Bush Biking, Relaxing at Ranch

[JohnLocke]

Bush Biking, Relaxing at Ranch
By Deb Riechmann -- Associated Press
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
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CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Besides monitoring the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia, President Bush is biking and strolling around his ranch here and pondering tax reform and other goals in his second term.
"He's clearing some brush this morning," deputy White House press secretary Trent Duffy said Tuesday, adding that the president and first lady also planned to host friends at the ranch.
"He's doing some biking and exercising as he normally does, taking walks with the first lady, and thinking about what he wants to accomplish in the second term."
(...)
Tax experts say Bush's plans to reform taxes likely will involve small changes to the current system rather than a sweeping effort to scrap the income tax for a radically new approach, such as a national sales tax.
The changes Bush is expected to propose still are expected to generate opposition, especially if he suggests eliminating favored tax breaks, such as the deduction for state income tax payments.
Tax experts in close contact with the administration say signs are pointing toward a plan that will seek to improve the income tax code, rather than replace it with a single-rate flat tax with no deductions, a national sales tax or Value Added Tax - ideas that gained prominence among conservative Republicans in the 1990s.
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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. He's so good at clearing brush

why doesn't he go clear some brush in Asia?

Maybe it would be 'hard work', eh???

[unpossibles]

4. he does seem to clear brush a lot

on the bright side, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll try to bike while eating a pretzel.

[Vektor]

27. HAHAHA

I was just saying the exact some thing out loud to my husband. We were cracking up and wondering if Bush is looking for another photo op!

Did you see that absurd Diane Sawyer interview with Kerry where she held up a picture of Kerry windsurfing next to Bush, you guessed it, clearing brush, and said "Are you worried that the American people will see these two photos and "identify with Bush's rugged masculinity better?"
(Paraphrased)

And Kerry looked at her like she was nuts and said something along the lines of "I'm sure the American people have more on their minds than obsessing over a man getting a few hours of exercise. Also, I clear brush too, but I don't ask a camera crew to follow me around snapping pictures while I do it!"

It was SO GD FUNNY.

[CottonBear]

69. What does he need to clear brush for?

Reagan cleared brush, hoever, he had horses. pastures and fencelines had to be maintained. What exactly is it that Bush ranches? Are there cattle or other livestock or are there row crops or grain/grasses? I've never seen any photos of farm or agricultural equipment. And, of course, absolutely no horses.

[BiggJawn]

73. To give the photogs something to take pix of...

Either that shit grows back fast, or he's just taking it on a little bit at a time.

Hey, Dumbya, 2 words: Tractor. Bush-Hog.

[CottonBear]

76. I like to use the DR Field & Brush Mower!

Those bad boys can mow down small trees! We have one at the farm where I keep my horse.

[Vektor]

79. It's an attempt...

To be photographed doing something that will make him look rugged and "manly."

[unpossibles]

83. maybe

the brush is what he is growing.... Who knows, other than it seems like it's all he does. Maybe he is a brush farmer, and that is his crop.

[Nordic65]

41. A truly global disaster

As of this writing 800 Norwegians are missing, the majority from Kaho Lak. 1500 Swedes are also missing. The total fugues are going to be devastating.

I can only speak for Norway, but if these numbers don't get down, it will be the worst disaster affecting Norway since WWII. I would imagine the same would be true for Sweden, Finland, France and a bunch of other western nations too.

I live in Oslo, Norway and in the last two days I've had three different encounters with the disaster:

1. My brother and his girlfriend was traveling in Myanmar. They were not affected, but the beach resort were they spent Christmas is probably gone by now. We had two days of hell before we heard from them.

2. My grandmothers neighbors spent their Christmas vacation in Thailand (unknown resort). Nobody has heard from them since Christmas day (two parents and a tree year old girl)

3. A close relative of my own neighbor, a fifteen year old boy was in Puchet when the disaster struck. He got lucky, but the experience got to him. He returned to Norway today and was immediately committed to hospital suffering from severe shock.

As we speak, tens if not hundreds of thousands of relatives across the globe are praying for their loved ones. And all we can do is hope. I my self was lucky, my brother was OK, but I feel for all the others that still live in fear...

How many americans are missing? And what, if anything, is Bush doing to help them?

