Arnold Schwarzenegger

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"The two faces of Arnold - a Mexican's viewpoint" - 10/11/2004

... on October 3 calling our own Arnold Schwarzenegger a hypocrite for opposing driver's licenses for illegal aliens. The editorial is basically only of use to see what the elites of Mexico think.

"Governor right to veto driver's license bill" - 10/11/2004

... Mountjoy printed in the L.A. Times: Arnold Schwarzenegger did the right thing when he immigrated to America from Austria as a young man - he came here legally.

"Immigrants find a friend in The Governator" - 10/06/2004

From Ruben Navarrette of the Dallas Morning News: ...Americans shouldn't be going out of their way to accommodate illegal immigrants - or when you really get down to it, those Americans who employ them - by making life in the United States comfortable for people who shouldn't be here. I'm not sure all immigrants get that. After Schwarzenegger's veto, a television news crew for...

Will they be boycotting public services as well? - 9/25/2004

From the AP's "Hispanics threaten state boycott over license bill veto": Angered by Gov.

Reaction to Arnold's veto from south of the border - 9/24/2004

From this: A top foreign relations official on Thursday lambasted California Gov.

Arnold might need to find a new excuse - 9/23/2004

In "Maybe It's Time for Cedillo to Let Arnold Take the Wheel", the L.A. Times suggests that Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo stops trying to get the current version of his driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill passed. Instead, he should allow the mark Arnold wants that would distinguish the bearer as an illegal alien. Being the L.A.

Arnold vetoes driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill - 9/22/2004

As expected: "Schwarzenegger vetoes driver's licenses for illegal immigrants." The text of his nice letter vetoing the bill is here. Also as expected, State Senator Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo, perennial sponsor of these bills, says he will keep on trying. Although there's been much coverage of Cedillo here, the most telling bit is his barely-noticed rationale for givi...

Arnold signs "pointed" legislation - 9/21/2004

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed needle-exchange legislation. While I would generally support this on public health rather than ideological grounds, the devil is in the details. My casual read of the bill in question reveals there are no safeguards to ensure or at least encourage that those who get these needles are in fact already addicts and that the needles are only for their personal use....

"California legislators ask Mexican Senate to intervene [in driver's licenses for illegal aliens]" - 9/17/2004

This is a MexiData translation of a Mexican newspaper story from 9/7/04.

"Dan Walters: Schwarzenegger pleases neither side in fight over licenses" - 9/03/2004

Arnold's actions in the driver's licenses for illegal aliens matter so far are not as good as they could be, but it's the end result that matters. Dan Walters thinks he won't please either side: NEW YORK - Gov.

"Bustamante urged to step in and sign [illegal alien driver's license bill]" - 9/01/2004

From the SacBee: State Sen. Gil Cedillo on Tuesday called on Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante to sign his bill to allow illegal immigrants to apply for driver's licenses if the measure reaches his desk while Gov.

"You might be a Republican, if..." - 9/01/2004

From Arnold's speech before the GOP convention, here are some of the ways to tell if you're a proper Republican: you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government you believe a person should be treated as an individual, not as a member of an interest group yo

Arnold will veto the illegal alien driver's license bill - 8/31/2004

So says Dan Weintraub: The latest rumor racing around the talk radio circuit is that Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, acting governor while Schwarzenegger is in New York, will sign SB 1160, the bill giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.

How soon could we recall the entire California government? - 8/27/2004

Gil Cedillo might soon get Moter Voter cards driver's licenses into the hands of illegal aliens. The CA Assembly has just passed another bill into which SB1160 - the previous driver's license bill - had been inserted. Now it goes to the governor to be signed into law or vetoed.

Spot the error, Part #4932 - 8/25/2004

Can you spot the error(s) in the following newspaper report from Torrance, CA's Daily Breeze? Cedillo pushes immigrant license bill PROPOSAL: L.A.

Wouldn't it be nice if this problem would just go away? - 8/19/2004

Reading the SacBee article "License bill is likely headed to veto", I keep thinking one thing. The article is about the acrimonious attempt by Gil "One Bill Gil" Cedillo to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Cedillo appears to be calling Schwarzenegger's hand.

"Legalization for all. Licenses for all." - 8/12/2004

That's what's on the signs in the picture on this report of Gil Cedillo's latest attempt to get driver's licenses for illegal aliens: Cedillo issued a news release Wednesday in Sacramento stating that he received a proposal from Schwarzenegger listing conditions under which the governor would support Senate Bill 1160. But Schwarzenegger aides denied any such proposal.

