There is absolutely no way I’ll be able to make this relevant to tech. But I’m posting it anyway. Our Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a California legislative finance bill – AB 1176. The letter is terse and to the point. And the first letter of each line in paragraphs 2-3 are even terser and more to the point.
Schwarzeneggers battles with the state legislature are epic. But this just goes way beyond epic. It’s something for the history books.
I wish I had the time to do this kind of thing in my posts here on TechCrunch.
See the SF Chronicle for all the quotes and denials.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programing.
you can do it in your posts and comments with a lot less effort by making it horizontal
we need a plugin to help with this. not the horizontal part (har har), but the governator way.
This will be on a t-shirt by Friday
I loves it.
Was this a secret message by Gov. Schwarzenegger to the State Assembly?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=6382
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It should become the standard reply to anyone you want to flip off online- just copy and paste that part of his response into your own posts. Then again, I might quickly regret that I ever suggested this…
Thats a hilarous idea. I wonder how he got the words and sentences so that it would make sense, without being noticed.
it was noticed
You sir, got ownd.
Wonderful effort! i wish we could read some more letters with such deep (and hidden ) thoughts
Because we’re blind and can’t read? Make the letters bold if you like, but if you made it horizonal you wouldn’t be able to read the rest, and the whole thing is just diplo-speak for fuck you anyway. Go Arnie – how many people can turn to moronic politians and say “Fuck you asshole!”
yeah
American Culture…!!!!
what a masterpiece.
WIN
For those calling shenanigans:
http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB1176_Ammiano_Veto_Message.pdf
It’s real.
Is Gov.com even a legitimate website?
It’s not gov.com; it’s ca.gov, which is the domain of the California government. It’s real.
I like his style.
Oh totally.
Arnie is great at style, except for the part about repeatedly shafting CA with things such as running as a reformer and then becoming GOP/Dem stooge and his support for illegal activity. For an example of the latter, he’s pushing a plan that helps banks profit from money that was earned illegally. Details at my name’s link.
Quote from a follower: @vansunder: Why didn’t Arrington circle the first letter of the first paragraph as well? Makes it a little funnier. At least to me…
Don’t forget to circle the ‘I’ too.
To the members,
I
F
*
*
K
Y
O
U
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The man’s got style!
You can add the ‘S’incerely and ‘A’rnold too For ‘S’tate ‘A’ssembly. So
I F**K YOU SA.
“i fuck yousa” … ??? HOLY SHIT, ARNOLD IS JAR JAR BINKS
You can say “FUCK YOU” here, you know. We’re all adults.
Hi. I am a precocious 4 year old and I just learned a new word. Thanks!
I am certain that any 4-year old who not only knows the word precocious, but can also spell and properly use the word, also knows the word “fuck”.
If a 4-year old is reading Techcrunch, and the comments, they most certain know the word “fuck”.
that’s fucking precious.
I lol’d
“I fuck you” does not make any sense. Who says that? It sounds retarded. “Fuck you” is the message, and I think it’s awesome.
its a non-USA thing to say that.
As seen in “The Hangover”, said by a naked Asian man that just jumped out of a trunk and is brandishing a tire iron, “You wanna fuck on me!?!”
And yeah, I think taking all of the first letters is the full message: T I Fuck You SA = “Tom, I Fuck You State Assembly” or maybe, “Tom, I Fuck You Silly Ass.” Good times! 8-D
Nah, it’s not a non-USA thing. I am from Austria, and we don’t say the “I” either.
I talk to British people all day long and while they sure know how to swear, they don’t say the I either. It’s just not part of the message.
The Governator FTW!!
let me rephrase. every time i’ve heard it, it was from a non native english speaker. which certainly doesn’t imply every non native english speaker uses the term.
Mahesh would say it like that
Since your from Austria think in german: “Ich ficke dich”. I guess it’s more like “I’ll fuck you up” instead of “fuck you”.