[stevedeshazer]

49. We should be leading the way helping all.

[NYC]

59. I'm glad your brother and his girlfriend are okay.

Bush is vacationing. Maybe when Bush finishes vacationing he will do something to help missing Americans. He vacationed before 9/11, too. Vacationing is what he does best. Last I heard, 68,000 are dead. But Bush continues his vacation.

Welcome to DU, Nordic65. :hi:

[daleo]

61. Bush is clearing brush in Texas

What? You mean that won't help?

[Just Me]

54. Embarasses the hell out of me,...as an "American".

Geez,...*blush*,...hope we can get the rest of "Americans" on board to rehabilitate this "problem"!!!

C'MON!!!!

Be courageous and confront this dysfunction!!!

[madinmaryland]

2. Does this mean he is negotiating with himself?

"President Bush is biking and strolling around his ranch here and pondering tax reform and other goals in his second term."

[fryguy]

3. he'll go blind doing that

:bounce:

[AZCat]

7. Naahhh...

Condi does all the "negotiating", I hear. ;)

[fryguy]

8. in a blue dress?

n/t

[AZCat]

14. That's absolutely...

Disgusting. I hope she doesn't bag and save it...

:puke:

[louis-t]

5. Trust me, he's not pondering tax reform

but he is pondering ways to make this a one-party, one family, narrow-minded, excruciatingly conservative country.

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Yet another article on Bush biking but no pics.

hmmm....

[Richard D]

11. More facial bruises on the way?

[Danmel]

9. Clearing Brush. Pondering Taxes...

What a man of action and machismo is he. Biking, "strolling"? Shouldn't that be hiking? Seems a man who "strolls" might "whistle a show tune."

[StaggerLee]

16. I wonder if he'll find time to look into someone's soul

Aw maybe after a nap and some milk and cookies...

[Supersedeas]

75. Hard werk....ponderin tackses....hard werk...tell'em Scottie.

[gizmo1979]

10. Please oh please fall on your head!

[Miami Liberal]

12. This story has to be false

"He's doing some biking and exercising as he normally does, taking walks with the first lady, and thinking about what he wants to accomplish in the second term."

Thinking? Puhleeze, we all know he's incapable of that. :eyes:

[goclark]

55. Where are the pictures/videos of him on the bike?

I have never seen any photos.

We hear all about these rides and brush clearing.
Let's SEE him doing it instead of hearing the usual fairy tales.

[Mr_Spock]

13. Murder biking - murders at ranch

Killer chimp.

[damntexdem]

15. Oh, good: biking!

At first I read it as 'Bush bikini' -- and that was just too much for me to think about. Ewwww!

[Placebo]

17. He hasn't even had a press briefing about the Tsunami...

to even say publicly that he's sorry, etc...

And the White House is saying that this week is "normally a 'down time' for the President, and so you shouldn't expect such a statement."

Umm, I guess 50,000 killed isn't enough to interrupt Bush's precious vacation time for a 5 minute public statement? :shrug:

[diamond14]

25. or to mention the LOSS of more American soldiers lives EACH DAY

since bush* went on vacation....at least we worked hard to get the valued rummy signature on the letters for the DEAD soldiers' families...no more 'stamped' signatures....progress...


and Colin Powell got out there to say 'we're NOT stingy..."


the little bush* get-together with FRIENDS down there is likely the meeting for the BIG payback to donors....wonder if kenny lay is there?


hey bush*: where is 'dead or alive" osama bin laden, the murderer of over 3000 American Citizens on our own soil?????

and where is the anthrax killer, the bioterrorist who KILLED Federal Employees and attempted-to-kill United States Senators and representatives?????

and did you know that KURDS are being executed by Iraqi forces that YOU decided to trained and armed? KURDS are fleeing for their lives in northern Iraq????


IMO, bush* hides at the pig farm to do the real nixonian dirty deals with his reTHUGlican "friends", the war-profiteers....also, to drink and drug...which is why bush* can't come out and speak to the press...I remember nixon, near the end, when nixon got on National TV, slobbering DRUNK...many Americans were truly SHOCKED !

[Placebo]

28. It's pretty damn infuriating...

:grr: Best not to think about it too hard or I'll explode. :nuke:

[tabasco]

38. I'm so glad our "war president" is having such a jolly time.

Meanwhile our soldiers get blown to bits because of his corruption.

