Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger mean to hide a message in this note?
(CNN) - Was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's message to state lawmakers unhappy - or obscene?
That's the current debate in California after the governor sent a letter directed to "Members of the California State Assembly" that appeared to have a subtle but pointed message hidden within the text.
The seven-line note in which the California Republican blasts the legislature for not advancing his administration's proposals on a host of issues appears innocuous enough at first glance.
But upon closer examination, the first letter of every line collectively spells 'f**k you'.
A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said the governor had no intent of hiding the message within his note, calling it a mere "coincidence."
–CNN's Carey Bodenheimer contributed to this story.
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I'd be saying it too. My state's legislature has just been awful, and I'm a liberal saying this. Good for you, sir.
HaHa funny stuff.
10/10, Arnold. Bravo.
HA! I luv it.
Please let this man run for President.
We've already established that you don't need U.S.-issued credentials to become President. Why not just open the doors to every great leader.
I'd love to hear what Governor Schwarzenegger would have to say to Harry and Nancy.
Was it really necessary to use this headline, CNN? I doubt that Webster would have agreed to put that word in his dictionary!! Is this how far we have really come in America?????? Disgusting!!!!!!!!!
Hard to believe intentional, but it is poetic. Well said governer even if you did not intend it.
LOL! ...And I Don't Blame Him Either.
Well Done Arnold!
Strange coincidence. But hillarious none the less. I could actually see him doing this.
hee hee – way to go Arnie!!!!
It is true that California is messed up. A lot of it has to do with its huge deficit. (which, while the biggest in the country, actually is rather average as a percentage of its also huge economy) A lot of that deficit comes from the fact that the Federal government is raping California with taxes, returning only 8 dollars of federal service for every 10 dollars of tax California sends them. In turn corrupt southern states get excessive federal subsidies and yet STILL can't balance their budget!
Once again he shows his true colors as a Repub – typical childish behavior because he can't get his toys. Wah...
LMAO – that is just great! But I am sure not what he intended though I think Arnie's letter sums up voter sentiment to lawmakers. Deal with REAL issues and stop wasting our time and money.
This is greaat!
I hope so. California's legislature is designed to do nothing unless a single political party has an absolute majority. Time to change the state constitution.
LOL, You gotta love that guy sometimes.
Haha, if that was done on purpose it would just make me like Arnold Schwarzenegger even more.
Sounds like the legislature should stop fussing over non-issues and work with the governor to fix some real problems!
Funniest thing Schwarzenegger has ever done. /Stick to action films, governor.
Hilarious!!!! Kudos to the Terminator! No way it was a coincidence
Yee gads, I hope he didn't do that intentionally.....
Arnold should say FYou to the Democrats in the Calfornia Congress and Senate.
They have blown the budget and all they do is spend more and tax more.
It is time to make serious cuts.
Stop spending money that you dont have California.
Too many illegals and too many feel good programs. Make the cuts.
Way to tell em Arnie! LMAO
Look where all the "Qualified" people have gotten us. Just making a point because this Republican won't vote for Palin either. Bend over, here comes the "CHANGE!"
It was no mistake and no coincidence. An aide obviously did it. Schwarzenegger has neither the time nor interest to do this, nor does he really have the mental faculties to think something like this up.
Very clever, governator.. intentional or not! This letter is a keeper!
I hope it wasn't coincidence....
I hope he DID mean it. Good for him. Everyone needs to stop being such a crybaby.
That was smart of him. I think president Obama needs this draft for congress too. Can't stop laughing!
Funny as this is, I doubt that's what he meant. He's just ticked because his fiscal policy earlier means that Cali has no money now.
Just when I thought he couldn't do anything any more dumb, he goes and pulls a stunt like this....AND TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!
Yes He Did! HAHAHAHAHA
The overwhelmingly large question, here, though, is WHO, perchance, found themselves "with so much time on their hands" as to actually discover this "first letter of each line" thing ?
Someone in the press ? A private citizen ? Who ? !!!
Unless and until someone can give us some incontrovertible evidence, that it was someone in the Governor's office, or perhaps even the Governor himself !, who was behind making this eminently forgettable fact known tot he public, and that the Governor himself, or someone acting on his behalf [with or without the Governor's knowledge] was ultimately behind this note being composed in this particular specific way, then I think it best we all just "let this one lie", and forget about it.
Otherwise, it's "just too distressing" to think of the pointless ways with which press people might try to fill their time, amidst 24 hour hour news cycles, or with which ordinary [many of them out of work ?]citizens may end up filling their days, "just nosing around into very random things", and this would certainly not then be considered IN ANY WAY IMPORTANT "news" ! : )
What are they supposed to say? Of course it was intentional.
Well, since he never learned to speak English anyway...who knows what he's saying. All I care about is – he leaves the State of California and goes away. Another rich republican who screwed everything up and landed in the history books.
LOL! However, I sincerely doubt that Schwarzenegger could have put that much thought into the overall design process.
Very cool!
Arnold is not my favorite politician, but he is head and shoulders above the rest of the Republican Party. Our legislators and Congressmen are concerned not with the future of our Republic and the welfare of its citizens. Instead, they are concerned with who gets the contract.
