Agenda 21, bike lanes (and the idiotic fight against it)

[handmade34]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/06/inside-agenda-21-international-tyranny-bike-lanes/53844/

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/

"According to the United Nations, Agenda 21 "is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment." It is the result of a June 1992 conference in Rio de Janeiro, called the Earth Summit, and it was originally adopted by 178 countries, including the United States. The preamble to the document makes plain what its signatory nations thought was at stake 20 years ago:

Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being. However, integration of environment and development concerns and greater attention to them will lead to the fulfillment of basic needs, improved living standards for all, better protected and managed ecosystems and a safer, more prosperous future. No nation can achieve this on its own; but together we can -- in a global partnership for sustainable development..."

Conservative's response...
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/images/pdf/SD%20A21%20pamphlet-2010.pdf

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/is-the-un-using-bike-paths-to-achieve-world-domination/252572/

[kestrel91316]

1. Bike lanes are an evil communist plot?

[handmade34]

4. I'd rather

like to think of bike paths as virtuous socialism in action... I love Bike trails!!


nice one in Danville, VA



offshoot of the wonderful path in Irving, TX



awesome bike ramp in rural Louisiana

[Fumesucker]

5. Anything smaller than a Kenworth Pilgrimage is an evil communist plot..

[Odin2005]

7. That's not an SUV, that's a bus!

That thing is bigger than the vans the physically disabled folks I know use to get around, and thise vans are very large!

[cliffordu]

2. The stupid burns bright as a thousand suns.

I am astonished.

[handmade34]

3. unfortunately

I am no longer astonished... but I am very angry; angered by a small group of monied, power hungry people that have convinced a larger group of otherwise regular people that the fight should be over and for something that only the wealthy few will benefit from...

"individual freedom" and "private ownership" have become key phrases that sound great but mean something other than what they sound (esp. concerning corporate interests)

[Fumesucker]

6. Dubya got a bigger percentage of the vote in 2004 than 2000..

I'm not even mildly surprised..

These people reside within a continuously refreshed squid cloud of stupid so dense and so thick that nothing can penetrate.

[Odin2005]

8. The Liberturdian types think Global Warming is a Big Gummit conspiracy...

...to take away their free-dumb and to "socially engineer" them to fit into a collectivist utopia.

Yes, they are that stupid and paranoid.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. These are polular in Holland and Germany

and significant amounts of cycling roadway are available.

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[handmade34]

10. let's get more of these on the road!