tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post6970981763808553509..comments2024-02-20T00:55:18.782-08:00Comments on Change Your Life. Ride A Bike!: Make A DifferenceAdrienne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-15774227281564944642009-12-24T17:01:44.073-08:002009-12-24T17:01:44.073-08:00Sara- Thanks for sharing the picture!Sara- Thanks for sharing the picture!Adrienne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-18873477283240243672009-12-24T16:13:06.922-08:002009-12-24T16:13:06.922-08:00Honored to be a part of this lovely post. Many tha...Honored to be a part of this lovely post. Many thanks, Adrienne.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800138092758321499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-44237347682239149992009-12-19T14:14:12.147-08:002009-12-19T14:14:12.147-08:00excellent post adrienne.
"By increasing the ...excellent post adrienne. <br />"By increasing the knowledge and making connections we strengthen our ability to make things better." applies not only to bicycles, but to the future of our cities, and how we as citizens, want them to be like to sustain the quality of life <3MELI.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01871688353021351859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-58085720208452715242009-12-18T12:25:27.762-08:002009-12-18T12:25:27.762-08:00Lovely post.
That first photo is powerful. Whe...Lovely post. <br /><br />That first photo is powerful. Where are the other women? How about more women politicians?Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09457121626940305454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-73069315245920587292009-12-18T09:49:31.146-08:002009-12-18T09:49:31.146-08:00Bob & Cali- thank you!
Jon- I miss Warren : (...Bob & Cali- thank you!<br /><br />Jon- I miss Warren : (<br /><br />Anon 8:31- Agreed. Vote for what you believe in. Then live it yourself.<br /><br />KFG- Nothing like a little Thoreau to class up a joint : )<br /><br />Jim- No despair! Errol Flynn used to say "the worse things are the better I try to look". He knew that nothing could get better unless he showed the world it could by never giving in. So when you have a day of doubt, make sure you get on that bike!Adrienne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658593098911314756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-32792135916013135472009-12-17T16:36:48.365-08:002009-12-17T16:36:48.365-08:00Just when I despair that there is no way out of th...Just when I despair that there is no way out of this mess we find ouselves in, your post pops up. Thanks, Adrienne! Well thought out and VERY well said. It's 16 degreesF here, but I took my bike for groceries tonight. Did it make a difference? It did to me!<br /><br />Best, Jimjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833888616496775990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-14255405565764367012009-12-17T13:53:35.586-08:002009-12-17T13:53:35.586-08:00"We hold these truths to be self-evident, tha..."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the <b>consent</b> of the governed."<br /><br />--The Deceleration of Independence<br /><br />I think they meant that the majority should choose and control the direction of the elected officials, no? By living the way we desire (bikes! sustainability! environment!) and choosing those who support and defend that life, we become the majority and thus control our destiny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-60727346886001138582009-12-17T11:11:14.027-08:002009-12-17T11:11:14.027-08:00All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or b...All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.<br /><br />--Thoreaukfgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-873219529490330652009-12-17T08:31:50.405-08:002009-12-17T08:31:50.405-08:00Nicely put. I'd just like to add how importan...Nicely put. I'd just like to add how important it is to vote! Vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote vote. Did I mention voting?<br /><br />Here in Detroit the status quo continues due to poor showings at the polls. Less than 20% votes. <br /><br />Do the right thing yourself and elect people who feel the same way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-67662919993722128632009-12-17T08:17:24.102-08:002009-12-17T08:17:24.102-08:00Adrienne,
That was very eloquent and beautiful. I...Adrienne, <br />That was very eloquent and beautiful. It puts to mind<br />an old Warren Zevon song 'Mohamid's Radio'. which has the refrain (don't it make you want to rock and roll all night long?) <br />It's hard not to feel useless sometimes. You are so right though that it's just a state of mind and that everything positive you do has a positive effect.<br />Thanks,<br />Jon C.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04169247929918392250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-86020787371736071572009-12-17T07:55:08.264-08:002009-12-17T07:55:08.264-08:00love this adrienne. especially after waking up the...love this adrienne. especially after waking up these past couple of weeks listening to the news about copenhagen, but not really hearing anything of substance. per usual. and then today's news of promising to contribute to the $100 billion a year to the global climate fund...<br /><br />and then i read this post, and suddenly i feel inspired.calitexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257014894653568163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-20289855202527565322009-12-17T07:48:10.542-08:002009-12-17T07:48:10.542-08:00Very nicely done!Very nicely done!Robert Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265893776303889004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810099708146569685.post-64297317752885325992009-12-17T07:43:49.808-08:002009-12-17T07:43:49.808-08:00Could not be said any better; Thank YouCould not be said any better; Thank YouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com