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[Charles Earl]

The race has been cancelled: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/ Charles ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

[Michael Nelson]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:06:37AM -0800, Charles Earl wrote:

> The race has been cancelled: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/

The French continue with what they do best: surrender and run. -- "It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand." -- Mark Twain San Francisco, CA

[Zachariah Mully]

On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 10:12 -0800, Michael Nelson wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:06:37AM -0800, Charles Earl wrote: > > The race has been cancelled: > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/ > > The French continue with what they do best: surrender and run.

Wait, you're calling the French pussies when in the US you get anally probed before flying, have your facial expressions analyzed for terrorist intent by a bunch minimum wage GED TSA agents, can be arrested for taking pictures in public spaces and have elected a complete moron to two terms? They have their own problems in France, but hell, at least they're not currently democratizing a country at gunpoint, while at the same time undermining those same freedoms in their own country. Ah, yes, thank god us Americans weren't running the race, because then we'd act on false intelligence, smash and destroy everything, pay out billions of dollars to whom? we don't know, install a puppet government, become even more universally reviled by the rest of the world, and then have the gall to call it a "war on terror". No really. This was the right decision when you consider the thousands of people that they would knowingly be putting at risk. It's only a race. But then you're an American, and we're always right, right? Z

[geobas@san.rr.com]

Suppose to restart on Tuesday (BBC). G Charles Earl wrote:

> > The race has been cancelled: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/ > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/> > > Charles > > __________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 1/4/2008 12:05 PM >

[Dakar-Dave]

I can't get my mind around this, it's unbelieveable - Truly a sad day for the Dakar. Listen to Rally Raid Radio: http://media.libsyn.com/media/rallyraidio/DavePost2.mp3 Euro Sport Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5wiF_pa9s Like they say on the clip - It's like cancelling the Super Bowl 10 minutes before the kick off. Dave

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Zachariah Mully wrote:

> > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 10:12 -0800, Michael Nelson wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:06:37AM -0800, Charles Earl wrote: > > > The race has been cancelled: > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/ > > > > The French continue with what they do best: surrender and run. > > Wait, you're calling the French pussies when in the US you get

anally

> probed before flying, have your facial expressions analyzed for > terrorist intent by a bunch minimum wage GED TSA agents, can be

arrested

> for taking pictures in public spaces and have elected a complete

moron

> to two terms? They have their own problems in France, but hell, at

least

> they're not currently democratizing a country at gunpoint, while at

the

> same time undermining those same freedoms in their own country. > > Ah, yes, thank god us Americans weren't running the race, because

then

> we'd act on false intelligence, smash and destroy everything, pay

out

> billions of dollars to whom? we don't know, install a puppet

government,

> become even more universally reviled by the rest of the world, and

then

> have the gall to call it a "war on terror". > > No really. This was the right decision when you consider the

thousands

> of people that they would knowingly be putting at risk. It's only a > race. > > But then you're an American, and we're always right, right? > > Z >

Hey Zack, Happy New Year! Good to see/hear you are alive! Ah, the doldurms of winter. Always a great time for a political thread, guns, religion, etal; and while we are writing, the boys of the left coast are riding/laughing at the rest of us wx-challenged pigeons. shrug. How about those caucus last night? See anybody that was really presidential? Watching the national wx, I am guessing your bike is huddled in the garage (mine is--on the charger and the 'heat-lamp' on the clutch/oil reservoir) waiting for some intrepid KiLleRista to bring it to life. Speaking of wx forecast: Just a short jaunt West from here, fellow poster Jeff Saline can push his bike out of the garage, read 0mph on the GPS and have 60 mph winds in his face just standing still! Now, that would give the old KLR a real boost--60mph tail winds at full throttle, should be able to register about 110+mph. Might just be a land speed record in SD for such attainment. revmaaatin.

[mbetcher]

Thank you for that. It's a relief to know that there are a few other Americans out there who realize that mindless jingoism is no substitute for genuine patriotism, a virtue which our service-shirking president and VP would not recognize if they tripped over it.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Zachariah Mully wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 10:12 -0800, Michael Nelson wrote: > > The French continue with what they do best: surrender and run. > > Wait, you're calling the French pussies when in the US you get anally > probed before flying, have your facial expressions analyzed for > terrorist intent by a bunch minimum wage GED TSA agents, can be arrested > for taking pictures in public spaces and have elected a complete moron > to two terms? They have their own problems in France, but hell, at least > they're not currently democratizing a country at gunpoint, while at the > same time undermining those same freedoms in their own country. > > Ah, yes, thank god us Americans weren't running the race, because then > we'd act on false intelligence, smash and destroy everything, pay out > billions of dollars to whom? we don't know, install a puppet government, > become even more universally reviled by the rest of the world, and then > have the gall to call it a "war on terror". > > No really. This was the right decision when you consider the thousands > of people that they would knowingly be putting at risk. It's only a > race. > > But then you're an American, and we're always right, right? > > Z >

[Dakar-Dave]

Whether you agree with cancelling the Dakar or not, this helps put it into perspective from the organizers point of view. Link: http://debka.com/headline.php?hid=4908 Dave Oregon

[Tom Dudones]

Seems to me that canceling a world-class sporting event like the Dakar because some terrorist group makes a threat is setting a very poor precedent. OK, so you might say, "Who cares, I'm not interested in off-road racing. Let them cancel. I'd rather watch NASCAR/Super Bowl/World Series/Billiards/Naked Ice Dancing/etc. Yeah? Well what do you suppose the "terrorists" have learned from this? "Hey, Mohamed! Whaddaya say we send a threat to the organizers of "NASCAR/Superbowl/WorldSeries/Billiards/Naked Ice Dancing/etc" ! Bet we can get them to scratch those evil, Allah-offending, western, sporting events too!" Yep, the Dakar cancellation is just the beginning. Other terrorist groups will no doubt see this as another "tool" to use against those in authority. I sure hope I'm wrong on this, but time will tell. _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Lars Lemberg]

I saw this ad and thought of the KLR's currently sitting in cold garages. I don't have any experience with this charger, but for the current sale price of U.S. $4.99, I thought it might interest some of you. If the link does not take you directly to the charger, try searching harborfreight.com for item number 42292. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42292 Lars in VA, still riding.