I say Hooray for the Governator.
MY guess is coincidence....I wish it was intentional though. No legislative body in this country is doing anything useful right now and I'm pretty sick of it
He should have taken credit for it even if it was accidental.
No question that was intended. Kicks the can? Totally chosen for the "K".
That's pretty clever, actually.
Same to you, Arnie.
Ha ha! I would dare to say that an overwhelming bulk of Californians would be very happy if that was, in fact, the case. But it is very safe to say that such is simply a mere coincidence. Sometimes we find meaning into what we believe really needs to be said to us; the state legislature is a failure and a fraud to the people of our state. Abusing the people of the state and always benefiting the interests of big business will have a limit someday; we are a pure reflection of the last 8 years of our country's presidency.
I can't say i blame him either way. Even if it was just coincidence, California's legislature is a joke. He should table a new constitution and get it ratified through a popular vote.
so sorry terminator
if you were a better governor, this might not have happened
And if you read it backwards, it will tell you who the next President will be.
Tom Ammiano who is barely understandable through his lisp and high-pitched voice deserved it for his own child-like behavior.
If he did mean what it said....classic! I didn't think he was that smart.
I think that using the phrase, "kicks the can down the alley," removes any possibility of it being a coincidence.
It's possible
. They say that if an infinite number of monkeys were to type away for an infinite number of years they would eventually produce the collected works of Shakepeare.
Even if it was coincidence, I love it. California has been plagued with serious issues that have gone unresolved in the name of partisanship. Why should the citizens continue to suffer when the crises – health care, failing infrastructure and unemployment, for example – effect all of us despite political ideology?? When will our elected officials begin caring about us first?!
OMG!!! Thats AWESOME~! I am not his biggest fan, but I love it! I love that he got it in there, and that he stood his ground, and that was GENIOUS!!! Well done Gov!
I hope he did just tell them to get bent. I wish my governor in AZ would do the same thing. The state legislators fiddle while Rome burns.
My AZ reps are more concerned about more abortion restrictions and guns in bars than actually managing the money.
Go Arnold Go !
About time he said it.
SMOOTH MOVE ARNOLD
It is time more governors and national leaders "call out" some of these legislative politicians that are hiding in anonymity. Many state and federal legislatures are primarily focused on getting re-elected and collecting corporate lobbyist paychecks instead doing the things that "We The People" elected them to do.
Bravo, Gov. Schwarzenegger! Bravo!
This isn't a coincidence. They did a good job of making it look like a coincidence, but there is an Aide somewhere who was laughing the behind off when they wrote this, and put it forward to be sent-out.
Honestly! Have we nothing better to do with our time than look for things to stir up controversy? Besides, someone should say that to the California Legislature; they all should have been recalled instead of Gray Davis.
Well it certainly is curious. I just wish I was as clever.
I doubt that Arnold would've sent a message like that to the state assembly on purpose. Now if it read "I'll be back", then I would consider it more likely
That was BRILLIANT!
Wow! At first I had thought CNN had reached a new low in attention-grabbing headlines, but this is hilarious! It must be a coincidence.
As others may have noted, not only is Arnie probably not that smart, most of us here in the Golden State are still waiting for him to properly pronounce "Kall-e-forn-ya". Not likely to happen anytime soon.
I think it says a lot about the state of American democracy and the media that when a governor goes to extreme and unusual lengths to highlight major structural problems faced by his state, what gets covered are not those issues, but a possible juvenile message that may or may not have been encoded in the first letters of every line. It's no wonder California and America are falling apart around us; our policy makers and media moguls never matured past the third grade!
Assuming that was in fact the governor's intent and I doubt it was, so what? Look, the California legislature is an inept and overly partisan body deserving of such treatment. No state has bigger problems but the legislature is not interested in action just symbolism
Hahahahaha! That's absolutely brilliant. Good for you, governator! Well played. Have a nice day!
Sounds like he was sending the right message.
Oh come on. This is stupid. I doubt, very seriously, this was done intentionally.
This is great....an appropriate way to end the legislative session, considering what went on in the spring & summer
That is hilarious! If the Governor is smart enough to pull this off, I applaud him. Now go play all your old albums backwards and listen for hidden messages.
So the answer to your profane headline CNN is....no he did not.
Coincidence.....? Yeah, right.
Very funny, though.
Finally it is apparent that CNN's imagination is working overtime and needs a rest.
Your constant piling on Palin has taken it's toll and you are simply worn out and need to take a break.
Now, did I intentionally spell F...Y in my note...yes I did, but just because Arnold is a Republican does not mean that CNN needs to take cheap shots at him like you do to all the other Republicans
Although I consider "The Governator" to be a buffoon, I think the California State Legislature to be the biggest group of thieves and idiots I've ever seen. I do however, agree with his letter. Far too many important issues have been ignored, month after month, while our elected officials gorge on their pay, benefits and campaign contributions. Then, when they feel motivated, they work "tirelessly" on some bone-headed and useless legislation that could have waited a few years. Meanwhile, California has turned into the cesspool of the lower 48, and gets worse by the day.
