Repubs hand off the wheel to backup driver; Memory against Forgetting

[lostnfound]

Another thread asks whether the corner is turned and dissent against Bush has gone mainstream.

This American car has run off the road to the right, and the driver is losing control. Who will take over?

Well, this is a limousine. The driver doesn't own the car, he was given his job by the wealthy guy who rides in the back, in comfort. Did the people ever have control over their representatives? Their representatives are effectively presented, chosen for them, by those throwing huge money at their campaigns. Sure, we pick between 2 or 3..but mostly, candidates who are "un-buyable" don't get elected because they can't afford to get their message out and it is overwhelmed by the well-funded opposition.

Wealthy guy in the back says ho-hum, we'll have to steer this car back onto the road a bit, here's the back-up driver. Back on the road, stays in the right lane. Tightly reigned, he knows who is the boss. Won't go against his boss's wishes.

The right lane might be okay, but the wealthy guy has this habit of letting it veer so far to the right that he keeps running over the passers-by who walk on the shoulders.

Man's struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. -- Milan Kundera

[Skidmore]

1. and the passers-by who walk on the shoulders

were only trying to get to work.

Man, that car's going to crash.