Saturday, July 22, 2017

HA HA HA HA HA HA!! Fuck, YOU!

Let me tell you from personal experience, the bicycle riding lobby in Oregon has been the darling of state government for decades.
I can remember them repaving a highway, then narrowing down both fucking lanes and getting rid of the center turn lane, so they could stripe in a bike only lane in Bumfuck Coos Bay, clear back in the late 70's.
The snotty motherfuckers over in Portland are especially obnoxious so this little blurb caused me to laugh out loud at their outraged indignation.

First statewide bicycle tax in nation leaves bike-crazy Oregon riders deflated



In Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state Legislature’s approval of the first statewide bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders.
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is expected to sign the sweeping $5.3 billion transportation package, which includes a $15 excise tax on the sale of bicycles costing more than $200 with a wheel diameter of at least 26 inches.
Even though the funding has been earmarked for improvements that will benefit cyclists, the tax has managed to irk both anti-tax Republicans and environmentally conscious bikers.

BikePortland publisher Jonathan Maus called it “an unprecedented step in the wrong direction.”
“We are taxing the healthiest, most inexpensive, most environmentally friendly, most efficient and most economically sustainable form of transportation ever devised by the human species,” Mr. Maus said.
Oregon Republican Party Chairman Bill Currier blasted what he described as Ms. Brown’s “endless obsession with finding new and innovative ways to take money out of the pockets of Oregon taxpayers.”


A note to my readers, the Ms. Brown in question is a Democrat of course but the only reason she got put in charge in the first place is because they drove the former governor out of office with an ethics witch hunt over something his wife did.

I believe she has been properly, cough cough, voted into office since then but you get the picture.

Now for the bestest part....


Two-wheelers are a big deal in Oregon: Portland was ranked the third-most bike-friendly city in 2016 by Bicycling magazine, citing the 7.2 percent of residents who commute by bicycle.
Bikers cheered last year when Portland passed a four-year, 10-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline aimed at improving roads, but the measure also fueled complaints that bicycle riders have failed to pay their share for such projects.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Democrat, defended the state bike tax, calling it a “modest fee” that raises the profile of the bicycling community in the transportation debate.
“One of the arguments we hear repeatedly is that cyclists don’t have any skin in the game … so there’s been blowback,” Mr. Blumenauer told BikePortland.

My bold.

Have some "blowback", you sanctimonious parasites.

They think they own the roads over in Portland and if you think I am exaggerating then I suggest you take a nice long car tour of the city some nice sunny day.

Every once in a while though, one of 'em finds out the hard way that cars and big trucks turn bicycles and their riders into twisted and mangled piles of red stained garbage to be scraped off the pavement and recycled appropriately.



H/t to The Daley Gator for the link.

12 comments:

Sambo said...

My wife and I are looking into moving from this commie state in the next year or two. The left coast is going down the crapper folks. Lots of good, right minded people in Oregon , but the leftist have their talons dug in too deep.

Phil said...

I grew up there but the same thing that happened there has happened here in Washington state too, in spades.
The fucking Commies marched straight up the I-5 Corridor and took over the entire Western side of both states.
Now the Western sides have political control over both states and run roughshod over the Eastern sides.
If there was ever a good reason to form a completely new state, there is your perfect example.

Anonymous said...

Oregon Hiway 242, which is the Mckenzie pass hiway was open 6 weeks last year before they opened the gates to cars. Guess who had it for those 6 weeks? Bike riders only. Many people bitched, so this year they got about 2 weeks after all snow was off road. Bike clan has freinds in salem for sure.

Anonymous said...

NEXT BE SKATEBOARDERS

THEN FOOT WALKERS

WILDFLOWER

SiGraybeard said...

I don't get this idea: “One of the arguments we hear repeatedly is that cyclists don’t have any skin in the game … so there’s been blowback,” I'll bet they all have cars, too (well, those old enough to drive), so they're paying the gas tax anyway.

In the big picture, a $15 tax on those bikes is nothing. I'd be pretty sure most of them aren't riding "$200 bikes"; they're more like $1500 bikes. I just don't like taxes being piled onto everything. Like the anonymous guy at 626 said, it's just a start. More taxes are coming.

Phil said...

You damn Skippy more taxes are coming.
Oregon turned into California Lite two decades ago.

Phil said...

$15.00? A pittance. A mere one hours wage for a Burger Flipper. Chump Change for a well heeled millennial.

drjim said...

The "turtleheads" are a major annoyance in Fort Collins, too. They ride like they own the roads, and are the only ones on them. Numerous times I've been stuck behind clusters of them struggling up some of the steeper roads, and the damn idiots will NOT move over so you can safely pass by them.

Irish said...

Here's one.. note the reporter saying " You can hear horn honking."

Listen to the law. They are allowed to ride 2 abreast. Seriously?





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqthN_UjG0



Phil said...

I would think that if they are allowed to hog the entire fucking lane then they would be required to pull the fuck over and let faster moving traffic get by too.
You can get a ticket in many states for obstructing traffic like that in a damn car.
As for being able to ride two abreast, who was the nimrod that thought that was a good idea?
Get the fuck over as far to the right as you can and stay there for fucks sake.

Phil said...

Oh yeah, I bet that dude that got sideswiped is a bit more conscientious about staying off to the right now too.
Asshole was absolutely hogging that lane and blocking traffic.

Irish said...

Think. Not bet.

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