[Vision2020] Barry Bonds is No Hero (Bob Schieffer)

[pkraut at moscow.com]

The end times must be upon us!! 
So do I!!


> Hades hath frozen over.
> I actually agree with Tom.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:42 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Barry Bonds is No Hero (Bob Schieffer)
> 
> 
> > >From Bob Schieffer's closing commentary on today's (July 22, 
2007) "Face 
> > >the
> > Nation"
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
> > Barry Bonds is No Hero
> > By Bob Schieffer
> >
> > Americans love our sports, and we love our sports stars. And we love 
to 
> > keep
> > score: who got the most hits; who ran the fastest mile; who ate the 
most 
> > hot
> > dogs, for that matter.
> >
> > Yet, when Barry Bonds breaks the most famous record of all in the next 
> > week
> > or so - Hank Aaron's home run record that has stood for more than three
> > decades - many Americans won't cheer at all. They'll wish he hadn't 
been 
> > the
> > one who did it.
> >
> > Bonds is booed every place he plays except his home park in San 
Francisco.
> > First because he is widely believed to be a cheat who used illegal 
drugs 
> > to
> > increase his strength. Second because he is a self-centered, all-
around 
> > jerk
> > who sees no responsibility to the fans who pay his enormous salary.
> >
> > It's too bad, really. We want our heroes to be good guys, but maybe we 
> > need
> > jerks like Bonds from time to time to remind us what real heroes are - 
and
> > they are not just people who have mastered a difficult physical feat.
> >
> > For sure, hitting home runs is hard to do. But, so is standing on your 
> > thumb
> > which hardly qualifies thumb standers to be heroes.
> >
> > We admired Hank Aaron for hitting the home runs, but what made him an
> > inspiration to others was the way he overcame adversity in order to 
set 
> > that
> > record. The homers were just part of his greatness.
> >
> > Real heroes are not just athletes. In fact, most of them are not: the
> > firemen who gave their lives to save the innocent on 9/11; the 
soldiers 
> > who
> > go into the streets of Baghdad day after day; parents who adopt 
> > handicapped
> > children.
> >
> > Heroes are those who set the examples we teach our kids to follow.
> >
> > Barry Bonds is no hero. He is just a guy who hits home runs. Who would 
> > want
> > a kid to be like him?
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
> > My suggestion:  Once Barry Bonds hits home run #754 (one shy of tying 
Hank
> > Aaron's record), have every pitcher intentionally walk Barry Bonds 
every
> > time he steps up to the plate until her retires.
> >
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> >
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> >
> >
> >
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