As far as I'm concerned, the "hidden message" probably was intentional, and highly unlikely to be a coincidence. For this, I give immense kudos to Schwarzenegger; I don't respect him, but dang it–you gotta admit this is funny!
Not relevent to me
I hope he did. As a Californian and an American, I'm tired of things not getting done because of political bickering.
If you're not going to do the hard work and make the hard decisions – dear Legislators at every level of govt – get out of the way!
Intentional?? I think so. Who would use the phrase "kick the can down the alley"?
LOL, well maybe some executives do need to tell their state assemblies this. The time to cut spending is here, we can no longer pass the tough choices onto the next generations.
Here in NY with a budget shortfall, our state assembly increased spending? Increased their pay? increased staffing for themselves? NY leads all states with loss of population and business over the last ten years. Do you think it could be the high tax rate? Hmmmmm
Are state or even federal governments too big to fail? And who bails them out? China? the time has come. NO More spending, no more new laws, no more bail outs, only reduced spending, reduced regualtion, and reduced government is going to be required.
Among other things, I'm a mathematician. The odds of this being an accident are essentially zero.
Good on the Governator!
Wish more politicians where more upfront and direct as this message comes-off. If anyone took offense, then oh well, take it as what you believe....
That's a "coincidence" and Sarah Palin's a Democrat. Recall Schwarzenegger now!
ha! this is quite clever, whether it's intentional or not.
Whether he did or didn't mean to, way to go Arnold !
I like this guy. Right to the point.
Well, it MAY have been unintentional, but it certainly was apropos.
you forgot about the last two letters,the S and A or state assembly.
If it was coincidental, I would like to see someone calculate the odds.
I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people that will be complaining about it are just upset that they didn't think of it first.
Hey Arnold has a tough fight with all those liberal Californians that want free hand outs from the state disregarding the actual cost to their state deficit!
If you look more closely it actually says "I f**k you"...
This is overreaching
Haha, that's great, regardless of intention.
I don't think he meant to, but considering the way the entire State Assembly has been behaving, I wouldn't blame him!
What was Assembly Bill 1176 about?
If he did that, good for him. I feel the exact same way about the Assembly! You go Gov!
Kudos to Arnold for b-slapping some moron in the state house.
Figures the media would read that in anything Arnie does..........Geeze
That's classic.
I'm not a fan Arnold, I don't wholly dislike him either. Two things interest me about this article:
1) He vetoed this "San Francisco area" infrastructure bill while a nearly 80 year old bridge is (and has been) literally falling apart. Probably not the smartest of decisions.
2) CNN is resorting to four-letter words with asterisks to seemingly sway the reader into being angry at the governor. Nowhere in this letter to the assembly does it say, or infer anything except "I don't like your bill, send me a bill that i like". But to CNN, I guess that means he's saying "..f**k you to the legislature"
Top-notch reporting there folks. "Did CNN say f**k you to mature, neutral journalism?" What a joke.
Now he wants to appear like he a governor? Please Arnie. Go back to making bad movies.....
Good for him, we are sick and tired of the tax and spend Liberals bankrupting California.
Okay, now that's funny! Way to go Governor Terminator!
Hilarious.
HOWEVER, a.) every first letter spells "f**k you" only if you leave the first sentence out (which starts with I), and b.) there's nothing about the sentences that seem "contrived" just to get that affect. I don't think this was on purpose – which would make it even funnier.
Oh, and CNN? Grow up.
wow, now that is funny. I am glad comedy is back in politics. Still, I think it was a coincedence.
Using Scrabble letter distributions as the basis for determining how common words starting with certain letters are, the probability that those seven letters fall on the column in that exact order is about one in 98 billion. Winning the state lottery is a more likely coincidence than this.
Good job, Ahhhhnold!
This is funny!
Bravo, Gov. Schwarzenegger! Bravo!
LOL pretty obvious. Only way a person can speak their mind in politics.
This was obviously just a mistake. Or was it?
Intentional or not, it's genius.
Whether he did or didn't, HURRAY FOR HIM. Someone needs to call it the way it is. I say the same thing to all OBAMAs Desires. I can't say work because he has done nothing so far.
When are these morons that we the people elect going to step up to the plate and start doing their JOB!! You go Arnold!!
who care?
Hilarious! This is the funniest thing I have seen in politics since Sarah Palin was introduced. There is no way Arnold meant to do that, though.
It actually says "TI F**k You". I guess he's not a fan of TI's work?
Coincidence? The mathematical odds of that randomly happening are...1 in 26 to the 7th power, or about 1 in 8 billion.
Pretty funny and clever but I doubt that he initiated the text. His wife maybe ?
The same logic that has the pious creating programs looking for hidden verses in the Bible now comes to politics. American politics is looking for ways to enter the travelling freak show.
ALL politics and partisanship and policy disagreements aside, that is truly truly awesome haha. Mad props Ahhhnie.
Either way he got his message across.
That is too funny.
Governor: there are still plenty of Californians (including liberals like me) that are rooting for you. Keep up the good fight!
Who cares? Obviously something's not working right in Kali and the governor is a bit pissed off. A little tough talk goes a long way sometimes.
