kurt waldheim wasnt a drug dealer he was a genocidal natzi he (and his command) were decorated in WWII for their Yugoslavian exploits. dont get me wrong i actually voted for arnold not because i though he was any more qualified to run our state but simply because like many others i'm sick of politics as usual.
i really dont blame davis for our econic state i blame it on the dot com boom/bust. Kenneth Rosen professor at berkeley and author of the recent report "Anatomy of the California Fiscal Crisis: Facts and Figures Do Matter" attributes the current crisis to the unsustainable tax revenue increases related to the boom in the late 1990s. By treating this revenue surge as permanent and locking in higher spending, the report says, the state General Fund spending grew by 15% in 2000 and another 13% in 2001. California's job loss is often credited with the problems in the state's budget. However, the authors point out, during the period in which the fiscal crisis developed, California's employment situation was actually marginally better than the nation's. "Wrongly blaming the economy, high tax rates, or too large a government sector will not solve the real budget issues facing California," says Rosen. "Those criticisms of California simply do not stand up under close scrutiny of the facts and figures." this may all be amoot point seeing as arnold won and soemthing is going to happen i just hope that its good. ben --- nowhere girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i hate to side with the commies here, but the article you > quoted > > seems way more bs then then the claims against > swartzenegger. > > also as far as beeing a natzi is concerned it is a know fact > > that arnold invited his good freind kurt waldheim to his > wedding > > and has repeated passed over opportunities to renounce his > good > > friends atrocities during world war 2. > > when you weed through all the gunk, the facts are still there: > > davis has been abusive to his staff. > > and, as for kurt waldheim, let's say 25 years later, when > you're running > for office, and it comes to light one of your old buddy's > drugdealing > habits come to light. are you going to renounce him ? > > an old bible verse comes to might, why lookat the speck in > your brother's > eye, while ignoring the plank in your own ? i think arnold's > done his fair > share of righting whatever is in HIS OWN past > (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/10/06/int > ernational1614EDT0630.DTL). > > another thing that bugs me, people keep whining 'oh, we don't > want another > pete wilson in office.' how many people actually REMEMBER pete > wilson being > first elected into office ? i KNOW most of you guys are not as > old as a > crusty old curmudgeon like me, and i barely remember wilson > being elected. > we had a huge deficit back then as well. can anyone remember > the candy bar > tax that wilson put on us ? yup, out of debt. > > it really irritates me when people just spout off whatever > everyone else is > saying. the mob mentality is really tiring. it reminds me of > that old > cartoon where the little dog is trying to imitate the big dog > and saying > 'yeah, yeah ! what he said !' > > take a look around you, and when you're paying your own bills > and paying > your own tuition, and paying that tripled license fee, (and i > don't mean > relying on sweet daddy to pay them), can you still say 'hey, i > like what's > going on in this state' ? > > bottom line: get your asses to the voting booth, because i > don't want to > hear people bitching about how they don't like who gotvoted > in, when they > couldn't even move their arse to spend five minutes in the > polling place. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > The D mailing list http://www.djdenise.com/ > Check out the new forum! http://www.djdenise.com/forum/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________ The D mailing list http://www.djdenise.com/ Check out the new forum! http://www.djdenise.com/forum/
