Bush dodges muddy obstacles in Earth Day bicycle ride (AP)

[musette_sf]

(04-22) 12:35 PDT LAS POSADAS STATE FOREST, Calif. (AP) --

President Bush marked Earth Day with a lung-busting mountain bike ride high above Napa County wine country, dodging ruts that sent several of his riding partners crashing into the mud.

"I still ride the mountain bike primarily to help settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life to its fullest," Bush told an Associated Press reporter who accompanied him on the ride.

"Generally when I ride it is the one time when I feel alone, even though I know people are behind me," he said. "I ask people a lot of times not to be in my line of vision because all I can see straight ahead is, you know, space."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/22/national/a123504D21.DTL

Wow, who knew being Preznit was like a fvcking Budweiser ad? "living life to its fullest" :puke: I'm sure every mother's son and daughter that died in Operation Blood and Greed is smiling down from Heaven because Dear Leader is "living life to its fullest" :puke:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. A total psychotic. A three-year-old who likes to pretend he is king of the

world. :puke:

[Cronus Protagonist]

25. And, apparently, he doesn't go to the bathroom alone either

...or is it that he doesn't feel alone there because there's mirrors?

:evilgrin:

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[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Tough to take a spill when SUV's are fender-to-fender beside you

The man is a total genius when it comes to making a statement, isn't he? Duh.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Not to mention that if he's riding wet trails

he's not just communing with nature, he's creating ruts that will be there until next winter unless we have another (no please, not another) rainy spell.

"We're able to enjoy the beauty without really disrupting the pristine nature of the place," the mud-splattered president said

[AndyTiedye]

27. Wettest March on Record, Continuing Thru 1st Half of April

so yes, the trails are still very wet,
even though we've had a few dry(er) days now.

I'm going to let it dry out a bit more before I hit the trails.

[partylessinOhio]

4. The Insanitator said it all.

:yoiks:

[ClintonTyree]

10. "All I can see straight ahead is, you know, space".

We know, we know captain space cadet. It's the empty space in your head that has us all worried! What a wanker! :eyes:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

16. No doubt about it...it's a KEEPER.

You'll be seeing THIS one again, folks...



:evilgrin:

[VegasWolf]

5. Nice that Bush is "living life to the fullest" when Americans are DYING in

Iraq.

:asshole:

[ClintonTyree]

6. Bush, the HE-MAN.....

riding over trails that mere mortal men cannot traverse....it's SUPER DECIDER! :eyes: Give me a fucking break. The media is back trying to make this complete fool look like a super-hero again. :puke: The dip-shit went for a bike ride. That's supposed to make up for all of the environmental laws he's trashed? Screw him and screw the AP for reporting horse-shit like this. :grr:

[Robb]

7. Er, lung-busting? Quote:

The ride started at an elevation of about 1,700 feet above sea level and dropped steeply for several miles, prompting a bit of anxiety in the president.

Wouldn't that be, er, downhill? :rofl:

On edit: Article says he climbed back up. Should finish reading before I post!

[pacalo]

8. "...all I can see straight ahead is, you know, space."

No deep thoughts or reflection going on in that pea brain because it's filled with nothing but, you know, empty space.

[saltpoint]

18. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Up2Late]

9. His ability to do a "...lung-busting mountain bike ride..." tells me...

...that he's not spending enough time WORKING!

I'd love to have that much free time to get back in shape, but I live in the real world.

But, maybe it's better that he works less.

[NYC]

11. How did Bush get to Napa County?

Just asking.

[musette_sf]

14. according to the SF Chronicle:

"7:25 p.m.: The president helicopters out of Stanford and makes the 35-minute flight to St. Helena."

...on one of those plug-in hybrid Choppers Of Tomorrow, we presume...

[Malva Zebrina]

12. So were all roads within five miles closed to all traffic?

So he could enjoy "earth day" by having fun on his widdle bicycle?

No business on his desk today?

A few were blown up in Iraq. NEvermind, he has fun on his bicycle, while the world is in turmoil and oil has hit $75 per barrel.

Here is our hero. the self proclaimed "war president" cycling and having some great fun.

Everything else that is going on that is of great concern, does NOT concern him. Someon e else will take the blame--as is his usual cowardly approach.

