"To make a small fortune owning a bike shop, first start with a big fortune..." Anonymous.
I'll pause here, and draw a distinction between me and actual journalists. An actual journalist would probably have investigated Lance's interest in Mellow Johnny's. An actual journalist would have said how much money the shop gave up. An actual journalist would have written that Mellow Johnny's is/was owned by Disgraced former bike racer stripped of his mellow johnnies Lance Armstrong.
But, as has been said by Kings and Queens, I am not an actual journalist.
The article describes that the activities of the Austin Police Department during recent nocturnal festivities there were not in keeping with the sensibilities of Mellow Johnny's wrench-turners and goo-slingers. Something about community policing, or something.
Huh.
There is no better way to get cops out of their cars and interacting with the community than on a bike. Readers of these pages don't have to be told that. Hell, if you've gotten this far, you're probably aware of that.
Mellow Johnny's can do what they want - they are a private business free to make these decisions for themselves. Austin PD will just have to muddle along and give someone else hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But, if Mellow Johnny's thinks a meaningless, transparent, futile gesture like that is a way to improve law enforcement, they are wrong.
Oh, Mellow Johnny is a play on maillot jaune, the yellow jersey, awarded after each stage to the race leader (and then, to the ultimate race winner) in the Tour de France. That Lance, what a clever guy.
People are idiots and have no memory. Many suffer from entitlement syndrome. A little history on how and why police departments came into being might change their minds. However, I wouldn’t hold my breath as most are too indoctrinated to see the truth.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you. Divesting from assisting the police is a fad. It would be nice if there was some kind of intellectual honesty backing it.
ReplyDeleteLance is a loser. Cheated in sports and left his girlfriend when she was diagnosed with cancer. Loser.
ReplyDeleteI did a blog some years ago about Lance - he was not a good guy. Part of it was how he destroyed people who had the temerity to tell the truth. Some of it was how he used people to get what he wanted. Sheryl Crow put it best. When they broke up, she said he was having a hard time deciding who he wanted to be when he grew up.
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