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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
Originally Posted by cyclezealot
"A Swedish exchange student , who came to my high school. He was Lutheran and quite conservative.. Been a life long friend outside Goteborg. When in the US years ago, he railed against the Swedish Socialists... Well, his primary college education.. Foreign languages and export. Job training did not take. They paid him to again go back to school.. He found his vocation.. He's been paying Swedish taxes ever since. After seeing the poverty of America and how his friends here faired.. He no longer rails against Swedish socialists." *** I choose a name for my revolution (besides banana)... HUMANISM. It's about being human, not left or right. But the right seems to have it wrong too often. And the left often does nothing. Here's some highlights of the article on the post-partisan politician... a "Republican" by the name of Schwarzzenegger. ON EXPERIENCE "I said, There's a storehouse of experience up in Sacramento and look at the shape the state is in. So it couldn't be experience that makes the state in good shape. What it needs is the will. The will to go and make tough decisions and the right decisions. I have the will, is what I told the people. And that's exactly what I have. I have the will." ON UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE "It was a party-line vote in the California Assembly --all Democrats voting yes and every single member of his party, the Republicans, voting no --and yes, the bill that was passed proposed paying for the expansion of health-care insurance by increasing the state tax on cigarettes." ON TOUGH POLLUTION CONTROLS "And then, on Wednesday, Bush. Well, Bush's EPA, which announced that it would not permit California and sixteen other states to set their own stringent standards for greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill that had stood as the best example of what Arnold could do for the United States from the state of California had been declared moot by an administration that had been able to do so little for the United States from Washington, D.C." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prosperity in Frugality http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote1 |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
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Originally Posted by Americo I once lived in a suburb that decided to put walk/bike paths along every street in the city. They were wider than most sidewalks and they painted a line seperating the bikes from the pedestrians. The only drawback was that the project uprooted too many trees - but, still, I thought it was a splendid idea. *** Where I live I can't ride to 70% of the places I would if I had bike facilities. There's only a new scenic trail that takes me close to some shops and I can take the back streets to the supermarket. But the main roads are no man's land, and I have been threatened and terrorized for using my right to be on the road. That would have been my contribution to fight greed, injustice, terrorism and global warming but my right to survive takes preference in the jungle. __________________ "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" -M.L. King |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... [...] ON UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE "It was a party-line vote in the California Assembly --all Democrats voting yes and every single member of his party, the Republicans, voting no --and yes, the bill that was passed proposed paying for the expansion of health-care insurance by increasing the state tax on cigarettes." Universal health care will be expensive, probably on the order of public school education K-12. The only way to finance it will be a value added tax. Even so, it is critically needed. This will not be socialism anymore than public schools are considered socialism. It will simply be a right by virtue of being a citizen of the country. [...] Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Quote: Originally Posted by Americo I once lived in a suburb that decided to put walk/bike paths along every street in the city. They were wider than most sidewalks and they painted a line seperating the bikes from the pedestrians. The only drawback was that the project uprooted too many trees - but, still, I thought it was a splendid idea. *** Where I live I can't ride to 70% of the places I would if I had bike facilities. There's only a new scenic trail that takes me close to some shops and I can take the back streets to the supermarket. But the main roads are no man's land, and I have been threatened and terrorized for using my right to be on the road. That would have been my contribution to fight greed, injustice, terrorism and global warming but my right to survive takes preference in the jungle. ComandanteBanana is right about the roads and streets being unfriendly to cyclists. Florida is an especially dangerous state for cyclists. Even though he doesn't realize it, I am on his side. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
On Dec 3, 2:38*pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Quote: Originally Posted by Americo I once lived in a suburb that decided to put walk/bike paths along every street in the city. They were wider than most sidewalks and they painted a line seperating the bikes from the pedestrians. The only drawback was that the project uprooted too many trees - but, still, I thought it was a splendid idea. *** Where I live I can't ride to 70% of the places I would if I had bike facilities. There's only a new scenic trail that takes me close to some shops and I can take the back streets to the supermarket. But the main roads are no man's land, and I have been threatened and terrorized for using my right to be on the road. That would have been my contribution to fight greed, injustice, terrorism and global warming but my right to survive takes preference in the jungle. ComandanteBanana is right about the roads and streets being unfriendly to cyclists. Florida is an especially dangerous state for cyclists. Even though he doesn't realize it, I am on his side. OK, welcome aboard. The cost of healthcare is even making autoworkers prohibitively expensive for the Big Three. On the subject of Florida roads, we often don't even have sidewalks to walk on. I walked today for 80 min. (a distance I could have biked in 20 min.) and even so I had to walk on the road part of the way. We are not even an afterthought. |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
"KingOfTheApes" wrote in message ... On Dec 3, 2:38 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] ComandanteBanana is right about the roads and streets being unfriendly to cyclists. Florida is an especially dangerous state for cyclists. Even though he doesn't realize it, I am on his side. OK, welcome aboard. The cost of healthcare is even making autoworkers prohibitively expensive for the Big Three. On the subject of Florida roads, we often don't even have sidewalks to walk on. I walked today for 80 min. (a distance I could have biked in 20 min.) and even so I had to walk on the road part of the way. We are not even an afterthought. ComandanteBanana is a true road warrior. I used to be one myself, but decided I would rather live to a ripe old age than die young. He is very smart to walk his bike whenever necessary. I do that too when conditions warrant it. Best Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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A March on Washington... on Bicycle?
On Dec 3, 8:28*pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"KingOfTheApes" wrote in message ... On Dec 3, 2:38 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] ComandanteBanana is right about the roads and streets being unfriendly to cyclists. Florida is an especially dangerous state for cyclists. Even though he doesn't realize it, I am on his side. OK, welcome aboard. The cost of healthcare is even making autoworkers prohibitively expensive for the Big Three. On the subject of Florida roads, we often don't even have sidewalks to walk on. I walked today for 80 min. (a distance I could have biked in 20 min.) and even so I had to walk on the road part of the way. We are not even an afterthought. ComandanteBanana is a true road warrior. I used to be one myself, but decided I would rather live to a ripe old age than die young. He is very smart to walk his bike whenever necessary. I do that too when conditions warrant it. Thank you. In the jungle SURVIVAL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN. But you don't just become a couch potato (which is what they want so you become sick and dependent on the healtchcare industry), just adapt to the conditions. I still bike and kayak, but do so on protected bike paths (which you endorse) or go out at night in the case of the kayak. |
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