[dsn_klr650] digest number 283

[Mark]

At 5:21 PM +0000 6/26/2000, Karl Raupp wrote:

>Well, I'm back from my ahem, Baja, ahem, trip. I didn't make it >there. Between being bored out of my skull and the cat and mouse >thunder showers I decided to call it quits and turn around in >Palisade, Colorado. It was a very hard decision to make since I've >been looking forward to this for 6 months and I spent an awful lot of >money and time preparing for it.

Wow Karl, Too bad it was a downer. You would have LOVED yesterday's Seven Mountains Ride down here. The route and terrain are just your style. Pix and damage report to follow.... Mark B2 A2

[JSherlockHolmes@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/23/00 5:29:43 PM Canada Central Standard Time, DSN_klr650@egroups.com writes: > I have to sat that I agree with many of the comments made about enviro-government encroaching upon our lives and our sport. However, since e-mail postings don't elect presidents, and since e-mail writers don't elect presidents (this means all of us), then all I can suggest is that our opinions and feelings must be made clear to our State representatives in the House and the Senate. Even though we go through the physical illusion of electing/voting for a president, it means absolutely nothing. The popular vote has no bearing on who becomes president, just ask California's Feinstein and Boxer. The Electoral College decides who becomes president. Yes, the local vote is supposed to guide our State representatives to vote a certain way. However, unfortunately, our State representatives are not legally bound to cast their votes in line with the popular vote. What this means is, if you want to prevent Gore from becoming president, you must write your State representatives. You need to get your friends to write your Congressmen. Petitions. letters, e-mails, and telephone calls are the true way to try and control a presidential election. If you don't know who your rep's are, contact the AMA's website. They can provide you with names, numbers, addresses, and sometimes e-mail addresses. All I can say, is write those letters. I know that I do. Jim Sherlock