The Magic Flute

Since I will be seeing that opera next week, I hope I am not plagued by visions of this idiot.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German police caught a man playing the flute with both hands as he sped through traffic at 80 miles per hour on a busy highway, police said Wednesday.

"He was leaning back in the seat and steering the car with his knees and feet," said Johann Bohnert, a spokesman for police in the town of Traunstein near the Austrian border. "He looked like he'd had practice." He now faces a fine of 50 euros ($56).

The 52-year-old from Salzburg in Austria, birthplace of Mozart, the composer whose works include the opera "The Magic Flute," told police he was not actually blowing the instrument. "He said he was just practicing fingerings," said Bohnert.
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I suppose it is a relief to know that America is not the only place with such idiots behind the wheel but I wonder what the American version would be. It certainly would not involve the playing of classical music. That too highbrow. Too elitist. Too whatever.

Uh-oh. The Bush team is at again. Further erosion of our civil rights is on the horizon with such things as no bail for terrorist suspects and issuance of subpoenas without court approval. In other words, Der Fuhrer in the White House gets to do what he damn well pleases. That is unconstitutional, no ifs, ands or buts.

I believe there is light at the end of the tunnel as I believe many Americans are starting to wake up as to what is going on in Washington D.C. with phony WMDs and phony wars and a budget busting military budget while our homeland infrastructure falls apart.

Although it won't happen because the liberal city of Santa Cruz, California has submitted an impeachment request to the House Judiciary Committee, they are on the right track as there have been a number of impeachable offenses committee by the Bush team.

Our next presidential election is in November 2004 and I feel certain that it will be an extremely divisive campaign that Bush and his henchman will wage but in the end he will lose the election and my personal favorite at this point is still Howard Dean.