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Mob Rule (Steve Forbes on Barry Bonds)
Forbes.com ^ | December 10, 2007 | Steve Forbes

Posted on 12/11/2007 10:21:48 AM PST by EveningStar

Barry Bonds is being shafted by the legal system. His case is, sadly, part of a pattern of judicial abuse, the stretching of the law like rubber to allow prosecutors to go after unpopular figures in business, politics and, now, sports. The indictment recently returned against him could have been rendered years ago. Why now? Because this season Bonds, an ill-tempered, arrogant, disliked athlete, broke the record for lifetime home runs. Had he not set a new record or had he been a friendly figure beloved by the fans, prosecutors would never have touched him...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barrybonds; judicialtyranny; nifongism; politicalwitchhunt; roidrage; steveforbes
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To: EveningStar

Bonds may not be the most charismatic guy but hey he has used athletic performance enhancing drugs and is being prosecuted while the city of San Fransicko offers healthcare to cover genital mutilation and the same steroid drugs to the pyschologically ill folks to become “transgendered.”


21 posted on 12/12/2007 7:50:56 AM PST by Neoliberalnot
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