The Strait Gate
Often, a big carmaker will display a “Concept-Car”. We will get a good look and we take pictures of the idea brewing in Michigan or in Japan somewhere. The car, or truck, is usually as amazing as anyone could possibly dream up. The fenders are bolder, the colors are extreme, the tires and wheels are flashy and even the headlights are shaped like something off of The Jetsons. But then, years later, when the maker finally begins to offer the “concept” to the public, it is a boring, generic replacement. Instead of giving the public what we saw at the show, they just stick a label on one of their basic models and they add a few stickers and call it new. When I tell you that The Force is NOT a “Concept”, this is why. It is not something made up in the minds of religious zealots with a great idea. You have to give it time. You have to give it some serious thought. When I tell you about The Force, I am not trying to explain what cannot be explained; I am trying to explain that it cannot b