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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Tue Oct 8, 2013, 04:01 PM Oct 2013

Applying government shutdown logic to the baseball playoffs

But just because we couldn’t score enough runs, the Dodgers refuse to relinquish the title — and worse, they won’t even discuss it, LA’s stubborn refusal to even talk to us about reversing the results of this series is un-sportsmanlike and un-American. But there is an answer: If the Dodgers won’t listen to the cries of average Americans like you and me, then Congress should outlaw Major League Baseball until the Dodgers cave.


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Applying government shutdown logic to the baseball playoffs (Original Post) kpete Oct 2013 OP
Another comparison.... HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #1
 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
1. Another comparison....
Tue Oct 8, 2013, 04:11 PM
Oct 2013

A Tampa Bay Times columnist wrote the republicans are like an 0-16 football team demanding a halt to the playoffs unless they're included.

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