Bike Commuter Hero
07-23-08, 03:04 PM
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Bike Commuter Hero
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4286279.shtml
This will be all over the news but mostly focused on the celebrity JAM (Robert Novak) who hits a pedestrian in the crosswalk and drives away. Bike Commuter witness catches the corvette and holds him until the police arrive!
Great day for our side!
Meaux
This will be all over the news but mostly focused on the celebrity JAM (Robert Novak) who hits a pedestrian in the crosswalk and drives away. Bike Commuter witness catches the corvette and holds him until the police arrive!
Great day for our side!
Meaux
07-23-08, 03:42 PM
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Regarding a previous incident where Novak screamed obscenities at a pedestrian:
Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."
Uh-huh. He should have added "but if I do run one over in the future, I am outta there! My compassion goes only so far."
Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."
Uh-huh. He should have added "but if I do run one over in the future, I am outta there! My compassion goes only so far."
07-23-08, 04:24 PM
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How do you have someone roll up onto your windshield and then claim not to have noticed that you hit them?
07-23-08, 04:31 PM
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07-23-08, 05:14 PM
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And all he was cited for was failure to yield. Something is wrong with our justice system folks.
07-23-08, 05:24 PM
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You can see a video of him answering questions here:
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11985.html
Hope they gave him a breathalyser.
https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11985.html
Hope they gave him a breathalyser.
07-23-08, 07:25 PM
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"...bicyclist was David Bono, a partner at Harkins Cunningham, who was on his usual bike commute..."
HC aren't ambulance chasers?
https://www.harkinscunningham.com/
...I guess not. Seems to be mostly corporate stuff.
https://www.harkinscunningham.com/practice/index.html
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07-23-08, 07:54 PM
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FTFA:
'Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car."
'Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car."
07-24-08, 12:46 AM
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07-24-08, 01:15 AM
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Bob Novak,conservative,Drives a Chevy Corvette
Sean Hannity,conservative,Drives a Cadillac Esclade
Rush Limbaugh,conservative,Drives a Cadillac STS
Why do I see a pattern here??
Sean Hannity,conservative,Drives a Cadillac Esclade
Rush Limbaugh,conservative,Drives a Cadillac STS
Why do I see a pattern here??
07-24-08, 02:05 AM
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Al Gore's "Carbon footprint" is probably twice as big as
any one of those 3 conservatives.
"Do as I say,not as I do" liberals are the worst.
07-24-08, 06:22 AM
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I think he means there's the letter A in their names.
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07-24-08, 06:41 AM
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Pattern?
General Motors
But you are what you drive, right?
General Motors
But you are what you drive, right?
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“’Learn to read the signs, [bodily orifice]!’
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Check out this clip from The Daily Show.
07-24-08, 08:05 AM
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So, a bicycle chased down a corvette "speeding" away from the scene?
Last edited by taser; 07-24-08 at 08:15 AM. Reason: Added quotes for emphasis
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You'd understand if you've been to K street where it happened. You don't speed to anywhere. Why some moron would bother owning a Corvette and driving it in downtown Wash DC is beyond me. I couldn't max out the speed on my mountain bike riding over there. Hell, on M street, I couldn't even *run* in the street because the cars were slowing me down.
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You'd understand if you've been to K street where it happened. You don't speed to anywhere. Why some moron would bother owning a Corvette and driving it in downtown Wash DC is beyond me. I couldn't max out the speed on my mountain bike riding over there. Hell, on M street, I couldn't even *run* in the street because the cars were slowing me down.
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You'd understand if you've been to K street where it happened. You don't speed to anywhere. Why some moron would bother owning a Corvette and driving it in downtown Wash DC is beyond me. I couldn't max out the speed on my mountain bike riding over there. Hell, on M street, I couldn't even *run* in the street because the cars were slowing me down.
And I've been on K street many times; I worked at L and 19th until last summer.
07-24-08, 11:22 AM
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$50.00
That's it? His fine was only $50.00. pftt
Fifty bucks for hit and run, with injuries.
We have parking tickets that run higher than that.
That's it? His fine was only $50.00. pftt
Fifty bucks for hit and run, with injuries.
We have parking tickets that run higher than that.