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   From: crwlrjeff@yahoo.com   
      
   "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"    
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   news:6db357c2-25bd-4805-8d38-9bbf2d06e2eb@s1g2000vbj.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Jul 6, 9:06 am, John B.  wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 21:16:06 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach   
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   >> Cruiser Philosopher"  wrote:   
   >> >On Jul 4, 9:05 am, John B.  wrote:   
   >> >> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:52:56 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach   
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   >> >> Cruiser Philosopher"  wrote:   
   >> >> >On Jul 2, 7:47 pm, liaM  wrote:   
   >> >> >> > ... free Americans?   
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   >> >> >> go on marches and get the vote imho (howz Luke?)   
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   >> >> >They still burn gas and electricity. The bike is the continuation of   
   >> >> >the horse because it gives you that freedom without polluting the   
   >> >> >world.   
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   >> >> Without Polluting??  I thought that bicycles were a product of the   
   >> >> machine age and build in those smoke filled factories?   
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   >> >> Where are you getting these pollution free bikes? What do you do breed   
   >> >> bicycles out in the back paddock?   
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   >> >Well, it's a fraction of the raw material that goes into an SUV. And   
   >> >you got frames made of bamboo and other organic materials.   
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   >> >Or we can turn to some horseback riding occasionally.   
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   >> And the energy used to make a bicycle is a considerably larger amount   
   >> then that necessary to walk down to the corner store and get a quart   
   >> of milk. So the entire energy discussion vis-a-vis cars and bikes is   
   >> really just so much eye wash when you can walk.   
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   >> One decides to (1) drive down to the 7-11 and get the slurpee in the   
   >> SUV with the TV going and the Air, or one can swoop down on the bike.   
   >> Either is simply a further example of  a decadent life style. One   
   >> could walk but one feels one must use some artificial means of   
   >> transportation to prove.... what?   
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   > The SUV motto seem to be, "Trash hard, crush anything, give a shit"   
   > and that's not a bad philosophy in itself. But soon the shit is going   
   > to catch up with us. It already has. That's a problem.   
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   For a tolerant San Francisco Liberal, you're sure a judgemental   
   son-of-a-bitch.   
      
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