Yeah, but come on Gary, you have had it pretty good as a Pats/Red Sox fan over the last several years. 4 Super Bowl appearances and 3 wins for the Pats and 2 WS titles for the Sox. That is far far more than any of us have had in our lifetimes. PLUS the Celtics won an NBA title the year before. You can't have it good every year!

I'll never like teams like the Packers or Vikings, as they are the traditional Bears rivals. Sorry Detroit, but you gotta win a few games before you can call yourself a rival to anyone in the NFL. I'll never like the Twins either because they are a traditional thorn in the White Sox side. I don't HATE them, but it does make the games a bit more meaningful if my team wins, I'll give you that.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

--John Kenneth Galbraith