you fear your son or daughter is addicted to drugs, look for symptoms. Symptoms are there for a reason, to help warn of the onset of a serious problem or to set of alarms of an already serious problem. Talking to your child and simple signs can avoid big problems in the future. Asking Congress to control how the media raises your child is just stupid. Parenting isn't an easy job and it's time people stopped blaming others and started to control their kids.
Congress has recently taken an even stronger stance in the steroids. Im sure that interests some of you. But honestly, I could no care less. I understand how people can be concerned with each other, but I honestly feel that those people are making their own mistakes.....let them! If Jose Canseco wants to die an early and shriveled death...why should I care. Why should Congress care?! There are many more pressing matters in the united states than drugs in a sport. I would rather Congress discuss drug usage as a whole than drag in grown men to sit them down and reprimand them for grown decisions. A teenage player taking Human Growth Hormone (HGH) or anabolic steroids, or any performance enhancing drugs is a problem. A problem that Congress needs to deal with. If Andy Pettite decides that he needs to take HGH as a way to cut down on injury time, and is willing to risk his future to do so. Then why not let him? Steroid use in teens can easily be avoided by....guess what....PARENTING. Making your kids aware that drugs in whole are bad, is something that parents are supposed to do. If you fear your son or daughter is addicted to drugs, look for symptoms. Symptoms are there for a reason, to help warn of the onset of a serious problem or to set of alarms of an already serious problem. Talking to your child and simple signs can avoid big problems in the future. Asking Congress to control how the media raises your child is just stupid. Parenting isn't an easy job and it's time people stopped blaming others and started to control their kids.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
It's Okay...It's Okay...I know her!!!
01.12.08
It has been brought to my attention that people in America are just stupid. Stupid in the sense that no one learns from each other!!! Don Imus was only nine months ago and here we are again in another racially tense situation.
In case you don't know what I mean...Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman recently said that in order to get an advantage on Tiger Woods, young competitors should "lynch him in a back alley". Tilghman was suspended by the Golf Channel for two weeks because of her on air rant.
Two things shock me about this, the first being that she was comfortable enough to not only say these statements....but she said them ON-AIR!!!! The second most shocking (and where I got the name from this blog) was Tiger's reaction. He issued a statement from his agent Mark Steinberg, "This story is a non-issue. Tiger and Kelly are friends and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly. Regardless of the choice of words used we know unequivocally that there was no ill-intent in her comments. This story is a non-issue in our eyes. Case closed." (quote from http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3186158)
So if I go on air and call me Mexican friend a racial slur, does that make it okay because we are friends? Let alone a racial slur that involves a reality that happened to an entire race, not only that person. I understand why Tiger Woods is avoiding the subject, because it is only a headache that will not solve the situation, but I do feel that he has the power, wherewithal, and influence, to make a lasting impression on the subject. I'm not saying he should have taken an Al Shartpon-esque stance, but 'Its okay I know her' is a cop out. Yay or Nay?
It has been brought to my attention that people in America are just stupid. Stupid in the sense that no one learns from each other!!! Don Imus was only nine months ago and here we are again in another racially tense situation.
In case you don't know what I mean...Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman recently said that in order to get an advantage on Tiger Woods, young competitors should "lynch him in a back alley". Tilghman was suspended by the Golf Channel for two weeks because of her on air rant.
Two things shock me about this, the first being that she was comfortable enough to not only say these statements....but she said them ON-AIR!!!! The second most shocking (and where I got the name from this blog) was Tiger's reaction. He issued a statement from his agent Mark Steinberg, "This story is a non-issue. Tiger and Kelly are friends and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly. Regardless of the choice of words used we know unequivocally that there was no ill-intent in her comments. This story is a non-issue in our eyes. Case closed." (quote from http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3186158)
So if I go on air and call me Mexican friend a racial slur, does that make it okay because we are friends? Let alone a racial slur that involves a reality that happened to an entire race, not only that person. I understand why Tiger Woods is avoiding the subject, because it is only a headache that will not solve the situation, but I do feel that he has the power, wherewithal, and influence, to make a lasting impression on the subject. I'm not saying he should have taken an Al Shartpon-esque stance, but 'Its okay I know her' is a cop out. Yay or Nay?
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