John Kerry and the money to fund the troops in Iraq
I had linked to this column that appeared on NRO that took John Kerry to task for voting against providing the funding for the troops in Iraq (how can you say you support the troops and then vote against the money for the troops?). Mike N. emailed that I was missing the other side of the story. Mike sent me a link to Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo that discussed there being two bills for the $87 billion in funding. The first bill was to be funded by rolling back part of the Bush tax cuts (Kerry was supposedly for this). The second bill was the one that was passed and the one Kerry voted against. The second bill was basically funded out of deficit spending (which I agree isn't the best way to fund things).
The problem I have is that Kerry hasn't come out and said something like he wanted to vote for the first bill because it was fiscally responsible and used a "no" vote on the second bill only when he knew the bill would pass. If he used his "no" vote as a protest - why doesn't he just come right out and say so? Is it because it's none of our business just like the supposed foreign leaders who endorsed him in private?
I believe the fact is Kerry voted "no" because that is what the left wing of the Democratic Party wanted at the time and it was a vote that helped him win the nomination (look at what happened to Joe Lieberman who voted FOR the bill). Now Kerry wants to be able to play both sides of the coin in order to court the centrist voters who will decide the election in November - but it won't wash. Voters can see that he's a man with no true convictions and a man who votes based upon the audience he's talking to or according to who he thinks can help him the most. In matters of policy - he's just a gigolo.
I thank Mike N. for mentioning Josh Marshall's site. I have had it bookmarked for a long time and will add it to my blogroll (so that you can get the left's side of things). I will also add John Hawkin's website to the blogroll (so you can get the right's slant on things). Josh's site is more mainstream and Josh is clearly a Washington insider while John's site is honestly more fun. Use both to make up your own minds.
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Who am I?
I'm a pitcher and in 2002 I had my best year ever. Last year I missed the entire season due to injury but this year I hope to be the 5th starter on a team hoping to win the East division for the 10th consecutive season. Who am I?
If you said Jon Lieber - you'd be wrong. The player in question is Paul Byrd who seems to get overlooked when people talk about the Atlanta Braves.
I'm a pitcher and in 2002 I had my best year ever. Last year I missed the entire season due to injury but this year I hope to be the 5th starter on a team hoping to win the East division for the 10th consecutive season. Who am I?
If you said Jon Lieber - you'd be wrong. The player in question is Paul Byrd who seems to get overlooked when people talk about the Atlanta Braves.
NCAA Picks
Yesterday I had three wrong (I took Providence, Richmond, and Western Michigan). That made me 25 for 32 in the first round. Not a single one of my upset picks came in (sigh). I'm now tied for 6th in my pool and in the 75th percentile at Yahoo overall. Last year at this time - I was in the 99th percentile.
Yesterday I had three wrong (I took Providence, Richmond, and Western Michigan). That made me 25 for 32 in the first round. Not a single one of my upset picks came in (sigh). I'm now tied for 6th in my pool and in the 75th percentile at Yahoo overall. Last year at this time - I was in the 99th percentile.
Some Drama Next Sunday
Next Sunday the Pirates will face the Indians in a Spring Training exibition. What gives this game some extra drama is the fact that it will be the first time ex-teamates Jose Mesa and Omar Vizquel will be facing each other since Vizquel put out a book that made Mesa slightly unhappy. Did I say slightly? I meant outraged. Here are just a couple of things that Mesa had to say after reading the book last spring;
"If he comes to apologize, I will punch him right in the face. And then I'll kill him. If you're a writer and you wanna write a good book, you don't write a story about somebody else."
And, "I will not forgive him [Vizquel]. Even my little boy [Jose Jr.] told me to get him. If I face him 10 more times, I'll hit him 10 times. Every time. I wanna kill him." Yikes!
Mesa and Vizquel play in different leagues - so this may the only chance for Mesa to "get" Vizquel. Knowing the bad blood between the two players - I doubt either team's manager will put Vizquel in a position to face Mesa at bat but you never know.
