Comments on: Whatever happened to the bike-partisan revolution? http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566 Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, travel and opinion. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:54:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ted Johnson http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1761193 Ted Johnson Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:26:26 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1761193 Great post! And you saved me a bunch of research time with those bullet points, which I quoted with attribution here: "Bicycle Hymn of the Republicans" http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/03/16/bicycle-hymn-of-the-republicans/ Great post! And you saved me a bunch of research time with those bullet points, which I quoted with attribution here:

"Bicycle Hymn of the Republicans"
http://www.commutebybike.com/2011/03/16/bicycle-hymn-of-the-republicans/

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]]> By: Anonymous http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1516828 Anonymous Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:35:38 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1516828 "This is just another example of the Republican Party in Congress going barking mad. Any good legislative proposal? They oppose it on principle " Just because they don't sponsor a bill doesn't mean they oppose it!!!! Learn how government works before making these sweeping statements. Until a vote is taken you can't declare someone for or against the bill. Based on the above logic even the Democrats don't support these bills because they all didn't sign on as sponsors. "This is just another example of the Republican Party in Congress going barking mad. Any good legislative proposal? They oppose it on principle "

Just because they don't sponsor a bill doesn't mean they oppose it!!!!

Learn how government works before making these sweeping statements. Until a vote is taken you can't declare someone for or against the bill.

Based on the above logic even the Democrats don't support these bills because they all didn't sign on as sponsors.

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]]> By: Nathanael http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1516036 Nathanael Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:35:07 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1516036 Of course, since every sane Congressman is now a Democrat, the Democrats can't agree on anything (because the party is a huge tent). Obviously, sane people must vote for Democrats. The real choice is now in the primaries. Of course, since every sane Congressman is now a Democrat, the Democrats can't agree on anything (because the party is a huge tent).

Obviously, sane people must vote for Democrats. The real choice is now in the primaries.

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]]> By: Nathanael http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1516032 Nathanael Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:33:27 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1516032 This is just another example of the Republican Party in Congress going barking mad. Any good legislative proposal? They oppose it on principle -- the principle that they can't allow the Democrats to do anything (even if they agree with it). This is just another example of the Republican Party in Congress going barking mad. Any good legislative proposal? They oppose it on principle -- the principle that they can't allow the Democrats to do anything (even if they agree with it).

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]]> By: Anonymous http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515721 Anonymous Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:24:29 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515721 Just because a bill is labeled "Bike" doesn't mean that it's a good or useful law. Just because a bill is labeled "Bike" doesn't mean that it's a good or useful law.

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]]> By: El Biciclero http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515531 El Biciclero Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:25:35 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515531 I think the real party of "NO" when it comes to policies that would make anything other than private auto transport more attractive is the Motorcratic party. Or the Petropublicans, if you prefer. The problem is that the political parties fronting for these organizations can't seem to cut the strings--purse, puppet, or otherwise. Also, since the "people" (Government) have now directly invested so heavily into the U.S. auto industry, we can't pass policies that might further eat into car sales. I am starting to think that the real reason that the U.S. won't become more like Nederland is that we have an Auto Industry and they don't. Passing any legislation that could be spun by anyone as "Anti-car", would then likely be seen as Un-American. I think the real party of "NO" when it comes to policies that would make anything other than private auto transport more attractive is the Motorcratic party. Or the Petropublicans, if you prefer. The problem is that the political parties fronting for these organizations can't seem to cut the strings--purse, puppet, or otherwise.

Also, since the "people" (Government) have now directly invested so heavily into the U.S. auto industry, we can't pass policies that might further eat into car sales. I am starting to think that the real reason that the U.S. won't become more like Nederland is that we have an Auto Industry and they don't. Passing any legislation that could be spun by anyone as "Anti-car", would then likely be seen as Un-American.

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]]> By: bikieboy http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515439 bikieboy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:21:13 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515439 Jonathan, that's a fabulous iconic shot of the bike lane symbol & arrow pointing to the Capitol. If we could have had the Portland City crew do the installation on that symbol, it would have been interesting to see what sort of thematic modifications they might have come up with... Jonathan, that's a fabulous iconic shot of the bike lane symbol & arrow pointing to the Capitol.

If we could have had the Portland City crew do the installation on that symbol, it would have been interesting to see what sort of thematic modifications they might have come up with...

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]]> By: Anonymous http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515428 Anonymous Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:45:55 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515428 #8 here. I may be spewing the GOP talking points, but as a registered Democrat I am completely disgusted with how my party has acted throughout this whole process. Backroom deals to the unions, backroom deals to buy votes. How does that make us look any better than the bunch we replaced? Where's the change? Where the ethical behavior we voted for? I'm using the GOP talking points because they are correct. We as Democrats can't even work on a bipartisan level between the house and the senate. We didn't need the GOP vote and we frittered away our super majority. We didn't talk to the people, we didn't listen to the people and we lost our momentum by making the process a big secret. #8 here.

I may be spewing the GOP talking points, but as a registered Democrat I am completely disgusted with how my party has acted throughout this whole process.

Backroom deals to the unions, backroom deals to buy votes. How does that make us look any better than the bunch we replaced? Where's the change? Where the ethical behavior we voted for?

I'm using the GOP talking points because they are correct. We as Democrats can't even work on a bipartisan level between the house and the senate. We didn't need the GOP vote and we frittered away our super majority. We didn't talk to the people, we didn't listen to the people and we lost our momentum by making the process a big secret.

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]]> By: chrehn http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515426 chrehn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:36:24 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515426 Thanks Jonathan and keep up the good work, but, I am afraid the bipartisan way is the American way. Thanks Jonathan and keep up the good work, but, I am afraid the bipartisan way is the American way.

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]]> By: Barney http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/11/whatever-happened-to-the-bike-partisan-revolution-30566#comment-1515338 Barney Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:58:40 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30566#comment-1515338 I agree with those of you who are calling out the Republicans for having no new ideas. Still, I think the larger problem is that many politicians, including Democrats, aren't seriously interested in cycling in general nor in bikes as a solution to...well, anything. I appreciate this look at who's sponsoring bills and who isn't...now we need to go after those politicians who don't support these bills with their votes. Republicans are an easy target, especially these days, but let's not forget the Democrats that aren't participating on this stuff, either. Keep the wonky policy stories coming! I agree with those of you who are calling out the Republicans for having no new ideas. Still, I think the larger problem is that many politicians, including Democrats, aren't seriously interested in cycling in general nor in bikes as a solution to...well, anything. I appreciate this look at who's sponsoring bills and who isn't...now we need to go after those politicians who don't support these bills with their votes. Republicans are an easy target, especially these days, but let's not forget the Democrats that aren't participating on this stuff, either. Keep the wonky policy stories coming!

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