I was in a car wreck once....

[kentuck]

With all the posts about which direction our country is headed, it reminded me of that specific car wreck. Three of us were driving back from a rock concert in Rockingham, NC after 3 days of fun and festival... and rock and roll and drugs. I started out as the driver but was too tired and pulled over at a rest stop. My friend, in the passenger side, said he was OK and he would drive a little. And a little he drove...

About a mile down the road, on the SC/GA border, he went to sleep at the wheel. As I awoke, all I could see were bushes and sticks flying by the window as we were going down a steep hill. The car started to flip. Thoughts raced through my mind. Are we going to land in water? As the car flipped three times, I yelled the entire episode. Finally the car landed right-side up and we were able to get out of the car and stash the marijuana...

But, that is the way I feel about the direction our country is going. We are in the midst of a car wreck and we don't know where we are going to land.

[Wright Patman]

1. Yeah, but vicious, violent drunks

are behind the wheel rather than mellow potheads.

You look at a country like Mexico and it seems more like it's governed by potheads.

[HeeBGBz]

2. Yeah, and you know it's gonna hurt

When you do hit the bottom.

[Kota]

3. Where do we stash our stuff?

This country is borrowed out, I am afraid we need to prepare for hard times.

[kentuck]

5. It was gone.

It was never found. :)

[Brotherjohn]

4. Okay, so I gotta ask... where does the pot fit into your analogy?

Is it Social Security?

[kentuck]

6. The paranoia in the midst of confusion....

or whatever analogy suits...

[uncle ray]

13. we're more worried about getting busted for the pot

than we are about making it thru the crash alive.

[jojo54]

7. The political accident

The brakes (Dems) don't work, the engine (Repukes) is roaring, and the bumps (repuke controlled legislature) are plenty.

Sounds like a real horror movie to me.

[Corgigal]

8. but no one is asleep at the wheel

we just know before the trip ends that we are going to crash. It's much more terrifying this way.

[formerrepuke]

9. Ever been in the back seat while there's a speeding drunk at the wheel?

...that's kind of how I see it.. totally out of control- and 51% of the people in the car are also trashed and shouting "yaaa-hoo!".. while 49% of the passengers are less out-of-it and fully aware of the potential dangers ahead- bracing for the inevitable.

[kentuck]

10. Yeah, but that's another story...

somewhere near the cornfields of Mendota, IL....

[WinterStorm]

11. The same 51% pat each other on the back and say "I agree"

They don't check the facts to find out why they support the position that the person is taking. They agree!

[Straight Shooter]

12. I think it's more like an impending head-on collision with a huge semi

The tractor-trailer we're about to collide with is carrying a big cargo of REALITY, bush the frat boy is at the wheel and totally oblivious to the responsibility for his passengers.

Reminds me of that bumper sticker: Frat boy runs country into ditch.

[natrat]

14. ya know 95% of the country doesn't even know we are in a car

[tx_dem41]

15. Whose job is it to...

stash the marijuana? :evilgrin: