john: I’m a bona fide Yankee fan - but in terms of throwing ticker tape parades thru the Canyon of Heroes for sports teams that win trophies after spending 208m - with U.S. unemployment at 10%? I’d think best we save such celebrations for things like landing on the moon. Really? Give me a break. People need sports and distractions and levity and wins even more in times of recession and unemployment. It doesn’t matter if the win is landing on the moon or winning the World Series. It’s all about celebration in bleak times. And those $208mm were injected into the economy just like the billions spent on the Apollo Program.

john:

I’m a bona fide Yankee fan - but in terms of throwing ticker tape parades thru the Canyon of Heroes for sports teams that win trophies after spending 208m - with U.S. unemployment at 10%?

I’d think best we save such celebrations for things like landing on the moon.

Really? Give me a break. People need sports and distractions and levity and wins even more in times of recession and unemployment. It doesn’t matter if the win is landing on the moon or winning the World Series. It’s all about celebration in bleak times.

And those $208mm were injected into the economy just like the billions spent on the Apollo Program.

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  1. mrmattspangler reblogged this from john and added:
    I love the movie Major League. Its...classic late 80s film about an underdog team, in an...
  2. peterfeld reblogged this from john and added:
    think that ship has sailed. (Both...them, actually.)
  3. mikehudack reblogged this from john and added:
    I get your point. I do.
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    I get the part about the uplifting celebration in bleak times - my point was does lower Manhattan need a massive ticker...
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    break. People need sports and distractions and levity and wins even more...recession and...
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