Oh yeah - Vizquel basically blamed Mesa for the Indians failure to win the 1997 World Series in his book.
Next Sunday the Pirates will face the Indians in a Spring Training exibition. What gives this game some extra drama is the fact that it will be the first time ex-teamates Jose Mesa and Omar Vizquel will be facing each other since Vizquel put out a book that made Mesa slightly unhappy. Did I say slightly? I meant outraged. Here are just a couple of things that Mesa had to say after reading the book last spring;
"If he comes to apologize, I will punch him right in the face. And then I'll kill him. If you're a writer and you wanna write a good book, you don't write a story about somebody else."
And, "I will not forgive him [Vizquel]. Even my little boy [Jose Jr.] told me to get him. If I face him 10 more times, I'll hit him 10 times. Every time. I wanna kill him." Yikes!
Mesa and Vizquel play in different leagues - so this may the only chance for Mesa to "get" Vizquel. Knowing the bad blood between the two players - I doubt either team's manager will put Vizquel in a position to face Mesa at bat but you never know.
Oh yeah - Vizquel basically blamed Mesa for the Indians failure to win the 1997 World Series in his book.
Hmmmm.....Red heads
Check out these delicious Red Heads (except Harry Knowles – WTF?). I would have to go with Ann Margret as the sexiest red head. I understand that Lucy was considered a sex pot when she was young? Did they miss any red heads?
Check out these delicious Red Heads (except Harry Knowles – WTF?). I would have to go with Ann Margret as the sexiest red head. I understand that Lucy was considered a sex pot when she was young? Did they miss any red heads?
Friday, March 19, 2004
John Kerry - Not a regular guy
John Kerry was snowboarding in Sun Valley for a little rest and relaxation. The way he relaxes may say more about the man than any speech he could have possibly given. And what it is saying isn’t very positive.
The New York Times had this article that described that Senator’s vacation.
Two lines from the article really struck me. The first described an accident Kerry had with one of his new detail of secret service agents. At the top of the mountain during Kerry’s second run of the day an agent became entangled with the Senator and both fell down.
When asked about the mishap a moment later, he [Kerry] said sharply, "I don't fall down," then used an expletive to describe the agent who "knocked me over."
Wow! This sounds like the way a pampered playboy would berate a butler that put out black shoes and a brown belt or a the way the privileged would speak about a waiter who brought the wrong wine. That’s not the way a Presidential candidate should be treating or talking about a man whose job is take a bullet for the candidate if necessary.
Wow! If this is how flustered Kerry gets over a simple accident while skiing – how flustered would he become as President and he had to deal with a situation where the shit really hit the fan?
The second line from the article that really resonated was:
"People of great fame and wealth can come here [Sun Valley], and people don't invade their privacy," said one visitor, Larry Nast of Bellevue, Wash.
That line really drives home the fact that Kerry is not a man of the people. He is a person of great fame and wealth. He is a man of privilege and entitlement. In my opinion – Kerry would have been much better served going to Florida and catching a couple Spring Training games if he really wanted to relax and at the same time improve his image. (Plus Florida has 25 electoral votes and Idaho only has 4).
The whole episode made me think of two other Kerry anecdotes.
The first was from Dave Barry who noted the time”… Sen. John Kerry, who once came, with his entourage, into a ski-rental shop in Ketchum, Idaho, where I was waiting patiently with my family to rent snowboards, and Sen. Kerry used one of his lackeys to flagrantly barge in line ahead of us and everybody else, as if he had some urgent senatorial need for a snowboard, like there was about to be an emergency meeting, out on the slopes, of the Joint Halfpipe Committee.”
The other anecdote came from Baseball Musings’ David Pinto - who noted that Peter Gammons (who played hockey against Kerry in high school) called Kerry “the dirtiest player he ever saw.”
