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Just hang him already, he lied he did the roids, put his arrogant butt in jail

with bonds out of baseball this year, he pretty much became irrelevant. honestly...who really cares about this story any more?

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET  11.24 by ME DUM DUM

with bonds out of baseball this year, he pretty much became irrelevant. honestly...who really cares about this story any more?

AMEN DUMDUM

....................(sigh)

I would rather the Federal Justice Dept do something more worthwhile with my tax dollars than to throw millions at going after Barry Bonds. Isn't there other illegal activity somewhere in the USA more deserving of the time and money, of the investigators and lawyers, than this???

Bonds is a lying roidhead **** who should never play again, but the federal prosecutors in this case just seem to have completely turned this into a witch hunt. They need Bonds to go to jail not so much out of any principle of justice, but to justify their existence.

I mean, as soon as I step away from my "OH YES TAKE THAT **** DOWN" knee-jerk reaction, I think "Isn't it scary prosecutors have the power to just keep cases going and going like this?" I mean, how long did they keep Greg Anderson in jail?

With the exception of jake_lex and I'm sure a handful of others, the lack of action on this thread means nobody cares anymore what happens to Bonds..... it's over.... let it go....

You know, I used to hate Barry Bonds too. Until last year I was working at the pool at work(we staffed the casino pool with the nightclub security because 100+ degree heat and alcohol do not mix, and the first year the pool was open they had seasonal pool security who weren't used to dealing with alcohol poisoning and drunks it was not a good year) and he showed up with his family. People would go over and say hi to him, and he'd chat with them about random stuff for a few minutes, and then go back to his family. He'd get in the pool and play catch with his sons. Threw one of them high into the air and into the pool. He was basically just being a dad with his wife and kids at the pool in the summer time.

It made me realize that while he made some stupid decisions, he's really just a guy like anyone else here.

lvguy...good post. I used to hate bonds also. I still don't like the guy but its clear that these steroid prosecutiions are just witch hunts. Most people have turned the page. and if he or clemens goes to jail is that really the answer? after all, we were all eating this stuff up, enjoying the home runs.....its time to move on.

B*nds.

If any of you sorry saps lied to the Grand Jury you would already be rotting in a prison cell.

This whole roids stuff is a joke. Based on what has happened in baseball the real crime is lying about taking roids. I mean Pettitte and Giambi said they took roids and people are OK with that. Heck they are talking about Pettitte being HOF worthy. Now Roger is sticking to his story about not taking roids and we hate him. Really this whole mess is a joke. I'm not losing any sleep on it.

I bet Al Capone played with his kids too...that has nothing to do with nothing.

I've got to agree are tax dollars could be better spent on something other than some feds vendetta against berry bonds! leave berry alone.

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Originally posted 11:13 AM ET  11.24 by ME DUM DUM

lvguy...good post. I used to hate bonds also. I still don't like the guy but its clear that these steroid prosecutiions are just witch hunts. Most people have turned the page. and if he or clemens goes to jail is that really the answer? after all, we were all eating this stuff up, enjoying the home runs.....its time to move on.

The tactics the Feds are now using in their investigations are far worse than anything Barry or Roger did to the country.

I agree, both were wrong in lying to the prosecutors, but it's time to let this go. The Feds using strong arm intimidation tactics against anyone who ever them is unacceptable to me.

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Originally posted 01:16 PM ET  11.24 by AllStarz

I bet Al Capone played with his kids too...that has nothing to do with nothing.

Hey now. Barry Bonds never lied on his taxes!

Any comparison, at any level, of Barry Bonds to Al Capone is ridiculous. I wouldn't mind it if the Feds were dropping this much resource to rid society of another Al Capone. Drop the Bonds trial and use the resources to go solve a murder or child abuse case.

Good point KingYaz.

"Hey now. Barry Bonds never lied on his taxes! "

Actually, he's being investigated for doing just that. The IRS is looking at him for pocketing the cash he received from autograph gigs, and not claiming it as income.

However, Barry's savior was Clemens. Once the star white guy was caught in the same set of lies, the government realized that if they nail Bonds, they'll have to send whitey to prison too.

All of it a waste of our tax dollars.

Legalize all drugs.