Democrats versus Republicans. Oh no! This is a biggie. Now I think we have a two-party system to create the illusion of choice, but that's not what I'm referring to here. I'm talking about the baby monkeys bickering between the two. You've got to pick a side. Why? Each side looks at the other as if it's pure evil. Where does that get anyone? I turn on the television and see so and so doesn't think legislation will be passed because the Democrats/Republicans, right wingers/left wingers, or liberals/conservatives won't vote for it. All because the other side wrote the legislation, or more importantly, just because their side didn't. Just because one side is winning doesn't mean the other is losing. Both sides cold win with a compromise. You know, the whole reason they were elected to office in the first place, to be a representative of the people. The faster people realize it's an issue vs. issue and not a good vs. evil debate the better off we'll all be.

Try looking at Congress as spoiled kids only trying to get their way, because it's exactly what they're doing. The only differences are that they have infinitely more resources at their disposal and even more things to screw up. It's simply bone-chilling anyone would blindly side with one side or another. It's not a sport...

Have you ever listened to a couple of diehard football fans, or any other team sports' fans, talk about their team? We, us, I. Don't get me wrong, I've followed and rooted for numerous sports/teams since I was a little kid and I really enjoy doing it to this day (yet at a diminishing rate), but I'm also not delusional about it. We all know what fan is short for, fanatic. If you're a fanatic in almost anything else it's a terrible thing...it's a synonym in that fashion of radical . That's why I decided to use the words follow and root for. Now I know that the societal definition of fan has taken on a new meaning, I just wanted to point that out.

Back to the delusion. We're not a member of the team. I've heard and sort of understand the argument that fans can affect the outcome of the game through cheering and being very noisy.....so that proves it right? Well if it rains, snows, it's windy, rocks on the field, someone ate bad tuna the night before, a bird flies in someone's way, or a meteor falls from the sky...those affect the outcome of the game too. It doesn't mean that those things are a part of the team. They're a part of the environment. Weather doesn't take credit when a team wins or loses. If I have to pay a bunch of money to a billion-dollar corporation (professional teams are basically that) just to have the right to breathe the same air as the players being paid millions to be there, it doesn't seem like we're part of the same team does it? Again, I'm only referencing the ever-growing base of rabid fans here, so please don't bite my head off.



