Another Look

Murderer's Row

Looks like it will be a long, cold summer for Yankee fans. Last place is not the accustomed position for the mighty Yankees. This is especially true when the $96 million of US taxpayer money missing in just one corner of Iraq (an audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction found that in the South Central Region, based in Hillah, officers “cannot properly account for or support $96.6 million in cash and receipts.”) couldn't even cover half your payroll.

Fortunately, as NBC reported, "Auditors found that $9 billion handed over to Iraqi ministries by (Paul) Bremer’s CPA could not be accounted for. An additional $1.5 billion in Iraqi funds were given to Halliburton in sole source contracts. And the contract to build an accounting system for DFI funds was awarded to a small company run out of a home in California, which wasn’t even a certified public accounting firm." That mean if George has friends in Iraq, the Yankees still have a chance to buy a few good pitchers. Don't laugh, it's possible. According to this exclusive, George W. Bush has spent his life as a George Steinbrenner wannabe, and, as Saddam Hussein himself noted when Bush appointed him President of Iraq, "The US makes me feel like a modern-day Billy Martin!"

The only consolation for those of us who genuflect at Monument Park is that the Red Sox still suck, and nobody cares!

Yankee fans can console themselves with the knowledge that instead of Wells and Schilling, we have a class act like Bernie Williams. We love you, man. Get well soon.

posted by Andy Mais @ 9:13 AM