Changing story involving Governor Corzine

The Houston Chronicle is covering the changing story about the SUV crash of Governor Corzine, which they're right to do. I believe their assessment of the latest story is in error, though.

Corzine was heading to the governor's mansion April 12 for a meeting with Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team when he crashed on the Garden State Parkway north of Atlantic City. His SUV was in the left lane with its emergency lights flashing when a red pickup tried to get out of its way.

But the pickup's right wheels went onto the grassy highway shoulder, and the driver overcorrected, swerving back on the road. That set off a chain reaction: A white pickup truck swerved to avoid the red truck, struck Corzine's sport utility vehicle and sent it careening into a guard rail.

The SUV was in the left lane, and the pickup was trying to get out of the way, which means the pickup was also in the left lane. If that's the case, how could the right wheels go "onto the grassy highway shoulder"?

It's probably a minor error. They must have meant to say the pickup's left wheels went onto the shoulder.

The changing stories are very strange, in any event. First we were told a red pickup driven by a retard crashed into the governor, then fled the scene. Now we're told the SUV was driving 91 mph and struck the pickup as it was trying to get out of the way.

People like to say that the U.S. has an almost uncorrupted government -- meaning government is mostly transparent, and a free press works overtime exposing wrongdoing.

But that doesn't change the fact that a continual stream of lies and coverups flows from (seemingly) all government officials. Whether it's the Katrina response, the legal firing of federal prosecutors, placing a $90k bribe in a freezer, or a simple car crash, our elected and appointed officials are a sorry lot.