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.:: 0185: Where Do Muslim 'Terrorists' Come From? Ask Diane Shapiro! ::.

To Whom It May Concern:

This evening I received this email and attached PPS:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/ Bullshit_Chainmails/The_Origin_of_the_Veil.htm

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/ Bullshit_Chainmails/Veiled_reference.pps

It was sent to me by a Republican Party representative named "Diane Shapiro":

46th Ward Republican Organization
The Hon. Diane Shapiro
4170 N. Marine Dr, #4
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: 773-457-2636
Email: dianeipa@yahoo.com

Source: http://cookrepublicanparty.com/leadership.aspx

Labels on mindless lackies and political puppets like "Republican" or "Democrat" mean nothing to me:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/06

But just out of curiosity, would you happen to know any "professional journalist" who might be willing to question the veracity of this presentation?

Your "No" answer will disappoint (but not surprise) me...

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Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Follow me on Twitter @ironboltbruce
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RCs Biker Forum
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
Oversolicited Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Reluctant Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2009 Chairmans Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Member, Peoples Campaign for the Constitution (ConstitutionCampaign.org)
Say No to Cloudmark Authority and all content-based Big Brother Internet Censorship
Repeal the Patriot Act|Reject Citizens United v. FEC|Recall Our Troops|Re-Elect Nobody

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.:: 0184: Seven Things We Must Do NOW To Save--Too Late--RESTORE Our Republic ::.

1. REJECT CITIZENS UNITED v. FEC:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/07

http://tinyurl.com/citizensunitedvscitizensunited

http://movetoamend.org

2. REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT:

http://tinyurl.com/repealpatriotact

http://www.reformthepatriotact.org

http://www.bordc.org

3. REFUSE INTERNET CENSORSHIP:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02

http://tinyurl.com/censorship-internet

http://savetheinternet.com

4. RE-ELECT NOBODY:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/06

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/01

http://tinyurl.com/ReElectNobodyWebsites

5. RE-ESTABLISH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY:

http://tinyurl.com/catastrophicbudgetfailure

http://restrictmytaxes.com

http://www.auditthefed.com

6. RECALL OUR TROOPS:

http://rethinkafghanistan.com/videos.php

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/12

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/05

7. REALLY INVESTIGATE 9/11:

http://www.ae911truth.org

http://911truthbikers.com

http://tinyurl.com/truthabout911

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Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Follow me on Twitter @ironboltbruce
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RCs Biker Forum
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
Oversolicited Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Reluctant Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2009 Chairmans Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Member, Peoples Campaign for the Constitution (ConstitutionCampaign.org)
Say No to Cloudmark Authority and all content-based Big Brother Internet Censorship
Repeal the Patriot Act|Reject Citizens United v. FEC|Recall Our Troops|Re-Elect Nobody

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.:: 0183: Three Questions for Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) Paid Lobbyist Jeff Hennie (Bikers Rights) ::.

THREE QUESTIONS FOR MRF PAID LOBBYIST JEFF HENNIE (regarding the MRF news release appended below):

1. For those of us who took the RED pill ... and see that "Democrat" and "Republican" are merely labels sewn onto puppets that cover the left and right hands of the same masters, using verifiable objective citations please justify why motorcyclists in general, and the MRF in particular, should favor one set of puppets over the other: [ http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/06 ]

2. For those of us who took the RED pill ... and see that the political continuum is NOT a straight, left-to-right line but rather a circle that converges where the anti-government position of the Anarchists on the far "Left" melds into the anti-government position of the Libertarians on the far "Right", using verifiable objective citations please justify how an organization whose raison d'etre is the rights of all motorcyclists would spew negative spin about (uber?) Liberal tax-and-spend whores while simultaneously saluting their (neo?) Conservative borrow-and-spend charlatan counterparts: [ http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/10 ]

3. For those of us who took the BLUE pill ... and think "Brown has committed to riding his motorcycle to DC at some point with his biker brethren..." actually means something, using verifiable objective citations please share what Scott Brown accomplished for his "biker brethren" prior to his campaign-expedient decision to become a "Co-Sponsor for all 5 MMA bills pending in the current Massachusetts Legislative Session". If he played any significant role in fighting the Boston Noise Ordinance last year, Jeff, tell us all about it. Your sole justification for backing Brown with biker bucks seems to be the fact that he's a Massachusetts politician who rides a Victory. Well guess what? John Kerry rides a Harley! So, does Kerry get some biker bucks too?

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REJECT CITIZENS UNITED v. FEC:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/07

REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/03

REFUSE CLOUDMARK CENSORSHIP:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02

RE-ELECT NOBODY:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/01

REALLY INVESTIGATE 9/11:

http://911truthbikers.com

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Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Follow me on Twitter @ironboltbruce
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RCs Biker Forum
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
Oversolicited Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Reluctant Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2009 Chairmans Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Member, Peoples Campaign for the Constitution (ConstitutionCampaign.org)
Say No to Cloudmark Authority and all content-based Big Brother Internet Censorship
Repeal the Patriot Act|Reject Citizens United v. FEC|Recall Our Troops|Re-Elect Nobody

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.:: 0182: SOLD GLORY: US Flag After Citizens United v. FEC ::.

SOLD GLORY: US Flag After Citizens United v. FEC
[ If no image, view online at http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/07 ]
Including logos from some Top 100 US Government Contractors

According to the Associated Press, with the release of their 5-4 decision re Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on Thursday 21 January 2010 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made it legal for corporations to "spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress". Effectively granting corporate entities the status of "supercitizen", going forward our multinational corporate giants -- apparently even those with foreign ownership -- can for all intents and purposes buy and sell popular votes and political candidates as easily as if they were commodities like oil or sugar. In recognition of "the rise of the corporations", we were inspired to improve upon this earlier attempt at giving Ole Glory a makeover so that the Stars-and-Stripes more accurately reflects the core political value of contemporary America: Sold Glory

EXCERPT FROM THE DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE STEVENS

"In a democratic society, the longstanding consensus on the need to limit corporate campaign spending should outweigh the wooden application of judge-made rules. The majority's rejection of this principle 'elevate[s] corporations to a level of deference which has not been seen at least since the days when substantive due process was regularly used to invalidate regulatory legislation thought to unfairly impinge upon established economic interests.' Bellotti, 435 U. S., at 817, n. 13 (White, J., dissenting). At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a strange time to repudiate that common sense. While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."

08-205 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (01/21/10)

.:: 0181: LABELS: A Poem of Protest by Bruce Arnold ::.

LABELS

"Democrat", "Republican",
The parties of the system;
Puppets both, for sale their votes,
No character or wisdom.

"Liberal", "Conservative",
For change or status quo?
Pick either one, the change is none,
All charlatans and whores.

Far "Left" we place the Anarchists,
Libertarians claim far "Right";
Yet both decry the government:
False continuum brought to light.

For oil, "We" bomb their mud huts,
Strip them bare, then offer "Aid";
And fake their retribution as
Pretext--a false flag raised.

Unarmed hundred thousands killed
By weapons of "Defense",
While rights are lost for "Freedom" sake--
On profit, all depends.

With stroke of pen, the "Patriot" Act,
And patriots' gifts are taken;
Then "Citizens United" leaves
Our citizens forsaken.

We protest loss of liberties,
Put "World Wide Web" to use;
Cloudmark Authority censors us
For "messaging abuse".

They label us to finger-point,
With labels, "They" deride us;
Their labels keep us all at bay,
For with labels, "They" divide us.

by Bruce Arnold

.:: 0180: Al Qaeda's Many "Masterminds": Recruited from MENSA? Or Made Up for the Media? ::.

.:: 0180: Phone Calls from 9/11 Airliners Faked as Part of False Flag Pretext to Global War for Profit ::.

CLOUDMARK WARNING: If your ISP or email services provider uses Cloudmark Authority to censor incoming/outgoing emails, there is a very good chance that you never received this email, or that if you replied, we never received your response ( more here: http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02 ).

PHONE CALLS FROM THE 9/11 AIRLINERS
Response to Questions Evoked by My Fifth Estate Interview
by Professor David Ray Griffin

[ David Ray Griffin is professor emeritus at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of "The New Pearl Harbor -- Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11", "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions -- A Critique of the Kean-Zelikow Report", as well as "Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?" ]

CONCLUSION:

Although this essay has focused on details, often minute, in merely one aspect of the official account of 9/11, the implications are enormous. Without the widespread assumption that the 9/11 attacks had been planned and carried out by al-Qaeda, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would not have been possible. With regard to the war in Afghanistan in particular, Michel Chossudovsky has recently emphasized the fact that NATO's decision to support this US-led war was based on a briefing by Frank Taylor of the US State Department, in which he provided what was called conclusive evidence of al-Qaeda's responsibility for the attacks.[121] Although the contents of Taylor's briefing have never been made public, the main evidence provided to the general public has consisted of the hijack-describing phone calls reportedly received from passengers and flight attendants aboard the airliners. But when subjected to a detailed analysis, these alleged phone calls, far from supporting the war-justifying story, lead to a very different conclusion: that these alleged calls were faked. This analysis thereby suggests that the entire 9/11 story used to justify the US-led wars is a lie.

If asked which part of the official story can be most definitively shown to be false, I would speak not of the alleged phone calls but of the destruction of the World Trade Center, the official account of which says that the Twin Towers and WTC 7 came down without the aid of pre-set explosives. Given the fact that this theory involves massive violations of basic laws of physics, the evidence against it is so strong as to be properly called proof--as I have recently emphasized in a book-length critique of the official report on WTC 7 in particular.[122]

Nevertheless, the importance of the evidence against the official account provided by analyzing the alleged phone calls should not be minimized. If the official story is false, then we should expect every major dimension of it to be false--which, as I have emphasized in another recent book, can be seen to be the case.[123] It is this cumulative argument that provides the strongest disproof of the official, war-justifying account of 9/11. The evidence that the alleged phone calls from the airliners were faked is an important part of this cumulative argument.[124]

FULL ARTICLE (with extensive footnotes):

http://tinyurl.com/yc24883

VIDEO LINKS:

CBC: The Fifth Estate: The Unofficial Story
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/the_unofficial_story/

David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 Cell Phone Calls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjImLL4NnwA

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Repeal the Patriot Act:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/03

Fight Internet Censorship:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02

Re-Elect NOBODY:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/01

Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RC's Biker Forum
Follow me on Twitter (ugh!) @ironboltbruce
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
Reluctant Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2009 Chairman's Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Asking is it Rights or Revenues Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Member, People's Campaign for the Constitution (ConstitutionCampaign.org)
SAY NO ... to Cloudmark and all content-based Big Brother Internet Censorship
ASK WHY ... it is easier to find a Pregnant Virgin than a Principled Journalist

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.:: 0178: Join BORDC on 2/3 in DC to Protest the Patriot Act! ::.

CLOUDMARK WARNING: If your ISP or email services provider uses Cloudmark Authority to censor incoming/outgoing emails, there is a very good chance that you never received this email, or that if you replied, we never received your response ( more here: http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02 ).

BORDC LOBBY DAY TO STOP THE PATRIOT ACT | 3 FEBRUARY 2010 IN WASHINGTON DC

The Bill of Rights Defense Committee [BORDC.org], in collaboration with a broad coalition of allies, is organizing a grassroots lobby day in Washington to oppose the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act. The lobby day will include a morning briefing with advice on how to talk to your members of Congress from issue experts, meetings with your congressional representatives, and an afternoon debrief over lunch. Come to Washington this February to show your members of Congress just how important it is to you, their constituents, that they stand up for your constitutional rights.

Are you able to visit Washington, DC, to fight the PATRIOT Act on February 3? If so, sign up now and we'll be in touch shortly with further details and next steps:

http://tinyurl.com/y9lwvy7

Why come to Washington?

Since 2001, the USA PATRIOT Act has enabled the US government to intrude on Americans' privacy and violate our fundamental constitutional rights. And since then, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee has helped lead the struggle for transparency, accountability, and the restoration of civil liberties and the rule of law. That struggle continues in 2010, and we invite you to raise your voice in Washington.

With three provisions of the PATRIOT Act set to expire at the end of 2009, the House and Senate rejected a proposal, the JUSTICE Act, that would have added long overdue civil liberties protections to the many controversial provisions of the PATRIOT Act. Other competing bills simply renewed the provisions without consideration for their significant toll on the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans.

Instead of passing any of these bills, Congress voted late last month to renew the expiring provisions for 60 days. Now, with calls emerging to demand even more power to monitor and spy on Americans of all walks of life, we must demand that Congress uphold our Constitution and protect our rights. As the Constitution once again finds itself with few allies in Washington, Congress is about to resuscitate a cornerstone of the domestic surveillance regime and shred what little remains of constitutional privacy.

That's why we need you to join us in Washington, DC on February 3, 2010. Help us flood the halls of Congress and bring your concerns about domestic spying into your representative's office.

Can't travel to Washington this February? You can still help stop the PATRIOT Act with a contribution in support of our efforts. Later this month we'll also launch a sign-on letter through which you can raise your voice from wherever you will be on February 3!

Sign Up:

http://tinyurl.com/y9lwvy7

Join Up:

http://constitutioncampaign.org/

More Information:

http://bordc.org/lobbyday/

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Fight Internet Censorship:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/02

Re-Elect NOBODY:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/01

Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RC's Biker Forum
Follow me on Twitter (ugh!) @ironboltbruce
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
Reluctant Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2009 Chairman's Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Asking is it Rights or Revenues Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Member, People's Campaign for the Constitution (ConstitutionCampaign.org)
Say No to Cloudmark and All Forms of Content-Based Big Brother Censorship

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.:: 0177: Team Obama (253) = Team Bush/Cheney (911) | Flight 253 Another False Flag Operation | Re-Elect Nobody! ::.

SINCE DELTA/NORTHWEST FLIGHT 253, TEAM OBAMA = TEAM BUSH/CHENEY, SAY 9/11 WIDOWS

For Immediate Release

Statement of September 11th Advocates In Response to 12/25 Terror Attempt :: January 8, 2010

It is with utter disbelief that we listen to the unfolding details of the attempted December 25, 2009 terrorist attack of Northwest Flight 253.

Let us remind you, on September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists managed to evade all security measures, hijack four commercial airliners, slam them into three buildings and a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,976 innocent people, including our husbands.

We responded by strenuously lobbying for an independent investigation to find out how on earth so many agencies could have failed in their duties to protect us, and our loved ones, from such an attack. We asked that they find and fix the loopholes that existed, in order to safeguard our nation.

After the 18-month 9/11 Commission investigation, countless systemic and human failures were uncovered, including: failure to analyze data, failure to share information, human error, failure to follow up, antiquated computer systems, too much information in the system, not enough information in the system, not enough time or people to analyze data, failure to watch list, failure to properly coordinate the watch list with other lists and visa issuance and monitoring failures. Despite all of this, the 9/11 Commissioners simplistically announced that it was a "failure of imagination" that caused the agencies to falter and allowed 9/11 to happen. Additionally, we were told that those in positions to protect us "could never have imagined this type of attack" and that "everyone is at fault, so no one is at fault."

