Comments on: Random Reader Rant and/or Revel

By: Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:16:32 +0000

Exactly. Anybody who thinks there’s more tension now than 1, 10, or 20 years ago is either misinformed or deliberately ignorant about the relevant history.

By: Non e Mus

Non e Mus — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:09:48 +0000

Great that during your 8 day trip you were able to visit enough of the 27 countries in the EU to come up with a basis for your sweeping generalization.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:49:15 +0000

Rant: my kids seeing half naked men grinding on each other while we were going to the archives today…. classy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:03:43 +0000

bikes are allowed on the road. also, besides beach drives beautiful road through a national park, there are many other roads to chose from while driving.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:43:33 +0000

I’ve been here 20 years, it seems as if the tension is up, partly all the influx of new people into neighborhoods that haven’t seen such new folk for decades. Also things like Trayvon and of course the reality that thuglettes (young and old) seem to cause a lot of mayhem, and are really violent sometimes, and many around DC are just fed up with it. At least Prince George’s has decided to go with a gun offender registry!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/pr-georges-council-passes-gun-registry-bill/2012/06/05/gJQAfrdZGV_story.html

By: Dmoney

Dmoney — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:04:32 +0000

…And Equality, Liberty, and Justice for us all. ALL of us.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:51:42 +0000

Yes, you are SO right: the fricking bike bath is right there next to the road. Use it! Sure, sometimes it is slightly congested, but nothing compared to the road congestion caused by a cyclist who considers themselves too cool for a path.

If your bike is truly too fragile (and fast) for the path, then you better be flying down road.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:51:46 +0000

Coming back from Hawaii to DC, where Jaywalking (Anywhere outside of a crosswalk and on green lights too) is a ticket-able offense, driving in DC scared me until I readjusted to the crazy pace of traffic and people walking into Georgia Avenue any time they were inspired to. It took a good month for me to re-adjust.

By: ontarioroader

ontarioroader — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:49:50 +0000

Apparently it wasn’t a shooting – this is one of the stranger reports on the 3D list-serv from MPD though:
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A short time ago officers responded for a report of a shooting in the 2700 block of Adams Mill Road. Subsequent investigation revealed that there was no shooting; rather the citizen was injured when he fell off of his bicycle and landed on a knife he had in his pocket, causing the injury.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:48:18 +0000

What’s wrong with riding on the bike path? It’s perfectly usable, and it’s much safer than riding in the road, where there’s a lot of blind corners…

I’ll tell you what, If you guys ride on the road, then stay off the bike path so cars can use it.