What now Roger?

From the time the Mitchell report came out, I really wanted to give Roger Clemens the benefit of the doubt. And even when we heard about the needles and other evidence that McNamee kept for years, I was very skeptical. But after the hearings and the subsequent information that has come out, I really have a hard time believing him. I could believe that McNamee is lying but not the trainers and staff from several teams. It is very sad because we know that famous athletes have admitted to things in the past and have been fogiven by the public. In Roger's case, it may have still let a bad taste in everyone's mouth and might have influenced how fast he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame but I think he ultimately would have been inducted. Now it is becoming probable that he will never make the Hall of Fame and instead of being any type of roll model for young baseball players, he becomes the example of what not to do and could face jail time. The worst part of this is the example that he sets for his own children if he is indeed guilty. This is where you have to admire Andy Pettite who came out and admitted to what he did! It is about time people started owning up to what they did rather than hiding it or blaming someone else.

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Idol recap Feb 29th

There were no big suprizes on who left the show this week. I was right about Jason Yeager who definitely had a weak performance. I was disappointed that Robbie Carrico is gone because he is a good singer and I would have liked to see him get another chance to prove himself with the right song. As always, it is about song selection and getting the fans on your side. I will tip my hat to Alaina who pulled herself together after hearing the bad news and sang better than she did on Wednesday. It shows true guts to compose yourself and perform like that. And I was not suprized to see Alexandrea go either, although I think that it could have easily have been Amanda.

Here are the ones I think really need to come up big next week or they will find themselves at the bottom:
Luke Menard
Kady Malloy
Danny Noriega
Ramiele Malubay
Amanda Overmyer

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20 left on IDOL

American Idol is back on my TV almost every evening. My wife loves it and I enjoy it at times. I love to sing and enjoy listening to good music. I can hear very quickly when someone is off and usually I find that the judges pick up on it to. However, when Michael Johns started things off, I was squirming through the performance as he was straining to hit some of those notes and I was very suprized when they thgouht that he sung it OK. In the end I did agree with them that David Archuleta was the best so far. That was a great rendition of a classic song and he did it justice. Mark my words, if he makes it into the final rounds, do not be suprized if he pulls this one out again for a repeat performance. I think that in general the men did better than the women. My favorites right now are Chikezie, Brooke White, Carly Smithson, David Cook, David Archuleta, and Kristy Lee Cook. I think that tonight we will be seeing Jason Yeager and Ramiele Malubay going home. I think that Danny Noriege will make it through this week but not by much.


Check out this clip of David Archuleta on youtube.

Technorati Tags: American Idol, entertainment, Singing, David Archuleta