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Whelp..
Just what do you expect? Though I am disappointed, I am not really surprised that while DC gave the "Million Muslem" protest march on 9-11 they denied the Bikers their permit.
But, true to what I would expect from Americans.. The Bikers are going anyway. Instead of being able to ride straight through, they will be strictly obeying all traffic laws. A 2 hour event just got turned into a 5 or 6 hour event.
Ought to be interesting.
Just what do you expect? Though I am disappointed, I am not really surprised that while DC gave the "Million Muslem" protest march on 9-11 they denied the Bikers their permit.
But, true to what I would expect from Americans.. The Bikers are going anyway. Instead of being able to ride straight through, they will be strictly obeying all traffic laws. A 2 hour event just got turned into a 5 or 6 hour event.
Ought to be interesting.
Report: DC denies permit for 9/11 bikers; Planners move ahead anyway | Twitchy
Report: DC denies permit for 9/11 bikers; Planners move ahead anyway
BREAKING >> Washington DC Denied Permit For "2 Million Biker Ride In DC" but gave "Million Muslim March"
In response to the planned Million Muslim March in Washington, D.C., on 9/11, bikers announced their own rival 2 Million Biker Ride. This weekend, news surfaced on blogs and Twitter that D.C. had denied the bikers an event permit.
Washington DC has DENIED our permit for a no-stop ride through Washington DC. We find this regretful for the residents and businesses of that great city, and humbly offer our apologies. What could have been a one or two hour ride through will now likely be an all day event. We will be obeying all laws. We will be stopping at all stoplights, stop signs, and yielding to all pedestrians.
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF WASHINGTON DC: On behalf of the National 2 Million Bikers to DC Team, please accept our sincere apologies. We did the right thing and went through the proper channels to secure a no-stop permit to ride through your great city. We wanted to ride an established route, which would have taken us past the Viet Nam Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial, across the bridge into Virginia, and thats it! We would have been completely out of Washington DC, and your city would have been back to normal.
The National Team fully expected our permit to be rejected, and have already drafted a Plan-B.
Participants are moving forward.