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Monday, December 15, 2008

Contact meets the Negro Baseball Museum

By Tangotiger, 03:24 PM

Remember that scene in Contact, when Jodie Foster found out that Tom Skerritt put himself in a position to be selected as the astronaut?  I was thinking of that when I read Poz’s article.  There are two worlds: one where us goodhearted folks want fairness and justice to rule the day, and the other is the world where we actually live in.  You can read more here.

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Contact meets the Negro Baseball Museum