The Bush campaign folks should stop running negative ads – they should just get Kerry out for more winter sports. They should also pray for early snow in October. Kerry probably won’t be able to resist sneaking away for a few runs down the slope and he probably won’t be able to keep his true character from coming out either.
John Kerry was snowboarding in Sun Valley for a little rest and relaxation. The way he relaxes may say more about the man than any speech he could have possibly given. And what it is saying isn’t very positive.
The New York Times had this article that described that Senator’s vacation.
Two lines from the article really struck me. The first described an accident Kerry had with one of his new detail of secret service agents. At the top of the mountain during Kerry’s second run of the day an agent became entangled with the Senator and both fell down.
When asked about the mishap a moment later, he [Kerry] said sharply, "I don't fall down," then used an expletive to describe the agent who "knocked me over."
Wow! This sounds like the way a pampered playboy would berate a butler that put out black shoes and a brown belt or a the way the privileged would speak about a waiter who brought the wrong wine. That’s not the way a Presidential candidate should be treating or talking about a man whose job is take a bullet for the candidate if necessary.
Wow! If this is how flustered Kerry gets over a simple accident while skiing – how flustered would he become as President and he had to deal with a situation where the shit really hit the fan?
The second line from the article that really resonated was:
"People of great fame and wealth can come here [Sun Valley], and people don't invade their privacy," said one visitor, Larry Nast of Bellevue, Wash.
That line really drives home the fact that Kerry is not a man of the people. He is a person of great fame and wealth. He is a man of privilege and entitlement. In my opinion – Kerry would have been much better served going to Florida and catching a couple Spring Training games if he really wanted to relax and at the same time improve his image. (Plus Florida has 25 electoral votes and Idaho only has 4).
The whole episode made me think of two other Kerry anecdotes.
The first was from Dave Barry who noted the time”… Sen. John Kerry, who once came, with his entourage, into a ski-rental shop in Ketchum, Idaho, where I was waiting patiently with my family to rent snowboards, and Sen. Kerry used one of his lackeys to flagrantly barge in line ahead of us and everybody else, as if he had some urgent senatorial need for a snowboard, like there was about to be an emergency meeting, out on the slopes, of the Joint Halfpipe Committee.”
The other anecdote came from Baseball Musings’ David Pinto - who noted that Peter Gammons (who played hockey against Kerry in high school) called Kerry “the dirtiest player he ever saw.”
The Bush campaign folks should stop running negative ads – they should just get Kerry out for more winter sports. They should also pray for early snow in October. Kerry probably won’t be able to resist sneaking away for a few runs down the slope and he probably won’t be able to keep his true character from coming out either.
Sportsguy going all California on us
Hey I posted a Todd Bertuzzi post today and now that Bill Simmons just posted a Todd Bertuzzi column - I'm not feeling so dated. I have to say that this column isn't Bill's best work. I mean this is the same guy who did a column on Ultimate Fighting and his last ESPN.com column was on Westlemania XX. I think it's pretty weak for him to come off like he's against fighting in hockey. If you've read Bill for any period of time - you know that he's just against hockey period.
All-in-all - I think Don Cherry had a much better handle on the situation.
Hey I posted a Todd Bertuzzi post today and now that Bill Simmons just posted a Todd Bertuzzi column - I'm not feeling so dated. I have to say that this column isn't Bill's best work. I mean this is the same guy who did a column on Ultimate Fighting and his last ESPN.com column was on Westlemania XX. I think it's pretty weak for him to come off like he's against fighting in hockey. If you've read Bill for any period of time - you know that he's just against hockey period.
All-in-all - I think Don Cherry had a much better handle on the situation.
Holy Crap - Not exactly father of the year material
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- A mistrial was declared this morning in the case of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd, who was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly shoving a gun in his son's mouth to punish him for poor grades.
Yikes! The incident allegedly happened in 2001.
