This tree, covered with thin ice, was typical of the roadside vegetation as we neared Amarillo on I-40 yesterday afternoon. The road conditions really were not bad, but driving for 150 miles in fog, with a visibility of 1/4-mile (less at times), gets to be a strain. As we entered the east outskirts of Amarillo, it began to snow and blow hard; a major accident occurred a block or two further west on I-40 just after we turned off to get to the motel. Much of the day, of course, was spent listening on satellite radio to discussions of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Ron Paul makes some sense when he challenges our involvement ... and investment ... in client states. More than nine billion dollars, without accountability, to support a "friendly" dictator who seems mainly interested in staying in power and doesn't seem to be very interested in wiping out the Al Qaeda leadership, now based in his own country. At home, we can't find the money to fix our own infrastructure, lower health care costs, etc. Some folks in the Oklahoma City area are STILL out of power after the ice storm three weeks ago! And that's a relatively minor weather disaster compared to Katrina. Yeah, I know ... Tom woke up in a bad mood. Seeing mountains will help. tv
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