Guest Post: What does safe cycling in Dallas mean? – Eliot Landrum Cycling Savvy DFW
May 7, 2012 – 10:08 pm | 7 Comments

“Be safe”, you hear folks tell you as you cycle away. We hear it everywhere in cycling circles. But what exactly does that mean? Wear brighter clothes? Be more vigilant for rogue motorists? Wear 1500 …

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We Support Jason Roberts for US Congress
March 14, 2012 – 9:28 pm | One Comment
We Support Jason Roberts for US Congress

In many circles Jason Roberts is simply one of the founding members of Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, but this is only one of his many accomplishments.  It’s true that he helped put casual cycling on …

Stop SOPA – PIPA
January 18, 2012 – 9:47 am | No Comment
Stop SOPA – PIPA

From Texas John Cornyn (R),  John Carter (R) support SOPA.  Carter is a co-sponsor.  Both have received sizable donations from SOPA related groups.
Those opposing SOPA include Ron Paul (R), Lloyd Doggett (D), Blake Farenthold (R), …

Republicans gone wild and the decline of conservatism
November 30, 2011 – 8:11 pm | 2 Comments
Republicans gone wild and the decline of conservatism

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics …

Time Out For Science vs Silly
October 27, 2011 – 6:52 pm | 4 Comments
Time Out For Science vs Silly

The Daily Show did a piece about the relationship between science and some of the current Republican leadership.  It’s pretty damn funny.  It’s one thing to be ignorant about a given subject, it’s another to …

Glenn Beck Moving To Dallas
October 19, 2011 – 9:03 pm | 5 Comments
Glenn Beck Moving To Dallas

King of All Nutters
Not to get overly political, but this is too disturbing for folks in Dallas to ignore.  I just read in the Dallas Observer UnFair Park that Glenn Beck might be moving at …

Rick Perry – Greasing The Wheels Of Injustice
October 5, 2011 – 4:24 pm | 10 Comments
Rick Perry – Greasing The Wheels Of Injustice

Each year approximately 50 cyclists, 400 pedestrians and 500 motorcyclists are killed in Texas.  As a cyclist I can tell you that there’s a perception in this state that the drivers who are responsible for …

Rick Perry
September 30, 2011 – 10:01 am | No Comment
Rick Perry

This is damn funny

Congratulations To Herman Cain and Saudi Women!
September 25, 2011 – 8:03 pm | No Comment
Congratulations To Herman Cain and Saudi Women!

Herman Cain, former chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, current Republican presidential candidate, won the Florida straw poll of conservatives this weekend.  Cain took 37 percent of the vote while our good buddy, Texas Governor …

In the News – Pat Robertson, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin
September 15, 2011 – 5:06 pm | 2 Comments
In the News – Pat Robertson, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin

Pat Robertson, televangelist, former Republican presidential candidate, and religious crank told his 700 Club viewers that if your spouse has Alzheimer’s, she’s practically dead, so it’s perfectly acceptable to divorce her and seek more fertile …

Bike Friendly Politic, or Not
September 4, 2011 – 1:27 pm | 3 Comments
Bike Friendly Politic, or Not

So I’m obsessed with the 2012 presidential election, I admit it. I cannot recall a more bizarre era in presidential politics since I’ve been alive.  So with that in mind I’ve come across a few …