Bush Rides Roughshod Over Protected Federal Land
Bush Rides Roughshod Over Protected Federal Land
Yesterday, President Bush joked about his difficult bike ride through the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument:
I just spent some quality time in [Congresswoman Mary Bono’s] district, and I forgot to tell you that I had the privilege of riding my mountain bike in the desert, as well. The national monument that she helped put together to preserve open spaces – she’s got a lot of humility, she didn’t name the national monument after herself. If I were to name it I would say, Really Hard Bike Ride Monument.
But the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported that by riding through the area, Bush had ignored the “voluntary avoidance†guidelines at the Monument. The guidelines are meant to protect a species of endangered bighorn sheep:
Jim Foote, acting manager of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, said the Clara Burgess trail is also among those monument managers ask people to avoid part of the year to prevent disrupting endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep.
The trail is one of about 10 in the monument under a “voluntary avoidance†program. People are asked to stay off the Clara Burgess trail from Jan. 1 to June 30 during the sheep lambing season, he said.
If this latest Bush bike ride was like his others, a “massive entourage,†including a “long convoy of SUVs and off-road vehicles,†came along for the ride.
Apparently the White House isn’t involved in the Bureau of Land Management’s “comprehensive, multi-agency planning effort … to ensure the survival of the sheep.â€
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Nice pic of Bush on his bike > lol. He can resign and ride that bike for the rest of his damn dumb life on his silly phony ranch in Texas!
April 25th, 2006 at 12:55 pmJust have Cheney and Bush spending quality time in the same national park. Every one with its favourite amusement tool: Cheney with its shotgun, and Bush with its bicycle. And let’s wait for news, and who returns from the country trip, after Bush crashes with Cheney and Cheney unadvisedly shots his friend. Something like the Thunderdome in Mad Max 3: “Two enter, one exits”…
April 25th, 2006 at 12:58 pmThere friggin sheep, my only concern if they go extinct is no more mutton from them.
April 25th, 2006 at 12:58 pm#3 As long there are Republicans, there would be sheep…
April 25th, 2006 at 1:00 pmThink of the “kids”
April 25th, 2006 at 1:03 pmGeez, doesn’t he have anyone in the White House who checks this kind of stuff?
#3 – Squeegy, you must do better than that, really. ;)
April 25th, 2006 at 1:04 pmHave you ever tasted or smelled mutton? Ugh.
The Secret Service failed to give Bush a facial protector shield on that bike ride ( pic above)! Dubya tends to crash alot and falls on his face > he still needs bicycle training wheels > lol.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:05 pm#5 – They’re sheep, not goats.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:05 pmHe really can win to lose these days. Further proof that ignorance is NOT bliss :)
April 25th, 2006 at 1:08 pmApparently the White House isn’t involved in the Bureau of Land Management’s “comprehensive, multi-agency planning effort … to ensure the survival of the sheep.â€
I absolutely disagree. The White House is doing its outmost to ensure the sheep survive.
Read the comments posted by the trolls here at Think Progress and you will see the sheep are doing well and thriving, thank you very much. Not to mention that 32% out there.
Just sayin’…
April 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pmI’m wondering…was President Bush able to stay on his bike, and if not, did he blame any of the secret service guys for knocking him down? Just wondering.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pmDo not let Cheney near any wild sheep > he might try to shoot one and hit Dubya instead on his bike > lol. Rumsfeld and sheep are not a good thing either > he might try to have sex with one!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pmDamn small type in the comments window…
He really can’t win to lose these days. Further proof that ignorance is NOT bliss :)
April 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pm#7 – You know, I’ve gone over the handlebars of my bike before, but I never landed on my face. I just skinned up my arms. My son broke his elbow going over the handlebars of his bike. Georgie needs to learn to stop leading with his face. Or “leading” at all.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:10 pm“outmost” above means “utmost”
April 25th, 2006 at 1:10 pm‘lamb, ram, mutton or sheep. Who knows what it is?’
