Rep. Mark Olson, Gary Dean Zimmermann, Michele Bachmann - Pod Squad News Updates and Videos

Gary Dean Zimmermann checks into a Federal Correctional Facility in Colorado today. His Green Party buddies still claim he is innocent, but they're going to eat their words when the Feds release the FBI video and audio tapes of Zimmermann asking for and receiving wads of hundred dollar bills from a Hummer-driving Republican. Until those tapes are released, here's a video of the convicted felon talking about PRT and his old pod partner, Mark Olson:



Mark Olson, according to the Sherburne County Citizen is scheduled for a hearing for his trial on domestic abuse February 9th. Here's a video showing Mark Olson going for a joyride in a PRT pod:



Michele Bachmann, who once said this about Personal Rapid Transit...

"People on the right, people on the left, we have the common goal of moving people with transit, but doing it in the most cost-effective manner, in fact, in a manner that may end up costing no government subsidy, it may end up paying for itself"

... created a sensation last week when she glommed onto President Bush, kissing him on the lips. Here is a video of that:



Although Bachmann made the Secret Service nervous, no charges were filed... a close call for Bachmann who must be wondering if she has been cursed for being a member of the Pod Squad.