Ahnold is such a freaking HYPOCRITE! (CA fires)

[Bennyboy]

In several interviews over the years, Arnold has told the story of how he formed European Brick Works in Santa Monica with his friend Franco Columbu, a bodybuilder from Italy, after the Sylmar earthquake of 1971. "We had 16 people working for us, and we were all over town, building chimneys after the earthquake," Arnold told Interview magazine in 1985, leaving out a detail he told Johnny Carson four years earlier about his chimney-building days.

During his 1981 appearance , Arnold explained to Johnny how his bricklaying business worked. Franco and Arnold would call on a homeowner. Arnold, always good with the public, would keep the homeowner busy, discussing prices and such. "In the meantime," Arnold recounted, "Franco climbed up on the roof to check the chimney—and he, of course, is a very strong guy and a lifter—he pushed all the chimneys over so they fall down. So these people come and say, 'Oh, thank you so much for helping us. This could have fallen on somebody's head, you know. Thank you for doing it for us.'"

Johnny was impressed. "What a racket," he told the immigrant with a dream in his eye. "You go and push chimneys down and then rebuild them."

"Exactly," Arnold replied.

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/main/your-multitasking-governor/


Now here he is yesterday:

"We are going after the scam artists, price gougers, shady contractors and anyone else who preys on people hurt by these fires," Mr Schwarzenegger said.

"We will arrest them and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law."

Neither Eurpoean Brick Works, Ahnold nor his partner have ever been listed as CA State Contractors....(that infor on the top link)

[Cleita]

1. Also, there was a time he was working illegally here.

He had a visa but not a work visa. I wonder if those years were in that time frame? This means we have a once illegal alien who is aspiring to be President of the USA.

[Bennyboy]

5. Can you find a link to that?

I am looking but other than they NY Times story from one of the links I posted, I cannot find anything on that...

[Cleita]

7. I had links from when he was running for governor and they

seem to be non-existent now. Sorry. It would take a whole fresh google search to dig up information. I did get a lot of juicy information from the British tabloids also about his girlfriend Gigi Goulette (sp?) whom he was having sex with when she was a teenager or jailbait.

I believe this particular item about him working for some Body Building mag illegally was from Slate Magazine although unless you can dig up some archived material, it doesn't exist anymore. If that coincides with his chimney building escapades then he was doing it while not having a visa with a work permit although I could never find evidence that he entered the country without a visa.

[Bennyboy]

8. Me too..new computer so I don't

have those saved on my favorites anymore...

[Cleita]

10. They aren't even on the internet anymore.

The links have been disconnected or scrubbed. So unless someone copied them, they are gone. I'm sure an experienced research could turn them up again.

[Bennyboy]

9. NY Times

Mr. Schwarzenegger has yet to clear up confusion as to whether he briefly worked illegally when he first came to California in the late 1960's.

Mr. Schwarzenegger said last week in a news conference in Riverside that he arrived in California in late 1968 on a visitor's visa and was not issued a temporary work visa until he landed his first movie role, in ''Hercules in New York,'' which was shot in late 1969.

Mr. Schwarzenegger and a friend from Europe, Franco Columbu, were brought to California by Joe Weider, the bodybuilding guru, who sponsored them, giving them a place to live and an $80 a week stipend. The stipend was not enough to live on, said Mr. Columbu, who arrived in Santa Monica in June 1969.

Mr. Columbu said last week in an interview that to make ends meet, he and Mr. Schwarzenegger began a bricklaying and patio business called European Brick Works in 1969.

Mr. Schwarzenegger said today through a spokesman that they did not begin the venture until 1971.

Tom Hiltachk, a lawyer for Mr. Schwarzenegger, said today that his client arrived in the United States on a business visa in late 1968, which allowed him to compete professionally as an athlete. He was granted a temporary work visa in November 1969 and renewed it through June 1974, when he was issued a green card, Mr. Hiltachk said. Mr. Schwarzenegger became a naturalized citizen in 1983.

