Bush crashes mountain biking.

[Callistus Valer]

Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush a
bit dinged up.

The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
Texas ranch.

A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches on
his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.

His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned the
cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride -- refusing a
Secret Service offer to drive him home.

The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the area
lately and that the topsoil was wet.
------------
Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
quickly dispatched.

[Richard Adams]

Callistus Valerius wrote:
> Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush
> a bit dinged up.
>
> The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
> today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
> Texas ranch.
>
> A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches on
> his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.
>
> His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned the
> cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride -- refusing
> a Secret Service offer to drive him home.
>
> The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
> ------------
> Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
> quickly dispatched.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48380-
2004May22.html

Seems George is as error prone on two wheels as Kerry. I
guess we'll just have to consider issues rather than bike
handling skills.

FWIW, if he's got bum knees I'd think road would be better.
After 3-4 hours in the Santa Cruz mountains I'd usually limp
for the following week, with my bum knee, though it
tolerates consecutive days on the road, hammering away on 60
mile rides just peachy.

[Howard Kveck]

In article <U7Rrc.5676$Tn6.2667@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush
> a bit dinged up.
>
> The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
> today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
> Texas ranch.
>
> A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches on
> his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.
>
> His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned the
> cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride -- refusing
> a Secret Service offer to drive him home.
>
> The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
> ------------
> Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
> quickly dispatched.

Compare and contrast:

"Iraqis are ready to "take the training wheels off" and
assume political power from the U.S.-led coalition,
President George W. Bush said Thursday as his administration
began to roll out a rough plan for the June 30 transition of
authority."

--
tanx, Howard

"Moby **** was a work of art, What the hell
happened?"

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

[Stewart Fleming]

Howard Kveck wrote:
> "Iraqis are ready to "take the training wheels off" and
> assume political power from the U.S.-led coalition,
> President George W. Bush said Thursday as his
> administration began to roll out a rough plan for the June
> 30 transition of authority."

Now, now Howard, cite your sources (weblog this time)
:-)

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <c8p8k8$qe4@dispatch.concentric.net>,
Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:

> Callistus Valerius wrote:
> > Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President
> > Bush a bit dinged up.
> >
> > The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
> > today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
> > Texas ranch.
> >
> > A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches
> > on his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.
> >
> > His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned
> > the cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride --
> > refusing a Secret Service offer to drive him home.
> >
> > The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> > area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
> > ------------
> > Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
> > quickly dispatched.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48380-
> 2004May22.html
>
> Seems George is as error prone on two wheels as Kerry. I
> guess we'll just have to consider issues rather than bike
> handling skills.
>
> FWIW, if he's got bum knees I'd think road would be
> better. After 3-4 hours in the Santa Cruz mountains I'd
> usually limp for the following week, with my bum knee,
> though it tolerates consecutive days on the road,
> hammering away on 60 mile rides just peachy.

Who knows? There's terrain and there's terrain. And for that
matter, there's bikes (as in manly hardtails of doom) and
then there's bikes (as in freeride squish-monsters for
hucking off of great galumphing nightmare drops).

Insufficient info. We don't know if this happened because W.
can't ride upright on smooth fire roads, or because W. blew
the roll-out after buttering a 6-foot drop with a sketchy
landing area.

Mountain bike crashes don't count unless you can't ride away
from them,

--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

[Richard Adams]

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> In article <c8p8k8$qe4@dispatch.concentric.net>,
> Richard Adams <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Callistus Valerius wrote:
>>
>>>Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush
>>>a bit dinged up.
>>>
>>>The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
>>>today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
>>>Texas ranch.
>>>
>>>A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches
>>>on his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.
>>>
>>>His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned
>>>the cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride --
>>>refusing a Secret Service offer to drive him home.
>>>
>>>The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
>>>area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
>>>------------
>>>Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
>>>quickly dispatched.
>>
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48380-
>>2004May22.html
>>
>>Seems George is as error prone on two wheels as Kerry. I
>>guess we'll just have to consider issues rather than bike
>>handling skills.
>>
>>FWIW, if he's got bum knees I'd think road would be
>>better. After 3-4 hours in the Santa Cruz mountains I'd
>>usually limp for the following week, with my bum knee,
>>though it tolerates consecutive days on the road,
>>hammering away on 60 mile rides just peachy.
>
>
> Who knows? There's terrain and there's terrain. And for
> that matter, there's bikes (as in manly hardtails of doom)
> and then there's bikes (as in freeride squish-monsters for
> hucking off of great galumphing nightmare drops).

Like those in polls of late...

