you go away for a few days, and look what happens.  i come back from the beach where we been drinking beer and building sandcastles as big as volkswagon bugs, and the %$#@ hits the fan.  my mailbox is full of comments, the d20 list runneth over with drivel about this and that.  there's enough material there for a post every day for three weeks.  and we could do that but where's the challenge?  the posts write themselves.  i would single out bill luecke's post and pete lindeman's post as being interesting departure points and worthy of more consideraiton than they probably got in the roiling sea of ascii text that was that thread.

i got two additional messages that need some attention.  names have been withheld to protect the guilty, but i can assure all of our readers that their rations have been cut pre-emptively and a corrective work plan of hard labor has been proscribed until we determine their true motivation.

message 1: I heard your team clothing has come in. So why isn't there a photo-essay of the debut on the website yet? I see pictures of the masses following the heed of the much-awaited revolution, you bringing the manifesto to the very doorstep of the people most in need of it, but no snapshots of the puke-green team kit. I need my ride pimped. I need to know that the impending tsunami of revolution is more than just the vacuous words of bald, Russian dead guys.

where to begin?  the author of this message walks a fine line between flattery and sedition.  impending tsunami of revolution indeed!  however, future correspondence should be considerably more deferential to the vacuous words valuable wisdom of bald, russian dead guys of the glorious leaders of our glorious cause.  and all capitalization must stop, the sure sign of mind pre-disposed to classist distinctions and bourgeois proclivities.  the kits have arrived.  you were teased with glimpses of the green and black at CSC and on local roads.  this is a kit any hard working citizen would be proud to don.  while we eschew photo ops and the trappings of capitalist marketing, we will make images of the (exceedingly tight) new kit available to all shortly.

message 2: Scott - Thought you'd find this interesting ...

the manifesto goes international?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/05/a_manifesto_for.php

http://www.thestar.com/static/PDF/060529_manifesto.pdf

indeed a good catch.  this vigilant reader has performed a valuable service and has received a commendation as a hero of the cause. 

 

 

many play at revolution but they are in over their heads.  the poseurs and pretenders are nothing to us: their materials not worth a second glance.  they can't bring it with style.  they can't bring it with ferocity.  they can't bring it.  period.  we've distributed a number of the authentic manifestos so people will have a chance to share the wisdom with friends, neighbors and family.  we've even put together a small graphic manifesto which has been distributed on group rides and at races. 

 

but to establish total dominance in the informaiton marketplace, and in order to maximize the exposure of all citizens to the wisdom of the racing union, we present a do-it-yourself manifesto.  regrettably, we can only produce these on proprietary software platforms at the current time, but alternative formats are in the works. 

 

medium pub page 2.doc (520 KB)

you are now, in the most socially democratic way possible, empowered to create one yourself.  download the materials.  print the first page.  flip that page over, feed it, and print again; front/back.  cut it out.  staple it in the middle and you are good to go.  this "kit" will produce one (1) graphic manifesto (7.5cm x 5.5cm) and hours of enjoyment.  throw a few in the car for the kids on long rides.  leave a few in the stacks at your local library.  the revolution proceeds apace.