Mark Twain once said that, “Common sense is our collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.” Politics seems to be about the same.

Oh – on the 6 month anniversary of the healthcare bill: the only reason it is coming up is that some of the minor provisions of the bill are taking effect at the 6 month mark, such as kids can stay on their parents policy until 26, etc. I saw a list somewhere…..

There are many, many things that both political parties agree on, but since they are settled and we aren’t arguing about them anymore, we tend to take them for granted.

Like the fact that slavery is gone is pretty cool. And (pretty much) everybody agrees.

At one time, they didn’t.

Maybe we are gradually moving towards something better, or maybe its all about to come apart at the seams. Which drives ratings better? Which scenario sells more Pepsi?

Colin Cowherd said something intelligent the other day. He said that political news programs aren’t about “information” as much as they are about “affirmation”, as in, you pick your side, then watch or listen to the program that most closely aligns with your established beliefs.

I think thats true.

I also think life is simpler when you tune out most of the politics and listen to sports talk radio 12 hours a day.

As tough as Saturday’s game was, I’d rather sit through a thousand of those than listen to an hour of Keith Olberman or Sean Hannity.