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"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" |
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10 Jan 2006 10:14:54 PM |
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Arnold has crash while driving w/o license - Claims law doesn't apply |
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle doesn't mean
it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with him smacks of child
endangerment.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fatlip10jan10,0,2752446.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Loophole in License Law Saves Gov.
Schwarzenegger lacks M1 designation, but he wasn't given a ticket
because his motorcycle had a sidecar at the time of Sunday's crash.
By Amanda Covarrubias and Jill Leovy, Times Staff Writers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been riding his motorcycle without the
proper license for years but was operating within the law Sunday, when
he was in a crash, his spokeswoman said Monday.
The spokeswoman, Margita Thompson, said the governor does not hold an
M1 endorsement on his driver's license, which is required for
operating a motorcycle.
"He acknowledges he needs to get one," Thompson said.
But on Sunday, the governor was saved by a sidecar, Thompson said.
Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley-Davidson with his 12-year-old
son, Patrick, in the sidecar when they were hit by a car pulling out
of a driveway in the 2100 block of Mandeville Canyon Road in
Brentwood. The presence of the sidecar made the bike a three-wheeled
vehicle, which Schwarzenegger was entitled to drive with his regular
Class C driver's license, Thompson said.
The governor was not cited in Sunday's accident. Law enforcement
officials offered mixed assessments of his position, which was first
reported by KFI-AM (640), citing different provisions of the
California vehicle code.
One section of the code defines a motorcycle as "any motor vehicle …
designed to travel on not more than three wheels."
But a separate section on licenses says that only "two-wheeled
motorcycles" are excluded from the class of vehicles for which a Class
C license is inadequate. It goes on to say that the Class M1 license
is required for operation of "two-wheeled motorcycles or a
motor-driven cycle."
The section makes no reference to sidecars.
(snip)
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10 Jan 2006 11:29:50 PM |
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"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle doesn't mean
it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with him smacks of child
endangerment.
What law did he break? Your "OPINION" is "putting a sidecar on doesn't....."
He broke no law. Is your opinion ABOVE THE LAW!!!
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11 Jan 2006 12:27:24 AM |
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"911" <911@911.911> wrote in
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"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com...
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle doesn't
mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with him smacks of
child endangerment.
What law did he break? Your "OPINION" is "putting a sidecar on
doesn't....." He broke no law. Is your opinion ABOVE THE LAW!!!
If this had been Clinton or some other prominent Democrat politician, you'd
be calling for his public execution and dismemberment, you shameless
hypocrite and monumentally reprehensible pinhead.
Limitless hate is your recognizing characteristic, misanthrope.
--
http://hume.realisticpolitics.com/
The real danger to the future of humanity is the preference
for surrendering to fear, superstition, and faith
in absolutist belief systems, and so to submit to these
willingly and to the control of those demagogues who
make use of these, rather than preferring
to reason with one's own mind.
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| User: "Second Amendment Loves You" |
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12 Jan 2006 10:05:44 PM |
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Winston Smith, American Patriot wrote:
"911" <911@911.911> wrote in
news:iJ0xf.5347$ZA2.4111@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:
"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com...
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle doesn't
mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with him smacks of
child endangerment.
What law did he break? Your "OPINION" is "putting a sidecar on
doesn't....." He broke no law. Is your opinion ABOVE THE LAW!!!
If this had been Clinton or some other prominent Democrat politician, you'd
be calling for his public execution and dismemberment, you shameless
hypocrite and monumentally reprehensible pinhead.
If this had been Bob or some other prominent *****, you'd
be calling for his public execution and dismemberment, you shameless
hypocrite and monumentally reprehensible pinhead.
Limitless hate is your recognizing characteristic, misanthrope.
Bzz Bzz Bzz. If you would like to make a call, please hang up and
try again.
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| User: "J Clark" |
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| Title: Re: Arnold has crash while driving w/o license - Claims law doesn't apply |
10 Jan 2006 10:36:17 PM |
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On 10-Jan-2006, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been riding his motorcycle without the
proper license for years but was operating within the law Sunday, when
he was in a crash, his spokeswoman said Monday.
