Friday, July 07, 2006
Politics as Usual
So last night's cab ride home was interesting. Due to the President's visit to Chicago, huge portions of just about every important street imaginable were closed. This led my cab driver to, first, sit glowering at Lake Shore and muttering under his breath something that sounded suspiciously like "Oprah must die" for about twenty minutes. He followed this up by doing a Starsky and Hutch style U-turn in the middle of Wacker and driving the wrong way down it for three city blocks, shaking his fist and screaming obscenities at those people going the correct direction. When a natural chorus of car horns followed this acrobatic and linguistic feat, he slammed on his brakes and neatly threw me into the plastic partition. Shortly thereafter, he proceeded to tear down Michigan, scattering pedestrians like Charlie Sheen's sperm. The net result was a half hour cab trip for the bargain price of $20. I've always wondered why Six Flags doesn't have a "overmedicated cab driver" ride.
Of course, I understand the frustration. Is Bush really so tired of screwing us over as a nation that he's decided to start taking it door to door?
So last night's cab ride home was interesting. Due to the President's visit to Chicago, huge portions of just about every important street imaginable were closed. This led my cab driver to, first, sit glowering at Lake Shore and muttering under his breath something that sounded suspiciously like "Oprah must die" for about twenty minutes. He followed this up by doing a Starsky and Hutch style U-turn in the middle of Wacker and driving the wrong way down it for three city blocks, shaking his fist and screaming obscenities at those people going the correct direction. When a natural chorus of car horns followed this acrobatic and linguistic feat, he slammed on his brakes and neatly threw me into the plastic partition. Shortly thereafter, he proceeded to tear down Michigan, scattering pedestrians like Charlie Sheen's sperm. The net result was a half hour cab trip for the bargain price of $20. I've always wondered why Six Flags doesn't have a "overmedicated cab driver" ride.
Of course, I understand the frustration. Is Bush really so tired of screwing us over as a nation that he's decided to start taking it door to door?