> Insufficient info. We don't know if this happened because
> W. can't ride upright on smooth fire roads, or because W.
> blew the roll-out after buttering a 6-foot drop with a
> sketchy landing area.
>
> Mountain bike crashes don't count unless you can't ride
> away from them,

I've had a few thrilling moments of air travel, with great
views of the ground and my bike summersaulting off behind
me somewhere, only to get up and dust myself off and pluck
a few burrs then saddle up and roll on. Worst crash was at
probably 5mph, a push off, tire hit a rock under deep sand
and twisted handlebars. I unpoetically fell over sideways
into a pile of pine branches, which ripped my arm up
pretty bad.

IIRC Crawford is pretty flat. He probably had his mind on
other things, not paying attention to the trail is the best
way to flail.

[Robert Chung]

Richard Adams wrote:
> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>>
>> Who knows? There's terrain and there's terrain. And for
>> that matter, there's bikes (as in manly hardtails of
>> doom) and then there's bikes (as in freeride squish-
>> monsters for hucking off of great galumphing nightmare
>> drops).
>
> Like those in polls of late...

http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/temp/bushjobapproval.png

[Howard Kveck]

In article <n3%rc.3661$FN.386057@news02.tsnz.net>,
Stewart Fleming <stewart.fleming@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> Howard Kveck wrote:
> > "Iraqis are ready to "take the training wheels off" and
> > assume political power from the U.S.-led coalition,
> > President George W. Bush said Thursday as his
> > administration began to roll out a rough plan for the
> > June 30 transition of authority."
>
> Now, now Howard, cite your sources (weblog this time)
> :-)

And what a weblog...

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_atrios_archive.html#1-
08526469520390163

--
tanx, Howard

"Moby **** was a work of art, What the hell
happened?"

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

[Steve]

Exactly!!

From a FRENCH website with the name COWARD.........

On 5/23/04 8:24 AM, in article 2hbu1qFb96k4U1@uni-berlin.de,
"Robert Chung" <me2@privacy.net> wrote:

> Richard Adams wrote:
>> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>>>
>>> Who knows? There's terrain and there's terrain. And for
>>> that matter, there's bikes (as in manly hardtails of
>>> doom) and then there's bikes (as in freeride squish-
>>> monsters for hucking off of great galumphing nightmare
>>> drops).
>>
>> Like those in polls of late...
>
> http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/temp/bushjobapproval.png

[Robert Chung]

Steve wrote:
> Exactly!!
>
> From a FRENCH website with the name COWARD.........
>>
>> http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/temp/bushjobapproval.png

Then you probably won't like this, either: http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/temp/fat-
vote.png

[Robert Chung]

Callistus Valerius wrote:
> Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush
> a bit dinged up.

[snip]

> The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> area lately and that the topsoil was wet.

From www.accuweather.com for Crawford, TX

TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL HI
LO AVG HI LO AVG DEPT AMNT SNOW SNCVR HDD 1
65 51 58 81 59 70 -12 2.89 0.0 0 7 2 73 47
60 81 59 70 -10 0.00 0.0 0 5 3 82 49 66 82
59 71 -5 0.00 0.0 0 0 4 83 56 70 82 60 71
-1 0.00 0.0 0 0 5 80 60 70 82 60 71 -1 0.00
0.0 0 0 6 82 63 73 82 60 71 +2 0.00 0.0 0 0
7 82 64 73 83 61 72 +1 0.00 0.0 0 0 8 84 67
76 83 61 72 +4 trace 0.0 0 0 9 83 66 75 83
61 72 +3 trace 0.0 0 0 10 85 67 76 83 62 73
+3 0.00 0.0 0 0 11 82 69 76 84 62 73 +3
0.03 0.0 0 0 12 86 70 78 84 62 73 +5 0.00
0.0 0 0 13 77 63 70 84 63 73 -3 0.92 0.0 0
0 14 71 58 65 84 63 74 -9 0.02 0.0 0 0 15
73 59 66 85 63 74 -8 0.00 0.0 0 0 16 83 56
70 85 63 74 -4 0.00 0.0 0 0 17 86 67 77 85
64 74 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0 18 88 73 81 85 64 75
+6 0.00 0.0 0 0 19 90 75 83 86 64 75 +8
0.00 0.0 0 0 20 89 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00
0.0 0 0 21 88 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00 0.0 0
0 22 87 71 79 86 65 76 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Mon, 24 May 2004 12:41:28 +0200, Robert Chung wrote:
>> The spokesman
> [lied, apparently]

What's Michael Moore's email?