Ain't California lucky. they got Arney and Texans are better off getting
Kinky in Austin.
-- http://www.cafepress.com/fartotheleft.43749105
Jay ClarK
Far To The LEFT.com
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| User: "Under new US Law, Im required to post using my real name: Andrew Nichols" |
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10 Jan 2006 10:59:05 PM |
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"J Clark" <Jay@clark.net> wrote in message
news:vU%wf.111220$k76.5223@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
On 10-Jan-2006, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been riding his motorcycle without the
proper license for years but was operating within the law Sunday, when
he was in a crash, his spokeswoman said Monday.
Ain't California lucky. they got Arney and Texans are better off getting
Kinky in Austin.
-- http://www.cafepress.com/fartotheleft.43749105
Jay ClarK
Far To The LEFT.com
California Women are hot.
Texas Women are hot.
Andrew
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| User: "frog" |
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11 Jan 2006 03:14:43 PM |
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Typical guest worker...
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| User: "Jim Alder" |
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11 Jan 2006 11:54:43 AM |
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laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com:
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle
doesn't mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with
him smacks of child endangerment.
What about the driver of the car, psycho? She looked him in
the eye and backed right in front of him. Wasn't it SHE who
endangered the child? Or did you check and find out she's a
Democrat, therefore guiltless? The governator has been riding
cycles for years.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fatlip10jan10,0,27524
46.story?coll=la-home-headlines
But a separate section on licenses says that only
"two-wheeled motorcycles" are excluded from the class of
vehicles for which a Class C license is inadequate. It goes
on to say that the Class M1 license is required for
operation of "two-wheeled motorcycles or a motor-driven
cycle."
Typical leftwing rant. You psychos whine about the 'rule of
law' until the law doesn't say what you want it to, then you
want to rewrite it.
--
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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| User: "George Grapman" |
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11 Jan 2006 12:21:01 PM |
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Jim Alder wrote:
laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com:
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle
doesn't mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with
him smacks of child endangerment.
What about the driver of the car, psycho? She looked him in
the eye and backed right in front of him. Wasn't it SHE who
endangered the child? Or did you check and find out she's a
Democrat, therefore guiltless? The governator has been riding
cycles for years.
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact that he has
been doing it for years changes nothing.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fatlip10jan10,0,27524
46.story?coll=la-home-headlines
But a separate section on licenses says that only
"two-wheeled motorcycles" are excluded from the class of
vehicles for which a Class C license is inadequate. It goes
on to say that the Class M1 license is required for
operation of "two-wheeled motorcycles or a motor-driven
cycle."
Typical leftwing rant. You psychos whine about the 'rule of
law' until the law doesn't say what you want it to, then you
want to rewrite it.
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| User: "A Brick in the Wall" |
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11 Jan 2006 03:14:25 PM |
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"George Grapman" <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in message
news:g0cxf.17$or4.13@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
Jim Alder wrote:
laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com:
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle
doesn't mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with
him smacks of child endangerment.
What about the driver of the car, psycho? She looked him in the eye
and backed right in front of him. Wasn't it SHE who endangered the child?
Or did you check and find out she's a Democrat, therefore guiltless? The
governator has been riding cycles for years.
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact that he has been
doing it for years changes nothing.
Addled Jim has much trouble following a topic.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fatlip10jan10,0,27524
46.story?coll=la-home-headlines
But a separate section on licenses says that only
"two-wheeled motorcycles" are excluded from the class of
vehicles for which a Class C license is inadequate. It goes
on to say that the Class M1 license is required for
operation of "two-wheeled motorcycles or a motor-driven
cycle."
Typical leftwing rant. You psychos whine about the 'rule of law' until
the law doesn't say what you want it to, then you want to rewrite it.
--
To reply via e-mail please delete 1 c from paccbell
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| User: "Jim Alder" |
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11 Jan 2006 04:28:36 PM |
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George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in
news:g0cxf.17$or4.13@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:
Jim Alder wrote:
laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> wrote
in news:2819s1h2tsg1jl97ms56tdfjcej0f211pa@4ax.com:
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle
doesn't mean it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid
with him smacks of child endangerment.
