Sportbikes Vs. Lawmakers

I'll be sitting on the edge of my chair and holding my breath for you to tell me where the Chinee are going to recycle those dollars we send.



And the deficit is shrinking and tax receipts are growing - fast. And non wage tax receipts are growing even faster.



Tell us what that means.



The end is near!

Yep have to agree even George Sr. described the Reagan like fiscal policy that W is doing as Vodoo Economics...Remember when George Sr. raises taxes to start balancing the balance. He did the right thing but got killed in the process. Clinton was a shrewd politician and continued the march to a balanced budget. One thing that Browing Bar has backwards is that the economy doesn't control the fiscal budget situation. i.e. he has cause and effect reversed. Gov through fiscal policy and monetary policy control the economy since it is a man made thing. i.e there are no such things as natural business cycles. The cycles are caused by changes in government fiscal or monetary policy. Mother nature doesn't make a good economy ...i.e it doesn't just happen Many bush supporters always say that the 90s boom happened by accident. They are dead wrong good fiscal and monetary policy created the boom. no vice versa... Econ 101 lesson for day Red Staters.

Still using the credit card.

Gas Prices rising, starting to cause prices to rise through out the economy, interest rates rising, massive government borrowing crowding out private investment. Yep a boom is coming maddog. Reaganomics (supply side econ) doesn't work. Right now things look great cause W is still using the credit card to pay the rent, etc. Just like individuals who get in over their head credit wise. When W reaches his credit limit.. Then dollar will fall fast causing imported goods prices to rise. Gasoline prices will rise cause the OPEC countries will figure out the dollar is worth less, thus causing another rise in costs to produce .. It's a viscious cycle called the 80s all over again.. i.e Vodoo economics. The government will then debase the currency by inflating the hell out of the money supply.

Oh yeah, I agree.



MY comment about the Desert eagle was more gun quality than anything else.



How was the Barnett? I've never had the opportunity to shoot one.



I can't remember, but there are several .50 cal rifles out there in that style; was this the sigle shot bolt action, mag well, or semi-auto?

In the state I reside in, Florida, there is no law that requires the purchaser of a motorcycle to even show a license in order to take delivery of a motorcycle - any motorcycle!



Most of the young riders start their conversation out with "What's the fastest bike you have in your dealership?" They typically look at the liter class bikes. Do they know how to ride? They don't have any experience, no license, but you can still sell them a motorcycle.



With the increasing number of sportbikes that have a huge 'hit' in the upper rpm range, these young folks don't have a chance. They ride the bike for a couple of miles, see it's not as awesome as they have heard and then decide to 'whack the throttle open!' Before the words, "Oh My God" can come out of their mouths, they are hurtling down the road faster then they could ever imagine and most of them are headed to disaster!



A friend of mine is in law enforcement here. He estimates that about 40% of all motorcycle riders are properly licensed. That leaves 60% without a license - I wonder how many that is without any organized training on how to ride a motorcycle?



Would be an interesting thing to find out!

I'm thinking we have plenty of government regulation right now. Maybe even too much. No way I'd agree that the gov't should ban 165 MPH sport bikes just because I don't want one - that's only one step in the road toward banning 20-year-old, 60 HP Beemers which, to my knowledge, have never annoyed anybody (except, maybe, their owners).



Why, in fact, should the gov't ban any voluntary activity that doesn't directly affect others? This is AMERICA, for goshsakes - land of the FREE!



Wanna' ride your Hyabusa at 165 mph? OK! Wanna' crash your Hyabusa into the back of an old lady in a Buick? Not OK! Wanna' smoke crack? OK! Wanna' steal my motorcycle to finance your crack habit? Not OK! Wanna' suck down a Bud while you're driving down the highway? OK! Wanna' get drunk and run your SUV through a crowd? Not OK!



See the difference?