The 9/11 Commissioners would not assign any accountability nor did they recommend that incompetent people be fired. Additionally, there was no urgency by the Bush Administration and/or Congress to make sure that common sense changes were made from "lessons learned". In response, we asked, "what will your excuse be the next time an attack occurs?" Apparently, the same excuses are being used again.

President Obama stated, "This was not a failure to collect intelligence... it was a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence that we already had..." With all due respect to President Obama, we have heard these words before.

Watching the press briefing on January 7, 2010 and reading the summary of the White House Review of the December 25 Attempted Terrorist Attack and The Corrective Actions, left us stunned. The desperate attempt by the current administration to convince us that these problems were somehow different from the ones faced prior to 9/11 was absurd. We can tell you without a doubt, these problems are not new at all.

It was reported that on 12/25/09, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Mutallab), the Nigerian alleged terrorist, boarded a plane headed for the United States. Reportedly, he had no passport, no luggage and paid cash for his one-way ticket. As early as August 2009, the CIA was gathering information on a person of interest dubbed the "Nigerian". The NSA was listening to discussions of a plot involving a Nigerian man. As with 9/11, the "system was blinking red". Five weeks before this attempt, Mutallab's father, a prominent Nigerian banker, walked into the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria and alerted the CIA Head of Station that he feared his son had become radicalized. Mutallab was reportedly put on a U.S. terror watch list. However, like the 9/11 hijackers, he held a valid U.S. visa and he was not put on the no-fly list.

Are we expected to believe that after spending billions of taxpayer dollars our agencies still do not have the ability to connect the dots - especially in light of the fact that post 9/11 (December 2004 to be exact) the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was created, with special analysts that were trained to understand the details of exactly this type of threat? Are we supposed to accept that almost eight and a half years post 9/11 our visa department still has an antiquated computer system and is still not integrated with the rest of our intelligence community?

Currently, many of the members of Congress, as well as former Vice President Dick Cheney, are loudly criticizing the current administration for how they are handling this latest terrorist attempt. We would like to remind them that they were in office during the years post 9/11. We would like to tell them they should be ashamed and should be held accountable. It was during this time that existing loopholes that allowed 9/11 to happen were supposed to have been fixed.

It is utterly offensive and dangerous when politicians attempt to turn a national security issue into a partisan battle over who is the mightiest terror warrior. The safety of American citizens is not a schoolyard game.

Over the course of the last eight and a half years, America was taken into two wars, costing billions of dollars, further fueling the fires of those who might want to do us harm. During this time, extraordinary measures were implemented, including changing laws to enable wiretapping, torture and holding prisoners indefinitely in specially erected, secret prisons.

As with 9/11, none of these measures were necessary to stop this attack. If the INS, FBI, CIA, NSA, State Department, airline security and both the post-9/11 newly formed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the NCTC had been doing their jobs properly, this attempt could have been prevented. All the necessary dots of information were in the system ready to be connected and all the protocols already in place simply needing to be followed.

Throughout these past eight and a half years, we requested accountability for the individual failures that allowed 9/11 to happen. We insisted that without cleaning out the incompetence, the U.S. would remain a nation at risk. We reasoned that if the same people who failed to protect us on 9/11 remained in their jobs, they could ultimately fail us again.

President Obama has stated that he was less interested in passing out blame than in correcting mistakes, and he has made it clear that senior intelligence officials would be overseeing the reforms rather than looking for new jobs. However, it is clear that without accountability there is no impetus to prevent failures from recurring as is evidenced by this latest debacle.

Therefore, in spite of measures taken over the years reacting to whatever the latest threat (i.e. taking off shoes, allowing no liquids then allowing only four ounces of liquid), nothing has truly changed regarding air travel safety. Most importantly, nothing has changed in the way our multi-billion dollar intelligence apparatus works to protect the public. Washington continues to respond the way it always does, wasting tax dollars, this time proposing potential health-threatening, full body scanners in reaction to this last attack.

Post 9/11, billions of tax dollars have been thrown at programs and additional bureaucratic layers, such as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), DHS and the NCTC. This wasteful spending only pretends to protect us. It does not fix what is really broken, which is the bloated bureaucracy that prevents people from properly doing their jobs and fails to fire those who are inept.

Enough is enough.

President Obama, said "The buck stops with me. I am responsible."

Real accountability, from the top down is imperative. Unless people are fired for their incompetence, this statement is meaningless. Individuals who failed in their jobs need to be held accountable and fired, that's what "the buck stops here" means.

This time it happened on President Obama's watch and when the time comes, make no mistake, the American people will hold him accountable.

Patty Casazza 908-309-2932 . Monica Gabrielle 917-923-0556 . Mindy Kleinberg 732-991-6057 . Lorie Van Auken 732-690-0999

http://tinyurl.com/ybrkgcf

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A Passenger on Delta/Northwest Flight 253 Tells All:

http://tinyurl.com/yaluvct

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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."--H.L. Mencken

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ANOTHER FALSE FLAG OPERATION: BLACK BLOOMER BOMBER BUNGLE IS BOGUS

Following the preordained pathway and modus operandi of his predecessor, USA Puppet President Barack "MoDubya" Obama has declared that 23-year-old banker's son and black bloomer bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had ties in Yemen to "al-Qaeda", the CIA-fabricated global network of boogeymen whose "terrorist cells" conveniently pop up wherever and whenever "they"--the consortium of Wall Street Banksters, Peak Oil Gangsters, and Military-Industrial Profiteers who rule America--need an excuse to take the rights, resources, livelihoods and lives away from yet another sovereign nation or innocent group of people. But choose your source, left or right, the message in the links below is the same: After secretly evacuating Yemen's Jews from harm's way (WSJ http://tinyurl.com/yhtf4mc), on Christmas Day 2009 "they"--most likely through intelligence operatives--staged the failed attempt at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to blow up Detroit-bound Delta/Northwest Airlines flight 253, using t! hat pitiful London-educated Nigerian patsy to provide the pretext for (a) extending Big Brother's No-Fly List, (b) renewing the Patriot Act, and (c) expanding our global war for peak oil and profit into Yemen.

In the News:

http://tinyurl.com/ybmatd4

On the Web:

http://tinyurl.com/y8dp623

How They Can:

http://tinyurl.com/ydjyg7h

Why We Can't:

http://tinyurl.com/ydx5g5z

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The Yemen Hidden Agenda | Behind the Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint:

http://tinyurl.com/y8cxqbw

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"In the size of the lie there is always contained a certain factor of credibility, since the great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one."--Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf

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RE-ELECT NOBODY

Democrat ... Republican ... Liberal ... Conservative.

All empty labels. All shameless liars. All bought-and-paid-for puppets.

If we remove all the puppets--i.e. ALL the politicians--we expose their masters*.

RE-ELECT NOBODY ... THAT MEANS N-O-B-O-D-Y ... INCLUDING THOSE STAGING OR STEALING THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT!

*The consortium of Wall Street Banksters, Peak Oil Gangsters, and Military-Industrial Profiteers who rule America. See also "the Man".

http://tinyurl.com/ReElectNobodyWebsites

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"I will always love my country, but I no longer have any faith in our government, any confidence in our institutions, or any trust or respect for any politician, regardless of label or affiliation."--Bruce Arnold

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DEFY CLOUDMARK AUTHORITY

http://tinyurl.com/CloudmarkAuthorityIsCensorship

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"Once a country accepts censorship of the press and of speech, then nothing can be won without violence. Therefore, so long as you have free speech, protect it. This is the life-and-death issue in this country: do not give up the freedom of the press--of newspapers, books, magazines, radio, movies, and other forms of presenting ideas. So long as that's free, a peaceful intellectual turn is possible."--Ayn Rand

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REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT

http://tinyurl.com/RepealPatriotActWebsites

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"Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither."--inspired if not stated by Benjamin Franklin

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Bruce Arnold . Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com . Follow me on Twitter (ugh) @ironboltbruce . Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RC's Biker Forum . Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA) . Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) . 2009 Chairman's Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) . Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com . Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org) . Say No to Cloudmark and All Forms of Content-Based Big Brother Censorship

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Keywords: false flag operation, umar farouk abdulmutallab, yemen, nigerian, obama, cia, al-qaeda, al-qaida, terrorists, terrorism, yemeni, nigeria, kenya, peak oil, war profiteering, 9/11 truth, delta flight 253, northwest flight 253.

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.:: 0176: Re-Elect Nobody ::.

Democrat ... Republican ... Liberal ... Conservative.

All empty labels. All shameless liars. All bought-and-paid-for puppets.

If we remove all the puppets--i.e. ALL the politicians--we expose their masters*.

RE-ELECT NOBODY.

*The consortium of Wall Street Banksters, Peak Oil Gangsters, and Military-Industrial Profiteers who rule America. See also "the Man".

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http://tinyurl.com/Defy-Cloudmark-Authority

http://tinyurl.com/false-flag-yemen

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.:: 0175: Another False Flag Operation: Black Bloomer Bomber Bungle is Bogus ::.

Following the preordained pathway and modus operandi of his predecessor, USA Puppet President Barack "MoDubya" Obama has declared that 23-year-old banker's son and black bloomer bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had ties in Yemen to "al-Qaeda", the CIA-fabricated global network of boogeymen whose "terrorist cells" conveniently pop up wherever and whenever "they"--the consortium of Wall Street Banksters, Peak Oil Gangsters, and Military-Industrial Profiteers who rule America--need an excuse to take away the rights, resources, livelihoods and lives of yet another sovereign nation. But choose your source, left or right, the message in the links below is the same: After secretly evacuating Yemen's Jews from harm's way (WSJ http://tinyurl.com/yhtf4mc), on Christmas Day 2009 "they"--most likely through intelligence operatives--staged the failed attempt at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to blow up Detroit-bound Delta Airlines flight 253, using that pitiful London-educated Nigerian patsy to provide the pretext for expanding our global war for peak oil and profit into Yemen.

In the News:

http://tinyurl.com/ybmatd4

On the Web:

http://tinyurl.com/y8dp623

How They Can:

http://tinyurl.com/ydjyg7h

Why We Can't:

http://tinyurl.com/ydx5g5z

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Keywords: false flag operation, umar farouk abdulmutallab, yemen, nigeria, obama, cia, al-qaeda, al-qaida, terrorists, terrorism, yemeni, nigerian, peak oil, war profiteering, 9/11 truth.

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.:: 0174: Recommended New Year's Resolutions for 2010 ::.

### RECOMMENDED NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR ALL AMERICANS
1. Remove Cloudmark Authority from all email servers.
2. Really investigate 9/11, beginning with the truth about WTC-7.
3. Repeal the Patriot Act, and restore our Bill of Rights.
4. Repudiate all wars for profit, and recall our troops.
5. Require single-term limits, and RE-ELECT NOBODY.

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RECOMMENDED NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR ALL MOTORCYCLISTS
1. Stop forwarding unverified chainmails.
2. Stop giving to others until we've cared for our own.
3. Stop lobbying for "feel-good" legislation.
4. Stop fighting for funds that will eventually be raided.
5. Stop complying with unjust mandates.

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THE MAGNIFICENT AFGHANISTAN by Johnny Punish
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dGHwe6COM ]
Click "more info" link for lyrics and commentary.

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URGE TO SHARE by Ron Greenstein
Brief observations of the United States of America during 2009:
Afghanistan: surge
Financial institutions: merge and splurge
The Middle Class: purge
Domestic manufacturing: dirge
Healthcare debate: regurge
Ignorance, arrogance and greed: scourge

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HAPPY NEW YEAR...
Bruce Arnold
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
Follow me on Twitter @ironboltbruce
Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-RC's Biker Forum
Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association (IBA)
Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
2009 Chairman's Circle, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com|911TruthBikers.com
Signatory, 911 Truth Statement|Petition (911Truth.org|ae911Truth.org)
Say No to Cloudmark Content-Based Big Brother Censorship

.:: 0173: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0172: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0171: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0170: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0169: I Would Say "No Thanks" to LetsSayThanks.com ::.

I Would Say "No Thanks" to LetsSayThanks.com

From: Bruce Arnold [mailto:bruce@ldrlongdistancerider.com] Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 8:05 PM To: 'info@LetsSayThanks.com' Subject: RE: A FREE postcard for our Soldiers: Xerox is doing it again this year. Good for them! -OR- Do you spineless Santas REALLY want to show our troops how much you care?

BULLSHIT!

If I was freezing my ass off half a world away from U.S. borders ... fighting on the wrong side of tribal wars with no right side ... forced to kill innocent people who meant us no harm before we harmed them ... propping up a corrupt puppet regime ... solely to keep billions of dollars of profits (and soon another oil pipeline?) flowing into the accounts of the greedy banksters and military industrialists who (as Eisenhower warned us they would) have been shearing and slaughtering the American Sheeple for generations, the last thing on Earth I would give a good God-damn about receiving from "back home" is a mother-f*#king FREE "Thank You" card that took some lilly-livered slacktivist fifteen seconds to click-and-send because it was sponsored (directly or indirectly) by the same cold-blooded corporate globalization elite bastards who care absolutely nothing about the loss of my life, or millions of other lives on all sides, so long as the net result is an increase in their weal! th and power.

Do you spineless Santas REALLY want to show our troops how much you care? BRING THEM HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ NOW! AND THEN PROSECUTE THE PROFITEERS WHO PUT THEM THERE:

http://tinyurl.com/ygmcn5l

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OilPeakalypse Now: The Oil Factor Behind 9/11 and the War on Terror: http://tinyurl.com/OilPeakalypseNow

The Afghan Rag: http://tinyurl.com/afghan-rag

.:: 0168: "No You Can't!" Protesters To Tell Obama at December 12 Rally ::.

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"No You Can't!" Protesters To Tell Obama at December 12 Rally

Peace Movement Groups Unite Against Obama War Escalation - Warning of Reprisals to Troop Surge

WASHINGTON DC, December 1, 2009 - More than 100 leading peace activists have announced an "Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally" at the White House on December 12, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, to reject President Obama's announced military escalation in Afghanistan. The rally is organized by End US Wars, a newly formed coalition of national and grass-roots antiwar organizations, with endorsements from leading peace activists.

Rally organizers are calling for the left to end its support for Obama now that he has committed to a troop surge, and to condemn and oppose Obama's war policy. In addition, the process will begin to replace Obama with an anti-war candidate, and to remove any pro-war legislators. Protests will intensify against U.S. war involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq and any other countries.

Speakers include: Cynthia McKinney, Sen. Mike Gravel, Kathy Kelly, Chris Hedges, David Swanson, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Coy McKinney, Debra Sweet, Brian Becker, Mathis Chiroux, Lynne Williams, Hon. Betty Hall, Elaine Brower, Marian Douglas, Michael Knox, Ralph Lopez, Ron Fisher. Statements will also be read from Col. Ann Wright, Stephen Zunes and Granny D (turning 100). Jordan Page and Emma's Revolution will be among the musical performers.

