Friday, May 5, 2006
history + repetition
What a week. Keith Richards climbed (well, tried to climb) a palm tree and fell out (surprise) and got a concussion which apparently caused a hemorhage. Next, Patrick Kennedy (Congressman from Massachusetts and son of Super-Duper Driver and Responsibility Escapee Ted, in case you don't recognize the name) had two car crashes in less than four weeks (not one: two). Richards faced his consequences in that he's being operated on and probably doesn't feel very good. Kennedy evaded all consequences other than ridicule. On April 15, he crashed his car but drove home - no tickets being issued. Late on May 3rd, he drove to Congress at 2:30 a.m. to vote (yeah uh-huh, right) and crashed his car. He admits being under the influence of two sleeping medications (two at once?!) but was allowed to drive home taken home. Us regular folks would have been taken directly to the emergency room for the medication combo alone, not to mention being ticketed for both crashes and getting a DUI citation, if nothing else. Along with the Kopechne family, among others, I want to know how did a "pass go" ticket got embedded in their family DNA?? Update: Although he says he remembers nothing of the May 3rd/4th accident, he managed to issue a statement that sure sounded like he knew what happened. Hey, maybe Uncle Ted actually wrote it! And now there's a rumor that he's checking (back?) into rehab. I guess he's testament to addiction being an illness, but how about some expression of responsibility too?
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