I am convinced it takes a sizable amount of sheep to keep the sanity. Also needs a sizable portion of the negative smart asses to keep people honest. I'll never understand parts of both of them, though. Why do the sheep continue to support a loser? Why do the smart asses seem to absolutely blow their loads over bad news?
Sort of like government. When the 2 parties are 50-50, generally they deadlock and nothing gets done, and the country usually is in OK shape. When one or the other gains strength, you know something's wrong. Sheep were in control, had too much control, then the smart asses toppled them (Foglesong, Byrne, Cohen, Mullen). Now the smart asses are getting control, and starting to sound stupid themselves (talk of firing Stans and Cohen).