Comments on: Ted Johnson (me) on The Outspoken Cyclist

By: Tom Bowden

Tom Bowden — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:43:23 +0000

You done good Ted! I foresee a carreer for you in late night television – they always need someone who can show up and deliver a cogent interview with a self deprecating story or two on short notice – you know how it goes: “Jay – bad news – Pitt’s in Africa pickin’ up a new bambino for Angie……Yeah, yeah we tried Hanks – he’s on location with Spielberg. What’s that? Nah, Robin Williams was on Conan last week and he’s on Fallon tomorrow…..No, I think Charles Nelson Reilly’s dead actually……OK OK OK, but if I can’t get the chipmunks, I’m gonna call that bike commuter guy with the trailer and the goofy bike with the little wheels – he speaks in sentences and he cracks me up every time. Bike commuter! ROFLMFAO_OMG!

By: BluesCat

BluesCat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:50:57 +0000

Great interview, Ted.

But, of course, you’re preaching to the choir there at The Outspoken Cyclist, too! Whenever I’M talking to a right-leaning person, no matter WHAT language I’m using, I always feel like their internal conversation is going something like this:

“Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, so, okay, you dumb, anachronistic, anarchistic, over-the-hill hippie, when you’re done with your rant, can you use those formidable IT data-mining skills to find the cheapest gas in town for my Mercedes? Why can’t you get it through your socialist, recreational-drug-addled head that REAL AMERICANS DRIVE CARS, and not some silly little Third World POS toy that requires you to pedal your A$$ off in order to get anywhere … really … slowly … and in MY way?!?”

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:37:38 +0000

Oh…and it enjoyed the interview too!

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:32:35 +0000

Let me tell you how easy it was to moderate a comment that begins, “You were great, Ted!”

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:50:25 +0000

You were great, Ted! Great points about how liberals often communicate about bike commuting. Talking to (most)conservatives about reducing your carbon footprint just isn’t going to get you very far. But talking about a more efficient use of taxpayer’s transportation dollars just might be.