I agree with the Californian governor.
Someone needs to tell the legislature to do their jobs. All they care about is getting re-elected. If a particular topic is too hard such as balancing the budget, they want to put it on a ballot and have us to decide for them. We elected these folks to fix the State and all we get is a bunch of political bickering.
Also, in my humble opinion, the special interest of California have bankrupt the state. I compare California to General Motors. Special interest bankrupted General Motors, special interest bankrupted California.
Kelvin
Haha pretty awesome!
That is a riot! Especially when you add the 'I' from the first sentence.
I think its intentional and awesome. Reason i say intentional is because of the line, "Water reform, prison reform, health care".........why not health reform???
I'm from Michigan and want to say bravo, we need more leaders that want to focus on the important issues that will push back.
If he didn't, he should have.
Surely, you don't think he's intelligent enough to pull that one off! It had to be someone on his staff who told the speechwriter to do it, or it's an incredible coinsidence.
That is just hilarious – accidental or deliberate. I think the major problem with politics today is that the goal is to be ELECTED not to SERVE!!!! Politicians spend their days plotting their re-elections. It is worse in the US where political campaigns go on for years not just a few weeks. Being elected is the sole goal for so many legislators – and that is just sad and pathetic.
At least he has a sense of humor!
I think it was deliberate. "Kick the can" isn't an expression that the governor would ordinarily use, and there's no reason to say that Californians "overwhelmingly" deserve anything. I've been listening to Arnold talk for a few years now, and I think this was done on purpose.
Shades of West Wing!
I'll bet most anything it went something like this:
A speechwriter or two was having a little. This was merely a draft that was written for laughs and was never to see the light of day. (Sometimes you just have to have a little fun with it or you'll lose your mind!) Not meant to offend or hurt, just a little fun, maybe to take the edge off of a bad day.
But somebody goofed and this draft got out into the wild in all the paperwork shuffle that is any government.
I just hope no one loses their job over it and we all move on.
Accident or no ... it is a WONDERFUL bit of political humor!!
Bravo!
It gets to the point, I'll give him that.
Freudian slip? My poor state of CA is a train wreck right now. Hopefully Gov. Jerry Brown back at the helm can turn back the clock to better days again.
I doubt if Arnold is that clever, but if he is, BRAVO!
Uh the first letter of each line spells
TIFU**YOUSA
If you are going to look at the first letters you have to look at them all.
Some people are just looking for stuff
He either got a good laugh with his writers as he was crafting this or he's getting a good laugh now wishing he would have thought of it ahead of time. Either way...funny. Perhaps Leno will actually have something funny to talk about unlike the last four weeks of his failing show.
Sounds like a scene right of the Republicans playbook in Congress! It's a shame, but it's a gottchu political world these days. The politicans have forgotten about their citizens and have become corrupt, accusing one side and the other of being on the wrong side.
I remember Gov. Scwharzenegger calling the democratic legislation girlie boys. Not a good tone for a working relationship, to me. While the claim is that liberals are bankrupting California, the Liberals think the Republicans bankrupted America! GO FIGURE!
Ok. This is just ridiculous. Maybe if we rearrage the letters we can find a threat or a prediction of who will win the World Series in 2011? I mean come on! This is ridiculous scrutinizing of something that does not deserve this much attention!
Finding common ground on this bill would have made it
unncessary for the governor to send it back, He probably told them he
couldn't sign the bill as is which should have made those
knuckeheads send a better one.
Yearning to prove they had more clout than the governor the duty was
On them to prove that they were right.
Unfortunately they were not up to the task.
Not surprising. Frustration is at an all time high. Calfiornia state government is dysfunctional resulting in a gridlock on all important issues. Advice to other states: Do not impose term limits. Do not impose a requirement of 2/3 vote to pass the budget or raise taxes.
Yes it was intentional, yes it's the only thing Schwarzenegger's ever done that I liked (well, this and "True Lies"), and yes he's still a douche nozzle.
I hope that it was intentional by the Govenator. It would restore my confidence in at least 1 politician in this country! Between politicians and the 'political correctness' group, nothing of significance is getting done except the complete destruction of the middle class and the obliteration of America's values including its language. Will somebody do something before we complete our transformation to the next third world country! Most of us are too busy working 2 jobs to keep up with the rising costs of everything but our wages to mount much of a battle.
By the way...I'm a democrat but the way those fools are handling things, we'd have been better off electing a bunch of racoons to office.
lmao. thats great
I love it. Goooooood for him.
It would be nice to know what Assembly Bill 1176 contains, but that would mean substantive reporting was involved.
If Arnie was really clever enough to do this and get it past his own political censors, then I say more power to him. Ha Ha
I am pretty sure that the Governator has people that write his letters, speeches, and other adresses for him. So I think this was intentional but he didn't write it.
He should have proof-read. GET TO THA CHOPPA!
That ain't no coincidence, and I'm glad! Two points for the governator!
Do legislators and media have nothing better to do. I think this proves what the Governor is saying. I'm from Kansas, not California, but this is stupidity.
Come on guys let us do some real journalism. I did not see any f word there. Please be honest to your readers.
