The unanswered question
While watching the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearings about steroids in Major League Baseball, I was reminded of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry David has an on-going gag where he stares into the eyes of someone when he can’t quite tell if they’re telling the truth. At the end of the stare, Larry doesn’t have a clue about their veracity.
There’s no need to comment on whether Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee was telling the truth in front of Congress. It doesn’t take a Larry David stare to figure out this one.
But one question remains…
Larry David could not be reached for comment, so I turned to a dictionary instead. It is a question that has baffled ages of sages. To help define the question…
Schmuck (slang): a clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.
Putz (slang): a fool; an idiot.
Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana), Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California), Congressman Christopher Shays (R-Connecticut).
The unanswered question: Burton, Issa, Shays… Are they Schmucks or Putzes?
