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Ted Williams Is Now An MSNBC Employee

Whether people are happy for him or resent his rediscovery, everyone has forgotten about the limited and extremely short attention span of the typical American. Andy Warhol once said something about everyone having 15 minutes of fame during their lifetime. Now that we live in an internet/computer dominated world, that quote should be modified to 15 nanoseconds of fame. The gullible public will soon forget about this guy as soon as the next news event or scandal or feel good internet sham breaks. As time marches on, few will remember his name or his rags to riches to rags to where ever story. If you bother to recall similar news or human interest stories from the past year or years, do you also remember how soon you forgot about them? Do you remember them today? Its just another example of how the cerebrally challenged masses will follow, in unison, the shiny glittering light that bounces around, almost like a cat chasing the red dot from a laser pointer.
 
Of course he won't remain front of mind beyond a matter of days or weeks. But if he makes the most of what comes his way now, more power to him. He made his mistakes...and if people want to hold a grudge, that speaks more to them than Mr. Williams...and hopefully this all works out for him.
 
So great, America has short attention spans and the media doesn't recover stories from years past. "Moving on" is built into the system.
I guess that just denigrates every single accomplishment any of us have ever done?
Why cure cancer? I mean, you're going to be forgotten in the end anyway.
[BTW that's how it's been since mankind was mankind.]
 
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