[Richard Adams]

"Robert Chung" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<2he1qsF8jt2eU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
> > Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President
> > Bush a bit dinged up.
>
> [snip]
>
> > The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> > area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
>
> From www.accuweather.com for Crawford, TX
>
> TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL
> HI LO AVG HI LO AVG DEPT AMNT SNOW SNCVR
> HDD 1 65 51 58 81 59 70 -12 2.89 0.0 0 7
> 2 73 47 60 81 59 70 -10 0.00 0.0 0 5 3 82
> 49 66 82 59 71 -5 0.00 0.0 0 0 4 83 56 70
> 82 60 71 -1 0.00 0.0 0 0 5 80 60 70 82 60
> 71 -1 0.00 0.0 0 0 6 82 63 73 82 60 71 +2
> 0.00 0.0 0 0 7 82 64 73 83 61 72 +1 0.00
> 0.0 0 0 8 84 67 76 83 61 72 +4 trace 0.0
> 0 0 9 83 66 75 83 61 72 +3 trace 0.0 0 0
> 10 85 67 76 83 62 73 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0 11
> 82 69 76 84 62 73 +3 0.03 0.0 0 0 12 86
> 70 78 84 62 73 +5 0.00 0.0 0 0 13 77 63
> 70 84 63 73 -3 0.92 0.0 0 0 14 71 58 65
> 84 63 74 -9 0.02 0.0 0 0 15 73 59 66 85
> 63 74 -8 0.00 0.0 0 0 16 83 56 70 85 63
> 74 -4 0.00 0.0 0 0 17 86 67 77 85 64 74
> +3 0.00 0.0 0 0 18 88 73 81 85 64 75 +6
> 0.00 0.0 0 0 19 90 75 83 86 64 75 +8 0.00
> 0.0 0 0 20 89 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00 0.0
> 0 0 21 88 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00 0.0 0 0
> 22 87 71 79 86 65 76 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0

Yeah, but these days dubya is being followed around by his
own personal Little Black Cloud o' Gloom, what the weather
biz calls 'Isolated Showers'

[Tom Arsenault]

"Robert Chung" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<2he1qsF8jt2eU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
> > Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President
> > Bush a bit dinged up.
>
> [snip]
>
> > The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
> > area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
>
> From www.accuweather.com for Crawford, TX
>
> TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL
> HI LO AVG HI LO AVG DEPT AMNT SNOW SNCVR
> HDD 1 65 51 58 81 59 70 -12 2.89 0.0 0 7
> 2 73 47 60 81 59 70 -10 0.00 0.0 0 5 3 82
> 49 66 82 59 71 -5 0.00 0.0 0 0 4 83 56 70
> 82 60 71 -1 0.00 0.0 0 0 5 80 60 70 82 60
> 71 -1 0.00 0.0 0 0 6 82 63 73 82 60 71 +2
> 0.00 0.0 0 0 7 82 64 73 83 61 72 +1 0.00
> 0.0 0 0 8 84 67 76 83 61 72 +4 trace 0.0
> 0 0 9 83 66 75 83 61 72 +3 trace 0.0 0 0
> 10 85 67 76 83 62 73 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0 11
> 82 69 76 84 62 73 +3 0.03 0.0 0 0 12 86
> 70 78 84 62 73 +5 0.00 0.0 0 0 13 77 63
> 70 84 63 73 -3 0.92 0.0 0 0 14 71 58 65
> 84 63 74 -9 0.02 0.0 0 0 15 73 59 66 85
> 63 74 -8 0.00 0.0 0 0 16 83 56 70 85 63
> 74 -4 0.00 0.0 0 0 17 86 67 77 85 64 74
> +3 0.00 0.0 0 0 18 88 73 81 85 64 75 +6
> 0.00 0.0 0 0 19 90 75 83 86 64 75 +8 0.00
> 0.0 0 0 20 89 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00 0.0
> 0 0 21 88 71 80 86 65 75 +5 0.00 0.0 0 0
> 22 87 71 79 86 65 76 +3 0.00 0.0 0 0

I guess the question I most have is; why does he take so
much vacation? Every other say it seems like he's at the
Crawford Texas ranch. Doesn't he have a job to do? Or even
a campaign to run? That guy spends more time off than
anyone else I think I've ever seen. I think he needs to
spend a little more time in DC working on the problems of a
troubled nation instead of in Texas or Maine hanging out
with Mom and Dad.

