Sen. Kline tells off-roaders to buzz off (WA Dem unleashes astonishing hissy-fit)

The Seattle Times ^ | March 2, 2007 | David Postman

[Stoat]

Sen. Kline tells off-roaders to buzz off

Posted by David Postman at 11:41 AM

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.... sometimes Kline has no interest in restraint. In responding to an e-mail from someone asking Kline why he was backing a bill that would crack down on loud off-road vehicles, the senator sent this e-mail:

Dear Mr. Helgeson,

I signed on because I have been annoyed, endangered, and angered one too many times by people riding motorized dirt-bikes and other off-road vehicles
that have no damn business anywhere. To me, this bill is narrow — it doesn't include those "personal watercraft," seemingly jet-powered little missiles whose only apparent purpose is to risk death and dismemberment for boaters
and swimmers, for the amusement of spoiled drunk teenagers.

Yes, I am sure there is the occasional responsible person who rides one of these machines on land or water. And yes, like every human being I have been pleasantly surprised to find my stereotypes broken. But why, why, why, do folks insist on motorized "sports"? Those two words are an oxymoron.

There is nothing sporting — athletic, physically demanding — about riding any machine anywhere. And it's a damned annoyance to folks who see the outdoors as a place to go for quiet and solitude and self-exploration. I would be happy to ban the use of the internal combustion engine off-road, by anyone without a handicapped sticker, subject to a stiff fine. Maybe we could call this an anti-obesity measure.

Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can remember never to vote for me.

Adam Kline

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[Stoat]

(sorry for the forced heavy editing.  Please click on original article link, as there is quite a bite more that I was forced to leave out of this post)

Giving credit where it's due:

I found this article because it was linked at Orbusmax

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SDC - Senator Adam Kline

Senator Adam Kline

	Senator Adam Kline
	(D)  37th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
	Olympia Office: 223 John A. Cherberg Building PO Box 40437 Olympia, WA 98504-0437 (360) 786-7688 Fax: (360) 786-1999 E-mail

Senator Adam Kline
37th District  Seattle

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Official Senate Biography

Democrat: Term expires January, 2011.

Elective Office: Appointed to State Senate, 1997; Elected, 1997, 1998, 2002.

Education: Bachelor's degree, Johns Hopkins University, 1968. Law degree, University of Maryland, 1972.
Occupation: Sole practice specializing in personal injury and civil rights law.

Recent Awards and Recognitions:

Civic Organizations and Activities: Cooperating attorney, American Civil Liberties Union; former co-chair, Washington Conservation Voters; former chair, National Abortion Rights Action League PAC of Washington; former legislative director, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.

Personal: Sen. Kline lives in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood with his wife, Laura Gene Middaugh, who is also a lawyer. His daughter, Genevieve, is a graduate of Brown University and lives in Boston.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Ann Coulter says he's a faggot too.

[Stoat]

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[go-dubya-04]

I happen to agree with his evaluation of people who own and ride "personal watercraft". In general, a bunch of simple-minded jerks.

[Stoat]

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[doodad]

There is nothing sporting — athletic, physically demanding — about riding any machine anywhere

Hmm not a racing fan and has never participated I see. Probably drives a Prius.

[HairOfTheDog]

I happen to agree with his evaluation of people who own and ride "personal watercraft". In general, a bunch of simple-minded jerks.

And I have no love for off road bikers who seemingly only go out in the woods in order to make noise and chew them up. :~)

In our local state forest we've arrived at a really good compromise... the forest is split in half. Motorized ORVs on one half, hikers, bicycles and horseman on the other. It works.

[GretchenM]

Using Kline's expletives-should-be-deleted logic, internal combustion machines ON-road ought to be outlawed.

I hate to think what he would like to do legislatively to those infernal flying machines.

Okay, Senator: I nominate you to lead the new, statewide, on-and-off-road horse poop clean up detail.

[HairOfTheDog]

When I mention our local state forest in my above post, it is the same one this guy talks about:

One of the few riding areas where it is still legal to ride in Western Washington is Capital State Forest near Olympia. There are a few parcels of private property located within the forest. This law, if passed, would effectively shut this area down.

While there are a few parcels of private land up there, I would have a hard time believing it would "virtually shut them down". While it's possible it might close a few trails near the perimeter of private property, it's a really big place.

First I've heard of this proposed legislation, while I am no fan of the noise ORVs make in any forest, it is a duty of any recreational forest user to defend the right of access of people to public lands. They should have a place. It just may not be all places.

[Stoat]

There is nothing sporting — athletic, physically demanding — about riding any machine anywhere

Hmm not a racing fan and has never participated I see. Probably drives a Prius.

Perhaps, or one of Mr. Garrison's "It" machines from South Park

There is nothing sporting — athletic, physically demanding — about riding any machine anywhere

Hmm not a racing fan and has never participated I see. Probably drives a Prius.

[Seruzawa]

Oh please. Nothing screws up hiking trails worse then those freaking shyt spewing four legged nags.

[Quix]

I thought a hard earned PHD IN HISSY-FITS was a preliminary requirement for even applying to be a card carrying globalist Marxist traitor liberal clueless idiot??!

[bigfootbob]

"Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can remember never to vote for me.

Adam Kline"

This email is a fraud. No self-serving, mendacious reprobate RAT politician would ever put those words in writing.

[Chode]

around here, the horse people bitch about wheelers on their trails and then think nothing about completely ruining damn near ALL THE BEST FOOT TRAILS!!!

[ApplegateRanch]

Okay, Senator: I nominate you to lead the new, statewide, on-and-off-road horse poop clean up detail.

Comrade Commandante of the Red Horse Diapering Brigades?

Perfect position for someone who spew horse$h!t like that. I'll second his nomination.

[Stoat]

"Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can remember never to vote for me.

Adam Kline"

This email is a fraud.

From a part of the article that I was forced to excise:

It has been widely circulate and Kline's office is getting lots of calls from off-road enthusiasts. I'm trying to get a copy of what Mr. Hegelson sent Kline. For his part, Kline has no regrets. And let's face it, how many "motorized sports enthusiasts" are there in Kline's liberal Seattle district? Kline told Times reporter Elliott Wilson that snowmobilers have ruined ski trips for him and his daughter, they make noise and pollute.

No self-serving, mendacious reprobate RAT politician would ever put those words in writing.

Perhaps he has suffered a recent severe head injury and experienced a fleeting moment of lucidity?

"snicker"

"Please circulate this to all motorized sports enthusiasts, so they can remember never to vote for me.

Adam Kline"

[Just Lori]

Ah yes. His name is also on Senate Joint Memorial 8016. It calls for Bush's impeachment.