Critical Mass

Firday last week I participated in what is called the Critical Mass Bike Ride. Basically a bunch of hippies and other people with similar interest get together to ride their bikes celebrating utilitarian bike riding. I found out about it from the Indy Media rochester website, went to it on a wim. I wasn't planning on it, but I'm real glad I decided to. I enjoyed it a lot and met some real cool people who think along the same lines that I do.

There is no real purpose for it, only to annoy people driving through the city and bring attention to some pathetic issues. Like, why do we rely on cars to much? It's pretty pathetic, but that's just my opinion.

In other news, the latest I found interesting was something John Edwards was asked in a rally. The issue was if Americans would give up driving their SUV's. The responses were interesting. Most were possitive. One stood out which was hilarious. Something like, "I'll stop driving it when they pull my keys from my cold, dead fingers." 'Nuff said.

I'm still sketchy on who I will fully support in the race. It is very difficult for me to give attention to members of the Green or Libertarian party. Although members of both take stances on issues I mostly agree with, I must take a more populist point of view. In reality, the sad, true reality, not much attention is given to any candidates who aren't Dem or Rep because nobody gives them money for their campaign. The most I plan on doing is strongly supporting the one candidate, on either side who supports the issues I care most about. So far I like John Edwards and Bill Richardson. I like Edwards' stances on the environment and Richardson's idea of service and education. I feel like both could do some good things in the White House. We will see in the months to come.