Posted on 05/30/2011 2:18:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yesterday, thousands of bikers descended upon Washington, D.C., for the annual Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally. The rally is an annual demonstration that was started in 1987 to bring attention to the plight of prisoners of war and to those service people missing in action. Among the riders? Sarah Palin. Decked out in a black jacket, big shades, and a Harley-Davidson helmet the Mama Grizzly transformed herself into a Motorcyle Mama for the day to join them in the cause.
Palin was joined at the rally by her husband Todd (forever riding the metaphorical sidecar) and her two daughters, Bristol and Piper. She rode on the back of one motorcyle, Bristol rode on the back of another, and Todd drove his own bike with Piper on the back.
That's right. Sarah Palin let her 10-year-old daughter Piper Palin on a motorcycle.
Are you kidding me?
Motorcycles can be fun and exhilarating to ride -- I've done it. But they can also be dangerous and are known for their ability to kill and maim, even the most skilled riders. A motorcycle is no place for a 10-year-old. It makes no difference that Piper was wearing a helmet, that the bike may have been "going slow," and that she wasn't the one driving it. She's way too young to be introduced to such a dangerous activity.
Once again Sarah Palin put her own PR in front of her her children's needs and safety. But that's not so surprising. After all, don't mama grizzlies eat their young?
Do you think kids should go on motorcyles?
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In a former life, Suzanne Murray was a lawyer, a journalist, and a green lifestyle guru. She's launched several web sites, and has worked at the Washington Post Company, the New York Observer, and myriad women's magazines. In her current life, she's raising 8 chickens and one adventurous three-year-old.
**back then the school didn’t have any input on such things.**
I remember kids getting on the school bus with their rifles. They were going hunting right after school with another student ..and was going to ride THEIR bus on the way HOME!!!
Well, I have to admit, having casual sex and being aborted seem more dangerous than riding a motorcycle. Is she against those too?
It’s hardly MSM.
It’s a blog post on an inane women’s site.
And her readers are not supporting her AT ALL.
Expression on her face — and her body language. She’s good for go, as in NOW. Neat pic!
And then furiously lobby for a whole new slew of laws. Those kind of people give "tireless minority" a bad name.
This meltdown lib most likely aborted her daughter so she can lecture Palin.
Pray for America
Righty-O, 2ndDivisionVet!!!
The Cop is just jealous because the Kid has a nicer ride.
That’s funny right there!
Those aren’t kids on that ummm...thing. Which was the hovering mother’s point.
One thing for sure everyone should see that cycle coming.
Extreme case of PDS.
Around 1995, I almost literally saw that in a mid-Toronto suburb. Some office-worker type was riding his bike and pulling his small son along with a leash tied to the son's little bike.
I remember thinking at the time: "better get used to that leash, kid."
A little city vignette, that really happened: A middle-class private school in Southern California, population about ten zillion in 1,000 square miles of city, where the "rivers" are freeways and the hardscape is asphalt. It was raining, one of those neat So Cal rains where the drops are big, generous, and continuous, and the temps are in the 60s.
Some wonderful teacher or principal had let a bunch of kids take their shoes off in the middle of the day and go romp and run and stomp and cavort to their hearts' content in the rain. A bunch of, I'd say about 9-year-old boys and girls in their blue-white uniforms, no shoes, having a blast.
It was pretty neat to see.
What an absolute crock. I was tearing up the orchards and fields near my hometown when I was 11 years old and riding a Suzuki 75cc dirtbike. One of the greatest times I had as a kid. My parents never supervised me. Yeah, I had a few minor injuries, but so what? I lived and learned something that today’s bubble-wrapped kids never will.
Wow. Even among the Palin HATERS there’s not one supportive comment.
That is a GREAT story. I could almost hear the kids laughing as I read it.
Imagine...letting kids be kids!
Well anyway, she was hot.
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