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Stoked Steve
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 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: Congresswoman Giffords is a fellow rider, BMW at that. |
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I had no idea she is a serious rider/former racer. I stumbled across this on a Versys forum.
Here she is promoting "Ride to Work" day in AZ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_wmsaXJKp0&feature=player_embedded
May she have a speedy recovery and continue her good work, and may those who didn't make it rest in peace....
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Bob T
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Yup...she is one of us...
Dang shame...hope she recovers quickly...
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Bob T
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:29 am Post subject: |
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OK... 
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Karlos11
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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I also didn't know that she's a motorcyclist. Anyway, what a tragic event...
Last news I read say that Gabrielle Giffords is already breathing without the help of a ventilator. Although still in a serious condition, she's now conscious and is able to answer doctors' questions. Good news.
In this story there's an irony (at least, from an European point of view): seems that Gabrielle was an advocate of fire arms as a tradition. She even had a 9mm Glock. The same pistol used by the attacker...
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Take the political trash elsewhere. Have a little respect for someone whose life is hanging in the balance.
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Karlos11
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Karlos11 wrote: | | (...) Last news I read say that Gabrielle Giffords is already breathing without the help of a ventilator. Although still in a serious condition, she's now conscious and is able to answer doctors' questions. Good news. (...) |
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Jim
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: | | Take the political trash elsewhere. Have a little respect for someone whose life is hanging in the balance. |
That's hardly political - just a fact - no more nor less than the fact that she owns and rides motorcycles.
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Stoked Steve
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the quote referenced above.
| Quote: | Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords — recovering in hospital after being shot in the head during an apparent assassination attempt yesterday — isn’t just a Democratic congresswoman. She’s also a motorcyclist. Pictured above with the BMW she hopes to someday ride to Argentina, Giffords says she’s been riding and racing motorcycles for over 20 years. Two years ago, as co-chair of the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, she had one of the most powerful pro-motorcycling arguments you’ve ever read passed by the House of Representatives.
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Wow, quite an adventurer. I hope her condition keeps improving...
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abreeze
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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having spent time on a /5, they are a small bike..she is quiet a petit woman....
I hope the best for her and hope she recovers well... |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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This is a tender subject for everyone, and the slightest whiff of politics however unintentional can be really objectionable to folks.
That said, she is indeed a rider, and is even a chair of the House of Representatives Motorcycle Safety Conference.
Best news of all, apparently she is coming out of the forced coma and is opening her eyes!
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Daddy T
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Wishing her a successful recovery free of any complications. |
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Jim wrote: | | Flying Duck wrote: | | Take the political trash elsewhere. Have a little respect for someone whose life is hanging in the balance. |
That's hardly political - just a fact - no more nor less than the fact that she owns and rides motorcycles. |
Her position on gun control certainly is political and it is bringing politics into it.
It's also a fact that he could've driven a car into the crowd or set off a bomb to commit mass murder.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: | | Take the political trash elsewhere. Have a little respect for someone whose life is hanging in the balance. |
I agree with Drake but think in this case KarlosII may have been misunderstood.
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drikko
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Aint guns great???
Hope she gets better and the perpetrator gets jailed for life, no release.....lock em up, throw away the key.
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Karlos11
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:44 am Post subject: |
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The only thing I wanted was to point out an irony, similar to so many that happen in this world. In this case, unfortunatelly, it involved guns and people being shot. Maybe a sensitive matter to some, but it was not my intention to cause a debate about fire arms. A misunderstanding, for sure, Saltcreek.
This said, I agree with Jim. What happened is a fact. What could have happened is not. Period. With all due respect to Gabrielle Giffords.
This said, I have a proposal to all members: to buy a flower 'bouquet' with a card from K11 OG wishing her all the best recoveries, as a pro-motorcycle activist and BMW rider. One dollar per member would suffice. The question is: is there an active member from the U.S. state where she's at, that could take this into his hands? I'm too far away to take care of it, but I'll contribute.
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whyoldbill
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Karlos11 wrote: | | I have a proposal to all members: to buy a flower 'bouquet' with a card from K11 OG wishing her all the best recoveries, as a pro-motorcycle activist and BMW rider. One dollar per member would suffice. The question is: is there an active member from the U.S. state where she's at, that could take this into his hands? I'm too far away to take care of it, but I'll contribute. |
Great idea, Karlos. I'm in.
Do we have anyone in AZ. that is willing to deliver flowers??
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Karlos11
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| whyoldbill wrote: | Great idea, Karlos. I'm in.
Do we have anyone in AZ. that is willing to deliver flowers?? |
Arizona, is it? Anyway, looks like it's just me and you, oldbill... 
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Let me know a dollar amount and I am in too.
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Karlos11
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Three, then. Thanks John.
What I suggest is that some US/ Arizona member would be the organizer and receiver of the donations. Three, 10, 15 dollars, what we could gather, for a symbolic flower arrangement.
Then, just print the K11 OG logo and the contributing members' names into a card (also identify them here for transparency reasons). Get it delivered together with the flowers. Just my proposal.
Here's a flower shop link I found on Google: http://www.phoenixflowershops.com/category.cfm/catID/70#page-2
Could this be done?
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