What about the driver of the car, psycho? She looked him
in
the eye and backed right in front of him. Wasn't it SHE who
endangered the child? Or did you check and find out she's a
Democrat, therefore guiltless? The governator has been
riding cycles for years.
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact
that he has been doing it for years changes nothing.
Oh, Grapman, would you for once pay attention? First of all
stop following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel.
Secondly, his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was using.
And thirdly, the OTHER psycho suggested he was endangering his
child, hence the fact he was experienced was indeed, unlike you,
relevant.
--
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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| User: "George Grapman" |
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12 Jan 2006 01:05:14 PM |
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Jim Alder wrote:
George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact
that he has been doing it for years changes nothing.
Oh, Grapman, would you for once pay attention? First of all
stop following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel.
Secondly, his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was using.
And thirdly, the OTHER psycho suggested he was endangering his
child, hence the fact he was experienced was indeed, unlike you,
relevant.
One should admire your consistency for being wrong:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/12/BAGIOGM50G1.DTL
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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| User: "Jim Alder" |
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12 Jan 2006 03:10:41 PM |
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"George Grapman" <sfgeorge@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:1137092714.589640.282760@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
Jim Alder wrote:
George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact
that he has been doing it for years changes nothing.
Oh, Grapman, would you for once pay attention? First of
all
stop following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel.
Secondly, his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was
using. And thirdly, the OTHER psycho suggested he was
endangering his child, hence the fact he was experienced
was indeed, unlike you, relevant.
One should admire your consistency for being wrong:
Is that some sort of "peer review" George? Because we both
know your history of being wrong in ponderous and laughable
quantities.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/12/B
AGIOGM50G1.DTL
Okay, let's look at how "wrong" I was, using YOUR link..
1, following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel? Obvious.
2. "his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was using"?
"The governor has the Class C license, which technically
covers the operation of a sidecar under state motor vehicle law"
3. "the fact he was experienced"?
"Schwarzenegger, who has for years bragged about his regular
rides on his hog"
Now *****, George, and come back when you have a point.
--
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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| User: "George Grapman" |
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12 Jan 2006 03:44:21 PM |
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Jim Alder wrote:
"George Grapman" <sfgeorge@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:1137092714.589640.282760@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
Jim Alder wrote:
George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact
that he has been doing it for years changes nothing.
Oh, Grapman, would you for once pay attention? First of
all
stop following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel.
Secondly, his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was
using. And thirdly, the OTHER psycho suggested he was
endangering his child, hence the fact he was experienced
was indeed, unlike you, relevant.
One should admire your consistency for being wrong:
Is that some sort of "peer review" George? Because we both
know your history of being wrong in ponderous and laughable
quantities.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/12/B
AGIOGM50G1.DTL
Okay, let's look at how "wrong" I was, using YOUR link..
1, following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel? Obvious.
2. "his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was using"?
"The governor has the Class C license, which technically
covers the operation of a sidecar under state motor vehicle law"
3. "the fact he was experienced"?
"Schwarzenegger, who has for years bragged about his regular
rides on his hog"
Now *****, George, and come back when you have a point.
Alder rule #1-Whenever the facts fail him he resorts to cursing. OK,
Jim, you are right, the police are wrong:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/10/state/n164737S96.DTL
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Schwarzenegger did not have proper motorcycle license, police say
By STEVE LAWRENCE, Associated Press Writers
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
(01-11) 00:02 PST SACRAMENTO, (AP) --
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle
illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Brentwood
neighborhood, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Police Lt. Paul Vernon said Tuesday that Schwarzenegger does not have
the proper motorcycle endorsement on his California driver's license,
contradicting statements made by his spokeswoman since the Sunday
accident that left the governor with 15 stitches in his upper lip.
"He does not have the license," Vernon said.
Police did not cite the governor because they arrived after the
accident, Vernon said. He said police referred their findings to the Los
Angeles city attorney's office, which will determine whether the
governor should be cited for an infraction.
