In a classic example of how crass the Bush administration can be when it comes to the natural environment and pandering to the public to try and make a come back in the polls, just hours after some of us celebrated the 36th anniversary of Earth Day, President George W. Bush went for a bike ride in a restricted mountainous area of California where the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep live, according to The (Palm Springs) Desert Sun.

It was uncertain Sunday night if White House organizers accompanying President Bush knew about the voluntary avoidance program, according to the paper - or whether they cared, according to us.

The wires are now reporting Bush's remarks this morning in which he is supposedly calling for an investigation into gas price gouging. Does anyone actually believe there is any truth at all to this story? Bush lost any credibility on this issue long ago. It would be nice to see some skepticism of his sincerity reported as part of this story. Guess you have to turn to the blogs for that, eh?

Bush Takes Aim at Gasoline Prices

Really? This should be interesting. How many of the people can you fool some of the time again?