[Peace-discuss] Steinbrenner Acquires Nuclear Weapon

[C. G. Estabrook]

Now that is a reason for a pre-emptive strike. --CGE


On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, David Green wrote:

> STEINBRENNER ACQUIRES NUCLEAR WEAPON
> Trades Alex Rodriguez to Kim Jong-Il
> 
> New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner acquired a nuclear weapon
> today in a transaction that sent slugger Alex Rodriguez and an
> undisclosed sum of cash to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
> 
> While national security experts were divided over what possible use
> Kim might have for the All-Star infielder, there was unanimity of
> opinion about Mr. Steinbrenner¹s plans for his newly-minted nuclear
> arsenal.
> 
> ³The warhead that George Steinbrenner has acquired, if deployed on a
> ballistic missile he already owns, could reach Fenway Park in a matter
> of minutes,² said Donaldson Tobin of the University of Minnesota.
> 
> Dr. Tobin, who studies the complex web of relationships between rogue
> states and baseball owners, said that no one should be surprised by
> the transaction between Mr. Steinbrenner and Kim Jong-Il: ³They¹ve
> been friends since the late 1980¹s, when they met at an Axis of Evil
> golf outing in Scottsdale.²
> 
> As for the deal itself, Dr. Tobin believes that Mr. Steinbrenner may
> have gotten the better of his North Korean counterpart: ³For all we
> know, Kim Jong-Il may think that ŒA-Rod¹ means the same thing as Œfuel
> rod.¹²
> 
> On the campaign trail in Ohio, Democratic presidential nominee John
> Kerry blasted President George W. Bush for allowing a weapon of mass
> destruction to fall into the hands of the mercurial Yankees owner.
> 
> ³Thanks to the failed policies of George Bush, it is now easier to get
> a nuclear weapon than a flu shot,² Mr. Kerry said.
> 
> Elsewhere, Teresa Heinz Kerry apologized today for saying that Laura
> Bush never held a real job, noting that for the past twenty-seven
> years Mrs.  Bush has worked with the mentally impaired.
> 
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