If anybody else were to ride a bike on that trail, they would be issued a citation. Not George Bush, though, Mr. Thirty-two Percent gets a free ride everywhere he goes.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:11 pm8
Ok it was baaaaaad then :)
April 25th, 2006 at 1:12 pm#16 If anybody else were to ride a bike on that trail, they would be issued a citation. Not George Bush, though, Mr. Thirty-two Percent gets a free ride everywhere he goes.
You liberals ticket people for not following “voluntary avoidance†programs now? Talk about social norming.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:14 pmIf Oil Cartels get desperate they might decide to render those sheep for carcus oil > lol. Everything the Bush Regime touches turns to Hell > he must be the Anti-Christ?!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:17 pmYou liberals ticket people(…)
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 1:14 pm
Can you stop talking in absolutes? It’s really annoying…
April 25th, 2006 at 1:18 pmNice try, but it is you conservatives that are pushing for marshall law and stricter enforcement of stupid laws.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:18 pm#18 if you’re so in favor of the voluntary part of “voluntary avoidanceâ€, surely you were against the impeachment of Clinton based in sex out of the marital link, isn’t? After all, fidelity in matrimony is voluntary, too… /sarcasm off
April 25th, 2006 at 1:19 pm18, voluntarily avoid paying your taxes and see what happens to you. A ’special agent’ will probably pay you a visit. ‘Special agent’ means armed agent.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:19 pm#20 Gregor, I can try, but I can’t promise anything. Man you liberals are so demanding these days.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:22 pm#16
It was voluntary…right or wrong.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:22 pm“But the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported that by riding through the area, Bush had ignored the “voluntary avoidance†guidelines at the Monument. The guidelines are meant to protect a species of endangered bighorn sheep:”
NO BLOOD FOR SHEEP! BUSH=SHEEPLER! BUSH LIED SHEEP DIED!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
#23 Last I checked taxes arn’t voluntary.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:24 pmI remember faxing a letter to President Clinton, and VP Gore, in 1999 warning them that Bush Junior would run in 2000 against Gore, and that he would cheat to win in Florida! It all came to pass and I told them that Bush personally is a dummy, but has smart handlers like Karl Rove!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:27 pmBoy I was on the money, but Gore choose the traitor Lieberman as his running mate, and the rest is history!
#26 BUSH LIED SHEEP DIED!
If this is true, take care, you’re in the endangered group…
Or maybe not. Don’t take care, and please, go to all the Bush conferences and money raisers you can. Enjoy!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:28 pmTaxes aren’t called ‘voluntary taxes’ they’re mandatory…if only. And Clinton’s impeachment wasn’t about extramarital sex it was obstruction of justice and abuse of power.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:28 pmLast I checked taxes arn’t voluntary.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
“According to the IRS Mission Statement, the Federal Tax Regulations, the Internal Revenue Manual, the US Supreme Court, and expert testimony given before Congress, the tax system is based on voluntary compliance”
April 25th, 2006 at 1:28 pmAre Taxes in the US voluntary?
Why…. it’has not been since Yale; initiation in Skull and Bones, that I’ve been up a sheep’s trail.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:29 pmPost 26 I-R-I > first funny thing you have said on TP > lol.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:29 pmBUSH LIED SHEEP DIED!
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 25, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
You just want them to mow your lawn…
April 25th, 2006 at 1:30 pmI’ve been away for afew months and it’s the same old thing around here. Soft libs and sicko Bush nuts. Dude, atleast change your handles to make it appear diverse and popular!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:32 pmLast I checked taxes arn’t voluntary.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
Everything, except for death, is voluntary. It’s the really undesirable consequences of not doing certain things that make you think that they aren’t.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:32 pm#30 In fact was a trap. Republicans knew that a simple affair couldn’t throw down Clinton, so they used milions of taxpayer’s dollars to hunt him and force a lie. A lie about his relation with Monica Lewinsky, not about national security, so please, don’t use the big words with me. Was simply a smear job, nothing ado with the performance or capabilities of Clinton.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:33 pmLike junior cares about anything but his corporate campaign donors wallets.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:33 pmThis POS is killing innocent people by the thousands while raping his own country’s treasury and handing the money to his contractor campaign donors. Environment and wildlife concerns? You’ve got to be joking. Somebody quick, jamb a large stick in the War Pig’s bicycle spokes.