End US Wars' "Open Letter to Obama," posted on the website, demands that Obama keep his promise and end the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars; call a cessation of Predator drone attacks over Pakistan; and begin immediate reconstruction and recovery in war-torn regions.

Prior to the rally on Saturday, December 12 at 11 a.m. in Lafayette Park, the film "Rethink Afghanistan" will be shown Friday December 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Busboys & Poets, 14th and V Streets, NW, Washington, DC. The video can be viewed online free in six parts here:

http://tinyurl.com/c8f8nk

For information, email: contact@enduswars.org or visit www.enduswars.org. For press inquiries, phone: 207-604-8988.

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OilPeakalypse Now: The Oil Factor Behind 9/11 and the War on Terror: http://tinyurl.com/OilPeakalypseNow

The Afghan Rag: http://tinyurl.com/afghan-rag

.:: 0167: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0166: The Afghan Rag ::.

The Afghan Rag

( Original lyrics from "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" a.k.a. "Vietnam Rag" by Country Joe McDonald, revised and updated by Bruce Arnold )

Yo, wake up texters, listen in,
Uncle Sam's after more boogeymen;
Dubya left Barack in a terrible jam
Way over in Afghanistan.
So put down your iPhone and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Not freedom or our fellow man,
Next stop's Afghanistan;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no need to wonder why,
For peak oil, we're all gonna die.

Well come on, McChrystal, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta kill all those towel heads -
Though Muslims ain't who we should dread.
Our robber barons, they're the ones
Who blew the Towers to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Not freedom or our fellow man,
Next stop's Afghanistan;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no need to wonder why,
For peak oil, we're all gonna die.

Huh!

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Since 9-1-1, it's go-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
Supplying both sides with the tools of the trade.
Just hope if they grab a Pakistani bomb,
They drop it on Dick Cheney's lawn.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Not freedom or our fellow man,
Next stop's Afghanistan.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no need to wonder why,
For peak oil, we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Send your child to Afghanistan.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your kid come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Not freedom or our fellow man,
Next stop's Afghanistan.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no need to wonder why,
For peak oil, we're all gonna die.

- -with apologies to Country Joe MacDonald
( http://www.countryjoe.com/feelmus.htm )

.:: 0165: An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore ::.

From: Michael Moore [mailto:maillist@michaelmoore.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:31 AM
Subject: An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Dear President Obama,

Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics. You will teach them what they've always heard is true -- that all politicians are alike. I simply can't believe you're about to do what they say you are going to do. Please say it isn't so.

It is not your job to do what the generals tell you to do. We are a civilian-run government. WE tell the Joint Chiefs what to do, not the other way around. That's the way General Washington insisted it must be. That's what President Truman told General MacArthur when MacArthur wanted to invade China. "You're fired!," said Truman, and that was that. And you should have fired Gen. McChrystal when he went to the press to preempt you, telling the press what YOU had to do. Let me be blunt: We love our kids in the armed services, but we f*#&in' hate these generals, from Westmoreland in Vietnam to, yes, even Colin Powell for lying to the UN with his made-up drawings of WMD (he has since sought redemption). MORE...

.:: 0164: We Have No Rights ::.

Our democracy is a myth,
Our leaders can't be trusted;
Our government is corrupt,
And our system is busted.

We have no rights,
Save those we defend;
We have but each other
On which to depend.

by Bruce Arnold

.:: 0163: Big Brother Has a Name, and that Name is CLOUDMARK ::.

Attention All Online Activists and especially Network Solutions Clients: Some of you may recall me claiming that "they" were blocking emails containing my 9/11 Truth Bikers domain name. Well, I have uncovered who "they" is. "They" is Cloudmark, the purveyors of "Cloudmark Authority": [ http://www.cloudmark.com/en/serviceproviders/authority.html ] This s)p)a)m filter focuses on "content-based s)p)a)m signatures" using decision rules determined by whoever installs the software on their email servers. Well, one of those installers was Network Solutions, Inc., one of the world's largest domain registrars and web hosting companies. And using the "authority" granted by Cloudmark, Network Solutions has been blocking all incoming and outgoing emails that contain even one reference to "9)1)1)T)r)u)t)h)B)i)k)e)r)s).)c)o)m". And as if to add further punishment for my boat-rocking, they even started blocking all emails containing my phone number! Why would Network Solutions DO something like that?!? I don't know for sure--yet--but tracing their origin, history and ownership as I just did is something I recommend for all who champion 9/11 Truth and oppose Constitutional erosion. This graphic (which I encourage you to copy, repost and broadcast) should set you on the right track: [ http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/brucearnold/Cloudmark_nsCensorship.png ] or [ http://tinyurl.com/Cloudmark-nsCensorship ] THIS IS NO DRILL. THIS IS A WARNING: Millions of emails are filtered through Network Solutions email servers every day. What else is Network Solutions using Cloudmark-enabled "nsCensorship" to block besides my 911 URL and my phone number? And how many other Internet companies are exercising similar "Cloudmark Authority"? And, how many more Big Brother enablers like Cloudmark are out there? Please pass this along to everyone who might be affected ... which is pretty much everyone who uses email.

.:: 0162: Attention 9/11 Truth Advocates: A Request for Comments ::.

Attention 9/11 Truth Advocates: I would greatly appreciate it if you would review this online exchange between me and an incompetent Miami Herald columnist named Fred Grimm, and then post any appropriate comments you have there: [ http://miamiherald.typepad.com/grimm_truth/2009/10/another-reason-to-wear-motorcycle-helmets.html ] (full URL) [ http://tinyurl.com/yk4u2ud ] (short link) By "appropriate", I mean calm, clear and rational comments justifying the need for an open, independent and umimpeded investigation to disclose the real truth about 9/11. This column is widely read for some reason, and posting a few comments might at least show the public that more than a few American citizens are demanding an end to the coverup. If you choose to contribute, I thank you. Bruce Arnold

.:: 0161: ACLU Issues Call-to-Action Against Patriot Act ::.

AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL AMERICANS From: Michelle Richardson, ACLU [mailto:aclu@aclu.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:06 PM Subject: Will the House protect your privacy? ... We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses--but we have to act fast. The Senate Judiciary Committee had the opportunity to pass legislation to rein in a bill that has become a symbol of out-of-control government invasions of your privacy. They failed--approving a bill that does little to curtail the sweeping powers embedded in the Patriot Act. That's why we must do everything we can to ensure that the House of Representatives passes a stronger bill--one that can lead to genuine reform of the deeply-flawed Patriot Act. Act right now. Ask your representative to co-sponsor the USA Patriot Amendments Act of 2009. [ http://tinyurl.com/yj46u53 ]

.:: 0160: A Motorcycle Right-of-Way Violation Widow and Survivor Addresses the Killer of her Husband ::.

Brenda Garon Melancon, Former Mayor 44337 Melancon Street, P.O. Box 7 Sorrento, LA 70778 . 225-675-8*7* I hope on this day, 14 October 2009, that you will spend some time reading my letter, and that the message I am conveying will make a difference, because on this day I will spend some time at the cemetery mourning my husband Jim, and spend some time honoring him by reflecting on all the reasons that I fell in love with him. "It's not the life that you live, it's the courage that you bring to it."--Yogi Bhajan This is the quote I adopted in 2004 when I started to teach yoga. I really never understood why I adopted this particular quote as my own credo, and even put it on my yoga business cards. Now, I truly understand why. It's been 2 years since your grossly negligent behavior as the driver of the car who violated our right-of-way, and as the Mayor, who although with prior knowledge did nothing about the existing problems at the intersection. We know the result of your negligence. The death of my husband Jim, the permanent disabling injuries to me, and the devastation to our entire family. I will remind you of your immediate response after the crash when asked if you had been in touch with the Pickholtz family, was "No. I don't wanna know. This is all so devastating to me. The accident was just horrible." Horrible, yes, but this was not an accident, Ms. Melancon. This was an incident, caused by you, but not solely about you...

.:: 0159: OilPeakalypse Now: The Oil Factor Behind 9/11 and the War on Terror ::.

THE OIL FACTOR BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR [AND 9/11] "Narrated by Ed Asner. Keywords: Persian Gulf War, United Nations, U.N., in violation of international law, bombings, illegal, marc garlasco, weaponry, iraqi leadership, mohamed assan, president george w. bush, administration, andrew shlapak, karen kwiatkowski, saddam hussein, zbigniew brzezinski, weapons of mass destruction, wmd, pnac, project for the new american century, vice president dick cheney..." [ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1130731388742388243# ] *** THE TRUTH ABOUT OIL "Over 1.5 TRILLION barrels of oil equivalent have been produced since Edwin Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859. The world will need that same amount to meet demand in the next 25 years alone. And if you're thinking that it's all for your gas tank, you're only half right... 50% of the strength of the United States currency is dependent of cheap, plentiful oil. But what would happen if OPEC would successfully shift their currency from the U.S. dollar to the Euro, as Iraq and Iran have tried to do? The answer is simple but drastic. The value of our dollar would plummet by roughly 50%, and we would once again be in an economic state far worse than the Great Depression... The terrifying part is, without our military presence in the Middle East, it would happen..." [ http://www.energyandcapital.com/report/the-truth-about-oil/49 ]

.:: 0158: Is the ACLU a Judas Goat? (9/11 Truth Bikers) ::.

-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Arnold Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:32 PM To: 'Anthony D. Romero, ACLU' Subject: RE: "I'm not a racist." (or ... is the ACLU a Judas Goat?) Mr. Romero: Bringing down big heat on a Bayou bigot is righteous. But from a big picture standpoint, it is obvious that the ACLU is simply swattin' a fly to draw attention away from its failure to confront the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Before I give a dime to (or damn about) the ACLU- - tell me why the ACLU wasn't leading protests in the streets to stop the PATRIOT ACT; - tell my why the ACLU sold out and we still have a "NO FLY" list; and most importantly, - tell me why the ACLU didn't give its all to assure an unobstructed independent investigation of "9/11". Has the ACLU lost its way, or sold its soul? Is the ACLU a Judas Goat? Bruce Arnold 911TruthBikers(dot)com [ I had to mask this URL to keep this email from being partially blocked. Wonder why? ]

.:: 0157: 'Motorcycling Advocacy' is a Meaningless Phrase, Wikipedia! (Bikers Rights) ::.

[To the "No One" Who's In Charge at Wikipedia.org:] We would greatly appreciate it if you would please forward this message to the person in charge of the person in charge of motorcycle-related entries to Wikipedia: "MOTORCYCLING ADVOCACY" IS A MEANINGLESS PHRASE [and that makes this article a big pile of horseshit: [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wikl/Motorcycling_advocacy ] -- "motorcycling advocacy" is a meaningLESS phrase. Google results (10/18/09): 347 -- "motorcyclists' rights" is a meaningFUL phrase. Google results (10/18/09): 30,700 -- "bikers' rights" is a meaningFUL phrase. Google results (10/18/09): 101,000 -- even "motorcycle rights" (ugh) is a meaningFUL phrase. Google results (10/18/09): 204,000 BUT "MOTORCYCLING ADVOCACY" IS A MEANINGLESS PHRASE. I have often referenced Wikipedia as "substantial authoritative support" in my bikers' rights articles and other releases. But if Wikipedia persists in defining meaningless phrases after domain experts have informed them of the fallacy, then I'll have no choice but to warn my readers of same, and do my research elsewhere. If I come across here as contentious or confrontational, it's because I am. That said, it serves Wikipedia's best interests far better than ours for for Wikipedia to keep bullsh*t out of its database. Bruce Arnold

.:: 0156: We sold you Armageddon with our scripted 9/11 (9/11 Truth Bikers) ::.

We sold you Armageddon with our scripted 9/11;
It's all about profit, profit, profit, we got the profit.

Right before our Nation's eyes we sacrificed 3000 lives;
It's all about profit, profit, profit, we got the profit.

We blamed it on a boogieman hiding in Afghanistan;
It's all about profit, profit, profit, we got the profit.

Now the children of the poor can feed our never ending war;
It's all about profit, profit, profit, we got the profit.

Their choice is unemployment or an overseas deployment;
It's all about profit, profit, profit, we got the profit.

Some may live some will die while ExxonMobil steals the prize;
All for profit, profit, profit, God bless our righteous profit.

.:: 0155: Pat Tillman, Tora Bora and 9/11 Truth (9/11 Truth Bikers) ::.

From: Bruce Arnold [mailto:bruce@ldrlongdistancerider.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:01 PM To: Chuck Subject: If America was a democracy, Chuck... Hey Chuck, Most Americans think we live in a "democracy". But in a democracy, no citizen is above the law. America today is NOT a democracy, my friend, and I am beginning to wonder if she ever was... POINT 1. If America was a democracy, wherein the value of the lives of all citizens was equal, the State of Louisiana would have made sure that Mayor Brenda Melancon was held accountable for murdering one motorcyclist and injuring another, regardless of her membership in the Baton Rouge "good ole boys" club: [ http://tinyurl.com/ylmec7r ]

.:: 0154: Three questions regarding the November 2009 issue of AMA News and Notes (Bikers Rights) ::.

To the AMA, Three questions regarding the November 2009 issue of AMA News and Notes: What, exactly, made the October 5th USDOT announcement of the so-called first major motorcycle crash causation study the "formal" announcement, as compared to all the "pre-formal" announcements of the same study that preceded it? Should we now expect a series of "post-formal" annoucements, or has this cow been milked?

.:: 0153: New York Supreme Court Denies Vote on New 9/11 Investigation (9/11 Truth, Bikers Rights) ::.

Once Again, The Will of the Voters Is Denied October 9, 2009 Yesterday afternoon, Justice Edward Lehner of the State Supreme Court rubberstamped Referee Louis Crespo's recommendation that the decision to establish a local commission to investigate the events of September 11th not be put before the voters on November 3rd: [ http://resipsa2006.googlepages.com/09.10.09LehnerOrder.pdf ] After showing interest in weighing both sides' arguments in the hearing, the Judge's short decision gives no indication of having considered the arguments put forth in the Petitioners' memorandum of law, nor any acknowledgement of the need for a new investigation, which the City of New York callously dismissed as "irrelevant". On a dark day for democracy, the patriotic call for answers by hundreds of 9/11 families, first responders and survivors has been stifled, and the will of the people of New York City once again denied. Judge Lehner ruled that modifying the petition to make it "legally permissible" would result in it being "inconsistent with the law sought by the signatories of the Petition" despite the fact that all 80,000 signatories agreed by signing the Petition that "If any provision of this law is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions shall be in no manner affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect." The deadline for inclusion on the ballot falls just before the election, making it possible to appeal Judge Lehner's decision. NYC CAN is weighing all options and will make an announcement early next week on this issue, as well as on how it will be moving forward on other fronts. Regardless of the outcome in court, the quest for answers continues full throttle. This fight is only the beginning. Source: [ http://nyccan.org/Decision_Denied.php ] *** "Real change is born from the sweat and blood of activists, not the petitions of posers and slacktivists."--Bruce Arnold [ http://twitter.com/ironboltbruce ]

.:: 0152: ABATE of Florida, Inc: Will it Survive James "Doc" Reichenbach II? (Bikers Rights) ::.

