Highway Bill Sends Billions to Bike Trails

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/11/05 | Emily Johns - AP

[Disambiguator]

I never did get a dirver's liscense, and I'll ride my bike to work if I can (no good routes at this time, so it would take too long).

I did, however, get a driver's license, and used to have CDL, plus I've had a motorcycle endorsement since 1980.

[NYCynic]

Most people in this world, when accused of being gay in a very non-serious manner, totally ignore the accusation. Thus, there is no reward to calling them gay.

Uh? Totally ignore the accusation? Here in NY I've seen brawls break out for less(scuffed sneakers, wayward glances). Attacking someone's masculinity never gets ignored.

[FateAmenableToChange]

There are, however, two groups of people who go totally insance when called gay: Mac users and bike riders. I don't know what it is about these two groups that they take the accusation so seriously.

It's the leg shaving thing. I've heard that to use OSX, you have to shave your legs. Honest.

Or, to paraphrase that famous simpson's line: "'Lester's' a chick name, right? Right!???"

[Wolfie]

Wow! Thanks, everybody. Socialism is great when it works for me me me meeeeeee!

Sad, ain't it? (But oh so predictable).

[Rodney King]

Funny, he doesn't look gay to me. :-)

1. His name is Lance.

2. He rides a bike.

3. He wears a yellow bracelet.

4. He wears spandex.

Any questions?

[Rodney King]

Uh? Totally ignore the accusation? Here in NY I've seen brawls break out for less(scuffed sneakers, wayward glances). Attacking someone's masculinity never gets ignored.

Sorry, I meant on FR.

[hopespringseternal]

Who cares? I'm happy to have one less driver on the road. If someone wants to bike, good for them.

They may not be off the road. The city of Houston under Lee Brown just took the money and painted another line on the streets, making the existing lanes smaller. So the bike lane is on the street, next to two or three lanes that are now too small for vehicular traffic.

No bike rider in his right mind would use them, it would be suicide.

[dfwgator]

W has up to this point been pretty good at avoiding his father's mistakes, but he has stepped in it with this bill. How can the GOP claim to be the "party of limited government" anymore without producing chuckles?

[biblewonk]

Yea that's true, but it does work both ways. Take Sunday morning biking groups in my neck of the woods for instance. They ride three abreast, not single file like they should. They blow stop signs and traffic lights so they can keep up with the pack. They never use hand signals. etc.

The idiot community is well represented among both drivers and bikers.

Yes that's true too. From what I hear Iowa City, a college town, is full of biking boneheads. It's also the liberal hot spot of Iowa. Interesting that kids that think of themselves as receiving a higher education wind up being the worst bikers and biggest liberals around. But I wax anti-college again.

[NYCynic]

That's horrible. Is there any effort being put together to try and fight this?

[newgeezer]

Am typing from a computer with one of those weird split keyboards.

Those are gay, aren't they?

[flashbunny]

apparently few here care about it either - as long as it funds something they want.

[andyk]

No one can be this dumb!

But, someone can be this petty.

[gogeo]

Should read "insane". Am typing from a computer with one of those weird split keyboards.

Those are *so* gay.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Funny, he doesn't look gay to me. :-) 1. His name is Lance. 2. He rides a bike. 3. He wears a yellow bracelet. 4. He wears spandex. Any questions?

He's bonking Sheryl Crow. Enough said.

[biblewonk]

I was not even talking about his typing.

[newgeezer]

W has up to this point been pretty good at avoiding his father's mistakes, but he has stepped in it with this bill. How can the GOP claim to be the "party of limited government" anymore without producing chuckles?

You must be kidding. Republicans pass and/or sign one of these pork-laden "transportation" bills every year. That "limited government" cr*p went out the window a long time ago (think Reagan administration).

[Rodney King]

Those are gay, aren't they?

Yeah. It's not mine, I am at someone else's keyboard.

[Rodney King]

You must be kidding. Republicans pass and/or sign one of these pork-laden "transportation" bills every year. That "limited government" cr*p went out the window a long time ago (think Reagan administration).

We are in total agreement here. I have given up all hope that the Republicans are capable of governing. We need split government. Either a GOP congress or a GOP president with a GOP congress that is just barely the minority.

[dfwgator]

Either a GOP congress or a GOP president with a GOP congress that is just barely the minority.

Well if it's split with Libertarians, fine. But not with the Rats.