By David Hogan
The problem with America and politics is we don't play enough schoolyard kickball or softball anymore.
Without any teacher around at all, someone would suggest a kickball game, then someone suggested two people to pick teams.
RIGHT THERE WAS THE FIRST LESSON. Some didn't like who the two leaders were, BUT everyone pressed on.
The two leaders would go back and forth picking people, starting with the best players and soon came BOTH smiles and frowns, BUT everyone pressed on.
Then the teams took to the fields and some that were good players, put their glove under their arm and stood crossed legged and pissed that they didn't get on the team they wanted to, BUT eventually these people fell into one of two categories.
These pissed off youngsters would either wake up when a ball was hit to them by instinct and forget all about being pissed and get IN the game and MAKE the play, OR they would stand there pissed and let the ball go by to the detriment of the team to show them in their act of defiance they did not appreciate NOT getting their way.
As future games were played, lessons were learned, some players got better and improved and some sat on the sidelines, skipped the game, and bitched, and some were just grateful to be able to play.
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