Same old story, just a different name: [ http://www.floridabiker.com/resignation.html ] Written by recently resigned ABATE of Florida Legislative Director Mike "Radar" Price ... who took that office after Jeff Baxla resigned ... who took that office after Tony McCamish resigned ... and so on ad nauseum: [ http://tinyurl.com/yle76vo ] Here is RC's full blog post: [ http://tinyurl.com/yh7qmm9 ]

.:: 0151: Senate Committee Passes Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill (9/11 Truth, Bikers Rights) ::.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (10/8/2009) CONTACT: (202) 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the USA PATRIOT Act Extension Act of 2009 today, a bill which falls far short of restoring the necessary civil liberties protections lacking in the original Patriot Act. The bill, passed by the committee after two sessions of debate, makes only minor changes to the disastrous Patriot Act and was further watered down by amendments adopted during markup. The American Civil Liberties Union had endorsed the JUSTICE Act, an alternative bill that would heavily reform not only the Patriot Act but other overly broad surveillance laws. Amendments that were offered but failed by voice vote included an amendment by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) to curb the abuse of the overly broad National Security Letter (NSL) statute and another offered by Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) to allow the "lone wolf" provision to expire (the never-used provision that targets individuals who are not connected to terrorist groups). An amendment also failed that would make it more difficult for recipients to challenge the gag order that comes with receiving an NSL. However, there were two amendments included in the final bill--both offered by Senator Feingold--that are victories for privacy: The Department of Justice would be ordered to discard any illegally obtained information received in response to an NSL and the government must notify suspects of "sneak and peek" searches within seven days instead of the thirty days currently outlined in the statute. "Sneak and peek" searches allow the government to search a home without notifying the resident immediately. The following can be attributed to Michael Macleod-Ball, Acting Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office: "We are disappointed that further changes were not made to ensure Americans' civil liberties would be adequately protected by this Patriot Act legislation. This truly was a missed opportunity for the Senate Judiciary Committee to right the wrongs of the Patriot Act and stand up for Americans' Fourth Amendment rights. The meager improvements made during this markup will certainly be overshadowed by allowing so many horrible amendments to be added to an already weak bill. Congress cannot continue to make this mistake with the Patriot Act again and again. We urge the Senate to adopt amendments on the floor that will bring this bill in line with the Constitution." To learn more about the ACLU's work on the Patriot Act, go to: [ http://www.reformthepatriotact.org ] Source: [ http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/41260prs20091008.html ]

.:: 0150: Myrtle Beach Helmet Law Stirs Anger (Bikers Rights) ::.

Adam Hochberg, What you post here is not "news": Myrtle Beach Helmet Law Stirs Anger [ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113535878 ] Sorry, but I can't even give you credit for coming late to the party. This was the real story, son, and it is no longer "news": WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN MYRTLE BEACH [ http://www.ldrlongdistancerider.com/motorcyclists_rights/bikersrights0903.php ] Posers don't get (to keep their) Pulitzers... Bruce Arnold [ http://BikersRights.LdrLongDistanceRider.com ]

.:: 0149: Motorcyclists Slighted by USDOT Distracted Driving Summit ::.

Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the Department of Transportation staged a two-day Distracted Driving Summit in Washington DC: [ http://tinyurl.com/ncozgx ] Of all motorists, motorcyclists are the most vulnerable to injury or death as a result of accidents caused by distracted drivers. Yet for some reason, neither the American Motorcyclist Association ("AMA"), nor the Motorcycle Riders Foundation ("MRF"), nor any of the attorney-fronting faux MROs were invited to sit on any Summit panel, give a presentation, or even make a formal statement. In fact, neither "motorcycles" nor "motorcyclists" were even mentioned in the Summit agenda: [ http://tinyurl.com/yalgzex ] Why motorcyclists were slighted is a mystery. Another mystery is how the federal government managed to issue press release DOT 156-09 summarizing the conclusions and recommendations coming from the Summit at 1:07pm ET, when the Summit did not officially conclude until 23 minutes later: [ http://tinyurl.com/yekqh2x ]

.:: 0148: Why is the Mainstream Media not Demanding the Truth About 9/11? ::.

Why is the Mainstream Media not Demanding the Truth About 9/11? 1. Former FBI Translator and Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has exposed, among many other disturbing revelations, that Osama bin Laden and "Al Qaeda" (which simply means "the base") were working with government intelligence operatives right up until the morning of 9/11 (and perhaps beyond): [ http://amconmag.com/article/2009/nov/01/00006/ ] 2. The 9/11 Commission Report has been exposed as almost entirely untrue by John Farmer, the Dean of Rutgers School of Law--Newark who served as Senior Counsel to the Commission: [ http://media-newswire.com/release_1098894.html ] 3. No reasonably intelligent and rational individual could possibly watch the full two hours of this video and still honestly believe everything the American government has told its citizens about the events of 11 September 2001: [ http://www.ae911truth.org/flashmov11.htm ] 4. The 9/11 Truth Movement ebbs and flows ... losing credibility with each Alex Fox media stunt and every (planted?) Icke-ish nut claiming alien lizard people or Apocalyptic demons are to blame ... then regaining momentum whenever one more brave citizen opens their mind to the harsh facts and horrible ramifications of what the truth might be, and demands an unbridled investigation knowing they will be called "kook" or "communist" by scared Sheeple seeking to maintain the bliss of ignorance. This will go on, ad nauseum and forever, until the Truth of 9/11 is fully investigated and openly exposed. So again I ask, why is the mainstream media not demanding the truth about 9/11? Whatever happened to investigative journalism? Bruce Arnold

.:: 0147: Civics 101: The Difference Between the PRC and the USA ::.

The difference between the PRC (Peoples' Republic of China) and the USA (United States of America) is as follows: In China... ...the citizens of the PRC love their homeland. Their soldiers are brave and their veterans revered. All are proud to wave the flag representing the place of their birth. But sadly, although most of them prefer not to speak of it, they know that their nation is controlled by an omnipotent oligarchy whose power is largely unaffected by electoral processes, which from time to time replace one set of puppets with another. Whereas in America... ...the citizens of the USA love their homeland. Their soldiers are brave and their veterans revered. All are proud to wave the flag representing the place of their birth. But sadly, although most of them prefer not to speak of it, they know that their nation is controlled by an omnipotent oligarchy whose power is largely unaffected by electoral processes, which from time to time replace one set of puppets with another. ANY QUESTIONS?

.:: 0146: Call to Action: An American Biker Demands the Truth About 9/11 ::.

While visiting Washington DC recently, I was exposed for the first time to the "9/11 Truth". Like Neo in the Matrix, I took the red pill offered by Morpheus, and began to see things as they really are: [ http://www.ae911truth.org/ ] I now have reason to believe that "9/11" may have been an inside job. I have a good idea as to what might have happened, and recognize that our government's official story defies both physics and logic. I also have a good idea as to who might have been behind the attacks, and what their motives might have been for staging them. What I do NOT have with any certainty, however, is the ACTUAL TRUTH about what happened to our nation on 11 September 2001...

.:: 0145: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0144: Recession, Revolution and Bikers Rights ::.

Rather than answer the call of a shallow party-line hack like Utah State Representative Curtis Oda to "proudly" run Ole Glory up a pole and celebrate 9-11 ... a date which should more appropriately "live in infamy" like December 7 ... I chose instead to mark the 8th anniversary of our 2nd Pearl Harbor by riding 1100 miles from South Florida to the Washington DC Beltway suburb of Silver Spring MD. In so doing, I logged my 43rd Iron Butt ride and not coincidentally my "11th" SaddleSore 1000. I had a mixed agenda for my three-day stay in our nation's capital, not the least of which would be gazing at the gaggle of true believers in Glenn Beck's 9-12 Project gathered on the National Mall for an Astroturf Tea Party. What I saw was life imitating art, with Beck playing the role of deranged "Network" TV anchor Howard Beale while his staged, sign-waving and media-seeking followers vied to broadcast their prepared sound bytes and declare with Twitter-compliant brevity why they were "mad as Hell" and "not going to take it anymore".

.:: 0143: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0142: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0141: Open Letter to Ray LaHood re Distracted Driving Summit ::.

22 August 2009 The Honorable Ray LaHood Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 202-366-4000 (tel) 202-366-2191 (fax) Ray.LaHood@dot.gov; ritainfo@dot.gov; dot.comments@ost.dot.gov (email) Ref: USDOT Distracted Driving Summit, 09/30/09-10/01/09 URL: http://www.rita.dot.gov/distracted_driving_summit/ Dear Mr. Secretary: Distracted driving is turning our nation's roadways into killing corridors, and it is time for "Pay Attention or Pay the Price" to become more than a hollow slogan. If we are to stop the slaughter... AMERICAN MOTORISTS WHO ENGAGE IN DISCRETIONARY DISTRACTIONS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HARM THEY CAUSE. -- By "American motorists", I mean (a) all who share our roads via two wheels, four or more; and (b) regardless of age, experience, license class, nationality or other arbitrary distinction. -- By "discretionary distractions", I mean all activities in which a motorist might elect to engage that are known or might reasonably be expected to impair or detract from their ability to drive safely, including but not limited to cell phone conversations or texting, grooming or applying cosmetics, and eating behind the wheel. -- By "held accountable for the harm they cause", I mean more than being ticketed for failure-to-yield every time they turn left without looking and murder a motorcyclist. I mean being required to pay restitution for the loss, damage or injury caused by their election not to pay attention. And I mean taking away their license and their freedom when their decision to drive distracted results in the injury or death of innocent people. More...

.:: 0140: Harley-Davidson and Corporate Social Responsibility to Fallen Riders ::.

William J. "Bill" Davidson Vice President of Core Customer Marketing Harley-Davidson Motor Company 3700 W. Juneau Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53208-2865 414-342-4680 Tel 414-535-3894 Fax Dear Bill, A kind assessment of your response to my letter of June 6 entitled "Why Should Motorcyclists Support the MDA?" incorporated by this reference... http://tinyurl.com/pgny4n ...would be that what we have here is a failure to communicate: http://tinyurl.com/navt4s And if you consider my replies to your surrogate somewhat harsh, you can attribute that to the condescending attitude pervading the dismissively evasive answers proffered for my direct and serious questions. I am no enemy of Harley-Davidson, Bill. I have been a biker at heart since I watched my first episode of "Then Came Bronson" as a boy, and a motorcyclist in fact since my father helped me buy my first ride in 1969. I bought into living "the dream" promoted by the Motor Company hook, line and sinker, and perhaps in some small way have contributed to "the legend" by completing over 40 IBA-certified distance and endurance rides on my '99 FXDS... More...

.:: 0139: Bush Administration Covered Up The Dangers Of Cell Phones ::.

Anybody wonder why NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker and NTSB Board Member Kitty Higgins had nowhere to run this week except out the door? It's because WE--meaning Robert "RC" Conroy, myself and many other dedicated motorcyclists' rights activists who have been battling for years against the carnage caused by drivers immersed in cellphone calls--have made sure that when asked the question "WHAT DID YOU KNOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW IT?", their answers if honest will be damning: [ http://tinyurl.com/yog8ke ] More...

.:: 0138: Motorcycle Riders Seek Justice Over Discriminatory Boston Noise Ordinance ::.

News Release - for Immediate Release (July 10, 2009) For more info, contact: Paul W. Cote, ClaimsCote@aol.com - 978-535-8222 (days) Bill Gannon, billgannon2@hotmail.com Mike Longtin, mlongtin@comcast.net Vince Silvia, vsilvia@thesilvias.com - 987-852-3626 (cell) Larry Cahill, webmaster@bostonbiker.com Boston, MA. Yesterday Suffolk Superior Court Judge Geraldine S. Hines, heard arguments today for a Motion seeking to temporarily restrain Boston's Law and Traffic Enforcement Agencies from enforcing City of Boston Ordinance Docket Number 0658, which calls for $300.00 fines on (only) motorcycle exhaust equipment not displaying a "readily visible" stamp that the system is approved by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. Judge Hines stated she would take their arguments under advisement and issue a decision soon. Until her decision is rendered, the ordinance remains in effect. If you ride, or even park your motorcycle in Boston and the EPA labeling is not readily visible, you remain liable for a $300.00 fine...

.:: 0137: Motorcyclists' Rights Advocates to Make Noise ... and Sue City of Boston ::.

(Boston, MA) A group of motorcyclists' rights advocates and activists are putting the final touches on a lawsuit they expect to file this week in Suffolk Superior Court, asking the Court to restrain the City of Boston from issuing $300 tickets to motorcyclists and declare a recently rushed through "noise" Ordinance invalid. Paul W. Cote of Amesbury, Bill Gannon of Quincy, Vince Silvia of Haverhill, Mike Longtin of N. Easton, and Larry Cahill of Medford, have joined together to rally riders and fight the City of Boston's Docket No. 0658 Ordinance, passed by the Boston City Council on June 3, and signed by the Mayor June 9th, which reads: "(a)1) No person shall park, use or operate a motorcycle, within the City of Boston, manufactured subsequent to December 31, 1982, that does not bear the required applicable Federal EPA exhaust label pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations Title 40, Volume 24, Part 205, Subparts D and Subpart E. 2) All violations of subsection (a)(1) shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars and no cents ($300.00)...

.:: 0136: Slacktivists, Lobbyists, Advocates and Activists: The Farces and Forces of Motorcyclists' Rights ::.

A couple of weeks ago, New Jersey Iron Butt rider extraordinaire John Ryan rode 5,645 miles--from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Key West, Florida--in 86 hours 31 minutes, setting a new record for the IBA's Ultimate Coast-to-Coast ("UCC") run. John was successful not only because he rode hard, but also because he rode smart. In other words, in addition to skill, strength and fortitude, he demonstrated his ability to set a goal and implement an effective strategy in achieving it. Just as "making the distance" is our goal in endurance riding, "making a difference" should be our goal in motorcyclists' rights. And in a world of finite resources and conflicting priorities, to make a difference we have to work smart as well as hard, and do the best we can with what we have. In choosing what we want to accomplish, and more importantly what we are willing to sacrifice to make it happen, we define ourselves in the spectrum of the farces and forces of motorcyclists' rights: SLACKTIVISTS Quoting from Snopes.com: "We can't claim credit for having coined this term, nor do we know its actual origin, but we love it nonetheless. Slacktivism is the search for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's rescue without actually getting one's hands dirty, volunteering any of one's time, or opening one's wallet. It's slacktivism that prompts us to forward appeals for business cards on behalf of a dying child intent upon having his name recorded in the Guinness World Book of Records, or exhortations to others to continue circulating a particular e-mail because some big company has supposedly promised that every forward will generate monies for the care of a languishing tot. Likewise, it's slacktivism that prompts us to want to join a boycott of designated gas companies, or eschew buying gasoline on a particular day rather than reduce our personal consumption of fossil fuels by driving less and taking the bus more often. Slacktivism comes in many forms, but its defining characteristic is its central theme of doing good with little or no effort on the part of the person inspired to participate, through the mechanisms of forwarding, exhorting, collecting, or e-signing." This definition applies without exception to more than a few in our ranks. And to it I would add, in the language if not the words of Jeff Foxworthy, "If you believe that web blogging, forum posting or email forwarding without real-world followup is 'freedom fighting', then you just might be a slacktivist."

