Ping-Pong Highway

Driving in our city is becoming more and more dangerous. Thanks to the influx of Californians with horrendous driving skills ... WATCH OUT! There was ANOTHER one!

Anyways, I've decided to start keeping a list of some of the most dangerous items that are starting to litter the freeways in Reno. It seems that every day I have to dodge the effluvia that litters our roads. A few months back, a truck carrying round, cardboard tubes the size of an SUV broke a strap and the tubes began rolling toward a mass of rush hour traffic I was in. One bounced over the hood and roof of my car and wedged itself under the behemoth driving behind me. It's about time someone take stock of this. Here goes:

September 21, 2005 4:45 p.m.
Item: Several rolled up carpets flew off the top of a truck that looked like it had robbed Carpeteria.
Result: I swerve left, I swerve right, cuss the guy off and begin my list.

September 26, 2005 5:30 p.m.
Item: Sharp,jagged piece of scrap metal.
Result: I ran right over it. Flat tire a week later.

September 29, 2005 6:30 p.m.
Item: Dead motorcyclist; hit a truck.
Result: We sit in traffic for fifteen minutes before using my secret shortcut to bypass another 45 minutes to an hour of more traffic.

This post is depressing me...time to move on.

Katrina: Grounds for Impeachment?

Each decision made by this administration has lead to the horrific events on the Gulf Coast. Lack of funding and leadership for FEMA, lack of communication between the state and federal governments and lack of foresight by half the country who voted for the man, has displaced 400,000 people from their homes and carved a huge chunk out of the heart of the U.S. If we can impeach a president for fooling around with an intern, we can toss a heartless, brainless puppet out of the same office.