What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Bike Clown Brigade
Tired of cars and trucks clowning around and blocking the bike lanes?
Come join the Bike Clown Brigade, made up of cyclists dressed like clowns, as they ride through the Manhattan bike lanes searching out motor vehicles illegally parked in their lanes and reminding drivers how dangerous, sometimes deadly, cars & trucks in the bike lanes are for cyclists.
Any driver refusing to move will be issued a “parking ticket” for $115 for violating NYC traffic law Section 4-08 (e), which explicitly prohibits parking, standing or stopping in bike lanes and holds a $115 fine. The clowns will draw attention to what they believe the NYPD should be doing: enforcing the laws that protect bicyclists.
This ride usually covers a bit over 5 miles and lasts about 2 hours.
Times Up! NYC Direct Action Environmental Organization
Janis Joplin – Summertime (Live Gröna Lund 1969)
Endings
We should … begin to lay the infrastructure for an energy-efficient economy. This will mean more efficient power plants and transmission lines, increased used of trains and mass transit, and, of course, promoting alternative energy sources. The transformation needed to limit the damage from global warming will take decades and certainly goes well beyond the course of a stimulus package. But a good stimulus package will not only provide a temporary boost to the economy, it can also help set us on this course toward an energy-efficient economy.
by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Tuesday 27 May 2008
I’ve been reading post-mortums on Senator Clinton’s campaign, some of the on the bitter side. Here’s on by Barbara Ehrenreich, and another by Robert Reich. I think I want to put all of that away and think about what we will propose for the next several years. This is a simple idea, but it would help.