“Clinton’s impeachment wasn’t about extramarital sex it was obstruction of justice and abuse of power.”
Such little enunchs, all looking for their manhood. Problem is, you never had balls to begin with.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:34 pmIt’s funny, here in the heart of Texas you can actually SEE the buyer’s remorse on the faces of the retards who voted for Bush. Hilarious!
April 25th, 2006 at 1:35 pm#37 He lied and tried to conceal the truth. His saving grace was that he didn’t ask others to help him conceal it.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:36 pmOff to lunch have fun whacking the Bush Bozo > lol
April 25th, 2006 at 1:37 pm#41 Bush has lied many times and asked others to conceal it, for example about the reasons to go to war with Iraq, and asking Colin Powell to do a PR stun at the UN, with all those (supposed) trucks with biological weapons in the Iraqi desert, even knowing that it was plain false. All is in paper, in film, in internet and our memories just now. So you will be eager to impeach him too, isn’t?
April 25th, 2006 at 1:41 pm#43 I see none of those as lies, perhaps bad information or embellishment, but more importantly none were under oath. You say the reasons for war with Iraq were lies, they were not.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:48 pmIt’s funny, here in the heart of Texas you can actually SEE the buyer’s remorse on the faces of the retards who voted for Bush. Hilarious!
Comment by Alito the Vagina Inspector
Those are Austin communists. They always look that way.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:50 pm#44 Your opinion. And there are lots of facts against your opinion.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:54 pmWell the dude isn’t a real Mt Biker if he was he would have respect for the laws that protect nature and animals.
April 25th, 2006 at 1:55 pm“Those are Austin communists”
“reasons for war with Iraq were lies, they were not”
April 25th, 2006 at 1:56 pmSquat when you read GOP scripture eunuchs
You say the reasons for war with Iraq were lies, they were not.
Comment by bhealy — April 25, 2006 @ 1:48 pm
How appropriate, in a thread about sheep.
We have found a 32%er…
April 25th, 2006 at 2:07 pmI’m just embarrassed I have the same bike….
April 25th, 2006 at 2:11 pm#44 Your opinion. And there are lots of facts against your opinion.
Comment by Evil Spaniard
What’s my opinion? That Spanish communists are progressing by giving monkeys the same rights as you? That Spaniards=Monkey? What could you possibly be talking about?
April 25th, 2006 at 2:17 pmI think I’ve found some photo evidence… it’s true, Georgie does use training wheels:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhaggz/134913840/
April 25th, 2006 at 2:31 pmHow appropriate, in a thread about sheep.
We have found a 32%er…
Which makes you a 68%er, yay math. Majority sheep are still sheep. And to clarify, I may not agree with the reasons given for war, but that doesn’t make them lies.
April 25th, 2006 at 2:31 pmI’m just embarrassed I have the same bike….
Comment by Jamie
link?
April 25th, 2006 at 2:33 pm#31 “According to the IRS Mission Statement, the Federal Tax Regulations, the Internal Revenue Manual, the US Supreme Court, and expert testimony given before Congress, the tax system is based on voluntary complianceâ€
My mistake, it looks like they are voluntary, so yet again anouther example of a voluntary program, brought into being and constantly expanded by liberals, that we are forced to participate in.
April 25th, 2006 at 2:39 pmI believe that the income tax amendment of the Constitution has never been ratified as the ERA has never been ratified.There was a case last year that was won where some dude sued over income tax.There was also some other survey from today that showed the red/blue map of bush approval over 50%.Just four states WY,NB,IDand UT are red,the rest of the map is blue.Why is this creep getting any postitve press is beyond me.Poor sheep.
April 25th, 2006 at 2:39 pmDoes he ever work?
Iraq exit?
April 25th, 2006 at 2:57 pmHow Afghanistan?
Got Bin Laden?
Deficit?
Healthcare?
Complex tax system?
Education?
Alternative energy plan?
Working poor?
Katrina survivors and the gulf coast?
