Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.

Check this out.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

It's funny how a story can change just by leaving out a few sentences.

Thumper

Thumper wrote:
> Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
> a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.
>
> Check this out.
>
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts
>
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT
>
> It's funny how a story can change just by leaving out a few sentences.

Does it surprise you that Free Republic, a rightwing-loon site, would be a
bit biased?

>
> Thumper

"Thumper" <roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:

:Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
:a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.
:
:Check this out.
:
:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts

The bias on freerepublic isn't against motorcycles. It's Clooney.
He's a loony!
I made a joke. Sometimes I just crack myself up... Like Clooney.
Ah... I made another one!
--

"Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote:

:
oes it surprise you that Free Republic, a rightwing-loon site, would be a
:bit biased?

But not against bikes. We have no love for George Cloony. You will
notice, however, that despite his moonbattyness, many still wished
him well.
--

On Sep 22, 9:39 am, "Thumper" <roadap...@unclewebster.com> wrote:
> Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
> a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.
>
> Check this out.
>
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts
>
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...ITE=FLROC&SECT...
>
> It's funny how a story can change just by leaving out a few sentences.
>
> Thumper

Women cagers think it's a mocho male unnessesary weakness while most
non-riding cager males are just jealous. YMMV!

Bob Nixon.

On Sep 22, 3:00 pm, "Jeff Mayner" <jeffmay...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thumper wrote:
> > Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
> > a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.
>
> > Check this out.
>
> >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts
>
> >http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...ITE=FLROC&SECT...
>
> > It's funny how a story can change just by leaving out a few sentences.
>
> Does it surprise you that Free Republic, a rightwing-loon site, would be a
> bit biased?

I assume you are referring to,

"Rosenfield said the accident occurred when the vehicle signaled a
left-hand turn, but turned right and struck Clooney's motorcycle.

"The car signaled left. George was riding to the right. The driver
decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped George," he said.


That was in the second link and not the first.

Our local newspaper ran the AP release which after stating they were
wearing helmets wrote,

"It wasn't known whether the Mazda's driver, whose identity was not
immediately released, used a turn signal, Kelly said."

In the context it was given I was thinking the question was whether
the driver had signaled his turn to the right. The mention of a left
turn signal puts it in a whole different light.

On Sep 23, 7:10 pm, Bruce Richmond <bsr3...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Sep 22, 3:00 pm, "Jeff Mayner" <jeffmay...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Thumper wrote:
> > > Perhaps drivers think we exist. But that doesn't mean that there's not
> > > a terrible bias amongst non-riders and cagers against us.
>
> > > Check this out.
>
> > >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900482/posts
>
> > >http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...ITE=FLROC&SECT...
>
> > > It's funny how a story can change just by leaving out a few sentences.
>
> > Does it surprise you that Free Republic, a rightwing-loon site, would be a
> > bit biased?
>
> I assume you are referring to,
>
> "Rosenfield said the accident occurred when the vehicle signaled a
> left-hand turn, but turned right and struck Clooney's motorcycle.
>
> "The car signaled left. George was riding to the right. The driver
> decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped George," he said.
>
> That was in the second link and not the first.
>
> Our local newspaper ran the AP release which after stating they were
> wearing helmets wrote,
>
> "It wasn't known whether the Mazda's driver, whose identity was not
> immediately released, used a turn signal, Kelly said."
>
> In the context it was given I was thinking the question was whether
> the driver had signaled his turn to the right. The mention of a left
> turn signal puts it in a whole different light.

Reading again the AP release had,

"Clooney and Larson were traveling north and sped up to pass on the
right of a 1999 Mazda Millenia that was preparing to make a right
turn."

Kinda explains why I was wondering about a signal to the right.

Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:

:Oh wow, someone got hurt and _despite_ their politics they wished him
:well. How noble.

Not terribly noble, but in stark contrast to what would be written
at DailyKOS or DU if a conservative had crashed.
--

On Sep 24, 6:40 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :Oh wow, someone got hurt and _despite_ their politics they wished him
> :well. How noble.
>
> Not terribly noble, but in stark contrast to what would be written
> at DailyKOS or DU if a conservative had crashed.
> --

I wish I had those mind reading and predictive powers you do.

Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:

:On Sep 24, 6:40 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
:> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
:>
:> :Oh wow, someone got hurt and _despite_ their politics they wished him
:> :well. How noble.
:>
:> Not terribly noble, but in stark contrast to what would be written
:> at DailyKOS or DU if a conservative had crashed.
:> --
:
:I wish I had those mind reading and predictive powers you do.

Not necessary. Spend an hour reading either of those sites and you
will find multiple examples of posters wishing death and pain on
people they disagree with politically. You seldom find that on
FreeRepublic, the site mentioned in the post I originally responded
to. When that type of post shows up, the moderators generally remove
it and suspend the user. There are exceptions, but they are few. The
FReepers will wish them well personally and ill politically, as they
did with George Clooney.

Read DU. It's quite an education. I read it every day. While KOS
isn't quite as bad as DU, it's not a pleasant place.
--

"Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote in message
newsepif3he0uokuu13q9u04n6qig0gq5i2ju@4ax.com...
> Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :On Sep 24, 6:40 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> :> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> :>
> :> :Oh wow, someone got hurt and _despite_ their politics they wished him
> :> :well. How noble.
> :>
> :> Not terribly noble, but in stark contrast to what would be written
> :> at DailyKOS or DU if a conservative had crashed.
> :> --
> :
> :I wish I had those mind reading and predictive powers you do.
>
> Not necessary. Spend an hour reading either of those sites and you
> will find multiple examples of posters wishing death and pain on
> people they disagree with politically. You seldom find that on
> FreeRepublic, the site mentioned in the post I originally responded
> to. When that type of post shows up, the moderators generally remove
> it and suspend the user. There are exceptions, but they are few. The
> FReepers will wish them well personally and ill politically, as they
> did with George Clooney.
>
> Read DU. It's quite an education. I read it every day. While KOS
> isn't quite as bad as DU, it's not a pleasant place.

hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure got
some peculiar priorities..

Can't say much about the Democrat leadership, either.. They sure have
not performed up to the expectations of the constituents who elected
them.. Bottom line is.. George Bush doesn't represent the genuine Rep-
ublican in that party and the Democrats who were elected to run his sorry
ass off, along with Dick Cheney.. have utterly failed to do what they were
elected to do.. All that being said.. wanna hear some words of hatred and
vitriol.. listen to Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and/or Ann Coulter for just
a
little bit..

Sorry 'bout that.. but your comments on this thread.. neither impress nor
intimidate me..

Bill Walker
Irving, Tx.
> --

"Bill Walker" <bill.walker2@verizon.net> wrote:

:hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
:road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
:brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure got
:some peculiar priorities..

Umm... Fuck you, troll.
--

"Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote

> Arnold is a liberal. He got a pass.

Ah. Nice to know that Dick Cheney's not alone in defining anyone who
disagrees with him about anything -or who is willing to compromise- as a
"liberal".

Somewhere in Arizona, Barry Goldwater is spinning like a lathe.

"Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote in message
news:975jf31hcpsapthn7kfgpkpr184ipnth5p@4ax.com...
> "Bill Walker" <bill.walker2@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> :hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
> :road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
> :brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure got
> :some peculiar priorities..
>
> Umm... Fuck you, troll.

ROTFLMAO.. "umm".. That might be a pretty good chore for you..
When you get around to "fucking" me.. you might not enjoy it ..
hmmm.. Give it your best shot, though.. <evil grin>
> --

P. Roehling wrote:
> "Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote
>
>> Arnold is a liberal. He got a pass.
>
> Ah. Nice to know that Dick Cheney's not alone in defining anyone who
> disagrees with him about anything -or who is willing to compromise- as a
> "liberal".
>
> Somewhere in Arizona, Barry Goldwater is spinning like a lathe.

Barry G would punch each and every one of the present crop of Republican
presidential aspirints right in the nose and tell them, "Go home, sonny. Let
the adults do the work."

