RW> That's about all you can do in a liberal state like CA. Until the people   
   RW> figure out that it's the liberals who've screwed up their lives, they'll   
   RW> have to live with who and what they've elected to run things.   
      
   When more than half of the state works for the government - either directly or   
   indirectly, then you have a problem.  That sums up the issues in MD, right   
   there.     
      
   It does make for a great commute to work on government holidays, however.  :)   
      
   RW> There may be hope for MD yet.   
      
   Only if all these people are forced to start working in the private sector,   
   things will change.   
      
   RW> Somebody should tell the crotch-rocket riders to slow down. I hear a lot   
   RW> of radio noise, both police and CB, about bikers being stupid. Like   
   RW> riding   
   RW> at 120mph on the freeway because they can. Another one got wiped out on   
   RW> the freeway yesterday.   
      
   We have the same problem here.  Doing wheelies, passing cars in between lanes,   
   etc.  They are just an accident waiting to happen.     
      
   I saw one crash on I-95 when I was riding one day.  He was going over 100mph,   
   zig-zagging, etc.  Clipped a car and ended up crashing on the median.  Lucky   
   for him it looked like he was ok other than some massive road rash.     
      
   RW> During my early years (1950s&60s) on the back of a Triumph, I used to   
   RW> ride   
   RW> with a pack of locals. All mixed bikes, but all of us with the same ideas   
   RW> of what riding was about.   
      
   Before I was re-married and had another child, I had more time to ride with   
   friends.  Our schedules are just too busy these days for it now.  Most of my   
   riding these days is going to/from work.   
      
   - Mark   
      
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