US politician sees bike hire schemes as part of sinister UN plot

Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed Colorado electorate, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with the election to appoint the next governor? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this election! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a Republican candidate, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that polling booth deliberatin' and conjugatin' over who should run this state, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must vote against the Democrats!

These people are clearly in so much denial about what the human race is doing to the world that they have to fabricate ludicrous stories like this to live with themselves.

I don't mind the whole idea of getting people out of unnessicary car journeys and things, but to be honest I bet that in a few years I will somehow be priced or forced out of driving my beloved car and onto some sort of public transport *shudder*

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They used to make other things before cars, most of those companies, and they can make something else instead eventually.

They can always go back to making bikes seeing as many car companies started off as cycle manufacturers in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.

As an American cyclist who *is not liberal* and agrees with some of the more sane statements of the "tea party" -- that the gov't is basically getting too big for its britches, should represent the people, not rob them, etc., -- I am constantly shocked at the ire many of the people I may agree with on some other issue direct at cyclists like myself. WTF is wrong with people? Cyclists are Americans too!

This idiot says ""This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms,"", but what about cyclist;s personal freedoms, I must ask? Many cyclists often risk death and injury at the hands of idiot drivers, who are seldom held accountable for their carnage. Anything that causes cycling to be more noticed, or more in the public eye, has a safety improvement in my mind sicne it will help coutneract our rampant car culture and the general ignorance of most noncyclists here regarding cycling. Like the idiot lady in the SUV who made a turn alongside me nearly smooshing me against the curb, without signal and without looking, as I was wearing a neon safety yellow jersey. She almost had my u lock thru her window!

There is legitimate concern with foreign influence here -- already in the US many people have begun arguing that court rulings should take into account foreign laws, etc. This is wrong, a country must have its own self rule, and I understand concern over that. But claiming cylcist is part of some conspiracy? Idiot!!! Ten times an idiot! The real conspiracy seems to be the almost universal apathy of the drivers, policemen, and lawmakers, whose only response to cyclists being hit by cars is to tell us our blood is worth less than car paint. It's a miracle, given this attitude, that some cyclist hasn't gone on a rampage! We need more cycling advocacy, what we don't need is people denouncing cycling advocacy as some sinister plot. What stinking nonsense!

- The LoneRider

That is insane. That Tea Party has a lot of whackiness to answer for. New Left Media's interviews with their members make for some shocking if funny viewing.

How can there be a downside to that agenda of getting people out of their cars? Unless you're a car maker of course, but then businesses change. They used to make other things before cars, most of those companies, and they can make something else instead eventually. Of course we all want cars, just not all the time and not in the center of cities