Tuff Ride Wrap Up

July 17th, 2008

I got spanked and dropped. Ped waited for me. He was nice and rode slow. I had cramps in both legs. We caught up with ScottE and JT in Wayzata. They stopped for water since it was hot like. I limped back home. The end.

one grand for bike racing

July 17th, 2008

At the NSC Velodrome on August 7th.

This event will kick off three days of incredible action at the track, including the Midwest Sprint Challenge.

All your favorites will be there. Go and race, go and watch. Don’t miss it, you’ll never forgive yourself if you do.

Riccò out

July 17th, 2008

Along with the entire Saunier Duval team…not really a surprise. He did want to be the next Pantani. Well on your way son!

We were laughing about Riccò on the Tuff Guy ride last Tuesday wondering when he would get popped. Seems like the dope controls are working, the dopes are being shown the door.

Tour pool updated.

F-ing Liars

July 17th, 2008

Yes, there were oil spills from Hurricane Katrina.

Houston Chronicle:

Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters unleashed 1 million gallons of oil from one of the massive storage tanks at Murphy Oil’s nearby refinery. The spill spread over 1 square mile and stained 1,700 homes, making it one of the largest environmental spills to occur in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

But it was far from the only one.

A Houston Chronicle review of data from the National Response Center shows that the two storms caused at least 595 spills, incidents that released untold amounts of oil, natural gas and other chemicals into the air, onto land and into the water.

And yet, our "liberal media" continues to host guests that spew nonsense about Katrina not causing a single drop of oil to be spilled.

time for a sales meeting

July 16th, 2008

Forum topic

July 16th, 2008

Plan B asks the important question.

What I like, part three.

July 16th, 2008

I don’t like (dis).

But I do like Old Navy.

I don’t care if those clothes are sewn together by Chinese babies, that stuff is cheap! Plus they are always playing the latest dance tunes in the store and there is lots of room for Toddler Smithers to run around.

The only annoying thing is the members of the Teen Girl Squad that are always in my way when I am shopping.

The failing of capitalism

July 16th, 2008

It seems to me that the free market is really great at providing people with what they want in the here and now.

Where the free market seems to fail is in planning for the future requirements and services that the public will need.

If fuel costs continue to rise then the public is going to desire a more developed mass transit system than we currently have in place in this country. It’s obvious that private industry is not going to invest in a mass transit system, since they have not to date. We could have a serious near term need for this system.

I think government needs to have a more active role in trying to forecast the future needs of society and in making plans to address those needs.

thought for the day

July 16th, 2008

Some days you can do nothing right.

Please stay out of my god damn way when you have those days.

Thanks.

I agree with Atrios

July 15th, 2008

When he says:

I’ve never quite been able figure out why the image of the burning twin towers is seen by Republicans as something in their favor. In my universe the timeline goes something like this:

Jan 20, 2001 Bush Inaugurated

Jan 25, 2001 Richard Clarke sends Condi Rice memo, warning about al Qaeda. Rice does nothing.

August 6, 2001 Bush gets memo titled “Bin Laden Determined to strike in US.” Bush responds by telling the briefer, “All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.” Then does nothing.

September 11, 2001 Bin Laden strikes in US.