Steve T wrote:
> "Bill Walker" <bill.walker2@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
>> road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
>> brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure got
>> some peculiar priorities..
>
> Umm... Fuck you, troll.

lol...

That's telling him.

"Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nPSdnSo10e8_hmfbnZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> Bill Walker wrote:
>> "Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote in message
>> news:975jf31hcpsapthn7kfgpkpr184ipnth5p@4ax.com...
>>> "Bill Walker" <bill.walker2@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
>>>> road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
>>>> brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure
>>>> got some peculiar priorities..
>>>
>>> Umm... Fuck you, troll.
>>
>> ROTFLMAO.. "umm".. That might be a pretty good chore for you..
>> When you get around to "fucking" me.. you might not enjoy it ..
>> hmmm.. Give it your best shot, though.. <evil grin>
>>> --
>
> He better not try it with me. I got guns! ;-)

<smile> Ol' Steve T isn't doing so well in the "intimidation" dept.
is he ?
>
>

On Sep 25, 7:08 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> "Bill Walker" <bill.walk...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> :hmmm.. You may be ever so good of company on your motorcycle and the
> :road, but if you can stomach the disgrace that George W.Bush has
> :brought to this country, since he's been president, you have sure got
> :some peculiar priorities..
>
> Umm... Fuck you, troll.
> --

Classy.

Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:

:> Umm... Fuck you, troll.
:> --
:
:Classy.

If nothing else, I have class!
--

"P. Roehling" <nowayjose@uh-uh.edu> wrote:

:Ah. Nice to know that Dick Cheney's not alone in defining anyone who
:disagrees with him about anything -or who is willing to compromise- as a
:"liberal".

Dick Cheney is the man!
--

"Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote in message
news:qoklf3didcribo39jsr77k2f1m5jtuhiom@4ax.com...
> "P. Roehling" <nowayjose@uh-uh.edu> wrote:
>
> :Ah. Nice to know that Dick Cheney's not alone in defining anyone who
> :disagrees with him about anything -or who is willing to compromise- as
> a
> :"liberal".
>
> Dick Cheney is the man!

He's an evil 'bot.

> --

"Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote:

:He's an evil 'bot.

Most moonbats would disagree. They think he's an evil genius pulling
all of the strings.

Dick Cheney es muy macho.
--

Steve T wrote:
> "Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> He's an evil 'bot.
>
> Most moonbats would disagree. They think he's an evil genius pulling
> all of the strings.
>
> Dick Cheney es muy macho.

If he was muy macho, he wouldn't have taken so many deferments to stay out
of the Vietnam War.

Also, he's a flip-flopping, lying pussy and should be impeached.

"Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote:

:If he was muy macho, he wouldn't have taken so many deferments to stay out
f the Vietnam War.
:
:Also, he's a flip-flopping, lying pussy and should be impeached.

See. You're a moonbat!
--

"Steve T" <rm2@no48panspam.com> wrote in message
news:dlrnf3hmut49911glg0i6bpghrtm1c2176@4ax.com...
> "Jeff Mayner" <jeffmayner@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :If he was muy macho, he wouldn't have taken so many deferments to stay
> out
> f the Vietnam War.
> :
> :Also, he's a flip-flopping, lying pussy and should be impeached.
>
> See. You're a moonbat!

Republican-free since '83. ;-)

> --

On Sep 26, 5:47 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :> Umm... Fuck you, troll.
> :> --
> :
> :Classy.
>
> If nothing else, I have class!
> --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

On Sep 26, 5:47 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :> Umm... Fuck you, troll.
> :> --
> :
> :Classy.
>
> If nothing else, I have class!
> --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:

:> If nothing else, I have class!
:> --
:
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

I have sarcasm too!
--

Alexey <inline_four@yahoo.com> wrote:

:> If nothing else, I have class!
:> --
:
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

I have sarcasm too!
--

On Oct 2, 12:46 pm, Steve T <r...@no48panspam.com> wrote:
> Alexey <inline_f...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> :> If nothing else, I have class!
> :> --
> :
> :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
>
> I have sarcasm too!
> --

Whatever you say...