Posted on 05/20/2012 8:53:42 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
“Joe Ricketts, you are a fool. A rich fool, yes, but a fool. “
Joe should answer “And I’m STILL more than YOU’LL ever be!”
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Samuel Goldwyn
Care and diligence bring luck.
Thomas Fuller
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
James Russell Lowell
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
Denzel Washington
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Seneca
I read and re-read Veeck – As in Wreck right after it came out in paperback. I loved it. Back then, I was a big sports fan. Not so these days.
It wasn't until a few years later, after I heard Veeck actually speak, that I realized how valuable your father's contribution was to that autobiography.
Thank you very much fornthose kind words.
Thank you very much fornthose kind words.
When I first heard that Cubs owner’s (technically it seems like the entire family owns the team somehow, but Joe Ricketts is not involved in it’s operation) father funded an anti-Obama ad I thought nothing of it. I knew at least some of the family was Republican (maybe not the lesbian sister), the brother was the GOP Senate candidate in Nebraska in 2006.
I was very surprised by this extreme reaction from the left. I shouldn’t have been.
Certain team owners have been big Obama boosters, Kraft the NE Pats owner comes to mind. Obama used his money to smear Republicans, sports media didn’t say a word.
“Certain team owners have been big Obama boosters...”
That’s why I detest the Red Sox ownership and like the Yankees. I remember the assholes offering their personal jets to Kerry for a possible recount in OH back in 2004. Theo Epstein had a ton of anti-Bush comments during his time and skipped one, of not both, WH ceremonies for the two RS WS-winning teams he was the GM of. Classless.
“...Kraft the NE Pats owner comes to mind.”
Kraft, who is a big supporter of Israel, is a schmuck to contribute to Obama (or any Rat for that matter). Money doesn’t buy brains.
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