Congressman Earl Blumenauer added some new legislation to the $700 billion bailout that helps employers encourage bicycle commuting. The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2009 allows employers who sign up for the program to allow a fringe benefit of $20 per month for employees towards the purchase of a bicycle, bicycle parts or repairs.
Category Archives: Politics
Politics of fear continues
Thanks John McCain, you truly are a Maverick. Especially when it comes to completely cloning the Bush campaign methods to spread fear to undecided voters. So far I have seen you paint Barak Obama as unqualified to lead in the post 9/11 era. This seems odd considering that the current leader of our country has …
John McCain’s economic advisor
His name is Phil Gramm and he has had his hands on most of the major legislation that has created the current mortgage crisis. Wanna know more? Look here. If you are suffering from a pending forclosure and ou are thinking about voting for another repulican you may want to think twice. They take the …
Grambo!
Thanks to some scholar we have these awesome stats. Kind of makes you wonder how much of a threat there is to our national security when a head of a University study group on national security had the time to compile this.
Ever feel you have been cheated?
I like to imagine George out on a cocaine binge screwing Saddam and Ossama from behind.
Civil Liberties Gone!
After the last election when the Democrats took the house and senate I exhaled a great sigh of relief that finally some oversight over the Bush administration would come to Washington and hopefully reign that crazy bastard in. All those hopes were destroyed the other day when the Senate approved the presidents Domestic spying program …
Makes we want to scream.
I find it very difficult to not run out into the street and bang my head against concrete sidewalks. Watching the news is the most frustrating thing in the world. As the shit hits the fan in Iraq ans as the world bakes due to global warming the media reports on the every move of …