Miracle

So, I sat on the couch watching the returns last night while I was knitting. (I have five different projects on needles right now. I think I may have overextended myself. But I'm working on Christmas presents) While I am happy with the outcome, I am worried about how divided our country is becoming. I don't want to see us separated along north/south lines. Or red states and blue states. And it made me think of a movie I saw awhile back...

Did any of you see the movie "Miracle" about the U.S. hockey team that went to the Olympics? I don't usually like sports movies but I do love a good underdog film. In the movie, the coach repeatedly asks the players who they play for. They invariably answer with the name of their college team. At one point, every time the coach asks one of the players that question and they answer with the name of their college team, he forces them to continue doing drills. It looks as if he will keep pushing them until they fall over. When they are almost at their breaking point, he asks one of the players, "WHO DO YOU PLAY FOR?" The player yells, "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" And the coach lets them leave the ice.

I would like to go to Capitol Hill and make Congress and the rest of the administration run drills until they stop saying they play for the Democrats and the Republicans. I want them to say, "I play for the United States of America!"

I wonder how much a plane ticket to Washington DC will be in January? Hmmm....