The 2004 VBMC Rally and show at Ida Lee Park (Leesburg, VA) – Sunday Oct 3rd
It didn’t seem to be quite as many bikes as last year, but what a great day for a show – mid-70s a bit of a breeze and sunny!
As usual, click to enlarge the pictures
More of my pictures follow …
‘iPod users are music thieves’ says Steve Ballmer, Micro$oft CEO
In a recent article on the Silicon.com website, Andy McCue quotes Ballmer as saying: “We’ve had DRM in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is ‘stolen’.”
Of course, now that Microsoft has finally entered the online music store market, selling their flavor of digitally “secured” music,
one would think it hypocritical that the M$ CEO would attack/disparage the leading source of legal downloadable music, Apple. With over 100 Millions songs sold, Apple’s iPods and the iTunes Music Store is M$ major music competitor.
One might be tempted to think this is just another campaign of Microsoft FUD – twisting the truth over backwards in an effort to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, as they have done repeatedly in the campaign against Linux and Anything Not From Microsoft …
Of course, there are those who think Ballmer is secretly a fan
of the slick little iPods that are selling so well – http://homepage.mac.com/trianglejuice/iblog/C1683193892/E2045005395/Media/ba
llmersipod.swf
A recent article in the Nov 2004 Atlantic Monthly discusses Karl Rove‘s strategies and gives examples of last minute attacks he’s used to snatch vitory from his opponents.
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If this year stays true to past form, the campaign will get nastier in the closing weeks, and without anyone’s quite registering it, Rove will be right back in his element. "
I saw this listed on another blog and had to wonder – are they kidding??
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/
Its a 501c organization (not-for-profit) to make people understand that
you have the right to your own heart attack, correct?
And having the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld gives it just the right touch of surrealism …
Saw this on CrookedTimber.org
– from somewhere else in blogland:
Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be cremated
Nothin to do nowhere to go ho
I wanna be cremated …
The madness is letting the ban on assault weapons lapse.
I have relatives that own guns – no problem. They are sensible about them, keep them under lock and key, have taken gun safety courses. We’ve discussed guns and I have no problem with folks owning or keeping guns. But Assault Weapons are not in the same category.
How can a President expect ANYONE to take him seriously when he claims to support law Enforcement then he lets a law end that banned automatic weapons like the AK-47, AR-15, MAC-10,Uzi, Tec-9.
What does this say to the average cop when the lawmakers allow bad guys can go out and buy this kind of military technology?
C’mon, does ANYONE think a sportsman is going hunting with an assault weapon – that kind of gun would shred game. Why does a private citizen buy a gun like this?
Other than the “kick” of owning a gun that can pulverize anything you might aim it at (cinderblocks, trees, cars, etc…), the only answer I come up with is as protection against others who might have similar weapons – to prevent finding yourself at the wrong end of a self-defense gap! What can you do when you find a burglar in your home with a gun – why, you simply HAVE to empty your tommy-gun into the blighter, just to teach him a right-proper lesson!
See http://www2.stopthenra.com/
Thanks to
Eat Your Vegetables for inspiration!
Protest slogans seen at Deluth News tribune website (among other places)
“Draft the Bush daughters.”
“Evict Bush from public housing.”
“Fellow Christians, We Are Called to “Love Our Enemies” – Jesus Wasn’t Kidding
“Halliburton thanks you for supporting the war.”
“How Many Hijackers Came From Iraq?”
“If We’re Spreading Democracy to Iraq, Let’s Start With Florida”
“Remember when presidents were smart and bombs were dumb?”
“Sacrifice SUVs, not children.”
“Stop mad cowboy disease.”
“The Pro-Life President Can’t Wait to Start Killing.”
“Vote Bush off the island.”
“W stands for Wrong.”
“War begins with Dubya.”
“War is not an energy policy.”
Point by point rebuttal on Zell Miller’s rabid speech at the RNC – is this guy sane – or was it a carefully crafted attempt to garner sympathy for a bi-polar moment?
Also read Jimmy Carter’s letter in response to the “speech” … courtesy of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, by way of Grant
And to put it all in perspective, here is
Zell Miller’s speech FOR John Kerry, back in 2000
Mark your Calendar: October 3rd, 2004 – Leesburg, Virginia!
VirginiaBritishMotorcycleClub.org at a new location!
I had some time to work on the bike today, And the plan was to try and cure a hard-to-start problem. Although I had gotten the motorcycle to run last fall, starting it wasn’t easy.