American patriot group of bikers looking to acknowledge and honor 9/11 is denied permit. They will ride anyway! http://twitchy.com/2013/09/08/report-dc-denies-permit-for-911-bikers-planners-move-ahead-anyway/
My gut reaction is to side with the Permit Office. Having to block all the intersections required for 2,000,000 people (say, 1.5 million bikes) would be a nightmare for manpower and all the other traffic. But, this is Washington DC. Out of all of our cities, this is the one where this sort of thing should be fairly routine and expected by those working and living in the city center.
The bold, that's it exactly. DC of all places should make every effort to accommodate peaceful assembly. There are ways that it could work, particularly if some creativity went to route selection. In terms of traffic and other disruptions, the alternate, no permit needed, plan will be worse. Far better to accommodate the original request.
Was this a last minute permit request? When was it submitted? Who is organizing it and where are they getting their numbers from? I mean Sturgis and Daytona Beach Bike Week each only get around ~500k and these are annual events that people have years to plan for. Considering the OPs link, it looks like it was a bunch of shit talkers on the internet getting pissed about a Muslim March and wanting a counter demonstration. So if it was last minute and if they didn't have solid numbers (2 million people retweeted our twitter call to action!) I can see why they might have rejected it.
Really? I see starting to pick up the story around the 22nd, 23rd. The facebook page they all link to which is organizing this went up on August 18. Basic Info Started August 18, 2013 This was the original cover pic, uploaded on August 18: Blogs: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/08...counter-protest-to-million-muslim-march-82030 http://hotair.com/greenroom/archive...rs-to-meet-million-muslim-march-in-dc-on-911/ Original FB page: https://www.facebook.com/2MillionBikersDC
You are so clever with your cutting observations aNC... shit talkers?... honest people making a statement of their own.. 2 million or 200 and you get to "spout annally" from your couch.. I totally get it Dude
I bet if they offered to let Obama ride along as a PR stunt they would get their permits in thirty seconds or less.
Yeah! And now that they didn't get their permit? "We will be obeying all laws. We will be stopping at all stoplights, stop signs, and yielding to all pedestrians." Bunch of Muslim hating internet shit-talkers!
Two million bikes. That sounds obnoxious. Of course, they like being obnoxious. :lookatme: <Butters>So everyone has to put up with my shit for a change.</Butters>
Meh. Rolling Thunder happens in DC every Memorial Day weekend to no great issue. I don't see a problem, especially since it's unlikely they'll have anywhere close to two million bikers.
Fuck you're stupid. It takes time, a lot of time and money to prepare for large parades. Think about the barriers put in place, the hundreds if not thousands of no street parking A-frames, the extra police presence you've got to line up for holding traffic at intersections, alerting drivers, drawing up bus reroutes, alerting riders, coming up with an emergency response plan (think Boston Marathon), the list goes on and on. That's why I want to know when they submitted for a permit. If it was only a couple of weeks (and I have seen no evidence that this was not the case) then it is completely understandable that it was rejected. And seriously, is your IQ above room temperature?!?! You don't think the size of a parade matters for a city?!?! 200 or 2 million, it's all the same?!?! Go stand in the corner you dolt and think about it some more.
Hey Borg.. you're canadyen rite? I used to work at a resort across from Mantrial.. at Christmas the joke was.. why can't you get a blow job in Mantrial now? ready? cause all them cocksuckers are down here!!!! good one huh? Huh?