As bad as Lloyd's parenting skills are - they can't be worse than this Alabama football fan's skills. At least Lloyd didn't pull the trigger.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- A mistrial was declared this morning in the case of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd, who was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly shoving a gun in his son's mouth to punish him for poor grades.
Yikes! The incident allegedly happened in 2001.
As bad as Lloyd's parenting skills are - they can't be worse than this Alabama football fan's skills. At least Lloyd didn't pull the trigger.
Interesting
Read this and this.
So the teacher is white and according to the police - she vandalized her own car and wrote racial epithets about blacks and Jews on her own car. She complained that she was a victim of a hate crime and caused the college to be shut down for a full day. If true - then I think she should be fired and the court should figure out what one day of tuition would cost a student at the college and she should be made to reimburse each and every student for that day of school her stunt caused them to miss. I'm not sure if this is a hate crime though - probably just awfully stupid.
Read this and this.
So the teacher is white and according to the police - she vandalized her own car and wrote racial epithets about blacks and Jews on her own car. She complained that she was a victim of a hate crime and caused the college to be shut down for a full day. If true - then I think she should be fired and the court should figure out what one day of tuition would cost a student at the college and she should be made to reimburse each and every student for that day of school her stunt caused them to miss. I'm not sure if this is a hate crime though - probably just awfully stupid.
Victor Davis Hanson Friday
As always a must read:
Quote: What to do when we wish to leave — and those most likely to subvert the process most want us out? The most important development now unfolding in Iraq is not the date of elections, but the emergence of a constitution that protects secularism, women's rights, and ethnic minorities, and a popular culture — Internet, television, free assembly, and consumerism — that promotes free and easy association.
Without all that, we will inevitably see a one-time elected leader who will systematically transform American-sponsored fair voting into an institutionalized sham. And these demonocrats will largely be given a pass from anti-American Westerners who, when the corpses pile up and the chaos ensues, will still cling to the myth that Sheik X, Ayallatoh Y, or Chairman Z was in fact "elected." End Quote
As always a must read:
Quote: What to do when we wish to leave — and those most likely to subvert the process most want us out? The most important development now unfolding in Iraq is not the date of elections, but the emergence of a constitution that protects secularism, women's rights, and ethnic minorities, and a popular culture — Internet, television, free assembly, and consumerism — that promotes free and easy association.
Without all that, we will inevitably see a one-time elected leader who will systematically transform American-sponsored fair voting into an institutionalized sham. And these demonocrats will largely be given a pass from anti-American Westerners who, when the corpses pile up and the chaos ensues, will still cling to the myth that Sheik X, Ayallatoh Y, or Chairman Z was in fact "elected." End Quote
Chavez Signs for $66 Million
Oakland A's 3rd baseman Eric Chavez just signed a six-year $66 million contract. Let me make the following three predictions:
1. Alex Rodriguez will be voted as the starting 3rd baseman at this year's All-Star Game but Chavez will be voted the Gold Glove winner at the end of the year.
2. At some point during the six-year contract - Chavez will out homer A-Rod.
3. By the end of the six-year contract either Chavez or A-Rod will no longer be playing 3rd base.
Oakland A's 3rd baseman Eric Chavez just signed a six-year $66 million contract. Let me make the following three predictions:
1. Alex Rodriguez will be voted as the starting 3rd baseman at this year's All-Star Game but Chavez will be voted the Gold Glove winner at the end of the year.
2. At some point during the six-year contract - Chavez will out homer A-Rod.
3. By the end of the six-year contract either Chavez or A-Rod will no longer be playing 3rd base.
Don Cherry
I know that this is old news by now but I just happened to catch this video of Don Cherry doing his Coach's Corner and I thought it was interesting. In the video Cherry talks about Bertuzzi's hit on Moore and well...see for your self. I found the clip over at Sports and Bremertonians.
