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More DC Cabbie Wisdom

As I've written before, I love talking to cabbies. They always seem to say something profound when I'm riding around town. Just the other day, I was going from the Club's office in downtown DC to the Hill. You have to negotiate through probably 20-25 stop lights, all of which seem to turn red when you approach them. It's extremely frustrating.

ME: So what do you think about these stop lights?

CABBIE: It's ridiculous. The town isn't very big, but because of the lights, it takes forever to get anywhere.

ME: No kidding. I wonder why they don't sync up the lights so that traffic runs smoother.

CABBIE: The lights are a reflection of the system, of this government, of this town.

ME: You can say that again.

CABBIE: The lights are a reflection of the system, of this government, of this town.