Bonds unlucky in Florida or maybe not...

Saturday night Barry Bonds was 0 for 3 and remains stuck at 754 homeruns, just one shy of Hank Aaron's historic mark of 755. This may seem frustrating to many of his fans and it should be. It seems that Mr. Bonds has more than just the opposing team to overcome when trying to reach history. Reportedly the Bush administration may be behind Bonds' delay in reaching Aaron's record of 755 career homeruns. Sources indicate that Bush and Co. are trying to delay the record setting moment until September when a report indicating success (or lack thereof) in Iraq is slated to be released.

Preliminary reports indicate that our troops are not advancing as planned and failure is inevitable. This kind of news is obviously detrimental to Cheney's foreign policy so the plan is to release it simultaneous to Bonds' crowning achievement.

It is all to convenient that last night Bonds was stifled in Florida where just six and a half years ago we saw Bush and his brother's influence over the election. Now we see that they have influence over our national pastime as well. The pitcher of last night’s game, Dontrelle Willis(R), had coincidentally snapped his seven game slump and looked like a seasoned pro against Bonds. Florida won 4-3 over the Giants which have many of the Democratic candidates crying foul.

Obama was reported as saying that he has been supporting Bonds from the start and wants everyone to remember who first leaked the information that Bonds allegedly takes steroids. Of course he is referring to allegations that someone close to the Vice President leaked the steroid story in order to once again take focus off of the war and the eventual occupation of Iraq. Shortly after Senator Obama's remarks, Senator Clinton stated that even though she voted to support Bush's steroid investigation that it soon became evident that there was no substantiation and her campaign now supports Bonds.

I am curious to know that if Bonds were to play for Bush's former Texas Rangers would he face as much adversity. I guess we will never know since he represents San Francisco where Bush has absolutely no influence whatsoever. Hopefully there is a pitcher out there that sees what is at stake if he continues to pitch around the slugger and compound the great deception that is the Bush administration.

Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points Memo July 17, 2007

"Presidential homeland security adviser Frances Townsend answered questions Tuesday about a report that says Al Qaeda is getting stronger. The threat from Al Qaeda is a strong Republican issue, and President Bush knows it. So if Americans are dialed into that threat, they are more likely to cut the president some slack in Iraq and the terror war in general. It's interesting to note that Stratfor, a private intelligence outfit, disputes that analysis and writes that 'al Qaeda likely lacks the ability to strike in any strategically meaningful way.' On the other side, the left understands that if Al Qaeda does strike America, liberal stands against anti-terror measures will come back to haunt the left. If terrorists hit us again, the left will say Bush failed to neutralize Al Qaeda and wasted American resources in Iraq. Talking Points believes both the right and the left are playing games to some extent. Certainly Al Qaeda remains dangerous, but the only way to hit them is to invade Pakistan. Do the Democrats want to do that? Americans should be united in fighting these savages, but we're not. Ideology has poisoned a reasoned approach to defeating the jihadists. America's great strength, diversity of thought, can also be a weakness, and Al Qaeda knows it. As the old saying goes, united we stand, divided we fall. Well, we're divided."

--Bill O'Reilly