Moto Politics - Lead Ban Law

flarider
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Edited Date/Time 10/29/2012 1:51pm
Remember the lead law issue a couple years back?
Do your research and see what your choice's stance is or was on the issue, or if the incumbent was for or against it.

Do the research.
Don't forget those who did right

(This is not about a candidate or party, it's about a specific issue directly related to this sport and industry)
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10/28/2012 8:26pm
wasn't it written and championed by democrats? And, your comment should be about about a party... it's fairly obvious who supports who, no? Maybe I'm wrong...
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10/28/2012 8:32pm
and wasn't it also the OEM's that supported that bill believing that it would stop the chinese imports. only to have it back fire in thier face?

my opinion.

if the person running is the incumbant. vote against them. and do it again in 2 years. and again in 2 more years. and again in 2 more years.

flush three times and see if they get the point.


then take the profit out of being in office. term limits, tort reform and host of other things should be easier to do.
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10/28/2012 10:00pm
wardy wrote:
and wasn't it also the OEM's that supported that bill believing that it would stop the chinese imports. only to have it back fire in thier...
and wasn't it also the OEM's that supported that bill believing that it would stop the chinese imports. only to have it back fire in thier face?

my opinion.

if the person running is the incumbant. vote against them. and do it again in 2 years. and again in 2 more years. and again in 2 more years.

flush three times and see if they get the point.


then take the profit out of being in office. term limits, tort reform and host of other things should be easier to do.
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10/29/2012 8:21am
The original law that banned kids getting a new motorcycle was signed by GW Bush. The law exempting bikes from the lead ban was signed by Obama.
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10/29/2012 8:44am
the original bill was because of lead in toys from china,the motorcycle issue was an hidden agenda
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10/29/2012 9:27am
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles, but they were simply swept into it.

There is only one candidate that is a champion of business, and it ain't Obama.

Why don't we base our votes on land closure instead of lead content?

I like Dave, but we are at opposite ends of the spectrum on politics.
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10/29/2012 9:58am Edited Date/Time 10/29/2012 10:07am
Tbteam wrote:
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles...
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles, but they were simply swept into it.

There is only one candidate that is a champion of business, and it ain't Obama.

Why don't we base our votes on land closure instead of lead content?

I like Dave, but we are at opposite ends of the spectrum on politics.
There is more than one side to land closure issues as well. When public land is turned over to be raped an pillaged for profits access is not available for people like us.....
I'm not trying to say this is definitely a left or right issue but it is something people need to be a part of especially on local level.
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10/29/2012 9:58am
I'm pretty sure Davey Coombs had an impact on getting the motorcycles eliminated from this thing.
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burn1986 wrote:
I'm pretty sure Davey Coombs had an impact on getting the motorcycles eliminated from this thing.
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10/29/2012 10:13am
Seems to me that Democrats have repeatedly shown their disdain for anything with an internal combustion engine for some time now. Not sure how any auto or motorcycle enthusiast would ever vote for one of those busy bodies.
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10/29/2012 10:23am
Tbteam wrote:
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles...
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles, but they were simply swept into it.

There is only one candidate that is a champion of business, and it ain't Obama.

Why don't we base our votes on land closure instead of lead content?

I like Dave, but we are at opposite ends of the spectrum on politics.
I disagree.
It is not my intent to make this about any candidate, and I, specifically, was referring more towards members of Congress, not the presidential race.

I wrote letters and received responses from my House and Senate representatives, and have kept that in mind in making my decision.

Whether others wrote their congressional representatives or not, I don't know, but I did.
If you didn't, see if you can find their position on it, either when initially passed or when the motorcycle part was repealed, regardless of party.

As Tbteam said, it wasn't anti-motorcycle legislation, it's just that motorcycles got swept into broader legislation with a different intent.
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10/29/2012 10:49am
If this thread prompts a few vitards to do some research before voting (or just voting period) then it will have served a purpose.
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Tbteam wrote:
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles...
This is Dave's way to show support for Obama, plain and simple. The original intent of the lead ban law had NOTHING to do with motorcycles, but they were simply swept into it.

There is only one candidate that is a champion of business, and it ain't Obama.

Why don't we base our votes on land closure instead of lead content?

I like Dave, but we are at opposite ends of the spectrum on politics.
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There is more than one side to land closure issues as well. When public land is turned over to be raped an pillaged for profits access...
There is more than one side to land closure issues as well. When public land is turned over to be raped an pillaged for profits access is not available for people like us.....
I'm not trying to say this is definitely a left or right issue but it is something people need to be a part of especially on local level.
I don't know about that....I ride right by/next too natural gas/oil rigs all the time...what I can;t ride right by are those damned "Wilderness" or "Wilderness Study Area" signs, or the "national monument" signs...

When it comes to protecting my ability to ride my dirt bike on public land....I'll trust the republicans over the democrats any day of the week....there is no question.
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10/29/2012 1:44pm
Titan1 wrote:
I don't know about that....I ride right by/next too natural gas/oil rigs all the time...what I can;t ride right by are those damned "Wilderness" or "Wilderness...
I don't know about that....I ride right by/next too natural gas/oil rigs all the time...what I can;t ride right by are those damned "Wilderness" or "Wilderness Study Area" signs, or the "national monument" signs...

When it comes to protecting my ability to ride my dirt bike on public land....I'll trust the republicans over the democrats any day of the week....there is no question.
Yup. Not too mention those rigs are what's making it affordable for us to load up the truck and go ride. Democrats are anti - fossil fuels, which are and will be the cheapest type of energy for a very long time. Both President Obama and his secretary of energy are on record saying they would like to see gasoline at $5 a gallon in order to get people to use less of it.. They have stifled energy production in this country.
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10/29/2012 1:51pm
burn1986 wrote:
I'm pretty sure Davey Coombs had an impact on getting the motorcycles eliminated from this thing.
Hut wrote:
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I've disagreed with DC on a whole lot of stuff, but on this one point, he has gone the extra mile.

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