HAHAHAHAHA! You go Ahhhhhnold!
Well, I'm now a Californian too and I'm with Arnold 100%. Our politicians need to pull their heads out of their asses and fix this state now.
That's pretty cool!
There's going to be more to this story.......somebody is trying to pull a quick one.......too funny
So what if he did tell them to f* off ! Good for him. He is trying to prove a point and I think we should all follow suit.
Good for Him. Can he become the Governor of NY? Paterson isn't doing it
Crazy talk. How about focusing on the fact that there is some real substance and guts to this message.
he should have just come out and said it!
What does that middle N stand for again in CNN? It certainly isn't News as this and many of your stories hardly qualify as news. This is the kind of thing I might expect to see in People Magazine.
too bad the idiot who has all this time on his or her hands, to attempt to find a story where there is none; but, rather help the administration in Washington find the Freddie Mac Report that all Americans can read and decide for themselves if this administration is going their job..
Biblical Code, the Da Vinci Code, and now the Schwarzenegger code..."Hasta La Vista baby"...LOL...{:o)
Good thing the Deep-Throat-crack-journalism special forces there at CNN are good at word search puzzles.
Maybe soon we'll get the 'What's missing from this picture?' puzzles like Highlights magazine instead of the political ticker.
Seriously, who spent the time to actually look at the first letter of every line to figure this out? Way too much time on someone's hands...
Too funny!
Are you serious? Come on, CNN. This is like that "I see Jesus on a slice of bread" nonsense. Slow news day, huh?
Finally he has the guts to stand
up to the crazy democratic
causucus even if it is to subtle and
kind of an approroach for
everoyone to agree with.
most Californians are fed up.
Good for Arnold! You tell 'em baby!
I read the note before reading about the "secret" message. What struck me is the use of the word "unnecessary." Especially in the second reference, it seemed like an odd choice of words. Because of that, I think it was intentional.
Coincidence most likely. It is such a beautiful state too bad he has not been able to stop the liberal legislators from ruining any chance of it ever recovering financially. Its just one more example in many of what total Democratic party rule does to a state finacially.
By the way, to all of you who didn't actually read CNN's report below the copy of the letter and don't seem to understand the point of this:
"But upon closer examination, the first letter of every line collectively spells 'f**k you'."
I would totally agree with him if he said those words. There are times when that word is needed in order to get things done. Politicians are eager to take money from anyone, so long as it's for re-election. They are not elected to word on behalf of "the people" Sometimes we need to tell them all to go "F" themselves for good measure.
Who in the world has the kind of time to scrutinze a message for that kind of hidden script?
OK–I have no doubt that Schwarzenegger didn't know this was in here. BUT, odds are some smarta$$ staffer wrote the final memo for him thinking nobody would notice. Kind of funny, but I bet some 25 year old loses a job over it.
Typical Republican boorishness and lack of class. Some things never change...
Way to go Arnold!!!
In a world today where millions of people starve and many more die in the face of senseless violence, is it really important that Gov. Schwarzenagger wrote a letter with the subliminal F-Bomb in it? Do you, writers of CNN think this is news? It appears to me that the governor is trying to address real issues, while the media wants to address stupid stuff like this. I think it's time for this country to grow up and actually do something to make our plant a better place to live. If this is really is the greatest country on Earth, we better start acting like it.
I think it's a coincidence but it's appropriate in light of way the state legislature's been behaving for the past 3 years. Sometimes that kind of language perks the ears up
Good for you, Governor.
Given the wording (why did he pick "overwhelmingly" and "unnecessary"), I definitely think this was intentional. Clever.
The first draft was addressed to lib dems.
Good for Arnie. He could have cleaned up California if it wasn't for all the beyond liberal legislators there.
HATS OFF to Arnold.
If he could only be president of this great nation of ours.
Very clever. Well done!
For heavens sake there isn't anything more to this than what the media is pushing. Understand it takes skill and some cleverness to make this happen. Chances are the Terminator didn't see this nor did the person who wrote it. Know that it doesn't take a lot of brain power to Write something like this.
You all that don't live in California be thankful that you don't have a to put up with this crap. Otherwise who cares. Understand the meaning behind this post and think, "really who does care about this letter".
I speak on behalf of all Californians when I say "thank you governor". Our state legislators are such sellouts to corporate interests that nothing gets done unless it gets a thumbs up from them first. I think every American should browbeat our politicians, they deserve it, and it's our duty to tell them.
who cares!!! i agree with the governor and his letter 100%. if it happens to spell F&** Y*& then so be it. something needs to get these politicians attention
hahahaha!!! I hope he meant to do this, the Ca legislature is certainly deserving...
You Go Arnold !!! If not he should say it
As any person of normal math education will tell you, the probability of this 'coincidence' is truly negligible.
Indeed we have a (at least) 7 letter "sentence", assuming (for simplicity) the probability of every letter being 1/26 we have:
(1/26)^(7) ~ 10^(-10)
On average, Arnold would need to write about 10 billion letters to get so 'lucky'. In reality, he surely wrote less than 10,000 letters in his lifetime.
