Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Red and Blue

I have had the pleasure of being the voice of the Coyotes for the past ten years.  Another way of saying that is that I am the announcer for a middle school sports program.  Our cross town rival is the Cardinals.  These two schools clash each year in football for the ultimate prize...a helmet that says Cardinals on one side and Coyotes on the other.  

Red and blue duking it out

The Coyotes colors are blue.  The Cardinals wear red.  I am not really sure what shades of blue or red they are.  A couple of weeks ago these two teams met again in their season finales.  The Coyotes came in with a record of 5-1 while the Cardinals came in with a 4-2 mark.  Neither team was in the position to win the league championship, but there was still that helmet to play for.  

The teams have played against each other for ten years now.  While I can brag that Comanche has won more "helmet" games, the winner this year was the Cardinals.  After the game the players all meet in the center of the field and are introduced to the High School coach.  He gives them a speech about how they are all on the same team now and how they will have to work together now for the good of the High School team.  

As I was watching that I sort of became aware of how this is a representation of what we need to do in our country.  We have these big political contests where it is red vs. blue and at the end someone always ends up as the winner and someone ends up the loser.  However, after all the fighting and mudslinging and to be honest false promises from both sides, we need to all get back together and realize that we are all on the same team.  Those red and blue politicians need to put aside their own interests and remember that they work for everyone.  Whoever is the coach...I mean president...should bring people together.  

That is the way I see it.  What are your thoughts?  Comment below.