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When bicycles are outlawed only outlaws will have bicycles. Then I can really piss Jim off.

Get the troops out NOW and then pull a "Reagan". That is, let it be known either implicitly or directly that if another major attack is launched on the US from Afghan soil a la 9/11 we will be sending ICBMs to pay a visit instead of soldiers.

No it wont...becuase the dumbass Republicans are too stupid to take this and run with it properly.

I can manage that. It would be a good sacrifice.

Farrakhan, Sharpton and Jackson. If any three of them boarded a flight I was on Id be praying for the plane to crash.

Thanks, Poojer. I WANT to like NASCAR becuase I love auto racing. But the constant stops are too much. Im an NHRA fan and there are lots of stops for track prep, blown engines and track oildowns, but the stops are much shorter and often races can go on for long periods of time without an issue. It seems like a NASCAR race, especially the fast ones, there are long stops every ten minutes.

Maybe this is smy poor perception and I know the big fire last night took a lot out of it, but it looks like this is NASCAR now... Start Race. Run three laps CRASH! Caution for twenty minutes Run 10 laps CRASH Caution for twenty minutes Run 15 laps CRASH Caution for 45 minutes Rinse, repeat, repeat. Am I right? It just seems like they cant keep these cars on the track for any extended period. And by 'extended period' I mean.....more than ten minutes.

And having also been in this situation, I can say if you think its harmless to come up on a guy on a bike and slam on your horn behind him from 10 feet away, or pass him at 30 MPH faster than hes going 6 inches from his leg its not. It starles the **** out of you and can definitely lead to an accident. And if you think its funny when a rider goes down.....do broken hips, comound leg fractures, broken backs and death seem funny? Becuase those of the types of injuries that are common with serious road cycling wrecks. A guy in a local club here was killed recently upstate. A friend of mine knows a triathlete that got so screwed up from hitting a car that stopped short in front of her, she will never be the same, physically. And I know THREE riders who got hit by cars and then dragged for blocks by drivers who didnt realize what was going on. I really dont want to get all preachy and lecture people here, but the snarky "Ill just hit him, screw him I have a car" type stuff needs to be looked at properly. Lemme guess.... Newark Jersey City Camden

I hate the hype Danica gets becuase of what you imply. There are TONS of women in NHRA. The Forces, Melanie Troxel, Hillary Will, Angelle Savoie, Erica Enders, etc. And UNLIKE Patrick....they WIN. A lot.

Funny, when people called Obama by his real name, HUSSEIN, you and yours went batschit. I !@#$ing hate you people. Your intellectual dishonesty and hypocrisy know no bounds. You have the integrity of a two dollar whore.

Yet if someone marched down the street as Zombie Jesus, your liberal ass would be clapping like a trained seal. !@#$ing hypocrite.

Im not falling for your bull **** this time. A lot of it is becuase they dont know any better. They buy bikes and hit the road without talking to anyone or doing any kind of training or reading up on how riding in traffic works. Its dangerous. I had words with a rider you describe once. Was on a charity century ride and he was all over the damned place. Rolled up next to him and told him to learn the rules of riding in traffic or get the !@#$ off the bike. !@#$s like that give all cyclists a bad name and increase the anomosity between car and biker. I dont need that....I have enough of a hard time making sure I dont wind up as a hood ornament. The only thing that torques me about this conversation is the notion by some that cyclists dont "belong." That not true, nor is that mindset fair.

Most cyclists hate the folks your descibing as well. In fact, there is a pretty specific way of doing things and traffic laws and interaction with cars is a serious matter. Im not in the mood to be riding in a paceline at 25 MPH and have me and 5 of my friends taken out by a truck becuase the schmuck taking the pull off the front decided to blow a light.. But the thing is....most car drivers expect all cyclists to obey the rules to a "T" 100% of the time. Alternatively, most cyclists expect car drivers to obey the rules to a "T" 100% of the time. That....will never happen. Humans are funny about that "100% correct behavior all the time" thing. It typically doesnt sit well. So we do out best. For example.....If i happen to be spaced out and BSing with two friends and we are three abreast and Im holding you up? Give a short toot on your horn and Ill be happy to snap to it, alert those in front of me "CAR BACK" and we will then drop back into a single file line. Then you can pass and we can all enjoy our day. Or...if Im riding along and youre making a left without your signal on and you bounce out in front of me becuase darnit...you just didnt know I was there because you were tuning your radio or chatting with your passenger? Ill just slow on down and let you go in front of me, or behind me, whichever works best. See how that works? Was that so hard? And stojan....you DO realize that those "tough" football players you love so much wear spandex knickers, right?

You cant tell the difference between "pro growth tax policies" and "raising taxes on everything, especially rich people", you walking abortion?

Corporations shovelling money to campaigns and politicians thanks to the Citizens United ruling: BAD Unions shovelling money to campaigns and politicians: OK Huh?

RALPH IS CHEAPtm

This thread rules.

The notion of legalizing weed to do away with the black market IMO is a farcical argument. You mean to tell me you legalize it, fold it under the control of the ATF and FDA or whatever other govt beaurocracy needs control, you then see huge tax levies slapped on it and a price jump of about 500% and that is going to do away with the black market? That's nuts. Heck there is still a big black market for booze for this Country, dating back to Prohibition and liquor is 500 times harder to produce and move around than weed. And truckloads of cigarettes, another product much harder to produce than weed, is the same deal. Im sorry, the idea that all these pot smokers and pot producers are gonna become good, little compliant taxpayers the second its complete decriminalized and govt. controlled is nuts, IMO.

I know what we should do! Give Calderon a State Dinner and a microphone to publicly scold us...right from the White House lawn!!!!!! That outta learn him! GOD, I hate this Country sometimes.

Never heard that before. Youre so funny!!!!

1) Why should birth control be considered "basic" health care? 2) Why should ED pills NOT be covered under the same premise? 3) How should insurance companies absorb the new cost of offering free contraception without raising cost to the consumer?

Can we talk about the real issue here? Since when is birth control "basic health care?" And if so, why arent boner pills covered? And finally (just a comment)....how the !@#$ does this Marxist have the BALLS to MANDATE health insurance providers cover something 100% and add on all kinds of other stuff that must be covered under "basic" health insurance and then whine that health care is expensive?

!@#$ing Dave can even "idiot up" THIS thread. Unreal.

Fair point.

Thank you. And dont get me wrong...maybe Im backtracking a bit here....but its OK. Its fine. Its what you would expect someone like Whitney Houston to sing. It is NOT NOT NOT "the greatest rendition ever" or the Gold Standard of how the song should be sung. Not even CLOSE.