fiamme red
06-12-2008, 08:57 AM
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David Hinckley
Don't knock Oba*a for wearing that bicycle helmet
Tell him you want more specifics on health care. Scold him for calling a reporter "Sweetie." But when it comes to bicycle helmets, give Barack a break.
Proving again that some bloggers will do anything to avoid turning off their computers, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Oba*a was roasted on the Net this week for the outfit he wore when he and his wife took their daughters for a bike ride along Lake Michigan.
His jeans weren't properly tailored. He wore the wrong shoes and the wrong color socks. His helmet looked dorky.
I suppose in theory all that is arguable. I'm not sure it's the standards by which we should measure a President, but then, democracy is a system under which the most carefully considered vote can be canceled 30 seconds later by someone who thinks the other candidate has a better butt.
I do know this, however. Whatever his culpability for the jeans, shoes and socks, Barack cannot be blamed for the helmet.
Even if he achieves the most powerful elected office on the planet, Barack Oba*a will not find a bike helmet that's cool.
It does not exist.
Bike helmets all look dorky. Every one of them. It's a law, like averages or gravity.
For 20 years I've checked out bike helmets. Round ones. The ones with the big fins. Dark ones. Light ones. Channeled ones. Flat ones. The ones with logos.
Put any of them on a human head and you get "dork."
And I don't mean just for people like me, who could look dorky in an Armani tux. I mean you put a bike helmet on Denzel Washington and he looks dorky. Not as dorky as I look, but much dorkier than Denzel Washington without a bicycle helmet.
Some riders resolve the helmet dilemma by simply not wearing one. Me, I figure if my head could hit an unexpected car, tree or patch of asphalt, I'd like a protective sheath in between.
Since I'm not alone - the American Medical Association and the National Safety Council agree, as apparently do Lance Armstrong and Barack Oba*a - I'm baffled that the athletic gear industry hasn't developed something that's at least dork-neutral.
Look at how they tricked out running shoes, track suits and basketball uniforms. How hard can a helmet be?
If Oba*a is elected, maybe he should form a presidential commission to get some answers.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/images/2008/06/10/bicycle_2.jpg
David Hinckley
Don't knock Oba*a for wearing that bicycle helmet
Tell him you want more specifics on health care. Scold him for calling a reporter "Sweetie." But when it comes to bicycle helmets, give Barack a break.
Proving again that some bloggers will do anything to avoid turning off their computers, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Oba*a was roasted on the Net this week for the outfit he wore when he and his wife took their daughters for a bike ride along Lake Michigan.
His jeans weren't properly tailored. He wore the wrong shoes and the wrong color socks. His helmet looked dorky.
I suppose in theory all that is arguable. I'm not sure it's the standards by which we should measure a President, but then, democracy is a system under which the most carefully considered vote can be canceled 30 seconds later by someone who thinks the other candidate has a better butt.
I do know this, however. Whatever his culpability for the jeans, shoes and socks, Barack cannot be blamed for the helmet.
Even if he achieves the most powerful elected office on the planet, Barack Oba*a will not find a bike helmet that's cool.
It does not exist.
Bike helmets all look dorky. Every one of them. It's a law, like averages or gravity.
For 20 years I've checked out bike helmets. Round ones. The ones with the big fins. Dark ones. Light ones. Channeled ones. Flat ones. The ones with logos.
Put any of them on a human head and you get "dork."
And I don't mean just for people like me, who could look dorky in an Armani tux. I mean you put a bike helmet on Denzel Washington and he looks dorky. Not as dorky as I look, but much dorkier than Denzel Washington without a bicycle helmet.
Some riders resolve the helmet dilemma by simply not wearing one. Me, I figure if my head could hit an unexpected car, tree or patch of asphalt, I'd like a protective sheath in between.
Since I'm not alone - the American Medical Association and the National Safety Council agree, as apparently do Lance Armstrong and Barack Oba*a - I'm baffled that the athletic gear industry hasn't developed something that's at least dork-neutral.
Look at how they tricked out running shoes, track suits and basketball uniforms. How hard can a helmet be?
If Oba*a is elected, maybe he should form a presidential commission to get some answers.