"He's a good rider," Bush said of Lance Armstrong

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:59:52 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
wrote:

Tim Lines wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
fuller wrote:

White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the group consisted of Bush,
Armstrong and about eight other cyclists, including Secret Service
personnel and White House staffers. The president led "Peloton One"
on a two-hour, 17-mile ride with a 10-minute break at the site of a
waterfall on the ranch.

"He's a good rider," Bush said of his guest as a White House
photographer took their picture, Duffy said. At the end of the ride,
Bush presented Armstrong and the other riders with T-shirts
commemorating their "Tour de Crawford."

READ: LANCE IS GOOD, NOT NOBODY IS AS GOOD AS OUR INFALLIBLE AND
PERFECT EMPEROR


Oh, bullspit. He MIGHT have just meant that Lance rode a MOUNTAIN
bike pretty well for a roadie. Or he COULD have had his tongue
planted firmly in cheek. (Afterall, who would expect a 7-time
winner of the TdF to be a good rider?)

It's the weekend. Take a day off from your biased whining...



YEAH! How dare those humorless poopyheads make a joke about our
Fearless Leader! It really makes me mad that those liberals can't
take a joke and don't understand humor! I'm so angry, I think I'll
go punch my Al Franken doll. I only wish it was the real thing!

"Fuller" quoted an article and then added his interpretation. (That's what
"Read:" means when used like that.) If it was intended as a good-natured
poke, then your point is taken. However, he used all caps and a derogatory
term ("emperor" -- quite similar to all the "American Imperialism" rhetoric
thrown around lately), so I'm guessing he was serious (read: ANGRY).

If it were read as a spoof of modern Bush bashing it has some humor. Sort of a
blamebush.com thing, so over the top it's hard to tell if it's deliberate spoof
or just frothing rant.

You can still bop Franken for {the good of mankind} me, though.

Think whackamole with one mole and he don't pop down.

Ron

Pfft. Please. The word "mountain" is in the name for a reason.

What's the elevation gain on an average xc race, you tell me.

"di" wrote in message
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"Blair P. Houghton" wrote in message
.. .
di wrote:
I can remember when John Kerry rode his Soretta around a
parking lot, it
was
a big deal, all these folks thought he was the greatest
biker in the
world.

Then you remember falsely about John Kerry and his Serotta
and
what people's opinions were.

--Blair


Don't think so

There were several threads at the time. I don't recall a
single message that suggested John Kerry was the greatest
biker in the world. A Google and Google Groups search on
"John Kerry greatest biker in the world" doesn't return much,
and its a big internet.

What's the big deal? Bush makes a joke. It's not a great joke,
but it's funny. The original poster makes a joke on top of
that. It's not a great joke either, and it's in all caps, but
by newsgroup standards that's not so bad.

who is al franken?
" my Al Franken doll. I only wish it was the real thing!

"D. Ferguson" wrote in message
...
On 21 Aug 2005 16:07:36 -0700, wrote:

I guess I'm old school, cause I think you need a mountain too ;-)


that's not "old school" thinking, that's "short bus" thinking.

LOL!

-p

wrote:
I guess I'm old school, cause I think you need a mountain too ;-)

The President has ably demonstrated an ability to make a mountain out of a
molehill.

Haven't you ever been to Texas? It's all flat after a fashion - UP,
DOWN, UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN.

I've been on plenty of MTB rides that took 2 hours and more. In fact,
there's one about 80 miles from my house that takes 2 hours to climb
and an hour to come down. You're dodging boulders the whole time.

Don't tell us - you're really Mark Weaver in drag? Or someone else who
figures that if they can ride faster than someone else they are
necessarily better?

"Mike Kruger" wrote:

"di" wrote in message
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"Blair P. Houghton" wrote in message
.. .
di wrote:
I can remember when John Kerry rode his Soretta around a
parking lot, it
was
a big deal, all these folks thought he was the greatest
biker in the
world.

Then you remember falsely about John Kerry and his Serotta
and
what people's opinions were.

--Blair


Don't think so

There were several threads at the time. I don't recall a
single message that suggested John Kerry was the greatest
biker in the world. A Google and Google Groups search on
"John Kerry greatest biker in the world" doesn't return much,
and its a big internet.

What's the big deal? Bush makes a joke. It's not a great joke,
but it's funny. The original poster makes a joke on top of
that. It's not a great joke either, and it's in all caps, but
by newsgroup standards that's not so bad.

That's just it though - I can't extract a "joke" out of the cap-lock
bit, try as I might. It sounded more like a whine, but maybe I just
don't understand liberal humor. ;-)

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

I ride around Lake Chabot here and there's one decent climb. It's a 14
mile route and it takes me about 1 1/2 hours. The fastest I ever did it
was 1:14 and that was when I was racing and in good shape. The last
time I tried to push the pace I was chasing a guy, washed out the front
end on a turn and ended up with a separated shoulder. Hopefully
Furguson will avoid that and learn by thinking. Unlike the rest of us.