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Here's a site that you would probably enjoy. It is populated almost entirely by people as paranoid and hopelessly corrupted by Glen Beck and Rush as you.

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 12:33pm by AshOnMyTomatoes

I can't even find any other conservatives on the web saying Steinbrenner faked his death to preserve his wealth. Not even Glen Beck has made that Olympian leap of logic yet.

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Varrus is even nuttier than Glen Beck.

Because Occam's razor comes into play, and the dude was 80 years old.

You're thinking of the plot from HHGTTG, which you have said you read. Instead of faking his death, however, that rock star merely spent a year dead for tax purposes. Presumably he was revived after that one year. George ain't coming back.

Also, something that occurred to me about many Republicans: They believe in each person pulling himself or herself up by his or her own bootstraps. However, assistance in any form doesn't count when it comes from parents or grandparents. So it's all those poor people's faults for not having rich parents to begin with.

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 2:07pm by catwho

What, like together in a minivan?

Amazing isn't it how so many free-market conservatives turn communist when it comes to their sports?

Regardless of how people feel about George Steinbrenner, he was a stunning success. He bought the franchise from CBS in 1973 for 8.7 million dollars (with a cash outlay of only $100,000), and today that franchise, and the television network it spawned are worth almost 2.5 Billion dollars. Throw seven World Series titles and eleven American League Championships into the mix, right on top of the scorn of lesser peoples, and I'm sure he'd be laughing all the way to the bank, the Hall of Fame, and a legacy of pursuing excellence that will last far, far beyond the criticisms (well deserved or not) of his detractors.

What most people do not know is that George Steinbrenner was an extraordinarily generous and compassionate man. He was hot-tempered and made plenty of mistakes (most of which were blown out of proportion by the press). He was also able and willing to admit when he was wrong, apologize very sincerely for it, and make amends to all that he had wronged. Hell, if Dave Winfield can forgive him, and carry on an amicable relationship with the man after what Steinbrenner did to him, then who are any of us to judge the man harshly?

Steinbrenner kept many of the people that he "fired" from the organization on the payroll. They were usually labeled "scouts", and though they had no duties, continued to receive their salaries. He also put dozens (if not more) of his employees' children through college, paid hospital bills out of his own pocket, and affected the lives of countless people in very positive ways. And he did so without ever seeking any attention or credit for it, indeed he made it a point to keep such things quiet.

I've been a Yankees fan since I moved to New York in April of 1970, when I was eight years old. Even though the Mets had just won the World Series, I chose to become a Yankees fan. Even at that age I was aware of the mystique of the team (at the time I also believed that you were required to be a fan of the local team, no matter who they were... a very beneficial, if misguided, conviction for a kid from Philadelphia). Since he bought the team, I have booed him when he did stupid stuff, cheered when made great moves, and literally jumped with joy the first time, (under his ownership) the Yankees made it into the post season. He blustered a lot, interfered many times when he should have stepped aside, and got banned from the game twice. But through all of that there was never, ever, even the slightest hint that he wanted to do anything besides win. In that regard, every owner of a sports franchise should emulate him. He reinvested the money he made with the Yankees into the Yankees. He never once took the profits, pocketed them and then cut payroll and sold off his star players the way so many other franchises have done.

Whether you love him, hate him or are utterly indifferent, there will never be another like him(I'm sure that idea delights the small-minded amongst you).

Omega,




Nope, came up with that on my own.




Now the question remains would this person fake his own death to save his family nearly 500million and ownership of the Yankees?




p.s. How does being a bigotted racist feel? I wouldn't know. My facebook page is much more diverse than yours




Edited, Jul 14th 2010 10:12am by knoxxsouthy

The problem with faking your own death is you can't really go, in a couple of years, "hey! I'm alive, really!" without getting nailed for fraud.

Princess,



Yeah spending the last couple of years of his life, assuming he is actually dying, on board a 100 million dollar yacht would be such a burden.

I've been here a long time, but I've never seen any thread degenerate to such abysmal levels of stupidity before.

If we're going to throw wild speculation about his death in the context of the zero inheritance tax, why assume he'd fake his own death and not that the family might off him? Seems like a more likely scenario... if we're speculating of course!