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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Politics Rep. Patrick McHenry Is A Prehistoric Tool

Posted by Scott Moore on Tue, Aug 14 at 5:10 PM

I’m a little late to this, but if you haven’t already seen this on BikePortland.org, I highly recommend you watch the following video clip—if you enjoy being infuriated.

This is North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry’s response to the Democrats’ energy plan. Part of the plan was authored by our own Earl Blumenauer, and offers tax incentives to bike commuters. Pretty solid plan, right? When people trade their cars for bicycles, they ease congestion, decrease road damage, don’t add to smog and pollutions, keep us off foreign oil, and improve their health, thus leading to lower healthcare costs for everyone. So why not give them a little incentive?

McHenry, though, thinks that’s a terrible idea.

If it makes you feel any better, McHenry has got some pretty serious problems he’s dealing with.

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i think horse drawn buggies are romantic

Posted by miguelaron | August 14, 2007 5:51 PM

Odd that NC has an entire division devoted to this 19th century invention:
http://www.ncdot.org/transit/bicycle/

Posted by indy | August 14, 2007 6:23 PM

And what was his response to the revelation that his aide committed voter fraud?

"It’s unfortunate that political opponents chose to target this young man in order to attack me." - Rep. Patrick McHenry

Ignore this clown. He also blamed the democrats for the Mark Foley scandal.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/08/mchenry-pelosi/

asshole defined.

Posted by >>> | August 14, 2007 7:04 PM

What a stupid tool.

Can we has IQ tests for lawmakers yet?

Posted by Samuel John Klein | August 14, 2007 8:46 PM

It might have pissed me off is this asshat was better at sarcasm. But since the idea of "Save energy; ride a bike!" is actually logical, he really just sounded like he was reinforcing how elegant and simple the plan is.

Posted by Dex | August 14, 2007 10:42 PM

It's also interesting that he makes a big deal about how a total of $1 million has been put aside for the bike tax-incentive. Sure, that's no small chunk of change, but that's what, fifteen minutes worth of the Iraq War that his Republican cronies dragged us into? Why not end this stupid war, bring the troops home, and save a billion dollars a week (or whatever it is we're spending there now, I've been too dispirited to check lately).

Posted by Iron Fist | August 14, 2007 11:18 PM

mchenry's roommate took a plea deal and plead guilty to voter fraud.

he also has many, many problems in his closet.

Posted by mchenry is a loser | August 15, 2007 7:21 AM

This is why I left the South.

Posted by Murray | August 15, 2007 8:57 AM

What the fuck? Is he retarded?

Posted by Cruspy Critr | August 15, 2007 5:13 PM

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