SUPERIOR, WI - Democrats are accusing Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker of illegal campaigning during his annual Milwaukee County tourism promotion around the state.

In its complaint, the Wisconsin Democratic Party alleges Milwaukee County Executive Walker is getting free publicity from a corporate and taxpayer-funded motorcycle tour.

Walker says the attacks aren’t true. He says it’s “conspicuous” that Democrats are making a big deal of an event he’s done before. He says the tour is completely legitimate, and there’s a clear firewall between it and any political statements. Walker says he’s very grateful to be able to sell advertising to AirTran and ChooseMilwaukee.com “to compensate for any taxpayers dollars.”
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We have said this before and we’ll say it again. The people who join your “friends” list, most of the time are not your friends.

Australia - A biker who denied a speeding charge, claiming the person seen riding his bike was a visiting motorcyclist from another country, has been jailed after Police used the internet to uncover his lies.

David Cox, 46, fled from Police after being clocked racing another motorcycle at 84mph on the A65 near Skipton, North Yorkshire.

But despite his attempt to scarper, Cox’s registration number was captured by a police camera. When later questioned, Cox claimed the rider of his bike at the time of the offence was a woman visiting from the USA.

Using the internet, Police tracked the woman and persuaded two state troopers in the US to check Cox’s claim. The woman denied the offence.
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Jul 2 1881

President James A. Garfield is shot in a train station by Charles Julius Guiteau, a lunatic trying to become ambassador either to Austria or France. Garfield lingers for three months before finally dying.

Jul 2 1937

Attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane, Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific with her navigator, Fred Noonan.

Jul 2 1942
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Ken Bingenheimer - Motorcycle Examiner

“The motorcycling community and law enforcement have long sought a practical field test for measuring street motorcycle exhaust sound,” said Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations. “Thanks to the hard work of the Motorcycle Industry Council, and the SAE engineers involved in the project, for the first time a simple field test is now available.

That’s from an announcement made by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), and it is a step forward, but it begs the question of whether states and municipalities will adopt the practice. Read the rest of this article »

Jamie Beckett - Orlando Motorcycle Examiner

Buying a motorcycle is not a task to be taken lightly. It requires thought, research, emotional introspection, and a solid relationship with a bank teller who knows the combination to the safe at work. Of course failing that last item, being very close to a wealthy relative who likes to share is acceptable, too.

Successful motorcycle buyers tend to share an approach to making a purchase that removes the tendency to lunge toward the salesman with your credit card outstretched screaming, “I’ll take it, I’ll take it!”

No, no, better to play it cool. Let the salesman actually show you a bike or two first. Better yet, have a preconceived notion of what it is you want to buy.

That’s even better. Absolutely!
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Jul 1

Feast of the Most Precious Blood, celebrating the blood shed during Christ’s Passion and reassumed into His body at Resurrection. Yum!

Jul 1 1945

The date proposed by Churchill for the start of WWIII, where U.S. and British forces were to meet Russian forces in Poland with a two pronged attack, using 47 divisions. It would have been a terrible mistake to attempt what both Napoleon and Adolf Hitler failed to accomplish.

Jul 1 1946
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We’re starting back up our monthly contest and this month is a posting contest.

Basically the top 2 members who have the most post for the month of July win a prize. All you have to do is join the site and start posting. (You can read the rules here)

Good luck to all!

We’ve all heard stories about ways you can avoid or get out of a ticket, but how many people do you know that have actually pulled it off? One? Two? None? Virginia traffic attorney Andrew Flusche probably knows a thing or two about fighting moving infractions, and he came up with a list of some of the “get out of a moving violation free” ticket myths.

You’ve all heard this one: “the officer won’t show up in court if you fight it.” According to Flusche, that’s flat-out wrong in most cases. In fact, some municipalities pay police overtime for court time, making it that much more enticing to show up, and as Flusche points out, it’s the officer’s job to show up.

Another common myth is that you can simply plead to the judge that you were going with the flow of traffic. That’s the traffic infraction equivalent of “the other kids were doing it.” That didn’t fly with your parents, and it won’t fly with the judge.
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