Bike For Peace!

Check out "The Bycicle Song" by David Rovics:

A song to promote bicycle-riding, I suppose. Written originally for a choir that was being formed in Boston to sing songs to promote bicycle-riding.
CD: Make it So
Credits: David Rovics
Lyrics
Everybody's wondering what they're gonna do
Everything's a mess and folks are feeling blue
If your troubles get you down so much you can't abide
Get on that bicycle and ride

(chorus)
Yeah, get on that bicycle and ride
'Neath the sunny skies or along the oceanside
Just ride, ride, ride, ride, ride

They're doing it in Eugene, Havana and Shanghai
Even folks in Boston-town are giving it a try
Throwing out their gastanks, the clean air by their side
Get on that bicycle and ride

(chorus)

It's good for your heart and it's good for your brain
When those fluorescent lights are driving you insane
Your toes'll tingle in your shoes, when to the pedal they're applied
Just get on that bicycle and ride

(chorus)

If you're having troubles with your lovers, the tandem's made for that
You'll work together wonderfully or else you'll just go splat
Gonna shut down Main Street, make the bike paths far and wide
And get on that bicycle and ride

(chorus)

is the criminal mass theme song??

what a dorky thing to post, it is surprising that
INDIAMEDIA would post it. but considering some of the "Dweebs" that take part in Criminal Mass, I am not surprised to see them drawn to it.

The song is ok, but the critical mass seems like the perfect way to alienate drivers from the cause of promoting cycling. Can't we just all get along? Being right should be its own reward.

We can argue about wether this war is for oil, waepons of mass destruction that are hidden in other countries, etc. We as Americans do import about 60%
of our oil mainly from the Middle East since the mid 1970's. The technology is here to produce our own energy source including solar, wind and biomass. Adding to that energy saving measures including public transportation, bicycling and walking. When are we going to demand that our government honestly supports these technologies instead of paying lip service to it?

solar, wind and biomass. WILL NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY.

you have three basic choices
1. oil (no comment)

2. coal (makes oil look good)

3. Nuclear Power, by far the cleanest of all flues! we can produce more power with less echo-disruption than any other available fuel source known today

>you have three basic choices

We have many choices. When combined, they will meet our needs. By "our" I mean the needs of humanity. The needs of all humanity comes first. The wants of any single country does not.


> Nuclear Power, by far the cleanest of all flues!

That's absurd. Not only does nuclear power pollute with ever leak (and there are many, many leaks), and has killed untold numbers already, but it also lingers. Some kinds linger for hundreds of thousands of years.

And that's only counting the leaks. If one ever goes China Syndrome, the result will be catastrophic. This is without question. It it not debatable. It is a fact. We can dabate how likely it is to happen and how many will die. But that many will die, is beyond all doubt.

There are many things to remember when operating a nuclear reactor, but one rule is paramount: Stay awake. Between 6:09 and 6:15 on the morning of June 29, however,

[cont. at: http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/07/1631777.php ]

and has killed untold numbers already,Some kinds linger for hundreds of thousands of years. ???

no facts just green-hysteria, from the intellectually challenged
of the sixties. you have spent too much time in your commune
next time try to some how work some "actual facts" into your post
this deluded fantasy does not have any basis in scientific fact! (as usual Auntie N. )

BUT this out burst is typical of the ignorance of the so called eco-protesters, truly sad.

I can only assume the claim that you have dedicated your lives to defending the earth is only a cover for the fact that you have wasted your lives.

>has killed untold numbers already,Some kinds linger for hundreds of thousands of years. ???


Fact: We do not know exactly how many people have been killed by radiation that originated with nuclear power generation. If you do, please tell us. Be specific. Cite your sources.

Fact: The half-life of uranium-235 is 713,000,000 years and for uranium-238 it is 4500,000,000 years. Really. Look it up.

Fact: Calling people names does not make what they say be untrue.

Fact: The half-life of uranium-235 is 713,000,000 years and for uranium-238 it is 4500,000,000 years.

Fact: these are not used in power plants.

Fact: as usual Auntie N. is long on wind and short on facts. any junior high school student would know this (well excluding Oakland school system)

Oh no?

See:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/non-renewable/nuclear.html

(snip)

The most common fissionable atom is an isotope (the specific member of the atom's family) of uranium known as uranium-235 (U-235 or U235), which is the fuel used in most types of nuclear reactors today.  Although uranium is quite common, about 100 times more common than silver, U-235 is relatively rare.   Most U.S. uranium is mined, in the Western United States.  Once uranium is mined the U-235 must be extracted and processed before it can be used as a fuel. 

(snip)

http://www.spacewar.com/2003/030910112126.ncloq8fu.html

Japanese nuclear reactor to close for repairs, cracks found at another

TOKYO (AFP) Sep 10, 2003
Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it will shut down a nuclear reactor in northern Japan for repairs after a coolant leakage was detected.

In a second incident, a small crack was found at another reactor at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, the Japan Atomic Power Co. said.

Hokkaido Electric had been monitoring the situation after discovering the coolant leakage Saturday night inside a reactor at the Tomari nuclear power station in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island.

No radioactive material seeped out of the facility, it said, adding that the company was shutting down the reactor for repairs.

The crack at the Tsuruga reactor was found during a regular inspection, Japan Atomic Power said, adding that it has detected no radioactive leakage to outside the reactor.

The announcements came less than two weeks after the government's Nuclear Safety Commission stressed the need for safety and transparency in an annual report that criticised Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) for safety defects cover-ups that surfaced a year ago.

The government blamed the scandal on the absence of a "safety culture" at

The world's largest private power company was forced to shut down all 17 of its nuclear reactors earlier this year for inspections.

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unlike liberals,if you fix it it will work.....

The war in Iraq is about a weak national energy policy wich supports drilling and especially importing oil from terrorist states. A refusal to use more renewable energy and conservation will result in a weak economy and more wars.
For example, we have an abundance of "leftovers" from our wastewater facilities. Methane (natural) gas can be created from that and be used for electricity, steam and fuel for our vehicles.
Another is deep fat fryer grease from an abundant fast food and other restaurants. From that can come biodiesel wich can be used for trucks, buses and trains.
Finally, we can come up with catchy slogans like no blood for oil, hold these peace or anti-war rallies, etc. True courage comes about when each special anti-war and no blood for oil , etc type group comes to work together , supports renewable energy and conservation while holding our government responsible for its pro oil/ non renewables attitude. I for one research non-profit groups that strive to rehabilitate our inner cities. Why drive to work when can walk, ride a bike or use public transportation while using renewable energy resources. This type of cooperative effort will prove to be the most effective to get rid of the greedy pro oil interests.