I went for a three hour, completely pleasure, ride yesterday. I went through the twistiest roads I've found here in central Iowa including Ledges State park where you ride through several streams that cross the road. The place was packed with family groups having picnics and lots of dogs. Everyone seemed to be keeping their distance from others. People were playing golf at the courses I passed, working in their yards and farms and having picnics and barbeques. I guess they just needed to get outside on a beautiful day. By the way, gas was $1.21.9 in Ankeny, 91 Oct with no ethanol was $1.77.9

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.