Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Heroes

I have quite a few heroes. Some of them probably deserve it and some of them probably dont, but they are my heros and I wish for them to stay that way. My heros encompass a varied group of individuals and professions. Some athletes, some animals, some actors etc. Recently the government has started what seems to me as an all out assault on some of my hero athletes. This assault has started because congress has decided to get involved in the battle to fight steroids, or performance enhancing drugs as they choose to call them. I believe that congress is over stepping their bounds here. This is not a matter of governing our country, all sports governing bodies have their own drug policies and it is up to those bodies to enforce them. I would prefer it if the congress stayed out of this conflict. Roger Clements is a hero of mine, as is Mark McGuire, Jackie Joyner Kersey, Lance Armstrong, and many others. I can assure you that even if these athletes had used performance enhancing drugs they are still EXTREMELY talented individuals and most likely would have achieved the same accomplishments either way. They obviously had the drive and the dedication and the love of their sport to achieve goals that the average athlete never will. I dont care to know if they used performance enhancing drugs or not. Lets show some support for our heroes and demand that congress get back to work on governing our country and stop worrying about issues that arent any of their business anyway.