Thus, the chances of a 'coincidence' are smaller than ONE IN A MILLION
I hope he did – the CA legislature deserves it!!!
Pretty sure The Terminator himself didn't write this. I'm sure it was just one of his bored lackeys.
Still – pretty brilliant. Not worth getting fired over, but brilliant.
*High Five* Arnold!
I like it, good for you Arnie.
Too f'n funny!!!! Can't wait till the networks get a hold of this and blow it all out of proportion. The PC cops will have a field day.
you have to be a complete idiot to think that's an accident. so many morons in denial.
sure this is bad form for a governor. but he's an actor after all. it's not like we found arnie at a MENSA meeting. you get what you pay for.
What is really surprising is that the liberals in California think they don't deserve to be told this cryptic message!
Very Good.
Very Good.
These are the Right Word for Califonia Legislators.
These Legislators of California are Ball Shut.
These Legislators of California are Impotent, Spineless, Rascals.
Well Done Mr. Governor. Show them your Muscle Power, these "Girly Men".
Go Arnold! Run for President!
If that is what he said, they certainly deserve it.
It spells it out, except for the first to lines of the note. Was this spotted by the same people who took the Abbey Road cover as proof that Paul was dead?
Good for him...The sad thing is that you have to hide your disdain for these pathetic pieces of crap that populate our legislatures.
Good for Arnold. Intentional or not, the State legislature certainly has gotten the message they truly deserve.
Until this State Legislature wakes up and
puts forth some of the much needed reforms
your constitutents are crying for, then State Dems
ought to think about declaring the state bankrupt,
unless of course they have plans to sell off the
rest of the state's assets in a fire sale to raise
sufficient funds to make payroll next year.
And so what if he meant too! I am a Dem to the core, but good job Arnold!
Good old Arnold. The last politician in California with any sense of reality and now we know he has a sense of humor too. Here's another 4 letter greeting: Love You!!!!
Wow, some of you people need to lighten up. It's funny, get a life.
If this is real why is there no state seal? This is hoax and CNN fell for it.
Intentional or not, this is darn funny.
But I wouldn't give the man any grief over it. After all... given the current state of affairs in CA, it would be very much deserved.
F*%ckin awsome!!! Ha ha ha ha ha
Didn't know the Governator had it in him!! At least he didn't say "I'll be back."
I think Dick Cheney dropping "F-bombs" on the floor of the Senate was far more funny than this deal. Besides the govenor is not a far right wing neo-con Republican so if he did do it then he gets a pass in my book!
If Schwatrzenegger did compose this letter to purposefully say F-you then I think he is brilliant! He used humor, and tact to get his very valid point across.
if he did mean it....oh well!!! i think it's hilarious!!!
Bravo Arnold the Terminator,
Only you have the guts to tell these bums what needs to be said.
These useless politicians that somehow get elected by the political machines of our State are not capable of solving our State's problems.
I hope this is what you meant, because as a Californian I feel the same way.
You stay classy, San Diego!
Good for you Ahhhnold.... I always liked you!
So what? The California Legislature deserves it. Even though I think this was unintentional.
I didn't see or read the word f**k y**, but when I read it, it had a kind of an accent to it.
Is this text an exact replica of the original message? the spacing could be totally different.
Even though I'm definitely more of a progressive, I've been a fan of Arnold. He made some tough choices that not only had to be made, but that others more concerned with a long-term political career wouldn't have, and the state is better off for it. I also like how he refuses to take crap from people. Our leaders at both the state and federal levels could learn from him, and kudos for putting the lousy Legislature in their place.
Arnold is a sleaze and a terrible governor elected by the same small group of right wing trolls that make up the tea baggin' birther movement.
For crying out loud, no wonder the media is so dumb. You're supposed to read from 'left to right' not up to down each letter! Thanks Arnie for being more literate than some of your non-ESL (English Second Language) colleagues.
Arnold is the man so i hope this is true because that would be awesome if this was his intention.
This is just stupid !
Wow. People, you don't know BY NOW that when you have 24 hours news networks, they're going to have to talk about irrelevant things to fill all that time? I think they all need to disappear entirely. We have emergency broadcast systems if we need to hear about something immediately. We don't need these networks.
And of course this was intentional. If it wasn't, then Arnold has a SERIOUSLY smart and effective subconscious. The odds of this happening by chance are ASTRONOMICAL. Like winning 3 national lotteries on the same day.
Seems like someone have lot of time to found that hidden message. CNN and other news agencies should focus on real news. Not bad propaganda..
Come on, that was FUNNY!
It is like Britany Spears' song "If You Seek Amy" that caused such a stir a while back [although that was actually worse because it was played on the radio and had a catchy tune so there were little girls singing it]. Way to go Arnold [or, more likely, Arnold's assistant].
Well stated arnold, seems like cal is full of liberal freaks, look what they send to congress
The only time I'll ever say this:
I wish Obama would follow Ahhhhnie's lead on this.
Funny and interesting story. Why are people so upset that CNN posted this? They post many bits of news.
Maybe, but they deserved it.
Arnold for President.