''At no time was Mr. Schwarzenegger in the United States without a valid visa,'' Mr. Hiltachk said. ''His permanent residency and citizenship were granted by the I.N.S. without any concern to his visa status

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E5DC173BF93BA3575AC0A9659C8B63

[tularetom]

2. Well yeah but he didn't prey on fire victims

just earthquake victims. That's different.:sarcasm:

Actually no matter how strong the titzengrabber's buddy was. if he could push a chimney over by himself, it probably needed to be rebuilt anyway. Unreinforced brick chimneys are no longer permitted by code and nobody could push a reinforced chimney over.

[tbyg52]

3. if he could push a chimney over by himself, it probably needed to be rebuilt anyway

True, but that doesn't make it right. And apparently he found his *own* actions very amusing....

[Bennyboy]

6. I bet there are a big bunch of...

unreinforced chimneys to rebuild because of the fire.....

[Bennyboy]

4. Not Licensed....

This may not mean much of anything, but readers of Kausfiles know that one of his current obsessions is about an appearance A.S. had on the Tonight Show a couple of decades ago, in which he boasted about being a part of a chimney repair scam when he first came to the country. The nation's paper of record fills in some of the gaps. The name of the venture, European Brick Works, was formed by the candidate and his pal and fellow bodybuilder, Franco Columbu, after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, to "repair" masonry devastated by the disaster. According to the records of the Contractor's State License Board, no entity by that name has ever been licensed in the state of California, either as a general contractor or a C-29 masonry specialist, nor do the names "Columbu" or "Schwarzenegger" appear as either officers or personnel of any licensed contractor.


Linkage here http://smythesworld.blogspot.com/2003_09_07_smythesworld.archive.html

Also a link (old) to Ahnold not even being in the US legally....

[Bennyboy]

11. Ahnold says pot not a drug!

Schwarzenegger Says Marijuana Not a Drug
October 28, 2007 - 9:54pm

LONDON (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.

Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs, even though the former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has acknowledged using marijuana in the 1970s and was shown smoking a joint in the 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron."

"That is not a drug. It's a leaf," Schwarzenegger told GQ. "My drug was pumping iron, trust me."

Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger's press secretary, said the governor made the comments in a lighthearted context, noting his interviewer was Piers Morgan, one of the judges on "America's Got Talent." Morgan is a former British newspaper editor.

"The governor was doing an interview with the host of 'America's Got Talent,' the newest version of the gong show," McLear said. "I think it's important to keep that quote in the context of the environment where it was said."

"Of course the governor understands marijuana is a drug. It's like when he goes on Leno or the Daily Show, if you took something like that out of context, it might seem shocking but it was in a silly entertainment context," he added.

In the interview for the magazine's December issue, Schwarzenegger refused to condemn politicians who decline to answer questions about drug use.

"What would you rather have? A politician taking stuff and not saying, but making the best decisions and improving things? Or a politician who names all the drugs he or she has taken but makes lousy decisions for the country?" Schwarzenegger was quoted as saying.

"A politician's job is to do what's best for the people and to improve the country, the economy, the environment. Why should I care if a politician takes sleeping pills every night so long as he can do his job?" he added.

In the same interview, Schwarzenegger listed former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who left office in June, as one of the greatest leaders in history, alongside former South African President Nelson Mandela, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Asked if he would include President Bush on the list, Schwarzenegger _ a Republican _ said: "I would say that I was ... very fond of his father. I worked for President Bush Sr., and he was a great man."

"I think his son does some great things and there are some other things I don't agree with."


(Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
LONDON (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.

http://wtop.com/index.php?nid=105&sid=1281225


Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs, even though the former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has acknowledged using marijuana in the 1970s and was shown smoking a joint in the 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron."

"That is not a drug. It's a leaf," Schwarzenegger told GQ. "My drug was pumping iron, trust me."

Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger's press secretary, said the governor made the comments in a lighthearted context, noting his interviewer was Piers Morgan, one of the judges on "America's Got Talent." Morgan is a former British newspaper editor.

"The governor was doing an interview with the host of 'America's Got Talent,' the newest version of the gong show," McLear said. "I think it's important to keep that quote in the context of the environment where it was said."

"Of course the governor understands marijuana is a drug. It's like when he goes on Leno or the Daily Show, if you took something like that out of context, it might seem shocking but it was in a silly entertainment context," he added.

Of course he as admitted in the past tha he toked, there is also footage of him puffing a joint.

BUT, He has vetoed the Industrial Hemp production bill two times in teh past two eyar.