.:: 0135: When is it Right to Ride in the Emergency Lane? Or ... How I Ended Up Head Down on a Hood and Handcuffed ::.

A FEW SATURDAYS AGO ... I was riding home to the flat sands of South Florida after a twisting tour through the steep mountain ridges and narrow winding valleys surrounding Charleston, West Virginia. The weather was comfortably cool heading south down the WV Turnpike and on through Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands to Fancy Gap and North Carolina. But from Mayberry ("Mt. Airy") on, the temperature and humidity rose rapidly as the elevation descended. And by the time I stopped for gas just south of Charlotte in Rock Hill, South Carolina, my handlebar thermometer was registering over 100 degrees. Continuing south on IH-77 through Columbia, I reached its terminus near Dixiana and turned east on IH-26. The oppressively sweltering heat was making me regret drinking Coke instead of water at my last stop a hundred miles back, and I was really looking forward to quenching my thirst at the next fill-up. Not long after that, though, I topped a rise and saw that my next stop would be delayed: There must have been a bad accident ahead, because before me was a sea of stationary taillights stretching in two lanes to the horizon. Damn! I stopped for a few moments like everyone else ... but only for a few. I recognized my dry mouth and draining strength as signs of dehydration. And yes, I admit I had neglected to pack any emergency water that morning, but I decided not to punish myself for that omission by sitting in the sun and baking on the hot pavement until I passed out. The emergency/breakdown lane was open, so I...

.:: 0134: Open Letter to Bill Davidson: Why Should Motorcyclists Support the MDA? ::.

William J. "Bill" Davidson Vice President of Core Customer Marketing Harley-Davidson Motor Company 3700 W. Juneau Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53208-2865 414-342-4680 Tel 414-535-3894 Fax Dear Bill, According to this 2009 MDA Harley-Davidson Ride Calendar... [ http://www.mdarides.org/rides/09ride_calendar.xml ] ...this year we can once again expect you and the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, through your network of hundreds of North American dealers and H.O.G. Chapters, to convince thousands of motorcyclists to contribute countless hours and millions of hard-earned dollars to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. And my question for you is this: WHY SHOULD MOTORCYCLISTS SUPPORT THE MDA? According to Charity Navigator, the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities, the MDA has a two-star rating with an overall point score of only 46.00: [ http://tinyurl.com/donotsupportmda ] That two-star rating means the MDA "needs improvement" because their program "meets or nearly meets industry standards, but underperforms most charities in its Cause". And that means that as the philanthropic Pied Piper of Chrome Pipes, you and the Motor Company have many more deserving non-biker charities to lure your loyal customers to than the MDA. This, in turn, leads to my next question...

.:: 0133: Open Letter to Lora L. Hunt, Reckless Killer of Motorcyclist Anita Zaffke ::.

Dear Ms. Hunt, On the afternoon of 2 May 2009--the second day of "Motorcycle Awareness Month"--you made the deliberate decision to engage in the personal vanity of painting your fingernails rather than paying attention to your driving. In so doing, you knew or should have known that (just as if you were texting or talking on a cell phone) this deplorable discretionary distraction would transform the possibility of you being in an accident into a probability of causing one. In so doing, you exhibited a culpable disregard of the foreseeable consequences of your actions, and recklessly endangered the lives of all motorists who shared the road with you that day. And in so doing, you wantonly took the life of a helmeted, conspicuously clad, experienced and responsible motorcyclist, a loving wife and mother named Anita Zaffke: [ http://tinyurl.com/o4hcwv ] It's too bad Anita Zaffke didn't take the interstate that day. If she had, at least there'd be much less chance you could have plowed full speed into the rear of her Honda as she waited for a light to change. Instead she was on an undivided road, where according to NHTSA ( DOT HS 810 606 Table 20 ), 90% of all motorcycle accidents occur. And why is that? Because those are the roads where motorists guilty of inattentional blindness resulting from discretionary distractions are most likely to commit a right-of-way violation ... like pulling out or turning left in front of us as they chat on their cell phones ... or weaving into our lane and hitting us head on as they tap out their text messages ... or ramming us at a red light while they paint their fingernails.

.:: 0132: What Part of *It's All About THE THREAT* Are You Not Getting? ::.

May is "Motorcycle Awareness Month" ... and here is the only "Motorcycle Awareness Message" you can rely on: ON ANY ROAD ... an "average person" thinks twice about turning in front of an 18-wheeler, but thinks nothing at all about turning in front of a motorcycle. WHY? Because an 18-wheeler is larger and "easier to see" than a motorcycle? Is that why? NOPE! It's because they know violating the right-of-way of an 18-wheeler can KILL them, but they have little reason to fear violating the right-of-way of a motorcycle. Perceived danger trumps discretionary distraction...

.:: 0118: Bikers Rights: NCOM is a Bunch of Heels, Heels ::.

Richard Lester's AIM/NCOM is an organization of lawyers, founded by lawyers, and ultimately for the benefit of lawyers ... lawyers whose principal profits come from our loss: [ http://www.ldrlongdistancerider.com/motorcyclists_rights/bikersrights0810.php ] Don't think for a moment that you were being wooed or recruited by these heels, Heels. YOU WERE BEING HERDED, like sheep to the slaughter! And speaking of Judas goats... Be forewarned that James "Doc" Reichenbach II harbors no more concern for the welfare of sportbikers--white OR black--than I'd guess you do for Klansmen. Reichenbach was widely accused of offering to sell out Florida's sportbikers on HB-137 in return for stiffer penalties legislation...

.:: 0131: "Motorcycle Awareness" will be a Myth so long as "Kill a Biker and Get a Ticket" is the Reality ::.

May is Motorcycle Awareness Month, and here is a measure of the effectiveness of this annual feel-good campaign: Around 5:30pm and long before sunset last Saturday afternoon (May 2) a helmeted, yellow-jacketed, seasoned and sober motorcyclist, wife and mother named Anita Zaffke (56, Lake Zurich IL) was struck from behind while sitting on her Honda at a red light in Wauconda, thrown two hundred feet, and suffered from multiple wounds for an hour before dying ... KILLED by a speeding Chevrolet Impala whose driver, a not-so-dedicated healthcare professional named Laura Hunt (46, Morris IL), was too busy PAINTING HER FINGERNAILS to even slow down for the red light much less stop before slaughtering Anita ...

.:: 0130: Bikers Rights: A Call-to-Action for Black Bikers, White Riders and All American Motorcyclists ::.

Despite all the rumors and the City of Myrtle Beach's best efforts to discourage them, next month hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists are expected to ride or trailer to South Carolina's Grand Strand for "Myrtle Beach" Spring Bike Week (May 8-17) and the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day Bikefest (May 22-26). Yes, the Carolina Harley-Davidson Dealers Association claims they are moving their "Spring Rally" to New Bern, NC... http://tinyurl.com/bnvyt3 ...but that little burg is only gearing up to handle 3,000 to 4,000 "safe and law-abiding" (which in North Carolina includes DOT-lidded) motorcyclists: http://tinyurl.com/dxnjxe And according to this website... http://tinyurl.com/dbusro ..."The Carolina Dealers Association, which had a 10 x 30 booth selling t-shirts last year, decided to start an event in New Bern, NC. This will have no impact on Spring Bike Week in Myrtle Beach. We wish them well in New Bern, but nothing from Myrtle Beach is moving to New Bern." That means virtually all of those 300,000 to 500,000 riders the Associated Press referred to will still be headed for "the Strand": http://tinyurl.com/ccejxc If YOU plan to be one of them, be advised that bikers ... especially BLACK bikers ... are no longer welcome in Myrtle Beach. And why is that? Here's the official explanation from Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes...

.:: 0129: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0128: Bikers Rights: Why ATGATTers Could Care Less About Lid Laws ::.

The American Motorcyclist Association ("AMA") is the world's largest and most influential motorcyclists' rights organization ("MRO"). With nearly 300,000 members, their base far exceeds that of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation ("MRF") and all of its ABATE confederates combined. In the Sunshine State, for example, the AMA has five times the membership of ABATE of Florida, an ailing SMRO whose ranks have been thinning for some time now. One reason the AMA thrives as other MROs struggle to survive is its independence and inclusiveness: It is neither a front for nor subverted by ambulance-chasing attorneys, and it represents all American motorcyclists. The AMA does not discriminate based on age, gender, race, creed, religion, ride or political affiliation. One could say they have lesser tolerance for intolerance than some of their diminutive and declining counterparts. The focus of the AMA is strictly our "Right to Ride". Gold- and yes even Silver-Wingers are welcome, but left- and right-wingers check their non-riding agendas at the door...

.:: 0127: Bikers Rights: Confidential Release ::.

Confidential Release.

.:: 0126: Attention All Riders ... Three Nationwide Calls to Action ... Say "NO" to US HR146 ... Say "YES" to NV AB300 ... Say "NO!" to CA SB435 (Bikers Rights) ::.

******************* US HR146: NO! ******************* THE AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION URGES YOU TO CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS NOW AND SAY "NO!" TO HR146! PRESERVE YOUR RIGHT-TO-RIDE ON 2.1 MILLION ACRES OF AMERICA! From: AMA [mailto:rpodliska@ama-cycle.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:26 PM To: Bruce Arnold Subject: Omnibus Public Lands Bill to be Voted on Monday, March 16! The American Motorcyclist Association urges everyone to contact their Senators to vote "No" on H.R. 146, the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program. This bill was formerly known as S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which would prohibit all motorized vehicle access including motorcycles and ATVs on over 2 million acres of public lands. As you may know, S. 22 was defeated just days ago on March 11 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, following defeat of the bill, the U.S. Senate leadership is expected to employ a little used parliamentary procedure that allows them to overcome the outcome of the House vote on S. 22...

.:: 0125: Call to Action! Act Now! Amend Nevada's Helmet Law! (Bikers Rights) ::.

From: John Bland/Connie Campbell [mailto:historicleenv@frontiernet.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:01 PM To: Bruce Arnold Subject: FW: Subject: Amend Nevada's Helmet Law Bruce Arnold, Please forward this CALL TO ACTION to all motorcyclists. Nevada has a helmet bill introduced as of today, it is AB300: [ http://tinyurl.com/avtjwp ] We are presenting the bill primarily as a tourism revenue generator. If motorcyclists are from out of state let Nevada legislators know that you would visit and vacation in Nevada if it was a freedom of choice state. Thank you, John Bland NV MRF Rep. Northern Nevada ABATE President

.:: 0124: Landmark Motorcycle Crash Causation Study Progressing Slowly in Americas Heartland (Bikers Rights) ::.

By Jeff Cobb Motorcycle Safety News February 26, 2009 With more motorcyclists on American roads today than ever, injuries and deaths are also at all time highs, but the man responsible to help find solutions has been administratively stopped from doing so. Dr. Samir Ahmed, Professor of Transportation Systems and Engineering at the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Transportation Center told Motorcycle Safety News he is more than just a little frustrated. Ahmed is to head the Motorcycle Crash Causation study, a four-year project intended to forensically examine 900-plus motorcycle accidents over a three-four year period. It is only the second of its type in American history, and has been described as badly needed. Its data would be used to help reformulate countermeasures and redevelop training and strategies intended to prevent motorcycle accidents. But the wheels are turning slowly in Oklahoma...

.:: 0123: AMA Alert: A Call to Action for Florida Motorcyclists to Support SB-968 and HB-1161 (Bikers Rights) ::.

Two bills in the legislature should be of interest to all motorcyclists in Florida. Senate Bill 968... [ http://tinyurl.com/c4omg6 ] ...sponsored by Senator Rudy Garcia... [ http://tinyurl.com/b7zaqq ] ...(R- Hialeah), was filed on January 26 and referred to the following Senate committees on February 5: Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; and Rules. SB-968 provides enhanced penalties for anyone convicted of a moving violation that causes or contributes to causing serious bodily injury to, or the death of, a person riding a motorcycle...

.:: 0122: What's Really Happening in Myrtle Beach (Bikers Rights) ::.

On Saturday, 28 February 2009, I had the privilege and honor to join a courageous and resolute group of true Freedom Fighters on the front lines of the battle for bikers' rights in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The event was billed as the "Myrtle Beach Helmet Freedom Ride", but that was an unfortunate misnomer. Neither helmets nor helmet laws nor anything having to do with motorcycle safety was the real issue. The issue was that on that date the City of Myrtle Beach began enforcement of a series of new motorcycle helmet, noise, parking and other ordinances the openly stated intent of which is NOT that bikers be safe, but that bikers be GONE...

.:: 0121: Going to Daytona for Bike Week? Make a Stop, a Statement and a Stand in Myrtle Beach! (Bikers Rights) ::.

Have you ever wanted to make a stand on the front lines of the battle for Motorcyclists' Rights? No, I don't mean lamenting lid laws from some VFW barstool after an ABATE meeting. And no, I don't mean making whiney postings about new reckless riding rules on some Yahoo Groups sportbike forum. I mean, just once in your life, wouldn't you like to truly take the point position in the fight for *your* Right to Ride? Well here's your chance...

.:: 0120: Lex Talionis: Justice for Failure-To-Yield Right-Of-Way (FTY/ROWV) Violations (Bikers Rights) ::.

Lex Talionis :: Justice for Failure-To-Yield Right-Of-Way (FTY/ROWV) Violations of Motorcycles/Motorcyclists/Bikers by Reckless/Negligent/Careless/Impaired/Distracted Motorists :: According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, almost two-thirds of all motorcycle crashes are caused by cagers. And in the last installment of Bruce on Bikers' Rights, I pointed out that cagers were responsible for at least 58.87% of all motorcycle fatalities arising from two-vehicle crashes. I also provided you with a constantly-updated window on this problem to help you keep in mind the friends, families, faces and names of the murdered motorcyclists comprising the human side of these statistics...

.:: 0119: Bikers Rights: To Thunder Roads Texas Magazine and all Texas Bikers ::.

