Letters to the Editor
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Beep! Beep!
Sometimes, I'm a dog with my head out the window, other times I'm standing at the roadside, watching the blur go by. At best, I work my way up to backseat driver.
I'm that big fat bug that just went "Splat!"
The Windshield Factor. ;-}
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BaruchOlam
I don’t know. I’m just thinking out loud. It really does bug me, though, when I hear most of my friends and relatives (even those who don’t like Bush) say that they “sleep better” knowing that their government is watching over them (b-r-r-r-r-r!).
Ask them why there is a quite well known Latin phrase that means "who will watch the watchers?".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F
The concept goes back at least as far as Plato.
I have yet to figure out what happened to all those conservatives who not all that long ago were saying "I love my country but I fear my government".
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bystander
I don't very often contemplate the specifics of the aerodynamics of the vehicle, the weight of the car, friction of tires on the road, etc.
I damn near killed myself once, the first time I really thought about what I was doing when I was riding a motorcycle.
If you are riding a bicycle or motorcycle at above say a jogging pace, which way do you turn the handlebars to make a right turn?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering
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-- Pedinska
"How does it "ruin sweaters"?
What time's the barbecue start?"
I have done quite enough titilating this day so the answer to your rather pointed question must remain a mystery.
The barbeque starts at 8:55 AM, EDT, tomorrow.
Spandex miniskirts?
Good grief.
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Vivid Thoughts...
Jebbie, Admittedly, perhaps that wardrobe detail was a bit too graphic. I did notice, however, that y'all hadn't exactly been a bunch of Victorian spinsters while I was away. (Unless by "Victorian," we're referring to her Secrets.)
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Jebbie
LOL!
Have a safe trip home and come back and visit us when the weather is more hospitable. I have great barbecues in my garden. No immolation - self or otherwise - required.
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@Arne
RWAdar?
Very good. Much better (and more succinct) than my theory which was using some of those special sunglasses Rowdy Roddy wore in "They Live".
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Aycharaych
Oh, God! Countersteering. Just 'upgraded' from my mountain bike to a racer. Took me about 5 years to get comfortable on *any* bike after a 20 year hiatus.
Twenty years ago, a woman with three little kids in the car got on my rear wheel down a steep narrow hill. Looked back to see how close she really was, my front tire hit a rock, and I went over the handle bars into the barrow ditch. One broken arm later, that was it for a road bike. I'll give the driver credit. She did stop, half in hysterics, wondering if she'd hit me. She hadn't. Only had one functioning arm, so I pushed the bike home.
About 5 years ago, I decided dirt roads on a mountain bike might be okay. Straight miles out. Straight miles back. Stop signs, but no corners, little traffic, and NO hills. Graduated to a bike trail with lots of hills and some fairly sharp corners. Got tired of being passed like I was standing still by the young'uns so, just this weekend, I bought a racer.
A mountain bike is kind of like a tank in comparison. With tires able to handle loose dirt, small stones, and a soft surface (in comparison to black top) you don't corner real quick. Those nubby tires don't offer much contact with the "road." The racer is a different deal. Had to go online the other day and read up on "steering." With a mountain bike you actually have time to *think* about countersteering. With a racer, you just need to look, and everything else had better be in position before your eyes find the target.
As I write this, I'm missing a little hide on one forearm, but everything else is cool. LOL. Funny you should mention countersteering. Better get my butt back to Pilates classes to do a little more work on my core. Not sure my transversalis muscles are equal to this.
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RMP, I wasn't sure why
you were telling me about the current occupant's first pitch, but then I saw the video, and realized that you must have been referring to an earlier discussion comparing the merits of sports writers with the demerits of political pundits... ;~)
For anyone who hasn't seen it, a little music for your ears... some very clear boos.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/30/president-bush-booed-at-b_n_94153.html
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Interesting video on the drug war
http://tinyurl.com/yuhhdh
Watch it and weep for your country.
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Abandon all hope ye who live here.
I thank the Republicans for running the Swastika up the flagpole.
I thank the Democrats for giving it the full "Sieg Heil"
That's right Amerika, we are now a fascist third world country.
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It wasn't an "inside job" --
"Glenn, don't just wonder why the administration didn't, as Mukasey suggests, obtain a warrant to listen in on 9/11-planning calls that supposedly originated from a safe house in Afghanistan. DEMAND TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED. Take that leap, join us in demanding answers. WE DESERVE TO KNOW HOW AND WHY 9/11 HAPPENED."
and all that right-wing anti-gum'mint bunk (as if the buildings had to collapse in order to ensure that the US citizenry would be sufficiently enraged). It was simply allowed to happen: they needed a "Pearl Harbor" as excuse to invade Iraq.
As for Mukasey: the "safe-house" in Afghanistan (and he's worried about a call from Iraq!?) didn't exist: they will say anything in effort to achieve their aim: the destruction of our system of laws, which system of laws IS the US.
Everything that comes out of the mouths of the members of the Bushit criminal enterprise is a lie: in how many instances have they presented actual EVIDENCE for ANY of their claims? In ZERO instances. Their entire operation is "trust us" -- and that is ALSO a lie.
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Mountain v. Road v. Racer --
"A mountain bike is kind of like a tank in comparison. With tires able to handle loose dirt, small stones, and a soft surface (in comparison to black top) you don't corner real quick. Those nubby tires don't offer much contact with the "road." The racer is a different deal. Had to go online the other day and read up on "steering." With a mountain bike you actually have time to *think* about countersteering. With a racer, you just need to look, and everything else had better be in position before your eyes find the target.
"-- bystander"
I ride crazier -- and faster -- on a mountain bike in the city than I ever did on a road bike. Don't know where you're coming from about the former being a tank!