The Stalin Applause Index (formula by Matt Taibbi)
CONFORMITY * (FEAR + CONSEQUENCES) / BALLS = DURATION OF WORSHIP.
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CONFORMITY * (FEAR + CONSEQUENCES) / BALLS = DURATION OF WORSHIP.
George Steinbrenner died today.
As a life long Yankee fan Steinbrenner was omnipresent, especially in my youth. I appreciate what he did, bringing the Yankees back to greatness and I appreciate his business skills. I also know that he helped a lot of people who had fallen off the beaten path and he did it quietly.
However, as a fan of the Yankees I have a pretty keen memory of the circus he created, the players and managers he bullied and abused, his idiotic tantrums, his crimes (illegal campaign contributions and his attempted blackmail of Dave Winfield), and just the way he made a hell of a lot of Yankee fans in the 1980's and early 90's feel that their team was being held hostage by....well by a big, fat asshole.
HT: Matt Taibbi
