I’m sorry but…eh?
To clarify, do you mean to say that no one is allowed to complain about the policies of their government after said government has been elected?
grey_ideas
What the fuck?
Do you honestly believe the idea that we’d save a few taxpayer bucks because Bush was a stay-at-home kinda guy tipped the scale?
Methinks that there were quite a few other issues at play other than conserving jet fuel. Hell, I don’t even remember it being mentioned except in a derogatory manner-- that because Bush had rarely travelled, he might not have an understanding of other cultures. I don’t remember anyone saying that it was a Good Thing.
Am I the only person that thinks the current Presidential Limo looks like a hearse?
That’s my problem with the car. At least let the Pimp my ride guys give it a paint job and some nice rims.
I’m not Shagnasty so I may be going out on a limb here, but wow. Bush could really save on fuel if he just rode around on the enormous WOOOSSSHHHH flying over Lissa’s head. 
At a guess the presidential jet (Air Force One) and the presidential helicoptor (Marine One) uses a lot more gas than the presidents car. 
Yeah, but you guys LIKE the higher gas prices. Its a matter of pride or something since I hear the same exact arguements from my Euro friends (and have heard it literally for years and years). 'Sides, you get all those kicken benifits from it so I don’t see what you have to complain about at all.
-XT
It’s a joke son, eh daughter, you know, a joke.
Troy’s response is actually acknowledging that an application for the direct replacement of Reeder, is the ever-so-slightly-pissy, Jennifer Loven…and I also bet Troy ain’t gonna be wasting any more time on ripping this trollop, unlike the partisan Reeders of this world.
BTW, didn’t Al take AF-2 on a 72 hour binge trip to Florida, Alaska & Kyoto to spend a few minutes to utter that the end of the world was at hand and then head back home? How much fuel was that? Couldn’t he have done it with his “invention” instead? More importantly, did Loven even take notice of that horrible crime?
Jesus Christ, Yeticus, if you simply must be a partisan hack asshole, could you at least be the sort of partisan hack asshole who doesn’t repeat, regardless of how obliquely, the “Al Gore invented the internet” lie?
And assuming that Loven was even a journalist at the time of Gore’s trip, it wouldn’t have made a great deal of sense for her to write about an isolated trip in terms of fuel consumption, because fuel prices were not at record highs at the time, thus the angle wasn’t there. Also, “a Democrat did it too” is the lamest fucking defense ever.
To the nitwits revving up the phony outrage on both sides of this bullshit Pit thread, get the fuck over it.
He doesn’t live here. He’s bitching about our bitching from over in Europe.
As I always enjoy pointing out, I have a friend who used to work with some of the guys who DID “invent” (not what Gore said) the internet, or at least the basic concept software and so forth. And they all agreed that, yes, Gore actually DID “create” (what Gore did say) the internet as we know it: he was the one going to bat for them in the Senate to make it a reality. They didn’t understand what the controversy over his statement was. But then, being secluded geeks, they probably weren’t aware of how full of shit conservative pundits are.
Oh. Heh heh. A joke. :o
In my defense, I’ve heard some pretty bizarre shit from Bush supporters. You never know . . . .
Look, Otto…“invention” was in quotes…tongue-in-cheek… :rolleyes:
They (Present and Recent Past Presidents & Cabinets) are all gas guzzlers…Pub & Dems, I don’t care how much a gallon of gas costs. My non-partizan self likes to point out that both sides do it, not just Evil Bush. That’s not an excuse, that’s a fact. If anything, Loven is the partizan hack, not me. You might be right that she wasn’t around to jump on Al’s case at that time, but nothing was stopping her from comparing Bush to other wasters of the precious in past presidencies…maybe except her own partizanship.
If you should be pissed about anything, it should be discovering another Reeder in this world. Come join me in this mini-outrage.