Water's supposed to be a basic human right, right?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

And the moon, I'd wager.

nope, that's mine. bought it online www.buythemoon.com

[FORD]

Here's the kind of asshole Libertarians stand against...


WA rep – carbon tax for breathing heavy on bike



Washington state representative Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama) wants to crack down on all that bike pollution cyclists cause. That’s right, Orcutt says that your bike is destroying the roads and Mother Earth.

“If I am not mistaken, a cyclist has an increased heart rate and respiration. That means that the act of riding a bike results in greater emissions of carbon dioxide from the rider. Since CO2 is deemed to be a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride.”

Pretty silly, right? He wants an extra $25 tax on bikes sold over $500. Just plain silly.

So, yeah, Washington lawmakers included a bike tax in last month’s massive $10 billion transportation tax increase.


it's a scam to take your money away...

No, it's not a scam so much as it's "creative stupidity". Believe me, nobody really takes Ed Orcutt all that seriously, but fact is, what he's doing here is attempting to solve a problem that one of his fellow Repukes (an asshole named Tim Eyman) created by defunding the state with a series of STUPID ballot initiatives, which the sheeple vote for, based on slick ballot titles, but without reading what it actually DOES to the state budget.

Actually, I'm not sure how I would feel about licensing bicycles, for those who use them as a primary transportation, but it's probably worthy of discussion, since they DO use the roads, just as cars do. Of course the "carbon footprint" scenario argued by Orcutt, is completely fucking ridiculous.



Now, what the fuck does any of this have to do with corporate criminal cocksuckers trying to turn water into the next "oil" (in terms of corporate greed and resource wars??)

[Zing!]

nope, that's mine. bought it online www.buythemoon.com

Are you gonna put in a hot tub?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Are you gonna put in a hot tub?

gotta buy rocket ship first

[twonabomber]

I would say water is a basic human NEED, not a right.

[ELVIS]

what he's doing here is attempting to solve a problem that one of his fellow Repukes (an asshole named Tim Eyman) created by defunding the state with a series of STUPID ballot initiatives, which the sheeple vote for, based on slick ballot titles, but without reading what it actually DOES to the state budget.

He should be thrown out on his ass for that alone...

[Matt White]

And the moon, I'd wager.

Of all the industrialized Nations in the world, only 1 has not signed the treaty to not "Privatize" space......you KNOW who the 1 is.....

[FORD]

He should be thrown out on his ass for that alone...

Eyman isn't an elected official, so there's (sadly) nothing to throw him out of. Though I wish somebody would throw him off of the Bainbridge Island ferry.

[Zing!]

Of all the industrialized Nations in the world, only 1 has not signed the treaty to not "Privatize" space......you KNOW who the 1 is.....

Goddamn Australians!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Goddamn Australians!

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