SI.com: "Bush showed Armstrong sites he calls a little slice of heaven"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

'He's a good rider'
President, Armstrong take spin on 'Tour de Crawford'
Posted: Saturday August 20, 2005 5:16PM; Updated: Saturday August 20, 2005, 7:47PM

WACO, Texas (AP) -- It's no yellow jersey, but President Bush on Saturday presented Lance Armstrong with another shirt to show off his biking experiences -- a red, white and blue T-shirt emblazoned "Tour de Crawford."



U.S. Marines escort the casket of U.S. Marine Sgt. David Kreuter to his gravesite in Spring Grove Cemetery, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, in Cincinnati. Kreuter's widow Chrystina, follows behind in middle. Krueter was one of 16 Marines from a Cleveland-based battalion killed this month in Iraq. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

The leader of the free world and the world's biking master rode for 17 miles on Bush's ranch for about two hours at midmorning. Bush showed Armstrong the sites of the ranch that he calls "a little slice of heaven," including a stop at a waterfall midway through the ride.



U.S. Marines carry the casket of U.S. Marine Sgt. David Kreuter to his gravesite in Spring Grove Cemetery, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005 in Cincinnati. Krueter was one of 16 Marines from a Cleveland-based battalion killed this month in Iraq. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

They were accompanied by a small group of staff and Secret Service agents and a film crew from the Discovery Channel, Armstrong's Tour de France sponsor, which had exclusive media access for the ride. Footage was shot for a program on Armstrong to air this week.



A U.S. Marine officer carries the Purple Heart to the family of U.S. Marine Sgt. David Kreuter at his gravesite in Spring Grove Cemetery, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, in Cincinnati. Krueter was one of 16 Marines from a Cleveland-based battalion killed this month in Iraq. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

Neither Bush nor Armstrong spoke to reporters, although White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president was impressed with the seven-time champ's skills.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/08/20/bc.cyc.bush.armstrong.ap/index.html?cnn=yes



"President Bush showed Lance Armstrong (right) the sites of the ranch that he calls "a little slice of heaven.""

[mike_c]

1. Bush was "impressed" by Armstrongs skills....

Lance dragged two dozen cinder blocks and an SUV filled with Secret Service agents in an effort to keep pace with pResident Bush....

[NYC]

2. As he turns the rest of the world into a living hell.

[AuntieM1957]

3. Lance can ride a bike! Bush is so smart to figure that out...

Do you think Karl helped him?

[madrchsod]

4. amazing that those helmets

contained their raging ego`s..these two really desevre each other

[NoQuarter]

5. Love the way you included the reminders of reality.

n/t

[Canuckistanian]

6. Shrub should enter the Tour de France...

And Lance should run the country. Fair trade, I think.

[expatriot]

7. More "I'm just like you, Middle America!"

"I am proud of my acreage and love it so and love to show kindly folk around it and I will brag about and then go home after a nice hard bike ride and Laura will have a warm apple pie just out of the oven!"


If anyone is so naive to think that these "off the cuff" remarks are anything but plotted, planned and rehearsed then you are in denial. IT is a stage show.

[Ouabache]

8. Bush is showing Lance Jeff Gannon's favorite sites ??

That's gonna make Jeffy boy a might jealous.

[merh]

9. And while he vacations - 57 soldiers have died

57 Soldiers Have Died While Bush Vacations

August 2, 2005 to August 20, 2005

20-Aug-2005
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
18-Aug-2005
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US Staff Sergeant Jeremy Doyle
16-Aug-2005
US Specialist Michael J. Stokely
15-Aug-2005
US Corporal Thomas Strickland
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET
14-Aug-2005
US Specialist Toccara R. Green
US Specialist Gary L. Reese Jr.
US Sergeant Shannon D. Taylor
US Staff Sergeant Asbury F. Hawn II
13-Aug-2005
US Specialist Brian K. Derks
12-Aug-2005
US Specialist Rusty W. Bell
US 1st Lieutenant David L. Giaimo
10-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Evenor C. Herrera
US Sergeant 1st Class Michael A. Benson
09-Aug-2005
US Staff Sergeant Ryan S. Ostrom
US Specialist Francis Straub Jr.
US Private 1st Class Nathaniel "Nate" DeTample
US Private 1st Class John Kulick
US Specialist Gennaro Pellegrini Jr.
US Specialist Miguel Carrasquillo
08-Aug-2005
US Staff Sergeant Ramon E. Gonzales Cordova
07-Aug-2005
US Private 1st Class Seferino J. Reyna
06-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Chase Johnson Cromley
US Sergeant Brahim J. Jeffcoat
US Specialist Kurt E. Krout
05-Aug-2005
US Sergeant 1st Class Brett E. Walden
US Gunnery Sergeant Terry W. Ball Jr.
US Sergeant 1st Class Robert V. Derenda
04-Aug-2005
US Private 1st Class Nils George Thompson
US Staff Sergeant Chad J. Simon
03-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Adam J. Strain
US Specialist Mathew V. Gibbs
US Sergeant 1st Class Charles Houghton Warren
US Specialist Jerry Lewis Ganey Jr.
US Lance Corporal Nicholas William B. Bloem
US Corporal David S. Stewart
US Sergeant Bradley J. Harper
US Lance Corporal Kevin G. Waruinge
US Lance Corporal Grant B. Fraser
US Sergeant Justin F. Hoffman
US Lance Corporal Eric J. Bernholtz
US Lance Corporal Aaron H. Reed
US Corporal David Kenneth J. Kreuter
US Lance Corporal William Brett Wightman
US Lance Corporal Christopher Jenkins Dyer
US Lance Corporal Michael J. Cifuentes
US Lance Corporal Timothy Michael Bell Jr.
US Lance Corporal Edward August Schroeder II
02-Aug-2005
US Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull
US Staff Sergeant James D. McNaughton

http://icasualties.org/oif /

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Iraqi Police and Guardsmen Deaths

Jan-05 109
Feb-05 103
Mar-05 200
Apr-05 199
May-05 259
Jun-05 296
Jul-05 304
Aug-05 148 (146 have been killed while the weed vacations)
1681 2005 Total
1300 Total Prior to 2005
2918 Total

Oh, and it has been reported that 299 civilians (men, women, children) have been killed in this war during the month of August. (279 have died while the weed vacations.)

http://icasualties.org/oif/IraqiDeaths.aspx

[LibDemAlways]

10. David Kreuter went for a very

different kind of ride today, didn't he? And he didn't speak to reporters, either, because he couldn't. His "little slice of heaven" is now Spring Grove Cemetary. His family is no doubt devastated.

Meanwhile, the man who put him there, the one on vacation in Crawford, enjoys a bike ride as he gears up for a vacation from his vacation this coming week in Idaho.

And people still support the bastard? To quote Pete Seeger, "When will they ever learn?"