Reply #2: About a week ago I took a drive up I-5 through Northern Ca and into Or- [View All]

[asdjrocky]

all the way to Salem.

What really struck me was at every single rest stop there was at least one person with an "out of gas, need help" sign. Some didn't even seem to have a car, they sat outside the bathroom with a sign. If I were a politician on a fact finding mission I'd say I found our system to be in deep, deep trouble.

Saw a few Obama bumper stickers. Say a small, "produce the birth certificate" billboard just north of Redding Ca, and saw one asshole in a big truck with a long work trailer and a Palin bumper sticker on back. I'll say, other than him, most of the people on the road through Oregon were courteous to the point of driving too slow. This guy, however, drove like an asshole.

I've taken a lot of road trips in my time, and I have to say I've never seen things looking so, frayed. It feels like the fabric is tearing.