Feds Crack Down on Steroids

The Drug Enforcement Agency continued its stretch of crackdowns on the underground steriod industry according to this article in the NY Times. Long Island proved to be a successful stop in the DEA's tour across the country in an attempt to shut down the underground steriod ring that has been supplying users for some time. Agents reported finding over $6.5 million worth of steriods in Long Island alone.

So what does this have to do with political communication? Well it's funny how these crackdowns are taking place after all the steriod allegations that are occuring in the athletic field. Where did these allegations come from? Bingo: The media.

The Feds have recently taken steriod testing among professional athletes into their own hands and have called many alleged steriod users to the stand to testify. Various reporters of the media are responsible for these allegations and this is a great example of how the media can induce federal action. Apparently it took these allegations from reporters to warrant any kind of governmental action, but seriously was there any kind of doubt that this stuff was going on for a while. Apparently we're supposed to be shocked that this type of thing has been going on among professional athletes.

Hillary and her poor fundraising habits

An article in Thursday's edition of the New York Times revealed yet another suspicious fundraising blunder tied to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Norman Hsu, a prominent democratic fund-raiser is currently being charged on counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and violating the Federal Election Campaign Act.

As it turns out this dude has been a fugitive from the law for 15 years now. He is accused of using a Ponzi scheme business tactic urging investors to contribute to certain political candidates and organizations. Clinton's fundraising numbers are pretty impressive but it seems the Clinton name can't stay out of scandals when it comes to their fundraising habits. At some point you have to begin to check out these people before taking money from them.

Meanwhile, John Edwards and Barack Obama are probably loving all of the unwanted attention Hillary is getting every week from these scandals. It's only a matter of time before these types of scandals are pieced together into mud-slinging ad pieces just in time for the primary elections.