July 2007: I guess that Alberto Gonzalez told the truth after all!

A post from July 2007:

Of course, I want public officials to be truthful and honest. No one should lie to Congress. At the same time, Congressmen should not play partisan games by setting up perjury traps.

This whole Alberto Gonzalez show is shameful and demonstrates how pathetic the Democrats are:

""You've got an interesting situation when members of Congress, knowing that somebody is constrained by matters of classification, they can ask very broad questions ... they know the person sitting on the other side cannot answer thoroughly in an open session," White House spokesman Tony Snow said." (Democrats accused of sandbagging Gonzales)

The Democrats are playing games. AG Gonzalez is operating in the real world, i.e. terrorists are plotting to blow up one of our cities and kill thousands!

AG Gonzalez can not answer every question in a public session because some of this stuff is confidential.

My guess is that the Dems are overplaying their hand and coming across as a bunch of bullies who just want to get Alberto Gonzalez.

It won't work politically. Beyond that, this kind of "gotcha" politics is poisonous for the country.

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Tom Grieve: 2010 Rangers' Hall of Fame

The Rangers inducted Tom Grieve into the team's Hall of Fame in July 2010.  

Grieve is one of the nice guys in baseball, a good player, team executive and now the TV analyst.

He is also a good man, husband, father and now grandfather.

Congratulations to Tom Grieve!

Wonder what Satchel Paige would say today

Seventy years ago this month, the great Satchel Paige made his major league debut:  

Paige’s contract was bought by Bill Veeck’s Cleveland Indians on July 7, 1948, his 42nd birthday. He made his major league debut two days later, entering in the fifth inning against the St. Louis Browns with the Indians trailing 4-1. He gave up two singles in two innings, striking one man out and inducing one batter to hit into a double play. The Indians lost the game 5-3 in spite of Paige’s contribution. That year Satchel Paige went 6-1 with a solid 2.48 ERA for the World Champion Cleveland Indians.

Wonder how many games Paige would have won had he spent his entire career in the majors? Who knows? My guess is that he would have challenged many of the pitching records, especially complete games and strikeouts. He would have sold out stadium after stadium in a way not seen since Babe Ruth. Paige was as much a showman as a pitcher.

It’s hard to believe today that such a talent was for years not allowed to pitch in the majors because of skin color. Nevertheless, I never saw Paige complain about his fortune.  Instead, he made the most of what he had.

Apart from pitching, Satchel was well known for what he said.   

In this respect, he was like a black Yogi Berra, the other great baseball philosopher.

Allow me to speculate.  What would the great Paige say to young people today?

What would he say to the people who complain about everything rather than take advantage of the opportunities in front of them? It would be something like one of his greatest lines:

“Don’t look back.    Something might be gaining on you.” 

We could use a few more people like Paige around these days.

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