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Week of October 25, 2009 - October 31, 2009

Arnold Schwarzenegger pranks


Arnold Schwarzenegger just vetoed a finance bill for San Francisco. The margins of his veto statement spell out something quite interesting. Check it out for yourself below:

 

Apparently, Tom Ammiano, the sponsor of the bill, has been less than cordial to the Californian governor recently:

The sponsor of the bill was Tom Ammiano, a Democratic member of the State Assembly who recently heckled Schwarzenegger when the governor made a surprise drop-in at a San Francisco Democratic Party fundraiser.

As previously reported by ABC-7 in San Francisco, Ammiano shouted "you lie!" to Schwarzenegger during the event at the Fairmont Hotel, before adding: "kiss my gay ass" as he walked out.

This is just classic.

Happy Birthday Patriot Act!


The Patriot Act turns 8 today. Is it time for a party? Has it kept us safe from terrorists or just eroded our rights? Huffpo reported in September that
Only three of the 763 "sneak-and-peek" requests in fiscal year 2008 involved terrorism cases, according to a July 2009 report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Sixty-five percent were drug cases.
Wow. It's great to know that the act has been used toward its intended purpose to protect us from terrorists. And not for other purposes like protecting us from drugs or from overuse of the Orange DHS security level. I mean, we've given them the authority to search our homes without a warrant in secret for no reason whatsoever. So it's good to know that we are protected, right?


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