Yes, [url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/24/national/w134322D04.DTL]this is the shit that we need to worry about. The president’s vehicles require more equipment, which makes them heavier, and therefore use more gas.
What the fuck else is he gonna do, pack himself and the Secret Service into a fucking Prius? A small army of Vespas? A skateboard?
Thanks, Jennifer Loven, for wasting front-page space, and giving more fuel for everyone who thinks Democrats & liberals are off their fucking rockers.
Uh, any reason to assume that Ms. Loven is a Democrat and/or liberal, other than that she happens to work for AP?
Also, was this article actually on the front page of a printed newspaper? Looks like the AP wire feed to me.
Lastly, it doesn’t strike me as much of a bitchfest, particularly; it’s certainly not an Op-Ed piece, just another filler news item. Is there anything factually incorrect in the article in question?
Anyway, I’m a Democrat and/or liberal, and I think it’s a silly article. So, there’s one, anyway.
Hey, at least Jack Kennedy got a few extra miles per gallon by cruising placidly in a vehicle without any security enhancements.
Seriously, what the hell?
What a moron. How does this further the (important) argument that things need to be done about fuel consumption? She’s not bitching about wasted fuel, she’s bitching about fuel put to necessary use.
Well, sheeit, why try to mitigate the effects of manufacturers’ and consumers’ choices that have led to half of the new A–>B vehicles sold in the U.S. averaging a ridiculous 20MPG if we think the next step is requiring the freaking Head of State to get around on a bicycle? Eesh.
Oh for Christ’s sake, stop complaining about fuel prices. When that wouldn’t fill the tank in your Nissan Micra, some of us will finally start sympathising.
No, but if you already think the left is full of nutbars and then you read an article bitching about the President’s planes using fuel, wouldn’t you assume that they were a) liberal and b) loony?
Front page of SFGate.com. What’s a “prin-ted news-paper”?
Not that I spot offhand, but there won’t be any factual inaccuracies in an article I’m writing about the frequency, coloring, scent, and texture of what I leave in the toilet after a meal at Taqueria Cancun, either. Doesn’t mean it’s not a waste of whatever medium I publish it (or get it published) in, and of everyone’s time.
I thought it was an interesting little article. It might have been of interest to mention that in contrast to his vehicles, Bush’s ranch is very fuel-efficient, but maybe that’s just me. Anyone who would think it reflects some prevailing attitude of Dems and/or liberals is reaching. It ends, after all, with a reminder of Carter’s ineffectual efforts to get Americans to turn down their thermostats.
“But Bush is one of the nation’s most-traveled presidents. He has visited 46 countries, some of them several times, during his presidency. He has been to all states except Vermont and Rhode Island.”
We don’t need this. When Bush was running in the 2000 election, commentators often pointed out that he had rarely traveled outside of the U.S. The people elected him in large part because they figured that we wouldn’t have to foot the bill for much travel at all. Now, here we are with gasoline and aviation fuel bills the size of Texas. Can’t we ration his domestic and overseas travel to a couple of trips a year? As the author wisely points out, it is tax dollars that pay for that fuel and it’s not getting any cheaper.
I actually did have a problem with PaPa Bush and his recreational Cigarette boat, but no Bush Jr. should not be restricted from Safe travel. I might despise his policies but I don’t wish him dead or more importantly assassinated. All President’s need safe travel.
Aw, c’mon. Now you know the hourly fuel burn for a 747-200 aircraft. How can that be a waste of time?
Here’s my idea to save fuel: A NASCAR rules change, to straight electrics. Not only will it save on fuel usage and pollution (they still use leaded gas, btw), it’ll resolve that pesky restrictor plate issue once and for all.
And no fans driving to the track. Stay home and watch it on pay-per-view instead.
Thanks, folks. Your gratitude is compensation enough.
Didn’t you try this before? Oh yeah, that’s right, you got slapped around. To repeat what I said in the other thread, it’s not our fault that your government has chosen to gouge you with gas taxes, and it’s not our fault that you were too much of a sheep to try and stop them. Shut your piehole. By your consent you lost the right to bitch a long time ago.
