I stole this from BikeBlog. It's an article about Barack Obama talking to Bikes Belong about committing to funding cycling and pedestrian initiatives when he's elected president. I think it's good that we keep this blog most a-political, but when a politician/candidate does some bike-friendly, there's no reason not to write about it. I tried finding something about John McCain with a bike, but the best I could do was this and this.
I guess it's Mayor Daley who generally gets to take credit for all the bike lanes and that sort of stuff in Chicago, but Obama is a Senator for that state (and from that City).
In semi-related news, Vernon isn't all bad.
Anybody take a good ride this weekend?
Im glad to read stuff like this coming out of politics. I can only hope that this might set a larger national example.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the article I particularly like this comment,
"During a conversational 15-minute speech, Obama poked fun at himself telling the crowd that when he was photographed last weekend riding a bike with his children, he looked like Urkel. For those unfamiliar with Steve Urkel, he was the nerdy, bespectacled semi-hero on the long running sitcom “Family Matters.”
I don't know whats funnier the fact that he called himself out for that photo or that they described Urkel as "the nerdy, bespectacled semi-hero"
Classic.
Is it no longer going to be "change that we can believe in" and instead "did I do that?"
ReplyDeleteha! vernon ain't got nuttin' on England! they got these traffic cameras there and the public is rabidly attacking them with paint, grinders, explosives...everything!
ReplyDeletecheck this:
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/index2.htm
grinders? like sandwiches!?
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for the hobos who are hanging around these things waiting for free sandwiches and some nutjob comes along and hits them with paint, or even worse a pipe bomb.
ReplyDeleteno hobo's getting injured.
ReplyDeleteabout 1/2 way through the photos you see the method:
take one old tire, wedge it on the pole under the camera box, fill with petrol and light it up!
Here's a bi-partisan bike news item. Bike-sharing programs for both major conventions this summer.
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