The NFL

The owners and players reached a new collective bargaining agreement. After 4 months of constant newsprint, on-line chatter, godzillatera bytes from talking heads, decertification, lokouts, law suits, lawyers, judges, and "anonymous" sources -- it's finally done.

This should come as a surprise to nobody. You name the union and/or the company come contract time, and they'll screw around for weeks or months trying to score PR points, while accomplishing nothing.

Then magically, just before their carriage is due to turn into a pumpkin, or more realistically start taking money out of their OWN pockets -- presto -- a deal will be struck. It leaves one to wonder -- so what in the hell was all that BS for the last few months about?

It's kinda like the federal government right now. We have Obama dude playing a game of chicken with Agent Orange from Ohio. While trying to hash out another CBA of a sort, they would have us believe our country is approaching Armageddon as the clock ticks down to doomsday.

I don't believe a word of it. Like the NFL, they'll work it out because they have to. Failure is not an option, and all that crap.

It's interesting to think of the alternatives. Had the NFL folks not reached an agreement, there would be no pro football. People would be disappointed, but they'd move on to other things.

The feds going on strike? That's a joke. Cut off the paychecks and perks to everybody in Congress, everybody in the White House, the Supremes along with all the other judges, the millions of bureaucrats, and especially the IRS.

Thet'd have an agreement in 5 minutes.