Homeland security?
brought into being and constantly expanded by liberals, that we are forced to participate in.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 2:39 pm
wha?? Your little rant makes no sense… 1) There have always been consequences to a person not paying taxes, and 2) The tax code has been expanded over the years, by both Republican and Democrat administrations: History of the U.S. Tax System
Here is an article that explains “frivolous arguments” in regards to filing taxes: IRS Rebuts Those Making Frivolous Arguments on Paying Taxes -follow the link to “The Truth About Frivolous Arguments”.
April 25th, 2006 at 2:59 pm#58 There have always been consequences to a person not paying taxes
So then it isn’t voluntary. You can’t argue it both ways.
voluntary-Done or undertaken of one’s own free will
Acting or done willingly and without constraint or expectation of reward
Normally controlled by or subject to individual volition
If your penalized for not doing something it stops being voluntary. See above definitions.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:10 pmIf your penalized for not doing something it stops being voluntary. See above definitions.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 3:10 pm
Not true.
For example… you have a choice whether or not you put your finger in the electrical outlet or not. If you chose to do so, you get shocked. That’s a negative consequence (at least, I hope you consider it negative :). It doesn’t make sticking your finger in the outlet not manditory becaue there are consequences. In life there are choices and consequences. Capisce?
April 25th, 2006 at 3:18 pmSo then it isn’t voluntary. You can’t argue it both ways.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 3:10 pm
Squegeeboo,
Why do you refuse to follow the links and read? Do you think I include them because they look “cool”?
And again you fail to understand that it is not me who is arguing it (just like with our discussion on freedom of speech). I am telling you what Congress, the IRS, etc. have said over the years. Please follow the link to the frivolous claims and read the IRS’ official statements on voluntary filing.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:21 pmAs long there are Republicans, there would be sheep…
Comment by Evil Spaniard
April 25th, 2006 at 3:30 pmGreat comment!!
#61 Why do you refuse to follow the links and read? Do you think I include them because they look “cool�
you mean you don’t?
There, I posted a link with my definitions this time, and included the accepted law defintion that applies also
http://www.answers.com/voluntary&r=67
1. voluntary-Done or undertaken of one’s own free will
2. Acting or done willingly and without constraint or expectation of reward
3. Normally controlled by or subject to individual volition
Law
4. Without legal obligation or consideration
If you are penalized for doing/not doing something then it alters your decision making process towards an action(invalidates defintion 1), if you are penalized for doing/not doing something it means your are doing it with constraints (invalidates definition 2)
You have legal obligations towards taxes, invalidates definition 4
The third definition falls into unbelievables views on it, thats it’s all free will.
So basically, 3 out of 4, including the law definition claim taxes arn’t voluntary. If we use your links, we get two different gov’t views on it. One that it is voluntary, one that it isn’t.
“I am telling you what Congress, the IRS, etc. have said over the years.”
April 25th, 2006 at 3:33 pmSo your telling me the gov’t is contradictory and confusing. Sounds about right.
Interesting how Dubious’ comments are all ego-centric:
“She didn’t name it after herself”
and (my) “Really Hard Bike Ride”
and “I forgot to to tell you (as he brings it up) I had the privilege of riding MY mountain bike….etc.”
He becomes more juvenile every day, his lack of self esteem is glaringly apparent as he searches to complement others in the hopes he will receive one in return… pathetic…
If ewe think for one moment I will stand idly by as this clown tries to shepherd along his crook agendas, and fleece future generations of Americans of their right to a healthy pasture……. well,……….. I don’t think so…
April 25th, 2006 at 3:34 pmTo ram an illegal war down our throats, and lambast honest patriots as he tries to foist his woolly thinking about what a secure America means is shear effrontery to the mindful (68%) majority of sentient people in this country.
Flock off, George.
so yet again anouther example of a voluntary program, brought into being and constantly expanded by liberals, that we are forced to participate in. – squegeeboo
The first income tax was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:34 pmBush has no regard for the environment, endangered species or anything that stands in the way of his enjoyment, self-indulgence, and greed.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:38 pmBTW, this job as chimp-in-chief certainly affords him an awful lot of free time for his fun. The rest of us slog along, day after long day, making ends meet, but joy-boy certainly gets in his two hours of recreation followed by his two hour nap before dinner, followed by an early bed time.