"Calif. Petition Aims to Make Legislature Part Time" - 8/04/2004

... launch the recall drive that made Arnold Schwarzenegger governor of California began a campaign on Wednesday to send the state's legislators home for most of the year. Conservative populist Ted Costa said he was introducing an initiative to make California's Democratic-dominated year-round Legislature a part-time body working just 90 days a year... UPDATE: I was so excited I forgot the...

Schwarzenegger makes yet another bad choice - 7/07/2004

Governor Arnold has come out in favor of Proposition 69: Proposition 69 requires convicted felons and those arrested for rape and murder to give DNA, collected by mouth swab, not blood, for a statewide database. Starting in 2009, all felony arrestees will also be tested, but those not convicted can have their sample removed from the database. Taking DNA during the booking process at the same time...

"[California's] biggest threat is illegal immigration" - 7/06/2004

From U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly: Illegal immigration, more than any other single factor, is crippling major segments of California's economy, from health care to higher education to jobs. That's why, regardless of the security concerns -- and there are many -- Schwarzenegger should not sign any bill granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. This is not a Republican vs. Democ...

"Democrats Block Independence Day Celebration" - 7/02/2004

From Assemblyman John Campbell: In each of the 4 years that I have been a member of the state Assembly, we have had many "celebrations" on the Assembly floor. These "celebrations" are orchestrated by the Democrats who control the House and often involve singing and dancing. Every one of my 4 years have seen substantial celebrations of Cinco de Mayo (Commemorates the Mexican vi...

Life imitates The Lonewacko Blog - 6/25/2004

On October 03, 2003, in response to the L.A.

Pro-illegal immigration advocates seemingly have no shame - 6/24/2004

They're attempting to not-so-subtly paint Schwarzenegger as a Nazi if he doesn't support Gil Cedillo's legal-driver's-licenses-for-illegal-aliens bill: ...in Tarzana a group of five rabbis from the Valley and one from Hollywood said they support giving licenses to illegal immigrants, but object to the governor's suggestion that such licenses have a mark which identifies t...

Arnold decides he likes it when people vote for him - 6/02/2004

It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting smart on the legal driver's licenses for illegal aliens issue: Gov.

The other lame 'Times' - 5/19/2004

Ann Coulter discussing L.A. Times editor John Carroll's big speech: The editor of the Los Angeles Times telling reporters how to behave ethically is a complete contradiction, like ... oh, I don't know ... giving Yasser Arafat a Nobel Peace Prize or something. You know, just patently silly. This is the same L.A.

John Kerry: "help will be on the way to California!" - 3/30/2004

The article 'Kerry offers aid in capital visit' appears in the SacBee, but I occasionally thought it might be in the Onion: Presidential hopeful John Kerry said Monday that "help is on the way" to California if he is elected, suggesting that Gov.

Schwarzenegger, Cedillo "working hard together" to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens - 3/17/2004

Here's a radio interview with CA state Senator Gil Cedillo. He's the author of a bill that would give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. The interview took place on a Spanish-language radio station and was translated by KFI: Radio host: Respect the Sombrero, the huaraches (leather sandals). But, they don't want to respect us, senator, they don't want to give us licenses...

Are Schwarzenegger and Cedillo trying to pull a fast one? - 3/08/2004

Heard on the John and Ken Show (KFI Los Angeles): According to Ron Prince of Save187.com, the new CA driver's licenses for illegal aliens bill is designed to be "referendum-proof" and if it passes, an initiative would need to be created to overturn it. The next time an initiative could be voted on would be two years from now. No web page with this information is available yet.

Top Contributors To Arnold [Schwarzenegger] By Industry - 2/15/2004

The chart (from ArnoldWatch.org) includes this Arnold quote: "Any of those kinds of real big, powerful special interests, if you take money from them you owe them something". See also "Schwarzenegger patrons provide money, support": Schwarzenegger is turning

Does "AP" stand for "AgitProp?" - Part 1 of a long series - 2/09/2004

Part 1 of this series will discuss the article "Police see possible hate crime in California" by Justin Pritchard of AP. It concerns a brutal double murder in Northern California: FREMONT, Calif. - Maria Esperanza Hernandez usually got a ride to her 5 a.m. shift at a nursing home, but this time, she had to walk the four miles through the night.

Celebrities scheduled to appear - 7/25/2003

Audie Bock (NEW!) Gary Condit (NEW!) Leon Panetta (NEW!) Gray Davis Peter Camejo Ariann

"this recall is going nowhere" - 6/15/2003

From this: Darrell Issa, a Republican congressman trying to become California's next governor by financing a recall campaign against Democratic Gov.

"Schwarzenegger and Maybe Rice Weigh California Race" - 4/10/2003

According to this, Ahnold recently met with Karl Rove.

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