This is a brilliant response. A copy should be made for every member of our United States Congress.
sooo what brilliant mind journelist came up with this dumb theory? Whoever came up with it should be hang out to dry and treated like crap
Couldn't blame him if he did, really. But what I find interesting are all the positive comments from (obviously) Republicans on this thread when weren't these the same ones who were screaming bloody murder that Rep. Grayson called that lobbyist a not-so-nice name in an interview over a month ago???? Double standard much?
In my opinion they got told what they deserve from a person that is able to voice his opinion and have it heard, after all they aren't doing their job their just sitting on their fat pay checks
If Arnold planned this, kudos to him. What a great letter.
Like he actually wrote the letter himself... get real people, one of his staffers wrote the letter, all he had to do was sign it! No different some bored, or disgruntled cartoonist putting phallic symbols in Disney movies! Arnold wishes it had been his idea... but I'm sure he got a laugh out of it as well.
Classic. I think regardless of your political affiliation or you like/dislike for Arnold we can all agree the "great state of California" is going to crap. This this is indeed a real letter, it only says what the rest of us are thinking.
Has the news media ever heard of word wrap? Geez, give us a real news story.
This is stupid. And it is not a bomb, it is a curse word. And if you make a big deal out of it, kids and young adults will repeat the word to "shock" people. This whole episode, from Amiano on, reeks of immaturity. What's really bad here is that there are commentators who approve of this. Our country has deteriorated to the point where people are thinking bad behavior is acceptable. Just pathetic.
This odds for this to be a coincidence is like few billions to one right?
Oh here it is....under CNN news. Couldn't find this story over on FOXNews. I guess they don't know what real news is.
OK. I think it was cryptic and he knew only Libs could decode it and they did.
I love this! I am a "yellow-dog" Democrate but I think this show of franknes and moxy is just what is often needed but also so often lacking in our political system today. I may not agree w/Arnold on his political point of view but I give him a lot of points and credit here for standing up and being direct and to the point. More power to him!
If he did, BRAVO! The man is donating his time to try to help the state but is being hobbled every step of the way by spineless losers only focused on re-election, partisan games and taking bribes (aka campaign contributions) from special interests. Barack Obama should say the same thing to the Congress filled with creeps like Joe Lieberman and Mitch McConnel.
I am a Democrat.
I generally don't like what Republicans do.
But I support Arnold on this.
Well Done Arnold. Keep Kicking these A$$OLES.
It's obviously not a coincidence. If you don't think so, go calculate probability of this happening randomly. But wait until you finish reading this before you go, because you won't be back any time soon.
It was well executed and I think it was VERY indicative of the opinion of the public towards the state assembly.
The context of the letter in it's entirety says the same thing, only in a more politically correct wording.
In case the assembly members were too stupid to understand it (which is true for most assembly members), he spelled it out for them.
Well done, sir.
Funny stuff ! This is one liberal who loves The Terminator !
Well done Arnold!!! You are the man!!!
Go Arnold!!!
I'll bet his office tipped off CNN beforehand, just to get the press.
Funny. How much manpower was spent picking that out?
I don't think it was coincidence. Notice the line justification at the right and side of the letter. The paragraphs don't line up on the right. It was written with the indents 'justified' then moved on the right in the second paragraph so the words would fall just right. Very funny!
I love it! WTG Arnie!
This article just made my day. Good to you Gov Schwarzenegger!
That is brilliant. If you like or dislike the Gov of CA or the politics involved.
That is clever.
Did Lucy in the Sky with diamonds mean LSD..? Probably no and there was a Lucy.
Gov can call it the Lennon denial
It looks intentional to me. The awkward use of phases like 'kick the can' makes it seem like he was straining to make the letters work.
I love this.
The Governor is just saying what a lot of citizens feel about their elected "representatives." Intended or not: Nicely said!
Of course, what was lost in this is that the legislature in CA is a bunch of do-nothings. Maybe they should be fired and replace.
GO Arnold!
Whether or not he intended it, it's AWESOME!!!!
And I agree with him!
He's one ballsy dude!
Helen
I dream of days like this. It better be true!
Way to go Arnold!
And you want the US to emulate CA by implementing the same liberal type policies?
Maybe the letter should be addressed to all the liberals. Especially pelosi, reid and obummer himself.
I think you're giving Arnold too much credit. He's not that smart.
Of course, Arnie...it's just a coincidence. Sad though, if that stupid constitutional caveat weren't in your way, there would be no doubt in my mind as to who the President of the US would be in 2013. Shame...you represent so much of what the American dream is all about, and there isn't a thing you've done that wasn't 150% excellent.
This must have been written by an aide, Arnie's not that smart...
Spokesperson said it was a mere "coincidence" – too bad, I was rooting that Arnold stepped up to the plate and said what everyone else would like to say!
Another reason to love Arnold. If it was intentional: it was brilliant. If it wasn't: still brilliant to whomever picked up on it.
To quote the master himself (in response to the question of what is good in life):
To crush the enemy.
To see them driven before you.
To hear the lamentation of the women.
And if any of you get offended by that, go out and get some medical mary jane and lighten up. Conan the Barbarian was one of the greatest movies evah. EVAH!
