Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele offers an ill-chosen metaphor about impeding progress on health care reform: “I’m the cow on the tracks. You’re gonna have to stop that train to get this cow off the track to move forward.”
Well, no. There is the cow catcher:
A cow catcher is a device attached to the front of a train in order to clear obstacles off the track. . . . A cow catcher is typically a shallow, V-shaped wedge, designed to deflect objects from the track at a fairly high speed without disrupting the smooth movement of the train.Related reading
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That mental image made me laugh. There's a few other politicians I'd like to see on those tracks as well- I won't mention any names. :)
Association: cow catcher = Buster Keaton.
Mari, it sounds like you want to dispense with the cow catcher.
Crritic!, is that The General?
Indeed! What an image. Buster caught on the cow catcher with a railway sleeper in hand, with a well-aimed shot bounces both the sleeper and an oncoming obstruction off the tracks...
I should watch that again — I haven’t seen it in years.
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