Everything's bigger in Texas...but not for long

College and professional sports players have been subject to steroid and drug testing for quite some time, and many athlete's results have scorned their image or taken away opportunities and awards. The state of Texas is preparing to enforce a new law requiring mandatory random steroid testing in high school athletes. "Mandatory random" seems like a type of oxymoron, but regardless all high schools will now be forced by law to administer steroid tests to their athletes in some fashion. The steroid tests have some kinks still: they turn up positive for some nutritional supplements that are over the counter and perfectly legal. Associate commissioner of the Texas Education Agency says that athletes should just not take any supplements at all. I think it's ridiculous to say that legal nutritional supplements should be avoided. Unless the steroid test can evaluate a legal substance from an illegal steroid (or a steroid that is out of policy), then this random test should not be issued in my opinion. There is a hold on the steroid testing until this issue is solved, but either way I disagree with the condemning of legal nutritional supplements.

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Beg your 'pardon'?

After a 2005 drug related border shooting involving two US agents and a smuggler who was caught with 1 million dollars worth of marijuana, the two agents are still hoping for relief from their 11 to twelve year sentence terms. President Bush has been asked to pardon the agents that his long time friend and prosecutor Johnny Sutton helped convict. Although they fired at an unarmed suspect, I do not believe the person who was illegally smuggling drugs should be let free and allowed to benefit while the officers trying to do their job should receive over ten years in prison. It was just interesting to see that the President's view on the issue has a lot to do with the fact that he knows the prosecutor. I don't know if he can give a fair opinion in this case as to whether or not the men should be pardoned. Decide for yourself. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-borderagents_20tex.ART.State.Edition1.4205177.html