Cheating and Lying post 1 or Shawne Merriman, three sacks, no balls (thanks Jeff)

It's common knowledge that everything about Barry Bonds is artificial from his home run total to his bulging head vein to his charity work with needy kids addicted to anabolic steroids in utero. Baseball's ostensibly looking into it (they aren't) and will look the other way when he breaks Hank Aaron's home run record. Or maybe he'll be gently pressured to quit beforehand . Don't bet on it.

Steroids are rampant in football too. Just look at Todd Sauerbrun, the Broncos punter released earlier this month for testing positive. So what is the brass trying to tell us? That a 34 year old punter is the only guy on the juice in the entire league? Nice work, NFL ;) LOL, ROTFL, dudes.

Oh yeah, Shawne Merriman tested positive too. Oops. At least he's "something" according to Marty Schottenheimer. So while appealing his 4 game slap on the (bigger than my thigh) wrist (what's his grounds for appeal? Oh yeah, your honor, I didn't know that it was my ass I was injecting into, I thought it was our punter's) he had three sacks sunday and showed up the Rams with an imbecilic sack dance. Dude, you're lucky you're playing, don't push it. Score one for the cheaters.

Trans fats debate

New York City is debating the decision to force restaurants to ban trans fats. Partially hydrogenated (make up your mind, oils) vegetable shortening is not any cheaper than similar fats that don't clog your arteries like a yeti shave over a victorian bath drain. I wonder if they taste any different. Wendy's switched a few years ago and I haven't heard of anyone complaining about their non index finger value meals.

Interestingly, Denmark banned trans fats in 2003, I believe, and that country's doctors have already claimed a noticeable drop in arteriosclerosis.

Cowher's Carolina Dreaming

First let me comment on the pathetic Pittsburgh Steelers. As an expatriated Pittsburgher, (as most of that city's 70s and 80s born are) I can only rely on sense memory to try and feel what the people are feeling. I can't imagine another city with the same level of rise/fall emotion tied to it. Others may disagree, and probably with good point. And yes, we just won the super bowl last year. And yes, we have five championships. But if you've been to the top it hurts to fall that far.

You don't start a concussed QB against one of the worst teams in the league. Roethlisberger's had two now in the span of six months. And he's 24. Let him sit a few games, Batch is a more than reliable backup, and see if the season can't be salvaged. If it isn't, you haven't taken years off the back end of a promising career. If it is, you cross that quarterback controversy bridge when you come to it.

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