Just Shut Up!

I was just listening to Terrell Owens claim that he is being mistreated by the Eagles. What is going on here? What a great example of the attitude that is now prevelant in society. T.O. claims that he is being underpaid in his job. Well maybe by NFL standards he is, but please I mean he will get $12 million for the two years. I would gladly take that for two years worth of work. I mean that has to be in the top 1% of American workers. He says that he put his life on the line by coming back from his injury and playing in the Super Bowl. Come on! I mean policemen and firemen and soldiers put their lives on the line everyday and a huge percent of them never even get close to the pay that Owens makes. This is not life and death. Owens signed a contract for 7 years and $49 million contract last year when he forced the trade to the Eagles. So now he lives up to what he is suppose to do and he wants a contract adjustment to pay him more. I just don't understand. If I do my job I don't ask for a pay increase because of that (I do get a raise if the money is there). He claims that the Eagles could cut him, but tthat is a ridiculous argument. If he is good, he will not get cut and if he does get cut, someone would surely pick him up. He would not have to worry about a job. So this is a fear that is not real. Plus if he was smart and invested his money wisely he should never have to work again, nor his children. In today's society we expect to be given more if we do the job we are suppose to but claim some fault of someone else's if we fail. And if we get fired we claim that there was a bias against us that caused us to lose our job. You know that I work on a year to year basis. If I do my job, I get my money and if I do not do my job I get fired. Same at T.O. except not anywhere near the money he makes. And if I hear one more athlete claim that he is doing this to feed his family or take care of their family I am going to scream. I mean my parents made nowhere near what he does and yet they took care fo their family perfectly well. So to T.O. and any other athlete who claims they are underpaid, or mistreated, shut up and be a man and live up to the contract you signed.

Everything's Going to Pot

Want to know why we have a drug problem in America? it is not, as some would suggest, because they are illegal and people like to rebel and do those things which they are not allowed to do. Although that may play a small part. No I believe the real problem is that those who are suppose to be role models or more likely are role models for our children regularly partake in drugs. Athletes, politicians, rock musicians, and movie stars all partake and make it a big deal that they see no problem with it. Take for instance the story in USA Today yesterday http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-07-31-pot-on-tv_x.htm, and you can see how Hollywood is trying to show that it is okay to use marijuana, because everyone does. You know I am continually amazed at how Hollywood suggests that everyone has a right to their opinion, but if yours if different than theirs they slam you. They spout the different lifestyle and and sex outside of marriage is okay agendas and tell you how you are intolerant if you speak out agains them, yet they are doing exactly what they are fighting against by being intolerant to your views. I mean how can you have it one way and not the other. This just shows that they are just as intolerant as those they speak out against. Any let me get back on the subject and off of my soapbox. The reason we have a drug problem today is because kids are being show via TV and their heroes that drugs are okay and parents are telling them anything else. If we want our children to know that drugs are wrong then we need to show them and tell them about the effects and how they are wrong. I am saddened when I see a young man or woman who ruins their life just so they can have a little "fun" and get "high". Teach your children about the high that comes from helping others and just being alive and active. There is no greater "high" than to know there is a God who loves you and has given His Son so that eternal life with Him can happen. God Bless you.

It Might Be, It Could Be, It Is....

a new low for baseball. Those who know me, know that I am a huge baseball fan, but I was never more discouraged and disgusted with baseball then when I found out with everyone else that Rafael Palmeiro had tested postive for steriods. I mean it is one thing to do something wrong and get caught and be sorry. It is another thing altogether when you shake your finger at someone and say you have NEVER EVER done steriods and then test positive and then say you NEVER INTENTIONALLY took steriods. When will baseball learn? You know why football has passed baseball in popularity, because baseball players are considered jokes and nobody believes them. I mean when Jose Cancesco is starting to look like one of the most honest people of your game, you've got problems. In my opinion baseball needs to fix this problem and fix it now. Admit you knew it was going on and that you were not about to do anything because you were getting rich off of it, come clean, it will be better in the long run. Oh well, what more do you expect from an organization that is run by an ex-used car salesman? If you want to see what a ballplayer should be, look at the two new inductees into the Hall of Fame and if you get a chance read Ryne Sandberg's speech ( http://www.cubsnet.com/node/526) and enjoy the fact that there are a few people out there who still respect the game. Please teach your children to do the same. You want baseball to be great again, teach respect of the game and it will become that game that we all used to love and love to play.