[Chico Man]

35. Compassionate conservatism at work

Dispicable, isn't it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

58. To parody that line from F9/11,

"I call upon all nations to help us stop these terrible killer tsunamis.
Now watch me clear this brush."

[Supersedeas]

82. all in one Bush breath--that's hard werk

[Tight_rope]

63. The motherfucker is always on vacation..

Real news would be if he is actually working. Bastard!

[aikido15]

68. It is embarrassing

To be living in a country ruled by an idiot!

[hopein08]

18. His bike isn't broken yet?!

He's fallen off it enough!

He really does go by the "if you fall off, get right back on."

Glad to see he's still "Thinking" (if that's what you want to call it).

[TaleWgnDg]

19. WTF? Does this idiot have the market on farm "brush?" heh.

And curious folks want to know . . . when is the next time he will "fall" off his bike?

edited to add this Chinese url: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:CWHZvGKYawUJ:www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/23/content_332966.htm+Bush+AND+bike+AND+fall&hl=en






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[pinniped]

20. I don't think anyone here believes * is monitoring $hit.

--and thinking about what he wants to accomplish in the second term."--

* thinking? Give me a !@#$%^& break!

[Placebo]

22. But he's the most admired man in Amurka...

you just can't be voted that, and be a moron! :crazy:

[Lisa]

21. thinking about what he wants to accomplish?

Okay, that's good for 5 minutes, max. After all, that sort of thing comes perilously close to "negotiating with myself", and we already know he doesn't want to do that, heavens no.

[Barrett808]

23. Worst natural disaster in recent memory, troops slaughtered en masse...

Take a break!

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

24. The "Sun King" lives again...

Pre-revolutionary France meet 21st Century America. One can only hope for the same eventual outcome...

JB

[kskiska]

26. My, my, my…he's doing all that?

What a busy, busy man. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders – while biking and clearing brush, of course.

[Vektor]

29. Maybe he'll hit a rock...

...and "land on the bar."

Yeeeeeooooowwwch.

[Florida_Geek]

30. Asshole,,,, on 9-11 Clinton was in Australia and he

made it back to NYC before Asshole....

Shit and the sheep love asshole.

[cosmicdot]

31. the on-going media creation machine weaving tall tales

a tall tale: exaggerated details that describe things as greater than they really are

Come on Deb Riechmann, AP Writer, tell us a bona fide tale ... maybe about Annie Oakley or Johnny Appleseed.

Besides monitoring the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia, President Bush is biking and strolling around his ranch here and pondering tax reform and other goals in his second term.

Yeah, right.

I think she wrote it exactly how it was told to her. Any pictures with the script?

On second thought ... was this piece really about what 'the myth' was doing or was it just advance work repeating stuff about the tax plans???

[fryguy]

32. biking? from the guy who couldn't manage a Segway?

i see stitches and bruises in chimps future...

[sam sarrha]

33. F'n Moron

[flordehinojos]

34. clearing brush is CODE WORD for DOING NOTHING.

IT could also be code word for BUSH'S BRAIN IS TAKING AN EXTENDED VACATION.

edited to add:

Doesn't he have hired hands to clear the brush?

[prolesunited]

36. C'mon, you guys!

All that presidentin' is hard work. He needs a little break. So what if the world is crumbling around us. Give a guy a break. :eyes:

[fooj]

37. pondering? Does he know what that means?

Is Rove there to give him the definition? Besides, doesn't * get all of his ideas from his "higher power?" Take a week off "to think"...give me a break!:eyes:

[0007]

70. "Pondering" is another word for circle jerk.

[LynnTheDem]

39. bush's pawns fighting, dying in Iraq.

Doesn't seem fair, somehow.

[CRK7376]

40. So what does the Chimp ride?

Curious minds want to know.

[yorkiemommie1]

45. presidential Hot Wheels n/t

[Bo]

42. Strolling while marines die.....

typical*

[moondust]

43. This tsunami stuff is such a distraction.

Cutting into MSM's Bush glorification time. How dare they go and die during the runup to the grand coronation!

[yorkiemommie1]

44. aaah... biking and pondering

and contemplating his belly button whilst he tries to conjure up more ways to screw the american public and yes, the world!

how are we going to 'take' four more years of His Obscenity?