According to the web page headers, Thunder Roads Magazine offers "The ultimate Texas BIKER experience!" ( http://thunderroadstexas.com/aboutus.htm ). But according to the person identified on that web page as their Marketing Director, Reynolds Mansson ( http://www.m2motomedia.com/contacts.html ) ... AUTHOR OF THE EMAIL BELOW ... "Bikers" is a word that for him carries "...a very negative connotation". You will also note that he equates "... ABATE and most 'Biker' MROs with Creationists, science illiterates, & Luddites". And I am quite sure Sputnik will get a big kick out of knowing that Mr. Mansson does not want "...a man with a mohawk and a tattoo on his forehead" representing him...

.:: 0117: Bikers Rights: What Motorcyclists Need Is A Unifying Issue ::.

Why was Scotland the ultimate loser of the Anglo-Scottish wars? Because, as Scottish noble Robert the Bruce lamented in Braveheart, "...from top to bottom this country has no sense of itself. Its nobles share allegiance with England. Its clans war with each other." Much the same could be said about the American Bikers' Rights Movement: Many motorcyclists do not consider themselves "bikers"...

.:: 0116: Bikers Rights: Heads Up Arkansas Riders: Lawmaker Files Motorcycle Helmet Bill ::.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) : Helmetless motorcyclists should be able to prove that they have enough health insurance to pay for any injuries they may incur while driving, a state lawmaker proposed Wednesday. Sen. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, filed legislation that would require motorcyclists to...

.:: 0115: My Bun Burner GOLD Trifecta: Over 4500 Miles in Under 72 Hours ::.

The most challenging ride in the Iron Butt Association's Bun Burner GOLD motorcycle endurance riding certification series is the "Bun Burner GOLD Trifecta", also called the "BBG4500" ... The BBG4500 requires three consecutive, back-to-back-to-back days of riding over 1,500 miles in under 24 hours, for a total of over 4,500 miles in under 72 hours. To date, only 7 riders have ever completed a Bun Burner GOLD Trifecta ...

.:: 0114: Bikers Rights: Benefit Runs Should Benefit Bikers (by Deuce) ::.

Does your state motorcyclists' rights organization (SMRO) maintain or support a benefit fund for fallen riders and their families? If so, I'd like to hear from you. If not, I'd like your SMRO to hear from you! In the article below, Deuce explains why...

.:: 0113: Bikers Rights: No Release ::.

No Release.

.:: 0112: Bikers Rights: Myrtle Beach SC: A Call For Local Bikers From Carol O'Day ::.

MYRTLE BEACH SC From: Anthony Spinnato [mailto:ajsnighttrain03@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:58 PM To: A Subject: A Call For Local Bikers From Carol O'Day Carol O'Day called me today 12/5 and asked me to spread word for her to everyone , So here is what we got !!! Please spread word she would like bikers from every group , MC or org in MB area there to voice opinions , the press will not be invited and all input will be ...

.:: 0111: Bikers Rights: Heads Up: Obama's Transportation Secretary Shortlist ::.

From the Associated Press: http://tinyurl.com/5ulvp7 1. Jane Garvey, former head of the Federal Aviation Administration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Garvey 2. Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary. http://www.dot.gov/affairs/mdbio.htm 3. Steve Heminger, executive director, San Francisco Bay area transportation commission. (PRO-HELMET LAW) http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org/about/bio_heminger.aspx "Every state should have a motorcycle helmet law, but only 20 do."--Steve Heminger http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/NSTPRSC/Commerce-Science-Transpor.doc ...

.:: 0110: Bikers Rights: Who Is More Deserving of Biker Charity Than Our Own? ::.

Bikers may like breasts, but we are not breasts. We do not have to feed the mouths that bite us. And we do not have to look outside of our tribe to find potential beneficiaries who are needy and deserving. According to NHTSA, nationwide last year 103,000 motorcyclists were injured and 5,154 were killed in traffic accidents...

.:: 0109: Bikers Rights: Open Letter to Blues DJ, Dentist and WHO Helmet Initiative Facilitator Philip L. Graitcer ::.

To "Doctor G": American bikers' rights advocates like Rudy Avizius, Mike Greenwald and Lynn Wesley have been after me for some time to look into what the World Health Organization's WHO Helmet Initiative is all about. In so doing, I came across your Headlines Newsletter's Fall 2008 Editorial entitled "How to be a Genius", the crux of which was...

.:: 0108: Bikers Rights: American Motorcyclist Association Congratulates Barack Obama on Historic Victory ::.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), which represents more than 300,000 active members as the nation's leading advocacy organization for motorcyclists' rights, issued the following statement today from AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman with respect to the national election results:

.:: 0107: Bikers Rights: MRF VP Michael 'Boz' Kerr Says: Motorcyclists - Get Out and Vote! ::.

In a matter of days, Americans will make the decision as to who will be the 44th President of the United States. Presidential elections bring out the largest number of voters, and the top of the ticket can have a definite impact on the down ballot races. Those races, specifically the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and the 35 seats in the United States Senate (there are 2 special Senatorial elections this year in addition to the 33 seats in this cycle) should be of serious interest to ...

.:: 0106: Bikers Rights: We Can Make A Difference ::.

The upcoming national elections are likely to be the most historic in recent memory. And given the hand-wringing, chad-counting and late-night punditry that accompanied the last few elections, that's saying something. We are at a watershed moment in American politics. More importantly, we stand at a crossroads in American motorcycling politics that is likely to ...

.:: 0105: Bikers Rights: Ride to the Polls and Vote! ::.

In case you were just released from Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "in-tents incarceration" over in Maricopa County Arizona, let me give you a heads-up that several historic and game-changing events have occurred in the past few weeks ... events that by comparison make some of the issues near and dear to the hearts of bikers' rights advocates seem rather insignificant. An earnest attempt to frame my freedom-fighting commentary in the context of those events has met with mixed results ... typically among those who reject facts that conflict with faulty belief systems ... particularly among those who read only parts of what is published ... and especially among those who ignore the all-important links included to substantiate everything I communicate. Links like this one...

.:: 0104: James 'Doc' Reichenbach II, Abuser of Bikers' Rights ::.

Say It Ain't So, Mary ... The Honorable Mary Peters Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590 202-366-4000 ... Dear Ms. Peters: I just read an unconfirmed report that you have appointed James "Doc" Reichenbach II to the Motorcyclist Advisory Council to the Federal Highway Administration (MAC-FHWA)...

.:: 0103: Bikers Rights: NHTSA Proposes New Motorcycle Helmet Standards ::.

In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) earlier this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) set forth its proposal to modify the current safety standard for helmets, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 218 (FMVSS 218). The proposal focuses mostly on the least important part of any helmet...

.:: 0102: Bikers Rights: What Happens When The Fox Takes Charge of The Chicken Coop ::.

Like millions of Americans, last night I watched the first Presidential debate between "Borrow-and-Spend McSame" and "Tax-and-Spend Oblabla". I saw the event as 90 minutes of re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Neither offered any new ideas as to how to capture Bin Laden, defeat global terrorism, restore our reputation abroad, rebuild our crumbling infrastructure at home, or end our dependence on foreign oil. More importantly, they were equally clueless as to how we can keep our economy from sinking in a rising 10 TRILLION DOLLAR SEA OF DEBT that--even if we manage to preserve our ailing republic--will be...

.:: 0101: Bikers Rights: An Important Message for All American Motorcyclists Who May Ride In Florida ::.

On 1 October 2008 the provisions of HB-137--one of the most draconian and discriminatory anti-motorcycle measures ever to become law--take effect for all motorcyclists living in or riding through the State of Florida. You can learn about its history here...

.:: 0100: Bikers Rights: Heads Up Re SC 2008-64: Who's Taking Action on This? How Can We Help? ::.

Heads Up Re SC 2008-64 An article: *** http://pub42.bravenet.com/forum/3562429698/fetch/1006026/ *** The actual proposal: *** http://www.ldrlongdistancerider.com/SC2008-64.pdf *** Who's Taking Action on This? How Can ...

.:: 0099: Bikers Rights: DON'T CALL YOURSELF A FREEDOM FIGHTER (Unless you actually get out and vote!) ::.

Fellow Riders and "Freedom Fighters": The November elections are only a few weeks away. Soon we will finally get a merciful reprieve from the disappointing back-and-forth "lipstick politics" polluting our myopic media, and at long last we will know whether the mess We the People made by voting for Dubya *twice* will be inherited by "Oblabla and the Mouth" or "McSame and the Milf"... SPEAKING OF VOTING ... If you have not yet registered to vote, please do so as soon as possible. If you have any questions about where or how to register or vote in any state, you'll find a wealth of information online at ...

.:: 0098: Bikers Rights: Attention Florida Motorcyclists: HB137 Advisory Bulletin ::.

Effective October 1, 2008, HB 137 revises the traffic laws to create a few more penalties. This short bill was particularly focused on unsafe motorcycle activities, but it does include a provision for excessive speed. The new law also provides penalties for the first, second, third or subsequent violations. The Distribution Chart found on the FACC website will be updated to reflect the amounts for the first and second offenses in the Traffic section. The third and subsequent offense is classified as a third degree felony with a $5,000 fine and will appear in the Criminal Traffic section of the chart...

.:: 0097: Bikers Rights: Rebound Riders ::.

Look! A Yamaha Virago 1100. A Honda Nighthawk 700! A Honda GL1200 - and a Yamaha XT 350? A recent commute tickled my moto synapses with forgotten motorcycles. I saw all of those bikes--on the road, refueling and parked at the barber shop. Funny how 400 pennies per gallon brings the dusty rides out of American woodsheds...

.:: 0096: Bikers Rights Activist Needs Motorcyclists Support ::.

People often ask me how I can afford to devote so much time and effort to bringing reason, accountability, objectivity and above all TRUTH to motorcyclists' rights, motorcycle awareness and biker politics. The answer is that I can't ... at least not as much ... perhaps not any more ... unless you are willing to ...

.:: 0095: ABATE: Bikers Rights Organization ... or Social Riding Club? ::.

Is Your Chapter Making a Difference ... or just Partying Down? I was recently forwarded a weekly email newsletter from a local A.B.A.T.E. chapter ... http://tinyurl.com/6d5r6y ... for which this opening paragraph would be totally appropriate: "Here are this week's bar briefs and drink specials courtesy of A.B.A.T.E., the social riding club that reminds you to 'A'lways 'B'ring 'A'lcohol 'T'o 'E'vents!" No, they didn't say that. But they might as well have. Anyway, reading through paragraph after paragraph of biker bar band announcements and exclusive A.B.A.T.E. drink discounts sure made me want to fire up my bike and ride to the party. But it also compelled me to ...

.:: 0094: Would You Consider ABATE to be a Motorcyclists' Rights Organization? ::.

Let's say you're a biker who never heard of "ABATE" before, and the first email you ever received from "ABATE" was like the one below. After reading it, would you consider "ABATE" to be a motorcyclists' rights organization?

.:: 0093: Call-to-Action from Lynn Wesley (Assistant State Legislative Coordinator, ABATE of Pennsylvania) ::.

Action Needed: Although rather lengthy, please read the below to familiarize yourself with the situation. We need the assistance of everyone who this email reaches. Our goal is to...

.:: 0092: DISSOLUTION OF THE WHITE SANDS CHAPTER OF ABATE OF FLORIDA, INC. ::.

On July 13, 2008 the last formal meeting for the White Sands Chapter of ABATE of Florida, Inc. was held. For the past 2 months there have been no officers in place and after contact with many of the members it was found that there are no interested parties to accept the responsibilities of the available offices. With 38 members in attendance it was voted unanimously that the chapter would disband...

.:: 0091: MROs MUST 'M'AKE 'R'OOM FOR 'O'THERS (The Uncertain Future of the Bikers' Rights Movement) ::.

A few weeks ago I asked you "HOW WILL RISING GAS PRICES IMPACT THE MOTORCYCLISTS' RIGHTS ARENA?", and offered to pay $100.00 for the best answer. This query inspired many thoughtful and appreciated responses, all of which are posted here ... including the winning response submitted by ...

.:: 0090: The Cure For Florida's Ailing MRO? 'M'ake 'R'oom for 'O'thers ... In Membership ... And In Leadership ::.

James "Doc" Reichenbach II serves in the conflicting roles of elected president and paid lobbyist for ABATE of Florida, Inc., an SMRO whose membership has flatlined at around 7,500, which I am told is less than 25% of the AMA Florida member base, and less than 1% of the 900,000+ motorcycle riders statewide:

.:: 0089: New GHSA Report Examines Alarming Increase in Motorcycle Rider Deaths ::.

Explosion in motorcycle sales, training shortfalls, licensing issues, decline in helmet use are key issues... Washington, D.C. Friday marks the official start of summer, and millions of Americans will hit the roads to head to their summer vacations. Unfortunately, for too many motorcyclists, this may also mark the beginning of another deadly summer. The Governors Highway Safety Association's (GHSA) new report, Survey of the States: Motorcycle Safety Programs, examines the dramatic increase in motorcycle rider deaths and looks at programs states have undertaken to keep motorcyclists safe.

.:: 0088: We Need to Counter the Media Coverage of the PA Helmet Study ASAP ::.

Fellow Freedom Fighters: This recent PA helmet law study by Mertz and Weiss... ...was picked up by the major wire services and is getting media coverage EVERYWHERE. Google News alone shows 80 story links:

.:: 0087: OPEN LETTER TO KRISTEN MERTZ AND HAROLD WEISS (AP Floods Media with Flawed Statistics from Pittsburgh Professors) ::.

To Professors Mertz and Weiss: As an American citizen whose tax dollars fund the grants that subsidize you, and having in addition paid $10.00 for the privilege of downloading a copy of your report entitled "Changes in Motorcycle-Related Head Injury Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Hospital Charges Following Repeal of Pennsylvania's Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law", please allow me to convey my assessment of same. I will start with your conclusion and work my way back to the data ... much the same as I suspect you did...

.:: 0086: Changes in Head Injuries ... Following Repeal of Pennsylvania Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law ::.

"To evaluate the 2003 repeal of Pennsylvania's motorcycle helmet law, we assessed changes in helmet use and compared motorcycle-related head injuries with nonhead injuries from 2001-2002 to 2004-2005. Helmet use among riders in crashes decreased from 82% to 58%. Head injury deaths increased 66%; nonhead injury deaths increased 25%. Motorcycle-related head injury hospitalizations increased 78% compared with 28% for nonhead injury hospitalizations. Helmet law repeals jeopardize motorcycle riders. Until repeals are reversed, states need voluntary strategies to increase helmet use."

.:: 0085: No Release ::.

No release.

.:: 0084: Concerned Responsible Motorcyclists to Confused Emergency Doctors: Your Crash Survival Focus Obscures Crash Prevention Potentials ::.

