Whats Congress got to do with it??

Terry Schaivo and her family have big problems. This poor lady has been a medical vegetable and a political hot potato for the last 15 years. Countless dollars and energy has been expended to fight and argue about what is done with her. Why all the attention? Why all the interest? Why all the media coverage? Don't we as a country have more to do on other more important issues than to wrangle over whether the life, if you can call it that, of a comatose woman should be sustained or not? We as individuals and as a country have much bigger problems. As far as I'm concerned, it is none of my business and is not the business of the Congress.

Steroid use in baseball is pretty much a non-event and for most spectators and enthusiasts a yawner. Steroid use in professional sports is a "given". We as consumers of the sporting events are all for the athletes being able to achieve new records and do amazing things in their sports. We have changed every sport over the years by using better materials to make the equipment used and by training athletes at younger ages and with more sophisticated training equipment, diets, and programs. Steroid use is just a natural extension of that and if athletes want to use drugs to enhance their ability, its their right to do so. Its not Congress' job to get involved and regulate athletes diets or training regimines.

Congress is put in place by the electorate of their individual states to pass laws and govern the country. They are not put in power to play with social issues that have nothing to do with governing the country or making laws for the betterment of the American people. The recent time, effort, and focus on the Schaivo case and steriods in baseball is a blatant misuse of their power and is a distraction from the much more pressing issues this country has to deal with.

Terry Schaivo's family should handle their problem and I wish them well. I wouldn't want to have to deal with what they are going through. But it is their personal family matter.

Major League Baseball should handle their steroid problem. All athletes need to weigh the costs and benefits of succeeding at any cost in their respective sports versus their long term health and well being.

Neither of these issues should be handled by the Congress of the United States.