#65 The first income tax was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln.
True, but it was done as a war time policy, that was removed from the books as soon as possible.
As opposed to the Dem’s that started using it as a platform starting in 1896, and where the main force behind it in the congress.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:46 pmhttp://www.adena.com/adena/usa/hs/hs43.htm
If we use your links, we get two different gov’t views on it. One that it is voluntary, one that it isn’t.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 3:33 pm
::Sigh:: You still haven’t read the IRS’ “Truth About Frivolous Argumentsâ€. It is voluntary inasmuch as you choose when to file, and you are on your own when it comes to determining how much you owe. In other countries these are not voluntary, they are compulsory and taxes are taken out of your paycheck -no need to file.
This also fits the definition of voluntary: “Capable of making choices; having the faculty of will”, or “Done deliberately; intentional”. Of course there will be consequences if you don’t pay taxes; I cannot believe I am arguing semantics with you.
You are being contrarian for the sake of being it.
So your telling me the gov’t is contradictory and confusing. Sounds about right.
We can easily agree on this one. Specially when it comes to the tax code.
April 25th, 2006 at 3:59 pmTrue, but it was done as a war time policy, that was removed from the books as soon as possible.
Comment by squegeeboo — April 25, 2006 @ 3:46 pm
I am not sure what you are trying to prove to yourself with this line of argument -if taxes were so abhorrent for conservatives, no Republican administration would have expanded or otherwise modified the tax code; they would have simply got rid of it.
The tax code is messy and complex thanks to contributions from both parties.
April 25th, 2006 at 4:01 pm#68 You are being contrarian for the sake of being it.
I refuse to agree with that statement.
April 25th, 2006 at 4:06 pmBush is a stupid, insensitive son of a bitch with a small mind and an outsized ego. I believe the appropriate term for such a person is “asshole.”
April 25th, 2006 at 4:07 pm#68 You are being contrarian for the sake of being it.
I refuse to agree with that statement.
Comment by squegeeboo
And that, Gregor, is Squeegy in a nutshell.
April 25th, 2006 at 5:15 pmhttp://www.goclipless.com/2004/07/president_bush_.html
I was slightly off, I’ve got a Fuel 90, not a 98 – remove the carbon fibre and about $1000 – I feel a little better…
April 25th, 2006 at 5:20 pmI’m wondering…was President Bush able to stay on his bike, and if not, did he blame any of the secret service guys for knocking him down? Just wondering.
Comment by C Storms
April 25th, 2006 at 9:35 pm————————————————————————————————-
If Bush fell off his bike, it would be Bill Clinton’s fault.
Bush’s approval polls could eventually drop to about 20%, the same as Cheney, but NO lower because that 20 % represents Pat Robertson’s dummy disciples, skin-head Nazi freaks in Idaho, and pediphile pud-puller weirdos > lol.
April 25th, 2006 at 11:39 pmjust found this in my email…wanted to share (i may post in another thread also, since it’s so late)
While suturing a cut on the hand of an old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to former Texas Gov. George W. Bush and his elevation to the White House.
The old Texan said, “Well, ya know, Bush is a ‘post turtle’.” Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was. The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. “You know he didn’t get there by himself, you know he doesn’t belong there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, and you just want to help the dumb shit get down.”
let’s help: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=taxonomy/term/17
April 26th, 2006 at 12:27 amhttp://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions
#51
#44 Your opinion. And there are lots of facts against your opinion.
Comment by Evil Spaniard
What’s my opinion? That Spanish communists are progressing by giving monkeys the same rights as you? That Spaniards=Monkey? What could you possibly be talking about?
Comment by I-RIGHT-I
Curious… the post #44 is from bhealy. You’re bhealy? Why are you using so many nicks? Maybe feeling a bit (more) schizo lately, IRI?
And surely the Spanish communists read blogs and saw your posts, that’s the reason of thinking in monkey’s rights. After all, Spanish communists are compasionate even with room level temperature IQ rethugs, as you… basic charity with retards… and sorry for the comparation of IRI with a retards, true retards aren’t responsible for his retardiness…
April 26th, 2006 at 6:56 am