I'm not a biker, but I'm shocked to read:

Whenever I see someone cycling to or from work, and in the absence of personal experience with that person, I just assume that they are an arrogant asshole. — IaintBacchus

am so sick of them, I do whatever I can to intimidate and harass them when I'm driving.— awesome-o

if you're...biking in a skirt ...guess what? you are asking for an accident.— naynay

[Hey naynay: ever seen those "women's bikes?" They're built for wearing skirts.]

arrogant, pretentious, self-righteous ass-holes...Especially the ones who wear the faggy Lance Armstrong-wannabe shorts.— awesome-o

a MAJORITY of urban bicyclists are self-absorbed jerkoffs.— Michael D. Zungolo

Please, anyone, point out a study that backs up your anecdotally-based assumptions about cyclists, either in terms of their attitudes or behavior. Until then, spare us your bigotry.

I have a popular bike route in front of my house. When crossing the street to get to my truck, (where I do NOT have the right of way, I might add) I've been surprised a couple of times by cyclists coming up silently at night. You know what that has forced me to do? CHECK BOTH WAYS before crossing. Oh, the humanity!

In contrast, there's a crosswalk near here where drivers commonly do not respect the rights of way of pedestrians. I agree fully, when cyclists do this it is dangerous and inexcusable. But when drivers have done this, at this crossing? They've killed six students over the years. Get some perspective, please.

Here (at sig) is the video where the chickenhawk tahn-CRRRAY-doe gets pwned on VA issues by Latino veteran Kos and then stomps off whiny-beyotch style.

"...faced with the Chihuahuan desert, or Texas?"

Umm, hate to break it to ya, but Presidio is also in the Chihuahuan desert. As a matter of fact, so is all of Trans-Pecos Texas. Hell, Midland is borderline Chihuahuan. The climate doesn't suddenly get cool and pleasant at the border, so if people were getting dumped there like you hallucinated, they'd be pretty screwed no matter which side they were on.

Oughta learn about that climate thing, Governor. Then perhaps you'd understand the threat of anthropogenic climate change. You know how Texas is pretty marginal for agriculture and urban water supplies, due to low rainfall? Well, practically the entire state will have significantly less rain if we don't do anything.

Even Midland.

The one who complains about "Scozzafava...who would work with the enemy." These guys are not going to let "moderate Republicans" survive in any reasonable number.

Oh well, guess there's still work to be done. Back to the Socialist Agenda!

You far leftists are going to cause a Republican revival. When a moderate Republican who is not a social conservative and who is pro choice, pro gay rights and pro the environment runs for office you left wing Democrats tremble in fear because you know that there are plenty of Democrats who will vote for that person.

Why on earth would I tremble in fear? When faced with "a moderate Republican who is not a social conservative and who is pro choice, pro gay rights and pro the environment," I would consider voting for this person. That's exactly what the Dittoheads call "the far leftist agenda."

If we're now considering those positions to be moderate (which they truly are), then I say Mission Accomplished--we've nudged the Overton Window a little bit to the left.

This is America--we don't have any damned "Lords."

And we really don't have the time for any of this imperious aristocratic nonsense:

we have a voting-rights policy that allows welfare and Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid recipients----wards of the State, in other words---to vote on the same basis as productive, normal citizens.

Considering that the vast majority of retired Americans--yes, those who have spent most of their lives being productive--are receiving some form of benefits from Social Security and Medicare, they are most certainly "normal citizens." And they get to vote! For some sort of reason about how they've all been "created equal." Shocking, I know, to self-imagined aristocrats, but there you are.

And if our imagined empire is draining away, good. I'll take a Republic over an Empire any day, and it never seemed like the two were compatible.

It's a sad thing to suddenly have that happen to someone you love.

But still: what a great personal connection to the industry she gave you! Loved the picture.

And this bears repeating:

In fairness to a pilot and his passengers, the rest clock should not begin to tick until the minute he latches the door of his hotel room, and stop ticking no later than the minute he checks out.

Perhaps, as you say, there is too much ambiguity to make this the standard. But there needs to be some recognition of when the pilot is actually able to rest. Some standard amount of time allotted for paperwork, meals, and transport, perhaps.