A post I initially made to a Yahoo! sports message board in response to George Steinbrenner's announcement that Roger Clemens would return to the Yankees:
A short history lesson, for those who may be interested:
As World War Two went on, and it became increasingy apparent that Nazi Germany would not win, Adolf Hitler sank further into madness and insanity. He began to promise new 'wonder weapons' that would change the course of the war and bring victory to the Thousand Year Reich. Among these weapons was the V-2 rocket, the Vergeltungswaffe-2 (Vengeance Weapon #2). Many of these rockets were launched against London and other cities in England, and they did cause death and destruction, but they were ineffective in turning the tide of the war. As we all know, the Nazis lost, and Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops closed in on him.
Now look who is promising a wonder weapon, a 'Rocket' in fact, to turn the tide.
Who says history doesn't repeat itself?
And Yahoo!'s overreaction:
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Yahoo also expunged every single post I had made.
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