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Sen. Kline tells off-roaders to buzz off (WA Dem unleashes astonishing hissy-fit)
The Seattle Times ^ | March 2, 2007 | David Postman

Posted on 03/02/2007 3:38:11 PM PST by 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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: adamkline; law; offroad; outdoors; sb5544; sports; washington
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To: 4woodenboats

Great work boats!


81 posted on 03/14/2007 8:28:21 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: 4woodenboats

Nice going, 4WB. They'll come back again though, as inevitable as the tide.

For now, though, take the quad out for me.


82 posted on 03/14/2007 9:47:22 PM PDT by IslandJeff (if you marginalize religion, only the marginalized will have religion. -Mark Steyn)
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To: Jo Nuvark
Thank you Jo

One of the best trophies we won out of this was the realization by both current and soon to be of age voters just how partisan the attack on us was.

100% of the sponsors of both house and senate versions of the bill were democrats and all but one senator who voted pro during comittee were democrats as well.

There are plenty of moonbats in the ORV world - they grew up reading and watching the same slanted version of reality their moonbat parents grew up with, so it's no surprise.

I was posting alot on a site I rarely frequent, Thumper Talk, among others, so was being careful not to be devisive. But when one fellow gave his 2nd rambling message comparing the lunacy of Senator Kline to the "voter manipulation" of Karl Rove, how this is all our fault, we just need to suck it up....typical liberal self loathing BS, I used the opportunity to correct his misunderestimations.

It worked, I got nominated for president (really!) lol, and the only one it disenfranchised was himself.

The fact is this bill was not about noise - the lib's willingness to let the bill die rather than pass it with just imposing the 96db limit, which is 1/2 as loud as the current 105db we have now, and perfectly acceptable to the ORV community, proved that.

Fraser, Kline, et al didn't care about noise. All they cared about was was section 4, which took law enforcement away from the law and gave it to trial attorneys.

Though there were numerous egregious and unprecedented punitive sections in this bill, section 4 guaranteed that anyone who brought a lawsuit against any ORV operator for any infraction whatsoever, real or imagined, would recoup their atttorney fees and costs, no matter the outcome, no matter the costs.

This bill was all about payback for the trial lawyers association and the Sierra club, who would be free to sue us out of existance on imaginary and frivilous complaints.

This bill would have ended the sport in this state, period.

Instead, the dems got exposed for the malicious, manipulative, arrogant jerks they really are, and in front of all these kids the've been trying to cultivate.

This makes for a win in alot more ways than just our sport.

83 posted on 03/14/2007 10:07:52 PM PDT by 4woodenboats ("Show me what Pelosi's 100 hours brought , and there you will find things only evil and inhuman")
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To: 4woodenboats

Great job! And from a previous-and-want-to-return-to off-road rally racer enthusiast, I really thank you!


84 posted on 03/15/2007 4:28:09 AM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: 4woodenboats

President Boats has a nice ring to it. LOL!

In grade school, my parents would take us to Yosemite every summer. We would stay in one of those tent/house keeping cabins the park is famous for. Loved it.

Just before we got married the entire family decided to take another trip to Yosemite. It was miserable. The roar of motor cycles (mostly Harley's) kept the entire basin awake all night long.

I am VERY thankful for the lower db technology and thoroughly behind anyone who wishes to participate in dirt bike activities. Bikers nearly always haul their bikes to the track in a trailer.

All in all the community is organized, civilized and hardy. Girly legislators just can't handle your machismo sport.

Congratulations on your victory!!! Hope this is a trend.


85 posted on 03/15/2007 1:18:05 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: 4woodenboats
SALUTE!!!

Makes my day!

86 posted on 03/15/2007 4:03:53 PM PDT by JDoutrider (I'm putting my money on the longshot! Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: 4woodenboats

I haven't followed this all that closely, but it looks like you did quite a good job. Thanks for your work!


87 posted on 03/15/2007 4:14:13 PM PDT by I_like_good_things_too (Don't make perfect the enemy of the good)
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To: Stoat; Maynerd; Bobsvainbabblings; moneypenny; Kaylee Frye; Clintonfatigued; wallcrawlr; Lucky2; ...

WA State Ping...JFK


88 posted on 03/16/2007 3:24:45 PM PDT by BADROTOFINGER (Life sucks. Get a helmet.)
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To: BADROTOFINGER

Thank you very much for providing a "Senator Kline Gets Steamrolled by 4Woodenboats and Offroaders" Update Ping :-)


89 posted on 03/16/2007 4:56:00 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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