The Po-Po

File under Cage the Rage

I was driving home from DC the other day and it was rush hour so needless to say there was a lot of traffic.  Well about halfway through the trip as i was moving no more than 10 miles an hour, a small, suped-up mazda with an over-exaggerated spoiler came up weaving in and out of the traffic behind me and making his way to the shoulder.  Once clear of other cars on the shoulder he took off ahead and disappeared into the mass of taillights in front of me.  "Where were the police when you needed them," i thought.

Well not 5 minutes later I saw flashing lights up ahead, and as i inched closer my hopes and dreams were confirmed.  The little emasculated mazda had been pulled over by a Maryland State Trooper.  I couldn't have been happier that karma paid him a visit.

It's a weird emotion though.  He had no effect on whether i got home sooner, yet i couldn't help but slow down, look in his direction, and smile as i passed. As if to say, "that's what you get for breaking the rules."  But it wasn't the rule breaking i was initially upset about.  It was that he was gaining an advantage over me and that didn't sit well.  It's that feeling that drives a lot of our resentment when we feel others are gaining an advantage, even if it has no effect on our endstate.  Watch out for that being a destructive emotion.  Regardless, and i'm not sure why, there's satisfaction in justice, which brings us to the song of the day.


Song of the Day
In honor of getting what you deserve, the song of the day is Radiohead's "Karma Police".