Saints, Now Isn’t the Time to Pack Up and Leave August 31, 2005

I would hate to see the Saints out of New Orleans. But every time I look at the Washington Post and see the flood ravaged city, every account that I read about the broken levees and water flowing in from Lake Ponchartrain, every single person that has to now leave a domed structure and get on a rescue boat that will lead them to a Greyhound bus that will lead them on a 15 hour trip to another domed structure, tells me that there are only two options.

Either the Saints repair the Superdome and play there another 15 years, or they’re off to San Antonio.

People Dont Know How To Drive: Culpeper, VA August 29, 2005

This is a case of a guy (his name hasn’t been released) who didn’t stop for a funeral procession. The end result? A cop on a motorcycle got hit, and now that officer is in critical condition. The irony? The funeral procession was for a 10-year old girl who was run over trying to catch her bus to school. I mean, damn it, people!

Pass Left, Stay Right. Repeat… August 25, 2005

I don’t want to see drivers putting makeup on their face while they’re driving the car. As Whoopi Goldberg told Jennifer Love Hewitt in “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit”; “Miss thing, if you wanna beat that mug of yours, you will do it at home, you hear? Put it away.” You wanna read the USA Today? Wait till you get to your office, partner…you had your chance to do that before you left the Starbucks; out on the road is not the time. Cell phone talkers…don’t even get me started on you. Hands-free is not an option, it’s a demand. All these things go on in a supposed passing lane. And all of these distractions are causes for accidents, because the guy who isn’t doing all of that is going 90 MPH, isn’t using his turn signals, and switches lanes like he was playing “Pole Position”. He comes across just two of these guys in two separate lanes and reacts too quick? Game over.