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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 6 May 2010 12:35 On May 6, 5:06 am, Larrybud <larrybud2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of > Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote innews:51bd9347-fd76-4ab7-adeb-a6f6bc85cc82(a)a21g2000yqn.googlegroups. > com: > > > > > On May 4, 9:17 pm, Phlip <phlip2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On May 4, 4:45 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> > >> wrote: > > >> > Do I feel guilty? > > >> > No, I do not. > > >> > Without regard to any other energy source, America needs oil. > > >> Witness how emasculated the addict feels if he thinks his > >> source is threatened. > > > Yep, oil junkies are like that. > > > You have to be TOUGH and admit your problem. I was drinking too > > much diet cola and I just cut it off. ;) > > How DARE us, wanting to travel freely at our own will!! Who do we > think we are, a free people?!!?! We are freely tied up to consumer society or starve to death or die riding a bike.
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 6 May 2010 14:27 His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises wrote: > On May 4, 9:49 pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <P...(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote: >> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic >> >> Enterprises" wrote: >> >> > Do you find that you can't sleep, or that you have nightmares? >> >> Nope. I sleep fine. How about yourself? >> > > I stay awake until very late. But I shouldn't be afraid of the CREEPY > CREATURE, since I walk as much as I can, and bicycling is really > impossible around here. [Sigh] There's no hope. Although I drive quite a bit, I like cycling. And I live near a city with one of the most militant cycling communities (Seattle). But they are losing ground. In the past, we had some small efforts to provide cyclists with separated bike lanes. Its not nearly as good as Europe, but its a step in the right direction (As a motorist, I LIKE having the cyclists in their own lane for selfish reasons. I don't run over nearly as many of them and scratch up my chrome). Then the city started marking traffic lanes with those bicycle symbols. That's fine where bikes and cars must share the lane. But they are starting to mark the traffic lanes adjacent to the (few) dedicated bike lanes we have. Alki is one great example. Next step, once the cyclists are eased back onto the street is to take back the real estate now used for the bike lane. And turn it into on street parking for businesses and residents. Or left turn lanes, planting strips, etc. And the supposedly militant cyclist rights groups haven't made a sound. The battle appears to have been lost. Everyone back in your cars. -- Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 6 May 2010 21:44 On May 6, 5:11 am, Larrybud <larrybud2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I stay awake until very late. But I shouldn't be afraid of the > > CREEPY CREATURE, since I walk as much as I can, and bicycling is > > really impossible around here. > > Oh, so you want ME to cycle everywhere, even though you don't. > > Perhaps you should move to an area which cycling is available. You > know, so you can actually do as you tell others to do. Everywhere in the civilized Western world people should have the CHOICE to safe cycling. Otherwise it's a CAPITALIST JUNGLE without pity for the weak.
From: Matthew Russotto on 8 May 2010 20:21 In article <9a2dd912-ec88-4814-ad82-b78cb10edc51(a)6g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, Phlip <phlip2005(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On May 4, 7:05=A0pm, Conscience <nobama@g=F6v.com> wrote: >> On 2010-05-04 18:17:51 -0700, Phlip <phlip2...(a)gmail.com> said: >> >> > On May 4, 4:45=A0pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Do I feel guilty? >> >> >> No, I do not. >> >> >> Without regard to any other energy source, America needs oil. >> >> > Witness how emasculated the addict feels if he thinks his source is >> > threatened. >> >> Seriously. >> >> Imagine, for example, a real estate business completely reliant on >> gasoline to shuttle clients and personnel around to sites for sale. >> >> Talk about addicts. > >That's a "special cause" situation. For "common cause" situations, we >will have efficient mass transit. Like Europe & other non-failed >nations have. Right, non-failed nations like Greece. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Matthew Russotto on 8 May 2010 22:26
In article <8J5En.344637$K81.303465(a)newsfe18.iad>, lil abner <@daisey.mae> wrote: >If they bring our economy to a screeching halt and ban all automobiles, >air conditioners, and power plants pollution will not be reduced by 20% >or whatever magic number they pull out of the air. No, it would be reduced by more like 80-90%. As would the population. Wouldn't last long, though; the Chinese would love to have the real estate. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need. |