I know that this is old news by now but I just happened to catch this video of Don Cherry doing his Coach's Corner and I thought it was interesting. In the video Cherry talks about Bertuzzi's hit on Moore and well...see for your self. I found the clip over at Sports and Bremertonians.
NCAA Picks
Yesterday I went 12 for 16 in my picks. I stand in 10th place in my pool and in the top 65% among the folks who made their picks at Yahoo. I didn't have DePaul, Seton Hall, Manhattan (can you believe Florida was once #1 in the country?), or Nevada in my brackets.
I know this probably only interests me but it is my blog.
Yesterday I went 12 for 16 in my picks. I stand in 10th place in my pool and in the top 65% among the folks who made their picks at Yahoo. I didn't have DePaul, Seton Hall, Manhattan (can you believe Florida was once #1 in the country?), or Nevada in my brackets.
I know this probably only interests me but it is my blog.
Taiwan's President Shot
Taiwan's President and VP were both shot on the eve of elections in Taiwan. The President was shot in the stomach with a single bullet and the VP was shot just above the knee (also with a single bullet). The story doesn't say who shot them or why. Both are expected to make full recoveries from their wounds.
I must admit I did not realize that Taiwan had a woman Vice President.
Taiwan's President and VP were both shot on the eve of elections in Taiwan. The President was shot in the stomach with a single bullet and the VP was shot just above the knee (also with a single bullet). The story doesn't say who shot them or why. Both are expected to make full recoveries from their wounds.
I must admit I did not realize that Taiwan had a woman Vice President.
Four More Years! Four More Years!
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Comedy Central has resigned Jon Stewart to anchor The Daily Show. The new contract will run though 2008. Stewart's contract was set to expire at the end of this season and Stewart had been making statements about testing free agency but the two sides were able to come to an agreement without arbitration and without Comedy Central slapping Stewart with the franchise player tag.
This is excellent news for fans of The Daily Show.
You can find five of the funniest minutes from the show here. The RealPlayer file is Stewart interviewing two of the clueless Spice Girls.
You can also find an interview of Stewart by Bill Moyers here. Stewart discusses The Daily Show in terms of where the show fits in the world of journalism. Linking the interview also gives me the excuse to mention that I always thought a Celebrity Death Match between Bill Moyers and Regis Philbin would be good TV.
Many people wonder where the show finds its material. The answer is simply "in the news". For example the bit on gay penguins was probably sparked by this.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that when I read about Stewart resigning on the show - one of my first thoughts was that Lewis Black will never make it to 2008. Black looks like he's about ready for a massive heart attack at any moment.
In other news - Craig Kilborn still sucks.
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Comedy Central has resigned Jon Stewart to anchor The Daily Show. The new contract will run though 2008. Stewart's contract was set to expire at the end of this season and Stewart had been making statements about testing free agency but the two sides were able to come to an agreement without arbitration and without Comedy Central slapping Stewart with the franchise player tag.
This is excellent news for fans of The Daily Show.
You can find five of the funniest minutes from the show here. The RealPlayer file is Stewart interviewing two of the clueless Spice Girls.
You can also find an interview of Stewart by Bill Moyers here. Stewart discusses The Daily Show in terms of where the show fits in the world of journalism. Linking the interview also gives me the excuse to mention that I always thought a Celebrity Death Match between Bill Moyers and Regis Philbin would be good TV.
Many people wonder where the show finds its material. The answer is simply "in the news". For example the bit on gay penguins was probably sparked by this.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that when I read about Stewart resigning on the show - one of my first thoughts was that Lewis Black will never make it to 2008. Black looks like he's about ready for a massive heart attack at any moment.
In other news - Craig Kilborn still sucks.
Thursday, March 18, 2004
David Duval and Nick Esasky - Vertigo and Steroids?
A year ago today – I wrote a column on David Duval and his affliction of vertigo. I was amazed at the time that no major sportswriter seemed to care about Duval’s crippling condition. I used the occasion to remind the readers about the case of baseball player Nick Esasky who seemed to have the world at his fingertips until his career was suddenly ended by vertigo in 1990.