[ally_sc]

46. figures...

never know what he is up to.

[VegasWolf]

47. Hey, vacation is a constant of chimp since pre 9/11. n/t

[susu369]

48. Strolling????? STROLLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:wtf:

[allalone]

64. last week he was moseying

[Occulus]

71. tomorrow it'll be a sashay n/t

[Megahurtz]

50. Good for you dude,

just enjoy yourself with all your wealth while other people are suffering in your wake.:hurts:

[VegasWolf]

51. Guess some soldiers dying in iraq who like to stroll too. n/t

[Disturbed]

52. $30 Mill for the Coronation?

This tax money should be spent to help the taxpayers.

[genieroze]

53. That moron * better keep his getting rid of middle class deductions to

himself. The reason I pay such high property and state taxes is because we are giving all of our revenues to the red states and getting little in return. We need to pay for roads and schools in the blue states some how. He does this I say succession, let the red states pay for their own darn roads and schools like people in NJ and other blue states have to.

[leesa]

56. HOW much frickin' BRUSH can you HAVE?

This man is the lowest form of life.

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[Raiden]

60. A true Christian...

:eyes:

[Algorem]

62. pig farm fraud.

[ObamaFan2500]

65. He need st ofocus more on the big picture

There is no need to clear the brush, though, i am sure he has servants to do it.. that isn't the type of exerices he needs.. he should be getting culture and thinking about history.. not this brush celaring

[JawJaw]

66. C'mon People

Give Mr Bush a break. He finally managed to work out how to switch his PS2 on (thanks Santy), he's spent the best part of a couple of days getting to grips with his dance mat, and you expect him to haul his ass in front of a camera to make a statement on the worst single disaster in living memory?

[Occulus]

72. BWAAAAA

[Tinoire]

67. Please... Give Bush a break... Please!@

Have you already forgotten the debates??!


http://video.buzzflash.com/04/10/ItsHardWork.wmv

Harry Shearer's song "Hard Work".

Transcript:

Title: Iraq Afghanistan and & Homeland Security

Bush: It's hard work.

Title: By August 2003 Bush had taken 250 vacation days

Bush: It's hard work.

Bush: ... and it's hard work.

Bush: It is hard work.

Bush: It is hard work.

Title: 27% of his presidency on vacation.

Bush: Hard work.

Bush: You know, It's hard work.

Bush: It's hard work.

Bush: Everybody knows it's hard work.

Bush: We've done a lot of hard work.

Title: While our troops are losing lives and limbs.

Bush: I've seen on the TV screens how hard it is.

Bush: Yeah, I, I, I, I, uh .....

Title: The most vacations of any president ever.

Bush: ....the troops would wonder, "How can I follow this guy?"

Title: Good question!

[HannibalBarca]

74. It's frightening

I was on that infamous website freerepublic and they seem to obtain psychological reinforcement by posting pictures of Shrub in macho poses, one in particular had him carrying an axe and they were all in awe at their great man's man of a leader. Rarely in history have I seen such a disparity between reality and perception.

[Dukkha]

77. Gosh!

flippin IDIOT!

[JohnLocke]

78. Kick (nt)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

80. "It's a shame about all those dead people...

"Oh well...let's not let it spoil our vacation."

[Bucknut213]

81. Has he ever?

He didn't let a few planes and 3000 lives ruin a good book.

[chookie]

84. Don't fall for the "Lazy Bush on Vacation" crap

He goes to Crawford when he needs to do his filthiest plotting, far away from the multitude of eyes in the Capitol. His house in Crawford is "safe" -- not bugged; communications cannot be intercepted.

The "clearing brush" is bullshit -- yet another red herring.

There *is* a method to his madness is failing to address this most horrific natural disaster; sadly, it is a devious one. He and his NeoCon pals are playing at the Big Game with this one. Of course, what they fail to comprehend is that all their plotting has done NOTHING but make the world a worse and far less safe place to live.

Whatever these pigs are up to, the sad truth is that his lack of action following this disaster will cause rage to reverberate around the globe against us. Truly, yet again he has shown himself to be utterly devoid of compassion and the desire for peace.

Expect some significant NEGATIVE developments in January, and really exploding in February.....till Impeachment Day.