It was used repeatedly in The Big Lebowski by the German nihilists at the end, after they’ve torched The Dude’s car.
Actually, “I fuck you” makes perfect sense. Arnold holds the key to what they want — he either approves the bill or vetoes the bill. “I fuck you” indicates he will not be approving many of his bills. ha, ha, ha, ha,ha.
AWESOME!
I tot it’s another crap from MG, but again, AWESOME!
MG??? As in MiGuel Arrington?
Commenting without reading. FAIL!
He said that he thought it was by MG. He is not guilty of not reading but rather of not being able to spell.
Oh, internet and your infinite variety.
MG = my guvna
Why am I named in this?
Woah! What a style of writing from governator. He always rockz!
This is just another example of the high caliber of journalism.
Well considering Arnie was a piece of Tech in the past this great piece belongs here.
Well spotted Mike.
C
U
Next
Tuesday.
That is the power of PRINT.
You can’t do that on your new-fangled web, what with its adjustable font sizes, different browsers and operating systems.
Hail PRINT!
I believe you can
do
it using a brand new technology called “line break” — or in HTML.
Try it for yourself.
If only you’d remembered to hit enter after “line break” instead of adding a —, then it would have been funny.
I know, it’s wonderfully ironic.
Way to fuck up your joke. Self fulfilling prophecy and all that.
Gosh! IdioT!
Ahh, Muphry’s Law in action.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~bangsund/muphry.htm
A great little read and sooo perfect for this or any other web site’s comments sections!
Well, all I can say is I like his style. It is certainly an
outstanding piece of prose. This is something
which increases my respect for him tremendously!
Heh, I see what you did there.
Great find mike!
There are two T’s in the very first word in excerpt.
Isn’t this act a bit ‘Bart Simpson’ for a professional person in a position of authority and responsibility?
My values must be getting old-moded…
I mean out-moded. I can’t even keep up with the keyboard.
It sends the right message across, and that’s whats important
Listen, loyalty is very touching. But it is not the most important thing in your life right now!
But what IS important is gravity! I have to remind you Luke, this is my weak arm!
I think in this day and age (where “professional people” especially “those with responsibility” in government dick around and twiddle their thumbs while people suffer because of their willingness to take it up the wazoo each time some lobby comes in with oodles of cash) things like this are almost justifiable.
Can’t wait until this really catches on and you see angry motorists leaning out their windows at cars that just cut them off… “HEY! FOR SOME TIME NOW I HAVE LAMENTED THE FACT THERE ARE MAJOR ISSUES…”
“Cat”, indeed.
wut.
doh.
It is mildly related to tech, as in Meg (“I created jobs at Ebay”) Whitman is running for his job after he leaves office in 2011.
Too bad Arnie was not born in the US and cannot run for president, but I hope Obama considers him for Secretary of Defense in the future.
Love to hear him say this to our enemies: “I vill not kill you, I vill decimate you.”
There is no way that is a coincidence.
He says
I F*ck yo uSA
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street!! Arnold Schwarzenegger is the best!
Classic Arnie…now lets send something like this to the collection of money Whores who run our government in Washington and give them a message.
Wow the terminator has done it… respect to Arnie.
Anyway Mike, your pieces are getting really entertaining…
That’s the spirit anyway, why apologize?
Even though I don’t live in California, nor does any of the legislative issues concern me, I found this to be fantastic. Way to go Arnold!!!
One day he will simply terminate them.
The probability of this is about (1/53)^8 (as CAPS and space are also perfect), which is one giant number!
Like a billion billions to 1!
man how did you ever find this!
Oh Arnold… the most liberal republican is the US.
Arnold for President!
LOL!!
If I had a time machine, I would go back to when Terminator was showing in theaters, then show people this letter, then take pictures of their faces.
Then I’d come back and make a website from them.
Plus, you’d be naked. And you couldn’t bring the letter with you. Did you even watch Terminator?
Maybe he could bring the letter if he hid in his… never mind
Win.