The Yike Bike!

How fun would this be to zip around town on?

“Time” magazine included the Yike Bike in their list of the 50 Best Inventions for 2009. The Yike Bike is an electric bike which folds. It weighs about 9kg and has a battery which charges in about 20 minutes. You sit up straight on a Yike Bike holding on at the sides. Maximum speed is 20 km per hour. Grant Ryan, a Christchurch inventor, designed this bike. He was lucky to get half a million dollars from Tech New Zealand to develop the bike and take it to Europe for the German Eurobike show. He said the bike will be useful in cities and especially for people living in apartments. It’s easy to carry it in a lift or in a train, it’s easy to park and you can ride it on the footpath or cycle path. It is good for the environment. The first Yike Bikes will be on sale in the middle of 2010. At the moment, they are made of carbon fibre so they are expensive, about $7,000; however, some will be made from cheaper materials later. If the Yike Bike becomes very popular, prices will come down.

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Jeff Kuhner, WTNT (Wash. DC) Radio Host on the ASKShow tonight at 9 et.

Some know him as “The Last Honest Man in Washington, others know him as the Mighty Super Hero Kuhnerman. But chances are he will be most remembered as Liberalism’s Worst Nightmare!  Jeffrey T. Kuhner hosts his radio program from noon to 3 ET each weekday on WTNT Talk 570 AM in Washington, DC, and writes a weekly column for the Washington Times which appears every Sunday in the Commentary section.

Last month on Friday, Feb 5th, Jeff dedicated an entire show to Obama’s Constitutional eligibility issue, featuring attorney Philp Berg, author and investigative journalist Dr. Jerry Corsi, and others involved in the effort to pressure President Obama to produce his birth, school, and passport records, proving he is a Natural Born Citizen.

Many believe the point is moot, as Obama’s father was Kenyan-born British subject.  Others say it’s an unwinnable issue best left alone in favor of pursuing other criminal and unconstitutional acts committed by Obama and his Administration.

Whichever side of the issue you’re on, the fact is that concerns are growing among Americans who wonder why Obama has spent close to $2 million in legal fees to block any attempts to release his papers.  And Jeff Kuhner, bucking the media trend to ignore — or ridicule — the matter, devoted an entire 3-hour show to the subject.

Was there any blowback?  Did his management and station owners object?  Was censorship attempted?  Why is Jeff one of the few national level media hosts who have tackled what is a political hot potato?  Did his show experience a spike in ratings that day?

All that and more tonight when we talk with radio talk host Jeff Kuhner on

THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW

9 pm ET

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/askshow/2010/03/03/the-andrea-shea-king-show