Game Girl

Today's a big day of posturing and politics. Battles over turf. Lots of guys in suits desperate for their soundbytes to hit the news. Between the leaders in Congress fighting to keep the federal government from shutting down, and the NFL filing a motion in court to try to solve this whole revenue-sharing brawl, I'm already fighting a headache and it's not even lunchtime yet.

Do you ever get the sense that the bigger the stage, the smaller the substance of the discussion? I swear, watching the news this morning with Congressman after Congresswoman talking about how the "other side" is to blame for the pending goverment shutdown, you could almost believe that there isn't a competent person in charge anywhere in the vicinity of Washington DC. Oh right, sorry...many people already DO believe that!

And the same can be said of these ridiculous NFL people -- owners and players alike. Seems to me both sides are more concerned about pointing fingers and assigning blame than actually making progress to bring about a resolution to this problem. And whether they want to believe it or not, it really IS a problem. Fans aren't going to sit idly by while the owners and players fight over a 9 billion dollar surplus and proceed to ruin football in the process.

And neither are the American people going to sit by and watch our leaders in Congress on both sides of the aisle blame the other side for over-blown spending practices and a severe budget shortfall threatening to close down the federal government.

I mean, come on. Am I the only one who gets tired of watching these people sit on TV or stand at a podium and do nothing but cast blame on the other side? It doesn't matter if it's a Congressman or an NFL suit or player, the song remains the same: it's always the OTHER guy's fault. Didn't any of these people ever learn to accept responsibility for their own ills? Isn't that one of the first lessons we all learn in kindergarten? I'm certainly trying to teach my four-year-old not to blame others for his own problems...why do I have to listen to these ridiculous so-called "leaders" of government and sports play the blame-game?

Maybe we'll get lucky and some of them will come to their senses today and actually get something done. But honestly, I'm not holding my breath.