Sporting Event

<P>I just returned from a most enjoyable sporting event. I watched young athletes play for the love of the game. Williamsport, Pa. hosts the Little League World Series each August. Parking is free unless you want to park on someone's property, Food prices are more than reasonable and the atmosphere is fantastic.&nbsp;The games themselves are free and they usually pass a cup around for donations. The best part is the&nbsp;kids. Sixteen different nations playing, cheering, shaking hands, This is hands down better than watching a professional business whose "employees" are paid so much that our government decides the taxpayer should build them a "workplace."&nbsp;Another thought passed through my mind (short trip). How about changing the laws so you have to be under 13 to run for office. I watched these kids give it everything they got and win or lose still display sportsmanship seldom seen in the pros. Wouldn't it make more sense to support local kids organizations by attendance and forget the major businesses whose "employees" make from three to thirty million dollars a year then have to hire lawyers, if they do something right once in a while, to renegotiate their inflated contracts. The same people who are cheering the yankee (20 errors) third basemen for his 30 million are the same ones screaming because teachers want their medical coverage intact and paid for. If they were pro athletes, no one woul question it. Anyway, peewee football starts in a few weeks. Guess I'll be attending some more "sporting" events.&nbsp;</P>

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Katherine Stella Date: 9/7/2008 10:27:00 AM I watched them on Tv and your right Vince they play with their hearts not with wallets lol kids today in school get elective for many positions on school issues but I still always wondered if ever a kid could run this friggin world better than who is doing it now wouldn't that be something to vote for our kids great blog as ever my friend you rockkkk Login to Reply

Carrie Richards Date: 8/27/2008 1:02:00 PM We live in a small town in northern California, and back in the early 198O's our local Little League team qualified to play at the Williamsport World Series. You should have seen this town go wild!! They held parades, and press conferences ...those kids were like heros coming back from war! It was one proud moment for a ranch/farming community!! You brought back that memory!! Login to Reply

Sharon Winter Date: 8/26/2008 12:44:00 PM The way it should be. What a wonderful experience. Yes, we certainly can learn so much from children. Almost seems we are doing things backwards. Perhaps we should get more children involved in our adult world. Well, we can dream. Love, Shar Login to Reply