Governance and baseball: Two Games Rutherford Bush can't play

From The Daily Kos:

The Man Just Can't Take a Hint
by Trapper John
Wed Apr 14th, 2004 at 10:12:38 EDT

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In April and May 2001, for example, the intelligence community headlined some of those reports Bin Laden planning multiple operations, Bin Laden network's plans advancing and Bin Laden threats are real.

Hmm. "Plans advancing?" "Threats are real?" Looks like someone thought that something "new" was happening -- and was trying to communicate that in very simple words so that the even most uninterested observers would get the effing picture. Of course, it didn't work.

This isn't surprising. In fact, a similar course of events unfolded only 15 years ago, when Bush was playing baseball tycoon. If you look at the Texas Rangers' Owner Scouting Reports (OSRs) from early 1989, you'll note that then-owner Bush may have missed out on the central information that the scouts were trying to impart:

Give Sosa Time To Develop
Sosa Will Be a Bona Fide Starter in 2-3 Years
Sosa: Future All-Star, Possible Hall-of-Famer. No Question.
Trading Sammy Sosa -- A Man Who Will Probably Hit Over 500 Home Runs in His Career -- Will Ruin Rangers Franchise for Decades, You Jackass