Ah, the things you miss when your bike touring. A week ago, my husband and I returned to Münster Germany following a 10 day bicycle tour along the Mediterranean Coast from Montpellier France to Barcelona Spain.
When I return from 10 days of camping with very little news contact, I spend the next few weeks being surprised by the things I missed.
Like this little tidbit from the G8 summit.
quote:The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.
[ July 24, 2008, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]
Posted by memeyou (Member # 11696) on :
hmm, i would think that after sitting on a tiny wedge for hours at a time for 10 days straight I would miss the feeling of comfortably walking/sitting/standing/anything.
Just me though
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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
What makes you think that we sit on our bikes for hours straight when we are bike touring? We are touring, not riding the Tour de France.
We take time to walk through the vineyards, visit churches and museums, swim in the Med, dine on Paella and sample the chocolates and cheeses.
We just don't keep up on all the news.
After a long bike tour, I miss the feel of having my legs going in circles. Honestly.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I committed one of my on pet peeves by originally giving this thread a title that gave no clue to the content.
When I first read this story, I figured it must be a spoof from The Onion, but after a bit of research it looks like Bush actually did this.
Has Bush's made it his goal to commit some major faux pas at every G8 summit?
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Sigh. It was so good to see the footage from Senator Obama's speech in Germany. Foreign crowds waving American flags...that weren't on fire.
Posted by lobo (Member # 1761) on :
I wish I was there. It would have been great to see Bush stick it to the rest of the G8. Liberal idiots...
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Man, how could you even make up this stuff if you were trying? Its like Bush is *trying* to look as bad as possible...
Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :
quote:Originally posted by lobo: I wish I was there. It would have been great to see Bush stick it to the rest of the G8. Liberal idiots...
Yeah, he sure showed them. Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
It's almost like he doesn't care.
And, given the fact he'll be out of office in six months, he might not.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:Sigh. It was so good to see the footage from Senator Obama's speech in Germany. Foreign crowds waving American flags...that weren't on fire.
I have to admit, whether crowds of Germans wave American flags or burn them is very low on my own list of priorities. Don't get me wrong, I'm disgusted with Dubya on this latest gaffe (is it a gaffe if it's so intentional?), but the way Germany has conducted itself on Afghanistan (that more than anything else, to me) makes me say 'to hell with what they think about us'.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:Originally posted by Javert: It's almost like he doesn't care.
And, given the fact he'll be out of office in six months, he might not.
Has he ever? I mean, beyond the "of course we'll keep your concerns and considerations in mind" (fingers crossed) level?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
what did the germans do?
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
G8 are allies.
President Bush thumbs nose at allies.
President Bush asks allies to help defend Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Allies, seeing how little appreciation their efforts are given by the US (as demonstrated by our duly elected leader) are even less inclined to help.
American soldiers must take on even more of the violent responsibility for fighting the Taliban and Al-Queada.
More US Soldiers are wounded and die.
I wonder, Mr. President, was that parting jab worth it?
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:The Allies, seeing how little appreciation their efforts are given by the US (as demonstrated by our duly elected leader) are even less inclined to help.
Another way to put this (and more accurate, in my opinion, since Afghanistan and Iraq are certainly not just our problem) would be to say, 'The 'Allies', giving little help to begin with, after receiving little appreciation for it, are further inclined to not help very much.'
And before I get misunderstood and criticized, let me reiterate that I think it was a deeply stupid and unnecessary thing for Dubya to have done.
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