COLORBLIND

We worry about global warming, gas emissions, and carbon footprints as we wait for an elevator to carry us up one floor. We use disposable cups, plates, and silverware as we debate a plastic bag controversy over lunch. We would rather buy bottled tap water than raise taxes and demand better city water. We talk about mass transit, bikes, and hybrids, but complain about time and money as we sit idling in traffic day in and day out. We get angry when funds are 'wasted' on bike lanes and pedestrian bridges. We are frustrated by cyclists in the road. We vote for CHANGE and refuse to BUDGE. What I see as GREEN makes others see RED. Just once, when a driver rolls down a window to yell at me on my bike, I'd like to hear, "Hey, thanks for not driving!"