>IN GOD WE TRUST ...
>
>I was sitting at a stop light this morning. The lady in front of me was
>going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to
>green she did not obey its command. You know, a green light is a
>commandment - NOT a suggestion. When the light turned to red, and she had
>still not moved, I began (with my windows up) screaming epithets and beating
>on my steering wheel.
>
>My expressions of distress were interrupted by a policeman, gun drawn,
>tapping on my window. Against my protestations of, "You can't arrest me for
>hollering in my car," he ordered me into the back seat of his.
>
>After about two hours in a holding cell, the arresting officer advised me I
>was free to go. I stormed out at him, "I knew you couldn't arrest me for
>yelling in my own car. You haven't heard the last of this."
>
>The officer replied, "I didn't arrest you for shouting in your car. I was
>directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your
>steering wheel, and I said to myself, "What a jerk. But there is nothing I
>can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car. Then I noticed the 'Cross'
>hanging from your rear view mirror, the bright yellow 'Choose Life' license
>tag, the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper sticker, and the Fish symbol, and I
>thought you must have stolen the car!"
>
>I was sitting at a stop light this morning. The lady in front of me was
>going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to
>green she did not obey its command. You know, a green light is a
>commandment - NOT a suggestion. When the light turned to red, and she had
>still not moved, I began (with my windows up) screaming epithets and beating
>on my steering wheel.
>
>My expressions of distress were interrupted by a policeman, gun drawn,
>tapping on my window. Against my protestations of, "You can't arrest me for
>hollering in my car," he ordered me into the back seat of his.
>
>After about two hours in a holding cell, the arresting officer advised me I
>was free to go. I stormed out at him, "I knew you couldn't arrest me for
>yelling in my own car. You haven't heard the last of this."
>
>The officer replied, "I didn't arrest you for shouting in your car. I was
>directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your
>steering wheel, and I said to myself, "What a jerk. But there is nothing I
>can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car. Then I noticed the 'Cross'
>hanging from your rear view mirror, the bright yellow 'Choose Life' license
>tag, the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper sticker, and the Fish symbol, and I
>thought you must have stolen the car!"