Gee, CarKeyBoi... tell us how you really feel about those wacko liberals and environmentalists... ;D
Excellent points made. Now if only the government would just heave over and let us make all the decisions, we'd have a whole different world.
Arnie's trying, but he's gotta be realistic ... doesn't Cali have something like the 6th largest economy in the WORLD? It's like running a different country, not just a state.
IMO
Roz
i think Cali has the 5th largest economy in the world. In any event, 5th or 6th, yuo're correct, running Cali is like running a large country
and don't misunderstand me when i said that Arnie sux. I was referring to his acting ability, not Arnie as a person. I'm sure Arnie would be the first to admit that his chances of ever winning Best Actor at the Oscars are zilch. But Arnie ain't no dummy, and i admire him for what he's achieved. He found his niche in the movie biz, worked it to maximum effect, made his millions and it's fully deserved
what i really admire about Arnie is his awesome self-belief that he can be successful at anything that he turns his hand to, no matter what the odds. And to date, that self-belief has been totally justified. As a teenager, he told everyone that he was gonna go to America and become a champion body builder, which he did (a record seven times, i think?) then near the end of his body building career, he told everyone that he was gonna go to Hollywood and become a huge movie star (everyone thought "yeah, sure Arnie, whatever") and yet, he did
same thing happened when he indicated that he might run for Gov. of Cali, people thought he'd gone wacko, and yet here we are.... Arnie is now running the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world
it's an amazing story, that this kid from Austria, barely able to speak a word of English, came to America, became a world champion body builder, then a Hollywood star, married a Kennedy, ran for Gov. of Cali standing as a Repub, and WON!
Arnie epitomizes the "American Dream"
but i fear that his term in office might turn into an American Nightmare, and not because he lacks ability or because he's not prepared to work at it blah. Arnie's self-belief and determination is beyond question. He will try his hardest. I just feel that the fiscal situation is so grave, that WHOEVER succeeded Davis was doomed to failure from the get go
i really hope that Arnie proves me wrong
- Car Key Boi,
Huge Arnie fan / even thou he was a little touchy-touchy with some of da wimmin that worked on his movie sets
Is he on the ball or looking for trouble? Afterall doesn't California have a very large homosexual population?
SCHWARZENEGGER: GAY MARRIAGES MUST STOP
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger warns San Francisco to stop issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of state law.
https://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/21/same.sex/index.html
I was very impressed by Mr. Arnold's position about the whole thing, after all he is in Cali and what a big gay population San Francisco has!!! I hope he continues with the same position about the whole thing. He's getting my support, therefore, he will be able to sleep at night without a guilty concious.
JB, yuo're correct in that [arnie accent] KAH-LEE-FON-YA[/arnie accent] does have a large gay population, especially LA and the Bay Area. If yuo were to look at a map showing which counties voted against the recall, and those that voted for Arnie, yuo'll see that Arnie won the election on the back of the more conservative rural counties and not the urban counties surrounding the Bay Area
for example, San Fran voted 80%, yes that's 80%, to keep Davis (what a bunch of tools :<!--emo&lol:--><!--endemo--> ) and even Arnie's home county, LA, voted against him, so i don't think Arnie cares that much about losing any of the gay vote, mainly because i don't think that many gay folk voted for him in the first place
also, like i said in my previous post, Arnie is like the Car Key Boi, in that he's a Hippie Heart/Conservative Head Tard and i promise yuo, from a personal point of view, Arnie couldn't give two hoots if two guys wanna get married to each other
but in order to appease the Conservative Tards in Cali, Arnie has to be seen to be against it. The same applies to Bush, and the same even applies to John Kerry because 65% of Americans are against gay marriage. So a compromise is "i'm against gay marriage, but i have no problems about gays having civil unions and equal rights blah"
BUT as Gov. of Cali, Arnie is duty bound to try and stop what's happening in San Fran, coz Mayor Newsome and his cronies have challenged Kahleefonyah Law, and as Gov. he has to lay the smack down on their butts, notwithstanding any personal feelings he may have on this issue
the legal issue is this. Kahleefonyah State law forbids gay marriage blah, but the Kahleefonyah Constitution affords equal protection under the law, so Newsome and his cronies are claiming that the law against gay marriage is in violation of the state constitution and they are suing based on that position
the Conservative and Christian groups have asked the court to issue a temporary injunction to halt the issuance of licenses while the issue is decided. The judge turned them down citing failure to prove irreparable harm, which to tell the troof, is the whole problem with the Christian Right's position on this issue. They have no way of LEGALLY proving (and i'm talking about evidence that would satisfy a Cali court of law, not a Bible Belt State court) that gay marriage is inherently harmful
it's like trying to prove IN LAW that the Car Key Boi is a moran coz his grammar, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, blah sux
- Car Key Boi,
NOT A MORAN, KNOWS THAT INFORMATION IS THE MOST VALUABLE COMMODITY ON EARTH / MADD INFORMATION=MADD LOOT, D N T
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Arnie's in the news again...
Democrats Are Girlie Men
Schwarzenegger Stands by'Girlie Men' Line
By TIM MOLLOY
Associated Press Writer
"If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men," Schwarzenegger said to the cheering crowd at a mall food court in Ontario.
The governor lifted the term from a long-running "Saturday Night Live" skit in which two pompous, Schwarzenegger-worshipping weightlifters repeatedly use it to mock those who don't meet their standards of physical perfection.
Democrats said Schwarzenegger's remarks were insulting to women and gays and distracted from budget negotiations. State Sen. Sheila Kuehl said the governor had resorted to "blatant homophobia."
"It uses an image that is associated with gay men in an insulting way, and it was supposed to be an insult. That's very troubling that he would use such a homophobic way of trying to put down legislative leadership," said Kuehl, one of five members of the Legislature's five-member Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus.
Poor Arnold....they want him to lose his Austrian citizenship!!!
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should be stripped of citizenship in his native Austria for approving the execution of a convicted killer, a leading Austrian politician said Saturday.
Peter Pilz, a top official with the environmentalist Green Party, said the Austria-born Schwarzenegger no longer is worthy of citizenship in his homeland because he broke the law by clearing Donald Beardslee's execution on Wednesday.
Capital punishment is illegal here, and Schwarzenegger -- who holds dual U.S.-Austrian nationality -- should be stripped of his Austrian passport for "heavily damaging the reputation of the republic," Pilz said.
He told Austrian media he sent the Interior Ministry a letter formally requesting that the government begin the process of terminating Schwarzenegger's citizenship...
https://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/22/...r.ap/index.html
Schwarzenegger to End Ties to Magazines
AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he will end his multimillion-dollar consulting deal with two fitness magazines amid criticism that the work was a conflict of interest.
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...itness_contract