The American Spectator

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I was so pleased to read the article on The American Thinker. I found it on the net a few months ago and now it is a twice daily look to see what they are saying regarding almost anything they see as interesting to themselves and to the readers. Mr. Lifson took the time to write back when I sent him a comment about Canada regarding a column on Canadians forces; it was critical, but fair, and I appreciated his comments.

However, I thought he had missed one positive point and wrote him to tell him how I felt. He is very knowledgeable about Canada, its politics, and its many problems.

p>Bookmark the site, you will be glad you did. It is a great learning site, always up-to-date and presents the reality of our world at this time. br> -- Carole /p> p> SUMMER AND STEROIDS br> Re: Larry Thornberry's America's Game : /p>

I hope for the sake of the country that baseball is no longer "America's game." Professional baseball is merely a badly-run business operated by greedy and stupid team owners and played by greedy, stupid, overpaid, drug-abusing thugs. I stopped watching "the business" after the last player's strike and I can't say that I even miss it. Television has turned what used to be a graceful game into an interminable series of boring commercials interrupted only by the occasional foul ball or broken bat.

The "boys of summer" are now the boys on steroids. Every major league player, no matter how mediocre, now has an agent. A player who can't even hit his own weight now can command a million dollar-plus salary. Professional baseball as it is now played is all about excess and greed. The "sport" of baseball has even less integrity than professional wrestling. As a character builder for kids, baseball is a joke. You might just as well buy your kid a crack pipe as a catcher's mitt.

p>Perhaps baseball isn't really the problem. Perhaps baseball is just a

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