Now why would think
a governor would paint such a
negative comment to look so
zealous
indeed ?
All in the eve of the beholder. However if he did that . thats just shows how petty he is.
why don't I see it?
ALL BRAWN AND NO BRAINS AS USUAL.
The California Legislature is not gonna allow the no-brain governor conduct a firesale of the California government.
He wants to privatize prisons so we can stop focusing on reforming criminals and instead just profit from them resulting in the inevitable release of more dangerous individuals back into society after their sentence is complete.
He wants to privatize the water systems so they can jack up the rates and spend less money making sure the water is actually clean.
And don't even get me started on why he backs the multimillion dollar insurance company contributors... i meant health care reform. This man is so self-serving and pathetically ineffective that all he can do, for lack of a working brain, is spell F-you to the Legislature in a letter.
I'm surprised his brain was even able to do that. Must have been a staffer that helped him formulate the plan. It sounds too advanced for the Governator.
In fact, it is a step further!
It is "I f**k you."
Funny. But doesn't anyone have a problem with the governor of a state not signing a bill out of spite? "You won't tackle the problems I think are important, so I'm not going to sign this bill, even though it might be in the best interests of the state." Not the kind of governor I would want.
When I saw the headline, I thought Arnie said it out loud. And my comment was going to be: "So what!?' It's time for people to stop being shocked by 'that word'. It's been around for centuries, more people say it than will admit to it, and sometimes it's the only response that makes sense. After reading the article, I had to laugh. Whether it's a hoax, real, or an accident, it's wonderful and it's what a lot of us would like to say to the people who 'represent' us.
Absolutely fabulous!! Way to go Governor!!!
he should say this to Mitch Mcconnol where 578,000 unisured in kentaky...and Mitt Rumley, and John Bhoener, and this old idiot Joe Leiberman to put roadblocks in health care reform with public option....bravo...bravo....Arnold......bravo...bravo....he should run for president...or he should be pres. obama's advisor...at least till the health care passes with public option....God bless...ARNY....
Arnold, we need your letter in Michigan ! We actually need to get a balanced budget, yet the state refuses to see the necessity.
what are these guys talking about..... instead of passing important legislature, they want to sit around and focus on whether the letter spells f**k you. What is this country coming to? for crying out loud!
The governor is actually sick and tired of inaction on important issues, and is desperate for action. (no pun intended)
Instead of focusing on the important things, we focus on every other bit of nonsense. No wonder we are in this great recession.
SHAME ON THE LAWMAKERS IN CALIFORNIA!!!!
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP CALIFORNIA???
Either way, it's great.
Nice one Arnold! NY's legislature needs some butt-kicking too.
My hope is that it was intentional
I appreciate that the capitalization is correct too. Top shelf
I love this. This state is being run into the ground by these sorry excuse of representatives. THEY ALL NEED THE BIG F. YOU. I hope this was really done on purpose, not just a coincidence.
It's obvious that Gov. Schwarzenegger sent a message that the state legislature needed to hear.
Hi fives and congratulations on a job well done to Gov. Schwarzenegger.
HaHa! I just can't believe this was on purpose, but coincidence is mind-boggling too. Either way, good message...including the "f**k you"!
So what! Good for him. The idiotic luny liberals in CA have ruined a once powerhouse of a state. Califiornia is a joke.
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Someone should be throwin' it back in their faces...
Funny, but lets not go all Da Vinci Code here...
take no prisoners ahnold
If this story had a "like" button feature, I'd be all over it.
It would be appropriate for every taxpayer in America to send the Schwarzenegger f*** bomb to Confress for their equally poor performance on the issues.
For some, reason people have nothing to do but look for things like this.
Unfortunately the law that went unsigned is lost in all this
Can you imagine how much more would get done in California and DC if politicians spent less time on thi ssort of thing?
Knowing when to made a mountain out of a mole hill should be the firts days training when becoming a politician
YOU see- anyone can play this game!
Now, if we just had someone send that same message to the US congress. That's exactly the message they need, Dems and Repubs alike.
Coincidence? HA!HA!HA! ....BRAVO Arnold!
I love how non-Californians proclaim to know what's going on here. Of course it's easy to blame the "liberals" running the state the ground *rolls eyes*. You all have no clue about our election laws that prevent anything useful from happening. Anyone have a clue about the supermajority they need?
We've also had a REPUBLICAN governor the last few years. Educate yourselves before you keep fanning the same old liberal v. conservative flame that would make useless Rush proud. It's really getting old.
Arnold is my hero
Are you Serious? This is absolutely ridiculous to pick apart his message so minutely and project something he never said. Grow up Media!!
It's funny that "Lucas" here in the comments blames liberals for CA's downfall ... but the initiative Gov. Arnold wants to pass ARE ones which "liberals" would favor - it's the "hands-off-government, do-nothing for everyday folks" GOP'ers who have repeatedly stalled on issues to help CA citizens.
AWESOME!
Go Arnold! With more governing bodies were that bold. Even if not intended.
Whoever picked up on this one needs to get a life!!!!
You don't want a passive aggressive governor running the largest state in the country!