FIFA, world soccer's governing body, is corrupt - even by world governing bodies' standards. Its president, Sepp Blatter, was banned from FIFA soccer for eight years on Monday.
The governing body for World Cup soccer rakes in stacks of nefarious money. When it organizes World Cup tournaments, everything is for sale: team jerseys, horns, national flags, soccer balls and FIFA officials.
FIFA's corruption was so brazen that our Justice Department pivoted from its policy of only going after Republicans, LifeLock (one of Rush Limbaugh's sponsors) and our nation's police departments; it arrested 16 FIFA officials for bribery last year. Sepp Blatter, which sounds like something best treated by drinking cranberry juice, is the main target of the slow-moving investigation. It has taken so long because every time officials try to penalize the former FIFA soccer head, he and his attorneys flop down on the courtroom floor, pretending to be injured.
In this case, FIFA officials have won two rulings and lost three. Under the rules of college football today, I think that still makes them bowl-eligible.
By keeping our southern borders open and by giving free education, health care, EBT cards and voter fraud protections to illegal immigrants, liberals have assured the USA a future interest in soccer.
Liberals also love corrupt international bodies (for example, the United Nations), because they work in theory, not reality. And working in theory is the only thing liberals care about. As long as something sounds good and feels good, it doesn't matter that it's corrupt and never works.
Also, getting kickbacks from these international bodies they create is much easier under international laws. Just ask the Clinton Crime Family Foundation, which also took money from FIFA. At the behest of President Obama, Bill Clinton lobbied to get the World Cup for Chicago. He didn't succeed because his heart wasn't in it; Clinton couldn't love a sport like soccer, where you can't use your hands. But he did extract a FIFA donation for his foundation.
For a glimpse into the future of U.S. health care under Obamacare, take a look at our VA. If you want a look at the world under a liberal utopia, look at FIFA, the U.N. or any other international body, like the World Bank. The U.S. is the piggy bank for corrupt international organizations that dislike us.
That is why Obama is so consumed with forming another international coalition of taxing authorities to save us from the dubious prospect of global temperatures rising 2 degrees. It's the Y2K effect of scaring people into spending money on something that is not going to happen. Unbiased scientists who have studied it have determined that climate change will become the leading cause of world conferences in 30 years.
Delegates at the recent Paris climate conference agreed to agree in the future to maybe do something on carbon emissions. They tackled another important matter by reaching a consensus that Khloe should take Lamar back.
Obama is feathering his post-presidency nest by trying to form an international global warming organization. Jimmy Carter built houses, and Clinton formed his foundation to shake down folks for money that he hardly gives away. Obama will do what he does best: create a false narrative, tax everyone, waste the money on scant results and proclaim he has saved the world.
To be fair, those on the Right have their scare tactics, too. They trump up fear of ISIS invading us and want to go to war with every country that snarls at us. Keep in mind that, since 9/11, an average of about 6 Americans per year have been killed on U.S. soil by terrorists. Contrast that with 20 Americans per year killed by cows and 58 per year killed by bees and wasps. WASPs would be more of a problem, but the Obama administration has been trying to "degrade and destroy" us since the day he was elected.
Since the World Cup soccer scandal broke, with Swiss officials and our FBI arresting Sepp Blatter on charges of bribery, corruption, deception and years of accepting kickbacks, he was re-elected as president of FIFA.
In Blatter's defense, his election came just a few months after his arrest. The votes had already been paid for.
Ron Hart, a syndicated op-ed humorist, is a frequent guest on CNN. Contact him at Ron@RonaldHart.com.