Food for thought!

The President is famous for calling himself the decider and insisting that as a wartime president, he does not have to obey the usual norms and policies. Given that, I was pleasantly surprised to see this news article: HOV Traffic Waits for No Man, Even the President.

Synopsis: Bush needs to go to a fundraiser, which involves an hour's drive. Secret service makes phone call to Virginia Smart Traffic Center requesting if the HOV lane could be shut down for 6 hours including peak hours, so that the President could zip by. After doing the math on how many people would be inconvenienced by the closure, Virginia officials manage to convince the President to take the chopper. Neat!!

And causes me to wonder how much people have erred, back in India, and let politicians become completely unaccountable.