Filibuster Proof

I'm sure that those of you who follow politics are aware that the last couple races for the Senate are extremely close. The Democrats need to win out in order to have a filibuster proof majority (sixty seats). Supposedly sixty is the golden number. I'm not a big fan of Al Franken so I could care less if he loses and I really do not know the candidates from Georgia. My post is to point out how ridiculous filibustering is.

Filibustering, to my knowledge, has been going on since this country was founded. I recall hearing about someone reading from a dictionary for hours. All to avoid voting. It just doesn't make sense to me. Why is this still being allowed? Filibustering seems like a juvenile way of avoiding your opponents. I hope that filibustering becomes illegal or that it just fades away into history because it does not help our country.