COP on the Hill – Stories from the wees of July 19,26 and August 2, 2024

 RAGBRAI  Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa  2024

383 Miles in 7 days over a bunch of 4-6 minute hills was a workout.  The time was filled with having a chat every 8 minutes, as someone would ask why cops would legalize heroin…I drank an average of 2 quarts of water, Gatorade daily while pedaling and another quart before bedtime 9 PM…Probably my last year on a non-electric bike…legs were fine, my neck was the weak link.

A 35-year-old asked a lot of questions before he informed me that he was an Iowa State Trooper the last 7 years…we had the longest chat of the Ride = 10 minutes.  Before he pedaled away (I had 50 pass me before I passed someone), he said,” I don’t disagree with anything you said.” High praise and was an indicator of the response by 348 others….except another cop just screamed at me as he rode quickly past, “dumbest F***ing Idea I ever heard of. ”

About 20,000 rode this year from most states and several, many countries.

NOTE:  I came down with Covid  the day after we finished…knocked me down for 5 days….all good now on Friday (mild symptoms, like the other two times)

COP stats since inception: August 2009

0 meetings:

6045 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 0 this week

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0

476 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 0 this week..

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

245 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  01 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

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