How Arnold Schwarzenegger lost to the 'girly men'

[Turborama]

From: The Times

Christine Seib

Arnold Schwarzenegger has never been one for introspection but even the irrepressible Governor of California must be slightly regretting his decision in 2004 to disparage economic doomsayers as “girly men”.

With America's most populous state mired in the worst budget crisis in its history, brought down by a combination of rising unemployment, plummeting house prices, troubled financial markets and the peculiarities of its own legislature, it appears that the economic girly men were right to be worried. This weekend the Governor and Californian lawmakers were locked in negotiations, desperately trying to agree a budget that will cover a $42billion (£28.4billion) deficit in the state's finances over the next 18 months.

The weekend's discussions were the culmination of four months of arguments over the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that must be made to balance the books. Democrat members of the legislature have resolutely opposed cuts to social services, while Republicans have fought increased taxes and the former Terminator, without a sufficient majority to push a budget through, has been unable to broker an agreement.

Stephen Levy, chief economist at the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, held out little hope of a breakthrough. “They've been close to a deal for weeks so no one's holding their breath,” Mr Levy said. “It's embarrassing.”

Without a truce, the state will go bust this month. John Chiang, the state's controller, said that California had been borrowing from internal reserves and Wall Street to pay its bills but that its avenues for loans had been exhausted. The credit crisis means that banks have little taste for lending to a financially imperiled state.

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1. Ya know, there's nothing per se wrong with boys acting all "manly" and shit...

to attract girls (or whomever). It's only a problem when jackasses actually believe that act shit signifies something *real*.

Sorta like Eddie Murphy so long ago told short white men: Rocky was *just* a movie, guys.

:rofl:

But when this "maniless" thing gets both presented and taken as serious and real, all sort of stupid shit ends up happening.

Nothing wrong with manliness as a flirtation device. Use it in good health. Just don't take it seriously. And that goes for enablers as well.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. This is what happens when you think with your cock. . .

instead of your brain.

:evilfrown:

[glitch]

5. You flatter him.

What makes you think he has either, or is even capable of thought?

[NNN0LHI]

7. Little head doing the thinking for the big head

Trying to do my thinking from below the waist has never worked for me very well either.

Don

[Touchdown]

3. 'Democrat' members of the legislature...???????? WTF?

Who the fuck is Christine Seib and why is she using Repug name calling in her articles? Back to journalism school with you Christine!:grr:

Whatever she said after that, was lost on me. So she failed to inform.

[Turborama]

4. She's a Brit

She could probably do with an education/reminder, I doubt it was done to purposefully upset people...

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. So men with brains are girly men?

Thanks for the compliment, Arnold!