Commuting by bike is against the Constitution

[Owlie]

Yep, subtly moving his foot over and showing some sock

http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodSO_SHA.html

I need to stop reading this thread when there's liquid in my mouth. Now there's cream soda on my keyboard.

[KnottedYet]

As Jason Jones says: "...that which you hate the most, you secretly are."

(he reads Momentum on park benches during his lunch hour, wearing a big pair of sunglasses and a Walz cap pulled low over his face) http://www.walzcaps.com/

[roguedog]

I think he was picked on when he was 8 years old by kids riding their bikes home from school and hasn't ever let that go.

HE'LL SHOW THEM.

[Owlie]

OT:
Roguedog, I know I've heard the song that your sig line is from. What is it?
/OT

[Trek420]

I think he was picked on when he was 8 years old by kids riding their bikes home from school and hasn't ever let that go.

HE'LL SHOW THEM.

His first wife saw those chiseled calves and ran away with a Cat1 racer. He'll show us!

[OakLeaf]

He has a pair of bike shorts at the bottom of his underwear drawer, and sniffs the chamois when no one else is home.

@ Owlie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTBnqsLP5a0

I didn't know it either - but song lyrics are one of the things I don't hesitate to google. Kind of a cool song.

[Bike Chick]

Bwaaaa ha ha ha ha...............

[MommyBird]

You all are missing his point. He has nothing against promoting bike friendly policies. In fact he is all for them. He has an issue with ceding American sovereignty to an international organization. Any time a country signs on to a treaty they agree to give up some of their right to self-government. That is what makes it unconstitutional.

This article is written in a deceptive manner to make Mr. Maes look kooky and anti-bike but if you read his own words without the biased reporters spin you get a different picture.

"At first, I thought, 'Gosh, public transportation, what's wrong with that, and what's wrong with people parking their cars and riding their bikes? And what's wrong with incentives for green cars?' But if you do your homework and research, you realize ICLEI is part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a United Nations treaty," Maes said.

International treaties, like this one, include policies that are often very harmless on the surface. Unfortunately, biased journalists love to make the party who will not sign them look evil for wanting to thwart the so called good work when the underlying reason for not signing is because the party realizes how important it is to hold on to and respect America's sovereignty at all costs. Many of the policies within treaties trample on the freedoms we value as Americans. The good policies in these seemingly harmless treaties can easily be adopted without sliding down the slippery slope of ceding ones national sovereignty.

On this issue we should be thanking Mr Maes for protecting our liberties instead of demonizing him.