You can read the column mentioned above here.
A year has past and David Duval seems to have completely disappeared from the collective sports consciousness. In 2003 after his initial bout of vertigo, Duval entered 15 more PGA events. He only finished under par once in that time and made the cut in only 2 events. In 2002 Duval won $838,045 in prize money. In 2003 he won $84,708 (only $39,832 after his vertigo). In 2004 – Duval has yet to enter a PGA event or make a dime on the PGA Tour.
Now the reason I’m bringing this up is because I’m still surprised that a world-class competitor like Duval could disappear from the sporting radar so completely. I have also become intrigued by another similarity between the situation involving Duval and the situation involving Esasky.
Not long before Duval came down with vertigo – he was the talk of the Tour because of his new body. No longer was Duval pudgy and soft. He was now slimmed down and muscular. If Duval were a baseball player – the whispers would have been about off-season steroid use.
Looking back at Nick Esasky’s career through the prism of possible steroid use – it is hard not to raise an eyebrow at the fact that in 1988 Esasky had just 15 HR and 62 RBI and then suddenly in 1989 he hits 30 HR with 108 RBI. The jump in productivity was chalked up to Esasky getting a fresh start in Boston, getting to play full time (even though he played in 122 games the year before with almost 400 AB), and getting to play half his games at Friendly Fenway Park. Now, however, the question should be asked if possibly Nick’s jump in numbers was due in part to steroid use.
The question should be asked of both Duval and Esasky not as part of some witch-hunt but because if there is a connection between a prior steroid use and their vertigo – then getting that information out may make possible a study of the matter that could save others from the same pain and certain hell that they have experienced.
Everyone agrees that steroids have not really been given the proper medical study. Long-term consequences and side effects are basically unknown. Ignorance about steroids is rampant today. All most lay people know is that steroids can make you faster and stronger and that they are illegal to use in professional sports.
Steroids may in fact allow people to live longer and happier lives but until we study steroids and what they actually do to our bodies then we will continue to live in ignorance.
It is not like a link between steroid use and vertigo doesn’t already exist. In an FDA test of Testim (a cream that contains testosterone - a Schedule III controlled substance as defined by the Anabolic Steroids Act) involving 205 test subjects – at least one test subject had to be removed from the study because of an onset of vertigo. In 1999 a case was reported in Poland where “vertigo appeared twice just after introducing doping and persisted in spite of a 1.5 year break in taking anabolics.” I am sure that many other such examples exist.
It is true that steroids happen to be a common prescription for patients who suffer from vertigo. It is also true that small pox in small doses actually allows the immune system to develop protection against the true small pox disease. This might not be the best analogy but I’m sorry – because we don’t know if there is a possible link between vertigo and steroid use and the extent of it – this analogy is the best I can do.
If steroid use did play a role in the vertigo that has plagued both David Duval and Nick Esasky – isn’t the least we can do is allow them to come forward without fear or shame to tell their story? Shouldn’t we be treating the side effects of a medicine as a medical issue instead of a political football or personality witch-hunt?
Please send any thoughts or comments to of4dad@hotmail.com
A year ago today – I wrote a column on David Duval and his affliction of vertigo. I was amazed at the time that no major sportswriter seemed to care about Duval’s crippling condition. I used the occasion to remind the readers about the case of baseball player Nick Esasky who seemed to have the world at his fingertips until his career was suddenly ended by vertigo in 1990.
You can read the column mentioned above here.
A year has past and David Duval seems to have completely disappeared from the collective sports consciousness. In 2003 after his initial bout of vertigo, Duval entered 15 more PGA events. He only finished under par once in that time and made the cut in only 2 events. In 2002 Duval won $838,045 in prize money. In 2003 he won $84,708 (only $39,832 after his vertigo). In 2004 – Duval has yet to enter a PGA event or make a dime on the PGA Tour.
