blow your own horn?

There's now a website for all those semi-trailer drivers who are spying on the population: HighwayWatch.com (this website may contain something other than the link to the Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center, but it's not obvious).

The Highway Watch® program is explained in Amanda Ripley's Eyes And Ears Of The Nation article. So, be careful of making that downward hand-yanking motion that signals you want to hear them blow their horn. Instead, these volunteers may turn you into the CIA for interrogation.

When I read about truckers mis-identifying turbaned Sikhs as Muslim (of which all are terrorists, right?), I had to cringe. A little ignorance can go a long way. I wandered across the Sikh Study Circle in Irving (near Texas Stadium). There's also a nice website for the Dallas Indian community (of which the Sikhs are a part) at ekNazar.com

Deep Thought #37: I hope the Sikhs who work the car rental operation at SJC [the San Jose, California airport] are protecting themselves against Ashcroft's army of terrorist-tracking truck drivers from Little Rock.