Any day now, expect to read an article about how shallow Americans are for caring more about who gets to go the BCS National Championship Game than about the War in Iraq, out of control spending, protecting the 1st and/or 2nd Amendments, the 2008 election, etc., etc. etc. I'm here to tell you that it's a good thing that we care. Here's why:

People don't like the BCS because it doesn't seem fair. Why, they think, should so-called "experts" decide who gets a chance to play for the championship game? They instinctively recoil from the idea that big decisions are made behind closed doors by select people rather than out on the field by those in the heat of the battle. We should be relieved that people feel like this. This is the attitude that made America great. As Thomas Jefferson said, "Were we to be directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread."

I don't want a passive citizenry where people are content to let others decide their fate. I want to live in a country where the people are sure they know more than the authorities, whether it's about football or schools or tax dollars. A "government knows best" attitude can only lead to disaster. Or Hillary Clinton. ;-)