You can question Bobby's re-interpretation of the USAC rulebook (Indy in 1981), but for certain sure there is NO WAY Bobby and his friend could have known exactly where they were going in a BLIZZARD! I'm sure they couldn't have seen their own hands in front of their own faces. And this was 15 years ago. The Anti-Justice Department has only gotten worse since then.
Dear TruTV: I know that you are going to bring back "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura" sometime in 2012. If so, could you include Bobby Unser's arrest for illegal parking of a snowmobile in a wilderness area. TruTV fans would love it!
The government waste this much time and money on whether or not his snowmobile was on wilderness land. When you are riding around in the middle of nowhere how can you tell. Is it clearly marked?
Truly a raw deal for Unser at the hands of an out of control government and judiciary. One correction though. Bobby Unser, by his own admission in a Sports Illustrated article, admitted that he and his brothers (when young) routinely stole automobile parts from other car owners, and rationalized it by saying it couldn't be wrong if they didn't get caught. Whether you see these misdeeds as trivial or not, this is hardly a spotless past, nor the attitude you would want from a neighbor.
@giwannabe13 "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question." Thomas Jefferson 1801 "The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield." Thomas Jefferson
@giwannabe13 "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington "That government governs best which governs least." Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Paine?
@giwannabe13 "Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. ... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. ...." Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Oh poor Bobby. Cheated at Indy in 81, went into the wilderness area illegally. Do the crime, pay the fine. The whole Unser clan always smelled like something rotten.
You can question Bobby's re-interpretation of the USAC rulebook (Indy in 1981), but for certain sure there is NO WAY Bobby and his friend could have known exactly where they were going in a BLIZZARD! I'm sure they couldn't have seen their own hands in front of their own faces.
And this was 15 years ago. The Anti-Justice Department has only gotten worse since then.
Listen to the Dinner w/ Racers podcast. In the second half of the Bobby Unser episode they talk about this story. Well worth the listen.
All that because 2 guys drove their snowmobiles on state land? I wonder if there is more to the story.
"The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government."
Tacitus
We don't have the rule of law anymore-we have the rule of lawyers.
No mention of how he went from being totally sick to out of the situation?
Dear TruTV:
I know that you are going to bring back "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura" sometime in 2012. If so, could you include Bobby Unser's arrest for illegal parking of a snowmobile in a wilderness area. TruTV fans would love it!
As a Canadian I will not tolerate messing with a snowmobiler!
Cops, prosecutors and judges. Don't get any dirtier than that. They have total power over you.
He now in a better place, may he Rest In Peace.
@giwannabe13 "The more laws, the less justice."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator
Got to agree with you here. Had something along those lines myself with state law.
The government waste this much time and money on whether or not his snowmobile was on wilderness land. When you are riding around in the middle of nowhere how can you tell. Is it clearly marked?
Especially during a snow storm.
Don't push around an Indy Champ.
Truly a raw deal for Unser at the hands of an out of control government and judiciary. One correction though. Bobby Unser, by his own admission in a Sports Illustrated article, admitted that he and his brothers (when young) routinely stole automobile parts from other car owners, and rationalized it by saying it couldn't be wrong if they didn't get caught. Whether you see these misdeeds as trivial or not, this is hardly a spotless past, nor the attitude you would want from a neighbor.
They were kids.
Sad...so sad....Sicked and tired of the Gov't telling us how and when to do this, and that....Its just not right.
@giwannabe13 "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton
"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question." Thomas Jefferson 1801
"The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and
for liberty to yield." Thomas Jefferson
@giwannabe13 "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
"That government governs best which governs least." Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Paine?
The last quote was from Thoreau, "Civil Disobediance"
@freesk8 I'm actually using that quote in my debate case that proposes a solution to these laws :)
@freesk8 Thank you; This is really helpful!
@giwannabe13 "Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. ... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. ...." Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
I am so glad I don't live in the US anymore.
He probably rides Arctic Cat sleds.
Just like in the 81 Indy 500 Bobby can't admit when he is wrong!
In this case he didn't know the facts
Typical government bullies. They wanted to make an example of him because of who he was.
@FBIwannabe11 Like what?
Worse if you are black, shame that they put this man through this. But thats the country we live in now.
wow
Imagine the Feds doing that to a great American legend like Bobby Unser, our government is out of control!!!
Bobby Unser is a fucking bad ass, period.
BS - Loved Uncle Bobby but everyone that knew him knows he often broke the law and always flouted it. Hell, he even bragged about it…
Oh poor Bobby. Cheated at Indy in 81, went into the wilderness area illegally. Do the crime, pay the fine. The whole Unser clan always smelled like something rotten.