Fuck You says the Governator
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm by David Farrar
This is the official veto statement issued by California Arnold Schwarznegger to a bill by Representative Tom Ammiano, a few days after Ammiano abused the Governator at a function.
The Governor says it is just a coincidence. However the odds of those seven letters randomly spelling Fuck You is 1 in 8 billion.
I say don’t mess with Arnie 
Hat Tip: Weather Sealed
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November 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
This is such old news David.
It’s called an acrostic.
Vote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Hat tip my comment on General Debate three days ago, MORE LIKE.
[DPF: Well done. I don't read too much of the GD when I am busy. Someone emailed me the link, which is the best way to get me to notice something]
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
So much Diplomatic speech is a much more thickly veiled version of that sentiment.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
The best part of the whole story was the comment to the media:
“My goodness. What a coincidence,” said Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear. “I suppose when you do so many vetoes, something like this is bound to happen.”
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Liberal California is almost broke. Not long ago, the state was forced to issue IOUs at a premium to pay its growing mountain of debt.
The Governor may be good at writing acrostics, but not at was he elected to do. Someone more fiscally efficient than him is needed to govern sunny California.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
26 ^7 = 8 billion isn’t a great estimation of the odds, you’d have to take into account the frequency of each letter in the alphabet, in particular how often it appears as the first letter of a word. In the Dom Post article they consulted some maths boffin and got a figure of 10 million to one, but no indication of the method. 10 million seems way to low though.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Manaolo, you’re dead right. Arnie was a left wing washout.
The rebuttal above is just a micron sized gesture in a record that includes a mountain of waste and degenerate liberal ideas. Schwarzenegger could have done something to prevent these outcomes, but instead embarked on a course of soft weak liberal populism. He’s just a white anting scumbag who should have been a Democrat. With his extreme left political ideas, he has absolutely no business being in the Republican Party.
See any local parallels??
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lRTwKEuBA3A/STU8qwByu-I/AAAAAAAAAxc/4B4y9kvh-UM/s1600-h/arnie.bmp
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
You don’t send me flowers… any more.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:25 pm
the chance of 7 random letters spelling GTRYAJK is also 8 billion to 1. Will we get a news story when that incredibly unlikely event happens?
=)
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Next you’ll be telling me that there’s as much chance of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 coming up in Lotto as there is of my numbers coming up.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Unfair. The constitution of California makes it almost impossible for the Gov to achieve this.
They have a direct democracy system of referenda which has increasingly tied the hands of the state govt. Idiot people keep voting that the govt must pay for x, y and z; but limits taxes so it cant be paid for.
On top of that the state budget requires a 2/3 majority to pass. This makes serious reform virtually impossible.
One of the reasons for that is that all electoral districts are gerrymandered – drawn up by the politicians themselves. So most seats are ultra safe, and primary elections can ignore middle-ground voters. They put in ultra-liberals and ultra-conservatives who can never agree.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
“kicks the can” is just incredibly unnatural language. The chances of it being there other than deliberately to get a word starting with “k” seem very slim to me.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Redbaiter,Manaolo – Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought Arnie was a republican governor in a state with a long term democratic led senate/congress (or whatever its called). He has had to deal with Democrats on one side who want to increase taxes, increase spending, and continue doing whatever they’ve been doing wrong and on the otherside, the republicans refusing to increase tax. Arnie has been attempting to decrease spending but is running against law suits and very vocal opposition.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lRTwKEuBA3A/STU8qwByu-I/AAAAAAAAAxc/4B4y9kvh-UM/s1600-h/arnie.bmp
What happened in 2006 to cause the balanced budget to go out of control?
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Perhaps this is coincidence? That is not impossible and
happenings like this do occur from time to time. Automatically ascribing an
ill willed motive is somewhat reactionary. The reaction in media and other
liberal circles to what could be a simple coincidence does show a possible
unintended bias regarding the aims of the Governor.
If we are to take a more measured approach, the question is, does the veiled
statement, and it’s discovery, indicate the true state of mind of Governor
Arnold toward the author?
Many seem to think so, but as we can never be sure, is such speculation,
Vote:overt or otherwise, actually helpful in solving the problems inherent to the
Republican state government in California? The fiscal mismanagement
of the administration, coupled with a legislative model doomed to failure
needs more than a covert Fuck You to fix it.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Brucehould, ‘kicking the can’ is a common American expression.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Heh @ sr
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
slightlyrighty’s 5.04pm for comment of the year!
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Gold, pure gold… lol @ sr 5.04pm
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
John Key should try something similar.
Vote:Even though he has tried to portray himself as “labour lite”,
Really he is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Know what I mean?
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
“Even though he has tried to portray himself as “labour lite””
He hasn’t even tried. It’s in his nature: Key is an appeaser, a compromiser, a ditherer / hesitant, he’s Labour Light at its best.
Key will avoid making the hard calls and will sit idle without ever undertaking the radical reforms NZ needs, which he’s aversed to.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Agree completel, TCrwdb!
No two ways about it, it is, without
Doubt, the best in the 500,000 odd comments so far.
Acrostics are fun!
Despite Arnolds denial,
Vote:I suspect that he may have more to say if the
Californian legislature contines to
Kick his bill from the floor.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Sheesh, bring back Haiku Dave.
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
rotfl, man that is so cool. I bet it took a staffie the better part of an afternoon to set that up in word. How does it parse online?
Vote:November 2nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
mickysavage – “John Key should try something similar.
Even though he has tried to portray himself as “labour lite”,
Really he is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Know what I mean?”
I really really really hope you are right but I really doubt it.
Vote:November 3rd, 2009 at 7:10 am
Liberals who support only your freedom to agree with them,
Vote:Environmentalists only interested in wealth re-distribution taxes
Financially illiterate economics based on infinite borrowing
Tax and spend to punish the earners and reward the bludgers
Intelligence severely lacking among their supporters.
Eventually they may notice that
Socialism has failed worldwide.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 am
Manolo:
IOUs aren’t the worst thing. From now until the end of the fiscal year they’re adding a little to the withholding rate of what we’d call PAYE. The actual tax rate isn’t going up so everyone will be refunded, but it’s essentially a compulsory loan. Amazingly little push back from the populace here.
Don’t blame Arnie too much. As others have said, California is screwed by the gerrymandered legislature. Arnie would have been tougher on spending if he actually had any ability to get anything through the legislature. All he can do is keep vetoing the nonsense. The number one thing CA could do is eliminate gerrymandering.
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