Heh:

In a surprise move, the administration today named Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to head up the war effort in Afghanistan. The former advertising moghul [sic] and renaissance man will assume full control immediately. He held a rare press conference in Ashburn, Virginia.

“With my Redskins on the way to victory I can give something back to my country by leading it to victory, too. Managerial skills are all the same,” Snyder insisted. “If you can run a successful telemarketing business like I did, you can win a war – it’s not that hard. And I’m going to do to Afghanistan what I’ve done to the Redskins.” The boisterous sports aficionados fell silent. They knew he could do it.

I’ll get grief from my DC friends, but God do I hate the Redskins.  I hate their owner.  I hate their name and logo.  And I can’t stand the religious devotion of their fan base — who take their worship to a level far beyond any other NFL city (well, except maybe Dallas and Philadelphia).  Redskins fans are to the NFL as Opus Dei is to the Catholic Church.

So watching them struggle against genuinely crappy teams (including my sorry Buccaneers) has been one long delightful schadenfreude moment.

Sadly, Snyder is not the worst owner in Washington.  That distinction goes to the Lerners, who have managed to thoroughly mismanage my beloved Nationals, or as they mistakenly called them earlier this season, the Natinals.  There’s nothing like back-to-back 100 loss seasons to make a fan miserable.

Oh, and go Tigers.  It’s not just that I grew up in Detroit.  It’s also that the Twins were the original Senators, who broke DC’s heart

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