Road Rage

Apparently poor judgment and uncontrollable temper runs in the family. Let's call him Joe the Threat to Civil Order:

A 911 tape, reportedly of Sen. John McCain (web|news|bio) 's brother Joe, could prove controversial for the McCain camp since the call was not for an emergency, but rather to complain about being stuck in traffic.

The call came into Alexandria's 911 system on October 21.

Operator: 911 state your emergency

Caller: It's not an emergency, but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic's coming the other way?

Operator: Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic? (pause)

Caller: "(Expletive) you." (caller hangs up)

The complaint call about traffic on the Wilson Bridge forced the 911 dispatcher to call back. The voice mail on the other end, appears to belong to Joe McCain, brother of presidential candidate, John McCain.

This happened yesterday, by the way.

I'm tempted to look up whether rage is a genetic trait, but I think we can all guess the answer.

Can anybody think of something more selfish, petty, and crass than calling 911 to complain about traffic? It does occur to me that 911 could well join the McCain-Palin list of "socialist" institutions, joining taxes, NPR, and fire hydrants. So it makes sense that McCain's brother would be fighting the good fight, out to make sure that if some young girl's father just had a heart attack and needs immediate medical assistance, that girl will hear nothing but a busy signal on the other end of the phone. That's what America's all about.