Tom

[Kyle Legate]

Richard Adams wrote:
> Callistus Valerius wrote:
>> Crawford, Texas-AP -- A bike ride has left President Bush
>> a bit dinged up.
>>
>> The White House says Bush suffered cuts and bruises
>> today after taking a spill while mountain biking on his
>> Texas ranch.
>>
>> A spokesman says Bush has minor abrasions and scratches
>> on his chin, lip, nose, right hand and both knees.
>>
>> His personal doctor was along for the ride and cleaned
>> the cuts. Bush finished the last mile of his ride --
>> refusing a Secret Service offer to drive him home.
>>
>> The spokesman says there had been a lot of rain in the
>> area lately and that the topsoil was wet.
>> ------------
>> Like his friend Lance, an excuse for the incident was
>> quickly dispatched.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48380-
> 2004May22.html
>
> Seems George is as error prone on two wheels as Kerry. I
> guess we'll just have to consider issues rather than bike
> handling skills.
>
Kerry has never fallen off a segway.

[Robert Chung]

Richard Adams wrote:
>
> Yeah, but these days dubya is being followed around by his
> own personal Little Black Cloud o' Gloom, what the weather
> biz calls 'Isolated Showers'

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/24/opinion/polls/mai-
n619122.shtml

http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/temp/bushjobapproval.png

[Robert Chung]

Tom Arsenault wrote:
>
> I guess the question I most have is; why does he take so
> much vacation? Every other say it seems like he's at the
> Crawford Texas ranch. Doesn't he have a job to do? Or even
> a campaign to run? That guy spends more time off than
> anyone else I think I've ever seen. I think he needs to
> spend a little more time in DC working on the problems of
> a troubled nation instead of in Texas or Maine hanging out
> with Mom and Dad.

From October 2003: http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html

[Clovis Lark]

Robert Chung <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
> Tom Arsenault wrote:
>>
>> I guess the question I most have is; why does he take so
>> much vacation? Every other say it seems like he's at the
>> Crawford Texas ranch. Doesn't he have a job to do? Or
>> even a campaign to run? That guy spends more time off
>> than anyone else I think I've ever seen. I think he needs
>> to spend a little more time in DC working on the problems
>> of a troubled nation instead of in Texas or Maine hanging
>> out with Mom and Dad.

> From October 2003: http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html

I'd say that gives us 25% of the time to be thankful and
time to fear the impending other 75%...

[Tom Arsenault]

Clovis Lark <clark@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message news:<c8td5m$os3$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu>...
> Robert Chung <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
> > Tom Arsenault wrote:
> >>
> >> I guess the question I most have is; why does he take
> >> so much vacation? Every other say it seems like he's at
> >> the Crawford Texas ranch. Doesn't he have a job to do?
> >> Or even a campaign to run? That guy spends more time
> >> off than anyone else I think I've ever seen. I think he
> >> needs to spend a little more time in DC working on the
> >> problems of a troubled nation instead of in Texas or
> >> Maine hanging out with Mom and Dad.
>
> > From October 2003:
> > http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html
>
> I'd say that gives us 25% of the time to be thankful and
> time to fear the impending other 75%...

Ah, it's OK, because Bush isn't really making any decisions
anyway. He leaves that to his cronies Karl Rove, ****
Cheney, and others. I'm always wondering about the assertion
of most people that Bush is a likeable guy, which he
probably is, unfortunately, he's surrounded by evil doers
from his Dad's administration and others from Regan's. I'm
betting the reason he takes so much vacation time is that he
doesn't really have to do much. Which is why he's going to
lose come November, at least we can only hope so.

Tom

[Clovis Lark]

Tom Arsenault <giantcu92@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Clovis Lark <clark@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
> news:<c8td5m$os3$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu>...
>> Robert Chung <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>> > Tom Arsenault wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I guess the question I most have is; why does he take
>> >> so much vacation? Every other say it seems like he's
>> >> at the Crawford Texas ranch. Doesn't he have a job to
>> >> do? Or even a campaign to run? That guy spends more
>> >> time off than anyone else I think I've ever seen. I
>> >> think he needs to spend a little more time in DC
>> >> working on the problems of a troubled nation instead
>> >> of in Texas or Maine hanging out with Mom and Dad.
>>
>> > From October 2003:
>> > http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html
>>
>> I'd say that gives us 25% of the time to be thankful and
>> time to fear the impending other 75%...

> Ah, it's OK, because Bush isn't really making any
> decisions anyway. He leaves that to his cronies Karl Rove,
> **** Cheney, and others. I'm always wondering about the
> assertion of most people that Bush is a likeable guy,
> which he probably is, unfortunately, he's surrounded by
> evil doers from his Dad's administration and others from
> Regan's. I'm betting the reason he takes so much vacation
> time is that he doesn't really have to do much. Which is
> why he's going to lose come November, at least we can only
> hope so.

Factoid from the press conference when he announced the
principals of his cabinet prior to inauguration: "I'm a
delegator"...

> Tom