I thought of last December's floods – how high the water had come, scouring out a section of bank close to the house, and how it must have set the race flowing once again.
Yes, some Muslims out of millions may view Mr. Obama as an apostate just as some Christians view him erroneously as a Muslim, but the fact remains that no candidate has a more colorful background, more dynamic life story and more mixed-race blood flowing in his veins than Mr. Obama.
As well as the intensity of the racing, everything that flows from it – interviews, opinion and relationships with other drivers – are all subject to the spotlight.
Yes, we can see how these races interrupt the flow of all that whispering golf reverence that makes most events the cure for insomnia and must be stopped immediately.
And like some diabolical brewmaster, he has spiked the mixture with the one original ingredient the pumice was lacking: the volatile gases that had been dissolved in the Vesuvian magma, the gases whose explosive release threw ash into the stratosphere and sent deadly clouds called pyroclastic flows racing down the slopes of the volcano.
His Arsenal players lost it, two minutes into stoppage time, with unforgivable negligence after apparently subduing the new and splendidly combative Birmingham City, and Wenger's fear that it may have cost them their last chance of staying stride-for-stride with Manchester United and Chelsea in the title race seemed to flow through every fibre of his body.
Make no mistake: the liberal medication rules in American racing offer a steady flow of cash into the vets' bank accounts, and they will be highly reluctant to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
With sirens blaring, both car and van raced backward against the flow of traffic.
Flying with the fast water flow, we raced past a forest of brightly coloured giant gorgonian fans and traversed through a labyrinth of large volcanic boulders.
With question marks over the amount of money flowing into racing from the levy imposed on bookmakers, competition from the popularity of football betting, pressure on sponsors and fierce competition from other leisure activities, racing faces serious hurdles.