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| User: "Jim Alder" |
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12 Jan 2006 08:26:51 PM |
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George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote in
news:V4Axf.654$PL5.4@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com:
Jim Alder wrote:
"George Grapman" <sfgeorge@pacbell.net> wrote:
Jim Alder wrote:
George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> wrote;
The issue is he did not have a valid license. The fact
that he has been doing it for years changes nothing.
Oh, Grapman, would you for once pay attention? First of
all stop following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel.
Secondly, his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was
using. And thirdly, the OTHER psycho suggested he was
endangering his child, hence the fact he was experienced
was indeed, unlike you, relevant.
One should admire your consistency for being wrong:
Is that some sort of "peer review" George? Because we both
know your history of being wrong in ponderous and laughable
quantities.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/12
/B AGIOGM50G1.DTL
Okay, let's look at how "wrong" I was, using YOUR link..
1, following me around like a wetnose cocker spaniel?
Obvious.
2. "his license WAS valid for the vehicle he was using"?
"The governor has the Class C license, which technically
covers the operation of a sidecar under state motor vehicle
law"
3. "the fact he was experienced"?
"Schwarzenegger, who has for years bragged about his
regular rides on his hog"
Now *****, George, and come back when you have a
point.
Alder rule #1-Whenever the facts fail him he resorts to
cursing. OK, Jim, you are right, the police are wrong:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/10/s
tate/n164737S96.DTL
Rule #1 of the Liberal press and liberals like yourself,
George. Keep looking for the answer you want and make it the
story.
And yes, George. I'm right and the police are wrong. Police
don't interpret the law, they enforce it. And they get it wrong
lots of times. That's why; "police referred their findings to
the Los Angeles city attorney's office, which will determine
whether the governor should be cited for an infraction".
Here's what's going to happen, George. There will be no
citation because there was no violation when he rode the bike
with a sidecar. Then you and your right-bashing crowd will say
it's because the Governator threw his weight around and made
them back off on a $250 ticket.
--
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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| User: "B1ackwater" |
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12 Jan 2006 01:40:50 PM |
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I think the 'accident' was staged by anti-death-penalty
militants, out to kill the Governator ...
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| User: "Second Amendment Loves You" |
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10 Jan 2006 11:15:31 PM |
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laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
This is total *****. Putting a sidecar on a motorcycle doesn't mean
it's NOT a motorcycle. And having his kid with him smacks of child
endangerment.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fatlip10jan10,0,2752446.story?coll=la-home-headlines
So maybe the cops can give him a ticket and maybe you can STFU about something
that is really not worth the electrons you are wasting. Get help.
Loophole in License Law Saves Gov.
Schwarzenegger lacks M1 designation, but he wasn't given a ticket
because his motorcycle had a sidecar at the time of Sunday's crash.
By Amanda Covarrubias and Jill Leovy, Times Staff Writers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been riding his motorcycle without the
proper license for years but was operating within the law Sunday, when
he was in a crash, his spokeswoman said Monday.
The spokeswoman, Margita Thompson, said the governor does not hold an
M1 endorsement on his driver's license, which is required for
operating a motorcycle.
"He acknowledges he needs to get one," Thompson said.
But on Sunday, the governor was saved by a sidecar, Thompson said.
Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley-Davidson with his 12-year-old
son, Patrick, in the sidecar when they were hit by a car pulling out
of a driveway in the 2100 block of Mandeville Canyon Road in
Brentwood. The presence of the sidecar made the bike a three-wheeled
vehicle, which Schwarzenegger was entitled to drive with his regular
Class C driver's license, Thompson said.
The governor was not cited in Sunday's accident. Law enforcement
officials offered mixed assessments of his position, which was first
reported by KFI-AM (640), citing different provisions of the
California vehicle code.
One section of the code defines a motorcycle as "any motor vehicle …
designed to travel on not more than three wheels."
But a separate section on licenses says that only "two-wheeled
motorcycles" are excluded from the class of vehicles for which a Class
C license is inadequate. It goes on to say that the Class M1 license
is required for operation of "two-wheeled motorcycles or a
motor-driven cycle."
The section makes no reference to sidecars.
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