A motorcycle was my exclusive form of transportation long before gas topped four dollars a gallon. And as a 24/7 biker and long distance rider, I use and recommend the use of helmets when riding a motorcycle. In fact, I cannot imagine riding through several hundred miles of adverse weather without one. On the other hand, I fully appreciate the difference between the utility of helmets and the futility of helmet laws... and our roadways would be a safer place if "experts" like you did as well. In the article cited below, I read with great disappointment and disgust your following comments...

.:: 0083: Motorcyclists Targeted by Police (Hollywood CA) ::.

I'm sure you are aware of the roadblocks in NY during Americade last week. I am the promoter of a well known weekly sportbike gathering in Hollywood, CA and we had our rights equally trampled on during our gathering last night.

.:: 0082: The Latest Bikers Rights News Online ... The Lowest Gas Prices In Town ... Andrews Loses To Lautenberg ::.

The latest motorcyclists' rights and motorcycle awareness headlines nationwide are now available 24/7 at LdrLongDistanceRider.com. Here is the link to add to your web browser favorites or bookmarks:

.:: 0081: HOW WILL RISING GAS PRICES IMPACT THE MOTORCYCLISTS RIGHTS ARENA? What do YOU think? Best answer is worth $100! ::.

A few weeks ago here in SoBe, I passed a 49cc scooter with a sticker on its rear fender that read "ONE LESS SUV". And given the alarming number of recent reports of motorcyclists killed and injured in crashes caused by SUV drivers violating our right-of-way...

.:: 0080: MAY: Motorcycle "Awareness" Month? Motorcycle "Safety" Month? How About Motorcycle "Mayhem" Month? ::.

This may be Motorcycle Awareness Month for some and Motorcycle Safety Month for others... ...but it sure looks like a lot of people never got either memo:

.:: 0079: Attention All Motorcyclists: Biker's Widow Needs Your Support To Hold Murdering Mayor to Account! ::.

I received news a few days ago that prosecuting attorney, Paul Knight who was working on the criminal case against Mayor Brenda Melancon [of Sorrento, Louisiana] has been removed from the case. This is devastating to me and my family, and is a blow to the entire motorcycle community.

.:: 0078: Attention All Motorcyclists: ABATE of Louisiana issues Urgent Nationwide Call-to-Action! ::.

Subject: URGENT NATIONWIDE CALL-TO-ACTION! A.B.A.T.E. of Louisiana, Inc. P.O. Box 541 St. Amant, LA 70774 Yesterday our Bills suffered a tough time on the House Floor.

.:: 0077: May is Motorcycle Awareness Month ... But Not for SUV Drivers ::.

The message conveyed by the following excerpts from 26 recent news reports requires no interpretation:

.:: 0076: OPEN LETTER TO D. HOUSTON and L. RICHARDSON ("Two Poli-Sci PhDs Caught Piling It High and Deep") ::.

We examined cross-sectional time-series data from the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the period 1975 through 2004.... On average, when compared to state experience with no helmet mandate,

.:: 0075: James 'Doc' Reichenbach II and the decline of ABATE of Florida ::.

In reading this forum thread... Weekly Drink Specials from James "Doc" Reichenbach II's ABATE of Florida SE Chapter ...one can easily see how the history of James "Doc" Reichenbach II's ABATE of Florida illustrates the tragic decay and decline of an SMRO. First, "ABATE" stood for:

.:: 0074: Please Help Us Keep A Biker-Killing Cager Behind Bars! ::.

PLEASE READ EVITA GRAY'S SAD BUT NOT UNCOMMON STORY, AND HELP HER KEEP HER FATHER'S KILLER BEHIND BARS BY SENDING YOUR LETTERS AND FAXES PROTESTING THE POTENTIAL CLEMENCY OF TRACY EPPRIGHT TO VICTIM ADVOCATE RUSSELL GALLOGLY AT THE ADDRESS AND FAX NUMBER PROVIDED HERE:

.:: 0073: I never cease to be amazed by the gall of James "Doc" Reichenbach II... ::.

I never cease to be amazed by the gall of James "Doc" Reichenbach II, and the gullibility of the Kool-Aid Kulties who mindlessly follow him. Even after we exposed what's really going on with SB-1992, he had this message broadcasted to his cult contacts list last night:

.:: 0072: Florida Bikers: How Much Are You Willing To Sacrifice For Stiffer Right-Of-Way Violation Penalties? ::.

Attention Florida Riders and Freedom Fighters: In recent days, you may have heard cult leader James "Doc" Reichenbach II crowing about the stiffer penalties for right-of-way violations included in proposed senate bill SB-1992:

.:: 0071: AMA Alert: Attention Florida Motorcyclists A Revised SB-802 Goes To Committee On April 15! ::.

Attention Florida Motorcyclists! A modified version of Senate Bill 802, legislation that singles out motorcycle operators for discriminatory treatment for alleged traffic violations, will be heard in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations on Tuesday, April 15 at 2:15 p.m. in room 309 of the Capitol.

.:: 0070: Let's Unseat Those Who Would Unsaddle Us: ABATE of the Garden State says "Get Lost!" to Lautenberg! ::.

Senator Frank Lautenberg has consistently shown that he is not friendly to biker issues. Do you want to see another 6 years of him? We now have a viable candidate running against him in the Democratic Primary.

.:: 0069: Three Views On SB-802 ::.

1. From James "Doc" Reichenbach II, Elected President, Paid Lobbyist and Cult Leader of ABATE of Florida, Inc.:

.:: 0068: The Rape of an ROWV Law (CO HB-1104) ::.

There's an old truth that states there's two things you don't want to see being made -- legislation and sausage. Many times, the two are indistinguishable from one another. Such is the case with House Bill 1104 "Aggravated Right-of-Way Offense", which sought to close a "gray area" in Colorado statute.

.:: 0067: Motorcycle Helmet Laws Save Lives, but Not Very Many ::.

A new study reported in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the repeal of motorcycle helmet requirements for adults has been associated with an increase in motorcycle fatalities, beyond the general increase that has been seen throughout the country in the last decade or so. Although the researchers argue that their study reinforces the case for universal helmet laws, the impact they found looks pretty modest:

.:: 0066: Sportbikers Silent As Rights Slip Away: SB-802 Passes Committee ::.

"Motorcycles or Mopeds/Reckless Driving [EPCC]; Provides that if a person is operating or is in actual physical control of a motorcycle while driving recklessly, a law enforcement officer shall arrest the person, take him or her into custody, and seize the motorcycle. Requires that a person riding on a motorcyle or moped must ride while sitting astride the seat with one leg on each side and with both wheels on the ground at all times, etc."

.:: 0065: Motorcycle Safety and the Repeal of Universal Helmet Laws ::.

Objectives. We assessed the implications for motorcyclist safety of recent repeals of universal helmet laws in 6 US states. Methods. We examined cross-sectional time-series data from the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the period 1975 through 2004.

.:: 0064: Can Somebody Get Us A Copy Of This Study? ::.

Since 1975, more than 100,000 motorcycle riders in America have died in crashes. The majority of states required motorcycle helmets in 1975, but today, only 20 states have universal helmet laws that require all riders to wear helmets, 26 states have partial coverage laws (usually only for young riders), and four states have no helmet laws. A recent study by a University of Missouri professor found that the motorcyclist fatality rate has increased in states that repealed their universal helmet laws during the past decade.

.:: 0063: AMA ACTION ALERT: ATTENTION FLORIDA MOTORCYCLISTS! ::.

Attention Florida Motorcyclists! Senate Bill 802, legislation that singles out motorcycle operators for discriminatory treatment for alleged traffic violations, will be heard in the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday, April 1 at 9:30 a.m. in room 37 of the Senate Office Building.

.:: 0062: Heads Up from Terry Howard ::.

Be prepared for another article next week. USA Today called me this last Friday wanting me to write an article for them "concerning helmet rules". I was in a meeting and couldn't answer my phone when they called. I returned the phone call an hour after it came in, only to have a message answer. I told them to call me back, which she did to inform me that they were on such a tight deadline, they got someone else to do it. She wouldn't say who it was.

.:: 0061: The Tip Of The Iceberg: What Happens Next Is Up To You... ::.

Fellow Riders and Freedom Fighters: Last week I warned you that something was up...

.:: 0060: ABATE of Florida Panhandle Chapter President Resigns Citing Issues With James 'Doc' Reichenbach II ::.

ABATE Panhandle Chapter President resigns, citing loss of respect for ABATE of Florida's state president and paid lobbyist James "Doc" Reichenbach II:

.:: 0059: Heads Up Florida Bikers: HB-137 Companion Bill SB-802 Scheduled For Senate Committee Hearing Tuesday April 1! ::.

(Senate's version of HB137) will be heard next Tuesday, April 1st (April Fool's Day) at 9:30am in 37 SOB (Senate Office Building!). If people can't go to see it live, they might be able to watch it via the live broadcast on the website:

.:: 0058: Open Letter to Gannett DJs John Yaukey and Robert Benincasa ::.

To John Yaukey and Robert Benincasa, Reporters for Gannett News Service: Let me begin by saying I use and recommend the use of helmets when riding a motorcycle. In fact, I cannot imagine riding through several hundred miles of adverse weather without one. On the other hand, I fully appreciate the difference between the utility of helmets and the futility of helmet laws. You obviously don't. Given all the spin you put into your article entitled "Motorcyclist deaths spike as helmet laws loosen"...

.:: 0057: FW: Prepare for the Freedom Ride... ::.

Florida Riders and Freedom Fighters: Appended below is an email from the state leadership of ABATE of Florida giving you guidance as to what you should be saying to your state legislators. With respect to proposed bills HB-137 and SB-802, I believe you will find superior guidance here:

.:: 0056: HEADS UP BIKERS: USA TODAY SPINS LIDS AND LAWS TO SELL PAPERS AND CASH IN ON CLICKS ::.

Reporters John Yaukey (jyaukey@gns.gannett.com) and Robert Benincasa (rbenincasa@gns.gannett.com) of Gannett News Service are serving up a major spread of lid and lid law spin in USA TODAY: "Motorcyclist deaths spike as helmet laws loosen"

.:: 0055: Foreign Media Throws Monkey Wrench Into Motorcyclists Rights Morass ::.

Bikers rights advocates nationwide are working hard to defeat Florida HB-137, proposed legislation that would authorize the seizure of motorcycles by the State. The bill has cleared the first committee with these amendments...

.:: 0054: Carnegie Mellon Study Shows Just Listening To Cell Phones Significantly Impairs Drivers: More Research Exposing The Great Hands-Free Hoax ::.

Carnegie Mellon Study Shows Just Listening To Cell Phones Significantly Impairs Drivers... Brain Imaging Reveals Drivers Are Distracted Even if They Don't Talk.

.:: 0053: LET'S UNSEAT THOSE WHO WOULD UNSADDLE US: Make Anti-Biker Politicos Pay A Penalty At The Polls! ::.

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."--Plato "I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."--Charles de Gaulle

.:: 0052: HB-137 Legislation Authorizing Seizure of Motorcycles Gets Favorable Vote From Florida House Committee on Infrastructure! ::.

Below is a first-hand, unedited account of the meeting by Robert "RC" Conroy, an independent bikers' rights advocate who attended and spoke before the Committee today. I will make no further comment now other than to emphasize that although this bill targets sportbikers, if passed ANY MOTORCYCLE IN FLORIDA could become subject to seizure. And if we allow this dangerous precedent to be set, ANY MOTORCYCLE ANYWHERE could one day become subject to seizure ... including YOURS!

.:: 0051: Motorcycle safety training funds under attack! ::.

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING FUNDS UNDER ATTACK. PICKERINGTON, Ohio--U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters reaffirmed her desire to lobby states for mandatory helmet-use laws in testimony before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Transportation Subcommittee on March 6, the American Motorcyclist Association reports.

.:: 0050: Heads Up Florida Bikers: HB-137 Committee Hearing Tomorrow! ::.

GENERAL BILL by Lopez-Cantera Offenses Committed While Operating a Motorcycle: Provides additional penalties for certain offenses committed by person operating or in actual physical control of motorcycle; requires person be taken into custody; provides for seizure and forfeiture of motorcycle; provides for revocation of person's privilege to operate a motorcycle. Effective Date: October 1, 2008.

.:: 0049: MRF Strongly Opposes US DOT Attack on Motorcycle Training Funds ::.

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) has learned that United States Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters sent letters to Capitol Hill with draft legislation outlining her intention to raid the 2010 motorcycle training and awareness funds set aside by Congress in the last Highway Bill (PL 109-59). Peters announced on Thursday, February 14 that she would like to see the earmarked training and awareness funds made available to promote the use of helmets in individual states.

.:: 0048: AMA concerned about new threat to motorcycle safety training funds ::.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is urging Congress to allow states to divert federal money now used for motorcycle training and awareness to instead promote the use of motorcycle helmets, the American Motorcyclist Association reports.

.:: 0047: AMA seeks urgent grassroots action to end health insurance discrimination against motorcyclists! ::.

More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have co-sponsored a bill that would end health insurance discrimination against motorcyclists and others who participate in legal recreational activities or use their motorcycles for transportation.

.:: 0046: Highlights of the ABATE State Meeting: A Convenient "Scheduling Conflict" ::.

Fortunately for lobbyist and legislator, however, a convenient "scheduling conflict" allowed both lobbyist Reichenbach and legislator Lopez-Cantera to avoid a public showdown where one or the other would have to admit they were lying about Reichenbach's alleged support of HB-137:

.:: 0045: ::.

I did not post any of the links containing this damning quote from Lopez-Cantera: "I recently met with James Reichenbach [abatefl@worldnet.att.net] from ABATE, and after I explained the true intent of this legislation he told me that he would support it." All I did was reference other people's postings. The full text of Lopez-Cantera's statement can be found in many locations on the Web, including the following:

.:: 0044: HB-137 (FL): Who's really on our side? Who's really not? ::.

Many of you who contacted Florida State District 113 Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera [Carlos.Lopez-Cantera@myfloridahouse.gov] recently to protest "HB 137: Offenses Committed While Operating a Motorcycle"--a highly discriminatory and draconian proposal that would allow the state to seize bikes for certain traffic offenses--received a reply from Lopez-Cantera that included the following: "I recently met with James Reichenbach [abatefl@worldnet.att.net] from ABATE, and after I explained the true intent of this legislation he told me that he would support it."

.:: 0043: Physician, Heal Thyself ... and Leave Motorcyclists Alone! ::.

In several recent articles like the one cited below, I read with great disappointment and disgust the following: "McNamara said 'Riders cite the pleasure of going helmet-less, but often the cost of care for the injured motorcyclist is passed on to society at large.' ... McNamara said he fears riders may not fully understand the scientifically demonstrated level of risk involved in riding without a helmet and just assume the risks are acceptable if the law does not prohibit it... 'The American Academy of Emergency Medicine believes that states should require helmet use in all age groups,' McNamara said." Here is my reply to you and your hypocritical colleagues:

.:: 0042: Comments Regarding B.C. Liu ::.

