Teabagging candidate thinks bike sharing by cities is a UN conspiracy

**Crazyswordsman** · 08-06-2010, 10:13 AM

Spokes | Cities Engage in Vast Biking Conspiracy (Shh!) - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

As a cyclist this irritates me. First of all, just because you join a nonbinding international association of cities doesn't mean you're an advocate of one world government. Secondly, I though teabaggers were all about giving more power back to the local municipalities. I guess that's not true when said municipalities are majority liberal. Thirdly, I read Dan Maes (the candidate in question)'s web page and he seems to be all about spending tax dollars on roads, which is essentially imposing a "conspiracy to force Americans to drive" (note: I don't believe that this is a conspiracy; I'm just trying to look at it objectively through his eyes). And although I'm a liberal, I know *plenty* of conservatives who would support bike sharing, especially since it increases "freedom of choice," something both liberals AND libertarians support, but it seems that a small number of very loud radical conservatives oppose it if the choice isn't one of the ones they'd make. -CSM

Robotazy · 08-06-2010, 10:22 AM

WHAT AN INSIDIOUS PLOT.

EVERYONE SHOULD DRIVE CARS, ONLY COMMUNISTS EXERCISE.

ALSO, THE UNITED NATIONS IS EVIL. WORSE THAN NAZIS I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

ALSO ALSO, WORLD GOVERNMENT IS SO BAD. WORLD PEACE IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.

**Valigarmander** · 08-06-2010, 10:45 AM

Stalin used to ride a bike.

Commie.

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-07-2010, 06:55 AM

whos teabagging who now wat

CuccoLady · 08-07-2010, 03:30 PM

This is just pathetic. Pathetic in a hilarious but very depressing way.

Metal Man · 08-07-2010, 06:28 PM

* Metal Man has the image of Snidely Whiplash wearing a UN badge, laughing malevolently as he shares bicycles...

I am nobody · 08-08-2010, 10:23 AM

Of course it is. What better way to take away people's freedom and control the world than by encouraging the use of a cheap, efficient means of travel that is much more difficult to track than a car?

Besides, everyone knows the UN only pretends to be powerless. They're really hard at work toppling every government in the world in amazingly indirect ways so that they can create the People's Republic of Ban Ki-Moon.

**Loot** · 08-08-2010, 10:41 AM

Goddamn hippies, next thing you know they'll want to vote.

Lurch1982 · 08-13-2010, 06:18 PM

To be fair the only reason Maes won the GOP nomination is because the other guy (who was well funded and the Party Guy) was a plagiarist and liar who got busted for it about a month before the primary.

B-Cycle is pretty damn awesome by the way.

08-06-2010, 10:13 AM	#1
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	Teabagging candidate thinks bike sharing by cities is a UN conspiracy Spokes \| Cities Engage in Vast Biking Conspiracy (Shh!) - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com As a cyclist this irritates me. First of all, just because you join a nonbinding international association of cities doesn't mean you're an advocate of one world government. Secondly, I though teabaggers were all about giving more power back to the local municipalities. I guess that's not true when said municipalities are majority liberal. Thirdly, I read Dan Maes (the candidate in question)'s web page and he seems to be all about spending tax dollars on roads, which is essentially imposing a "conspiracy to force Americans to drive" (note: I don't believe that this is a conspiracy; I'm just trying to look at it objectively through his eyes). And although I'm a liberal, I know plenty of conservatives who would support bike sharing, especially since it increases "freedom of choice," something both liberals AND libertarians support, but it seems that a small number of very loud radical conservatives oppose it if the choice isn't one of the ones they'd make. -CSM

08-06-2010, 10:22 AM	#2
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	WHAT AN INSIDIOUS PLOT. EVERYONE SHOULD DRIVE CARS, ONLY COMMUNISTS EXERCISE. ALSO, THE UNITED NATIONS IS EVIL. WORSE THAN NAZIS I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. ALSO ALSO, WORLD GOVERNMENT IS SO BAD. WORLD PEACE IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.

08-06-2010, 10:45 AM	#3
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Stalin used to ride a bike. Commie.

08-07-2010, 06:55 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	whos teabagging who now wat

08-07-2010, 03:30 PM	#5
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	This is just pathetic. Pathetic in a hilarious but very depressing way.

08-07-2010, 06:28 PM	#6
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	* Metal Man has the image of Snidely Whiplash wearing a UN badge, laughing malevolently as he shares bicycles...

08-08-2010, 10:23 AM	#7
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	Of course it is. What better way to take away people's freedom and control the world than by encouraging the use of a cheap, efficient means of travel that is much more difficult to track than a car? Besides, everyone knows the UN only pretends to be powerless. They're really hard at work toppling every government in the world in amazingly indirect ways so that they can create the People's Republic of Ban Ki-Moon.

08-08-2010, 10:41 AM	#8
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Goddamn hippies, next thing you know they'll want to vote.

08-13-2010, 06:18 PM	#9
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	To be fair the only reason Maes won the GOP nomination is because the other guy (who was well funded and the Party Guy) was a plagiarist and liar who got busted for it about a month before the primary. B-Cycle is pretty damn awesome by the way.