I don't know if there were any cameras around to take this great war president, AKA the "athelete" but if there were, he may well have let go of the handlebars in order to get the photo op and run over a SS agent, who no doubt was following closely.

After all, there may have been some terraist hiding in the branches of some trees, putting this prick in their sights.

Love it. OUr war president goes bike riding while the world under his foreign policy, his failed foreign policy, is in chaos, uncertainty, with no hope of becoming better under the doofus, show off.

He is a show off. He is not and does not have the body of an athelete. Notice next time, the inarticulation of his feet with his legs. He has the body of a screw up when it comes to atheletic performance.

[Scurrilous]

13. "One of the bicycle-borne agents...

...had mapped out the route, and he was the only person who knew where to turn when the road forked. Bush, however, made plain he was in charge. "Drop back," the commander in chief ordered the agent, with a thumb over his shoulder."

The Decider! :rofl:

[musette_sf]

15. to which the agent replied

"Very good, Mr. President, but as you are not wearing a parachute, I suggest we turn THIS way instead."

[saltpoint]

17. Here's yet more of that "regular guy" George W. Bush, that

wild-cattin' brush-clearin' son-of-a-gun from Texas.

Well he may have dodged some mud on this bike ride, but his party will not be dodging a huge blue wave on November 7th.

[calmblueocean]

19. To me, it's an interesting glimpse inside the presidency

I hope it goes without saying that Bush is the worst president this country has ever had, but I find it interesting that he says when he rides is the one time he feels alone. I try to imagine not being alone for six years, and I can't. I'd just go crazy. I need solitude to recharge.

Then I thought, "What about that time he choked on the pretzel and fell off the couch, unconscious? Wasn't he alone then?" This makes that story make even less sense. One or the other has got to be a lie. Either he has lots more time alone than he's letting on, or the pretzel story is a sham. I wonder which one.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. So killing and maiming innocent Iraqi men, women, and children is

'living life to its fullest'?

[Rex]

21. 'Living life to its fullest' - yup he has officially lost it.

That's End Time talk. Will he be the Armageddon President?

[shanti]

33. but of course

didn't he say that history didn't matter because we'll ALL BE DEAD? perhaps he knows something we don't know.

[Mika]

22. I ask people a lot of times not to be in my line of vision..

Bush:

"I ask people a lot of times not to be in my line of vision because all I can see straight ahead is, you know, space."

Hahaha. Try asking for that (and getting it) in the real world of cycling. F-ing idiot is in la la land.

[pinto]

23. LOL. A Budweiser ad. Good call. (aside) Apparently he's also representing

mankind, now...

"It's a classic way for mankind to enjoy God's gift. Plus, we get some exercise."

Water bottles - $50
Biking shoes - $250
Mountain bike - $1,000

Representative of mankind - priceless

[Skip Intro]

24. Nice to know he's "living life to the fullest" - not letting any of that

blood on his hands spoil his enjoyment...

[freestyle]

26. Would he just f'ing go back already? To space that is.

Sometimes I really think they are from another planet.

[Haole Girl]

28. Grrr

"I still ride the mountain bike primarily to help settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life to its fullest," Bush told an Associated Press reporter who accompanied him on the ride.




Unbelievable. Maybe he wouldn't have so much "excess energy" if he had to truly work hard, like the majority of us. I hardly had the energy to run my errands this weekend, myself. Guess I'm not living such a Halliburton-kick-back kinda full life as the Prez. :sarcasm:

[AndyTiedye]

29. It Is Vitally Important That ** Spend As Much Time Bicycling As Possible

The future of the world may depend on it.

Anything that can settle THAT soul that doesn't involve death and destruction
has to be a good thing, yes?

[savemefromdumbya]

30. Ofcourse one has to burn off the cocaine?

[Lautremont]

31. "I ask people a lot of times not to be in my line of vision..."

No fuckin' shit. Dead soldiers, hurricane victims, old people, sick people, poor people - that's all you ask of them, fuck-all-for-brains.

[niyad]

32. "lung-busting high up in Napa county"???? someone is joking, right?

hey, chimpboy--try riding your bike at some REAL lung-busting atltitude, say, to the top of Pikes Peak, perhaps. or you could even try Barr Trail, which is ONLY about 7,000 feet.
honestly, there isn't a cyclist I know here who couldn't manage napa without breaking a sweat.
what a stupid, obtuse, uncaring, worthless POS.