Now the reason I’m bringing this up is because I’m still surprised that a world-class competitor like Duval could disappear from the sporting radar so completely. I have also become intrigued by another similarity between the situation involving Duval and the situation involving Esasky.
Not long before Duval came down with vertigo – he was the talk of the Tour because of his new body. No longer was Duval pudgy and soft. He was now slimmed down and muscular. If Duval were a baseball player – the whispers would have been about off-season steroid use.
Looking back at Nick Esasky’s career through the prism of possible steroid use – it is hard not to raise an eyebrow at the fact that in 1988 Esasky had just 15 HR and 62 RBI and then suddenly in 1989 he hits 30 HR with 108 RBI. The jump in productivity was chalked up to Esasky getting a fresh start in Boston, getting to play full time (even though he played in 122 games the year before with almost 400 AB), and getting to play half his games at Friendly Fenway Park. Now, however, the question should be asked if possibly Nick’s jump in numbers was due in part to steroid use.
The question should be asked of both Duval and Esasky not as part of some witch-hunt but because if there is a connection between a prior steroid use and their vertigo – then getting that information out may make possible a study of the matter that could save others from the same pain and certain hell that they have experienced.
Everyone agrees that steroids have not really been given the proper medical study. Long-term consequences and side effects are basically unknown. Ignorance about steroids is rampant today. All most lay people know is that steroids can make you faster and stronger and that they are illegal to use in professional sports.
Steroids may in fact allow people to live longer and happier lives but until we study steroids and what they actually do to our bodies then we will continue to live in ignorance.
It is not like a link between steroid use and vertigo doesn’t already exist. In an FDA test of Testim (a cream that contains testosterone - a Schedule III controlled substance as defined by the Anabolic Steroids Act) involving 205 test subjects – at least one test subject had to be removed from the study because of an onset of vertigo. In 1999 a case was reported in Poland where “vertigo appeared twice just after introducing doping and persisted in spite of a 1.5 year break in taking anabolics.” I am sure that many other such examples exist.
It is true that steroids happen to be a common prescription for patients who suffer from vertigo. It is also true that small pox in small doses actually allows the immune system to develop protection against the true small pox disease. This might not be the best analogy but I’m sorry – because we don’t know if there is a possible link between vertigo and steroid use and the extent of it – this analogy is the best I can do.
If steroid use did play a role in the vertigo that has plagued both David Duval and Nick Esasky – isn’t the least we can do is allow them to come forward without fear or shame to tell their story? Shouldn’t we be treating the side effects of a medicine as a medical issue instead of a political football or personality witch-hunt?
Please send any thoughts or comments to of4dad@hotmail.com
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Saint Patrick
Just a couple of things about Saint Patrick (from www.ccel.org)
...was not Irish. He was a British Celt, first enslaved in Ireland as a teen, later a missionary to Ireland.
...was not necessarily the first missionary to Ireland.
No one knows his birth or death date. 17 March is traditionally considered to be one of the two, but there is no documentation for this.
The only documents about Patrick are his Confession and a letter he wrote to Coroticus.
There were never snakes---or other reptiles---in Ireland for Patrick to chase out.
Patrick predates the Roman Catholic Church, and was considered a ``saint'' before the Roman church created its canon (list) of saints (and added him to it).
Just a couple of things about Saint Patrick (from www.ccel.org)
...was not Irish. He was a British Celt, first enslaved in Ireland as a teen, later a missionary to Ireland.
...was not necessarily the first missionary to Ireland.
No one knows his birth or death date. 17 March is traditionally considered to be one of the two, but there is no documentation for this.
The only documents about Patrick are his Confession and a letter he wrote to Coroticus.
There were never snakes---or other reptiles---in Ireland for Patrick to chase out.
Patrick predates the Roman Catholic Church, and was considered a ``saint'' before the Roman church created its canon (list) of saints (and added him to it).
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