Cheater...Oh, Wait...Alleged Cheater

So, Barry Bonds was finally indicted Thursday, by a Federal grand jury, no less, with five felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice.

{...}The 10-page indictment mainly consists of excerpts from Bonds' December 2003 testimony before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO. It cites 19 occasions in which Bonds allegedly lied under oath.

{...}Defense attorney Mike Rains said he spoke briefly with Bonds but did not describe his reaction. At an evening news conference, he read a statement accusing federal prosecutors of "unethical misconduct" and declined to take questions.

"Every American should worry about a Justice Department that doesn't know if waterboarding is torture and can't tell the difference between prosecution on the one hand and persecution on the other," Rains said.

{my emphasis}

{insert rolling of eyes here}

While I wouldn't necessarily equate waterboarding with perjury and obstruction of justice charges over alleged steroid use, Bonds' lawyers apparently have no issues with doing so.

Talk about having a big head.

Oh, wait, Bonds does happen to have a big head. A really big head. And not just in the figurative sense, either.

It's ironic that steroids, which are generally used to treat inflammation, can cause such inflamed use of language.

Looks like Hank Aaron's home run record might be safe after all. One can only hope Major League Baseball feels the same way.

Posted by Kathy at November 16, 2007 09:49 AM | TrackBack