Dear Doctor McNamara, Please do me a favor and stay out of the business of trying to decide what is best for me. As a physician I would think that you know all about anatomy. However, you should also know that your foot fits nicely in your mouth when speaking about things you have very little knowledge about. For instance the cost of care passed on to society at large for injured motorcyclists.

.:: 0041: Physician, Heal Thyself ... and Leave Motorcyclists Alone! (A Call-To-Action from Rudy Avizius) ::.

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF... Just who in the hell do you think you are, Doc? Neither you nor any other member of the American medical community has any right to be commenting on somebody else's "risky behavior" or "social costs" until you first deal with your own:

.:: 0040: Fighting for Freedom: Biker Rogue ::.

Read Part 1 here:

.:: 0039: THE GREAT HANDS-FREE HOAX How "Feel-Good" Cell Phone Bans Cost Lives & Livelihoods ::.

America is in a recession, a recession that many say will get worse before it gets better. And although the powers that be waited far too long before uttering the "R" word, there are some who predict the "D" word may apply before year's end. Call it what you will, but thanks to a myriad of factors for which we all are to some degree responsible, our economy is in a mess. And what do our politicos propose as the solution? Why an "economic stimulus package", of course! Free money for everybody! Whoo-Hoo!

.:: 0038: Heads Up Bikers: Give Bette Liu Your Feedback On Her Latest Lid Release ? ::.

Oxford epidemiologist Dr. Bette Liu (email: bette.liu@ceu.ox.ac.uk) is the lead author of a new--i.e. updated--international motorcycle helmet study summarized below. As you might expect, her research confirms the UTILITY OF HELMETS, with which I agree. My concern, however, is that it will be used to perpetuate the FUTILITY OF HELMET LAWS, with which I do not. I ask that you please read the information below, and then:

.:: 0037: WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED (James 'Doc' Reichenbach II Betrays the Bikers Rights Movement) ::.

For those of you who answered the recent calls-to-action intended to counter the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB's) "9/11 attack" on motorcyclists' rights...

.:: 0036: Attention Florida Bikers: Heads Up on Senate 828 Relating to Motorcycles or Mopeds, Young Riders ::.

Florida Senate bill 828, sponsored by Sen. Michael Bennett (R-Bradenton), would prohibit passengers younger than 12 years of age on a motorcycle or moped. Use the AMA Rapid Response Center at www.AMADirectlink.com...

.:: 0035: Update on Discriminatory Motorcycle Seizure Legislation In Florida (HB 137) ::.

Here's a recap from this morning's hearing on HB 137. All quotes are as I remember them, as I did not have a tape recorder with me. All internet links and email addresses are listed at the bottom of this message.

.:: 0034: I have no problem with the membership of ABATE of Florida [Only the Corruption of James 'Doc' Reichenbach II] ::.

Hi Paul, I have lifted the restrictions on your incoming emails, and you may feel free to post to our forum here... In order to avoid any future issues, please be sure that any posting you make includes your email address, is motorcycle-related, and is the truth. It is okay to post opinion as well as facts, just be sure not to represent one as the other.

.:: 0033: AMA ALERT!!! DRACONIAN "TAKE OUR BIKES AWAY" LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN FLORIDA ::.

Action Alert 01/08/2008 Draconian Legislation Proposed in Florida: Seizure and forfeiture of motorcycles part of legislation ... HB 137, "Offenses Committed While Operating a Motorcycle", introduced by Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R-Miami)...

.:: 0032: "Let's Take Back The AMA": A Message From AMA BOD Candidate Paul Cote ::.

Date: January 1, 2008 - Last call for sending in election ballots, and planning for the near future of the AMA:

.:: 0031: IS THERE A FIRE? WILL BRAIN BUCKETS PUT IT OUT? ::.

Charting NHTSA Numbers Exposes Flawed NTSB Recommendations ... Click or go to this link to read it now (available in HTML and downloadable PDF formats):

.:: 0030: Bridges Are Not The Only Thing NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker Has Made "Highly Inappropriate" Comments About ::.

The National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") recently issued a series of press releases and motorcycle safety recommendation letters in which they claimed that increases in motorcycle fatalities have "...outpaced increases in activity measures such as motorcycle registrations". As the chart above clearly shows, that claim is false. Over the last 10 years, motorcycle fatalities have NOT outpaced increases in motorcycle registrations. In fact, the two measures have a near-perfect correlation coefficient of +0.9951.

.:: 0029: BATTLE ESCALATES AGAINST RIDERS' FREEDOM OF CHOICE (Part 2) ::.

Read it here...

.:: 0028: TRANSCRIPT OF THE 6 NOV 2007 MEETING OF THE DELRAY BEACH CITY COMMISSION RE PROPOSED MOTORCYCLE NOISE ORDINANCE 45-07 ::.

Thanks to biker Tammy Jenkins, we have a transcript of the portion of the 6 November 2007 Meeting of the City Commission of Delray Beach, Florida pertaining to the proposed motorcycle noise ordinance 45-07 available for download here...

.:: 0027: You Are A Murderer, Ms. Adelus ::.

Ms. Adelus, You are a MURDERER. One of many who cloak their crimes under the false vestment of "professional journalist".

.:: 0026: OPEN LETTER TO THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM ("Bad Results from Good Intentions: The High Cost of Helmet Laws") ::.

According to page 22 of your "Proposed Resolutions for the 69th General Assembly" of the Union for Reform Judaism ("URJ") to be held in San Diego, CA on December 12-16, 2007...

.:: 0025: BATTLE ESCALATES AGAINST RIDERS' FREEDOM OF CHOICE ::.

Life and living encompass many choices. As much as we would like to be, we are not personally in total control of how we live. We live with (and under) rules and regulations (laws) to co-exist peacefully among the population, and along the way develop (hopefully) our internal moral compass to help steer us as we move through life. The essence of Freedom is the possession of choices, to live as we see fit without the bringing of harm onto others. Webster's Dictionary defines freedom (in part) as "1. the state or quality of being free; esp., a) exemption or liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; liberty; independence; b) exemption from arbitrary restrictions on a specified civil right; civil or political liberty..." Always remember: this is not granted by government; on the contrary--men are "...endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." (as validated in our Declaration of Independence.)

.:: 0024: TRANSCRIPT OF THE 16 OCT 2007 MEETING OF THE DELRAY BEACH CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSING BANNING MOTORCYCLES ::.

Thanks to biker Tammy Jenkins, we have a transcript of the portion of the 16 October 2007 Meeting of the City Commission of Delray Beach, Florida pertaining to the banning of motorcycles (Ordinance 45-07) available for download here...

.:: 0023: DELRAY BEACH DITCHES MOTORCYCLE BAN ("Thanks For Your Calls and Emails!") ::.

City votes instead to stiffen fines for noise along stretch of Atlantic... Read the entire article here:

.:: 0022: AMA AND ENFORCERS MC ISSUE URGENT CALLS-TO-ACTION AGAINST ANTI-MOTORCYCLE ORDINANCE ("Stop It In Delray Beach... Or Expect It In Your Hometown") ::.

A proposed ordinance in Delray Beach, Florida, would ban ALL motorcycles from a five-block section of Atlantic Avenue, between Swinton Avenue and U.S. 1, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Further, the ordinance would require all motorcycles to be equipped with stock exhaust systems or "...U.S. EPA-approved low-noise emission mufflers..."

.:: 0021: MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION ISSUES NATIONWIDE CALL-TO-ACTION! ::.

For the past several weeks the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) has been actively working on a multi-tiered strategic initiative to counter the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) program to pressure states into enacting mandatory helmet laws. We are prepared today to launch the program beginning with a Call to Action to our State Motorcycle Rights Organizations (SMROs).

.:: 0020: Open Letter to FHWA Administrator J. Richard Capka ("The Issue Here Is That Helmets Are Not The Issue Here.") ::.

Mr. Capka: The tentative agenda for next week's Motorcycle Travel Symposium clearly states that "better estimates of motorcycle travel are needed"...

.:: 0019: ATTENTION ALL RIDERS...NATIONWIDE CALL-TO-ACTION FROM ABATE OF IOWA...PLEASE ACT NOW...PLEASE FORWARD ::.

ABATE OF IOWA is calling on all American motoryclists concerned about their Right-to-Ride to contact their U.S. Senators and Representatives and request that Congress initiate proceedings to reduce or eliminate the budgets of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") and the National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") on the grounds that they are (a) illegally conspiring to circumvent the state lobbying restrictions placed on NHTSA by TEA-21 (the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century), and (b) irresponsibly wasting millions of taxpayers dollars focusing on an issue that constitutes only a minor portion of overall traffic injuries and fatalities. Here is their agenda...

.:: 0018: THERE ARE MORE THAN 18 WAYS TO SHUT'EM UP (Help Me Pick the Winner of our HANG UP AND DRIVE Contest!) ::.

On 13 September 2007, I sent a letter to National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") Chairman Mark Rosenker in which I pointed out that restricting cager cellphone conversations could have saved as many as 10,660 lives in 2006, which is about 15 times more than would've been saved by lidding every rider in the land:

.:: 0017: Open Letter to NHTSA Administrator Nicole R. Nason ("That's My Money You Are Misusing, Ms. Nason.") ::.

Ms. Nason: CBS News has quoted you as saying that, in your role as NHTSA Administrator, "I love knowing that at the end of the day, what we are try[ing] to do--what I am trying to do--is make a vehicle safer for my children..."

.:: 0016: Open Letter to NTSB Member Kathryn O'Leary 'Kitty' Higgins ... on Compelling vs. Concocted Statistics ::.

Ms. Higgins: I took time away from work long enough to watch the live webcasts of the 9/11/07 and 9/18/07 meetings of the NTSB, both now archived here:

.:: 0015: Rest in Peace, Richard Quigley ::.

A folk hero is type of hero, real or in mythology, who is loathed by the rich and powerful but idolized by the common person, often stealing from the former to make life better for the latter. The folk hero generally starts off as a regular person, but is transformed into someone extraordinary by their rebellion against oppression upon their own lives.

.:: 0014: NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker Was One of Nixon's CREEPs at CREEP ::.

Mark Rosenker, whose term as Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board I say we need to END IMMEDIATELY...

.:: 0013: NTSB Motorcycle Safety Recommendations Miss The Mark By 84 Percent ::.

Mr. Rosenker: The universal helmet law mandate you proposed this week fails to address the causes of approximately 84 percent of all motorcycle fatalities. Not only do we have the NTSB's admitted issues with understated motorcycle registrations and vehicle miles travelled (VMT) in the demoninators of key NHTSA statistics, you made even greater and more reprehensible misrepresentations by overstating the numerator:

.:: 0012: Open Letter to NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker ::.

Mr. Rosenker: I watched and listened to the webcast of the NTSB Board Meeting you chaired this morning from 9:30 to 11:00am, the agenda for which was ostensibly "Motorcycle Safety":

.:: 0011: OPEN LETTER TO ABATE OF ILLINOIS ("We only have those rights we are willing to defend.") ::.

Fellow Riders and Freedom Fighters in the State of Illinois: I have had the privilege of riding across your great state four times in the past six weeks: first going to and returning from Sturgis, then twice over Labor Day Weekend as part of two Iron Butt Association "Bun Burner Gold" runs from Miami Beach to Chicago and back by way of East St. Louis. On I-24 West near its terminus at I-57, three Illinois riders and myself were almost killed by a cellphone-impaired cager, one of many nationwide who apparently feel their right to gab is more important than our right to life:

.:: 0010: Motorcycle Riders Foundation Issues HIPAA Call to Action! ::.

With Congress poised to return today from a sleepy month off fromWashington, it's a great time to call or e-mail your federal legislators and remind them to support HR 1076 and S 616, the two pieces oflegislation filed on behalf of motorcyclists to fix the discriminatory loopholes in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These two pieces of legislation are currently sitting in committee before both bodies of Congress. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) encourages you to contact your Senators and Representatives this week.

.:: 0009: DELAWARE RIDERS ISSUE NATIONWIDE CALL-TO-ACTION: GOVERNOR, TAKE DOWN THOSE SIGNS! ::.

Can you believe this?!? The State of Delaware is ENCOURAGING motorists to use their cell phones while they are driving!

.:: 0008: BUT "ONLY" FOR FAILURE TO YIELD?!? ::.

In your op-ed piece below you say "... it was the driver of the tractor-trailer who was at fault in the tragic occurrence that [killed a biker] at South Downey and Fawcett Drive--but only for failure to yield."

.:: 0007: HOW DO WE GET CAGERS TO HANG UP AND DRIVE? (One Hundred Dollars for the Best Idea!) ::.

In last month's "Hang Up and Drive!" installment, I pointed out that there are currently 236 million cell phone subscribers on our roadways ... that 73% of them are talking while they are driving ... that cell phone conversations impair their driving skills as much if they were intoxicated with alcohol... and that consequently they are four times more likely to cause or be involved in an accident than motorists who responsibly shut up and steer. And for those of you who discount these statistics--or for whatever reason refuse to accept the fact that cell phone conversation-impaired cagers are one of the greatest and growing threats to the safety of American motorcyclists--I relate the following:

.:: 0006: Heads Up for Sturgis Riders: Possible Sting on IH-90 ::.

As a concerned ABATE of Minnesota officer, I'd like to see if you could spread the word for us about this infringement of our rights both as riders and as Americans. Thanks, Stan "Stash" Rygh ABATE of Minn. Lower Corner Chapter

.:: 0005: HANG UP AND DRIVE! (Online Ammo for an Awareness War) ::.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") has just released Traffic Safety Facts document DOT HS 810791. Here is the introduction:

.:: 0004: Motorcyclists' Voices Halt Hensarling Amendment! ::.

US House of Representatives passes transportation appropriations bill (HR 3074) by a vote of 268-153, with no restrictions on any motorcycle funding the Motorcycle Riders Foundation reports.

.:: 0003: The Motorcycle Riders Foundation issues URGENT CALL TO ACTION ::.

The United States House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the FY2008 Transportation, House and Urban Development Appropriations bill (HR 3074) Tuesday July 24th 2007. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation has learned of a last minute attempt to eliminate the funding of the 2010 motorcycle safety grant program created in the last highway bill (PL 109-59).

.:: 0002: Michelin Announces Motorcycle Tire Recall (Please Forward) ::.

GREENVILLE, S.C., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Michelin has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Transport Canada that it is recalling Michelin(R) Pilot(R) Power 2CT and Pilot(R) Power 120/70 ZR 17 (58W) front motorcycle tires with the "Made in France" markings in the United States and Canada. This recall involves these specific tires only and has no impact on any other Michelin tires. Related actions are under way in other countries.

.:: 0001: Why All Motorcyclists Should Be AMA Members ::.

The March 2007 installment of Bruce on Bikers' Rights was an open letter to Rob Dingman, President and CEO of the American Motorcyclist Association ("AMA"):