Schwarzenegger sends very special message to legislator who heckled him
posted at 9:49 pm on October 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, it appears to be legit. Quote:
Don’t see it? This site will clue you in. He has disgraced the office of governor of Kah-lee-for-nee-ah — unless, of course, it’s just an amazing koh-een-see-deens. Any math majors want to take a run at calculating the odds of this happening by pure chance?
A slight mitigating factor: He sent this to the guy who heckled him with “kiss my gay ass” when he stopped by the San Fran Democratic Party a few weeks ago, although incivility in the heat of the moment is one thing and incivility in the course of official state business something else. Ah well. His political career will be over soon anyway. Exit question: If he had figured out a way to add a few lines starting with s-h-o-l-e after his signature, this would have become downright impressive, wouldn’t it? And darned Terminator-y!
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That’s fantastic.
triple on October 27, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Total Recall 2
RobCon on October 27, 2009 at 9:52 PM
I’m lovin’ it.. ;-)
But yeah, probably a bit on the immature side.
itzWicks on October 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I have newfound respect for Ahnold
Wine_N_Dine on October 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Hmmm. That’s pretty speculative to assume he did that on purpose and “disgraced” the office, as you put it. Though the odds of it happening by chance are likely very small, it’s got iron clad deniability.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I would not count Arnold out yet. He is a smart guy but the Kennedy’s have got their hooks in him.
RobCon on October 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Not as bad as Obama “scratching” his nose with his middle finger.
farright on October 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Ah Arnold still has a sense of humor (and a wicked one at that).
Buford Gooch on October 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Tee hee. I just got it…. sorry, bit slow.
Fortunata on October 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I consider this a blue-on-blue incident…so, yeah, I love it.
AUINSC on October 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
What does Tif ucky ousa mean?
JammieWearingFool on October 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Shameful, regardless of what an opponent did. Though given my own governor, it’s hard to put any behavior past that position anymore.
MadisonConservative on October 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
That all good and everything, but still ticked about the ammo bill.
Sanjoboy on October 27, 2009 at 9:57 PM
This is a change. Usually he is saying this to conservatives.
Mark1971 on October 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I hate to admit I laughed …maybe the nervous laugh of one who lives in this state and knows why it is going down the tubes
CCRWM on October 27, 2009 at 9:59 PM
CA. is a failed state, so who cares?
Have some fun while the ship is going down!
artist on October 27, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Can you explain why this guy keeps getting referenced here on Hot Air? Was he a contributor at one time or what?
CCRWM on October 27, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Good. We need more of this. Really. I’m tired of fake people pretending to be nice in politics.
SouthernGent on October 27, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I salute the staff member that thought this up.
meci on October 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM
How about, for once, if anybody in Sacramento can just show an iota of passion for the citizens of this state and make even the smallest attempt to salvage our economy. Just once. I’ll be holding my breath (because either I die or I end up moving, either way I’m gone from here).
conservativejack on October 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM
You don’t think it’s a bit of a jump to conclusion to call this shameful? Even if it was intentional (which it likely was), it has iron proof deniability. There’s no way to prove it was intentional.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I find it hilarious…
Howz meh Azz taste… You’ll lieck meh back…
ninjapirate on October 27, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Holy Moly! Conan’s gone batshite crazy!
HondaV65 on October 27, 2009 at 10:03 PM
So it was pure pork when the state is already bankrupt. I may agree with the govenator’s sentiment.
cobrakai99 on October 27, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Hard for me to be upset about it. Inappropriate all the same. But a lot of legislators at the state and federal level need to be told this, repeatedly.
Andy in Colorado on October 27, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Sure there is. Just calculate the odds. My math is rusty, but isn’t it something on the order of 26^7? (Each line, theoretically, could start with any of the 26 letters of the alphabet, and there are seven lines.) And it just so happens to occur in a letter to a guy who got national attention for heckling him? Don’t be naive.
Allahpundit on October 27, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Adults in charge.
LibTired on October 27, 2009 at 10:04 PM
He is waging war on this blog.
Hilts on October 27, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Sorry dude, this is “lipstick on a pig” territory… even if you think it was intentional… just say, those who say it’s intentional are crazy…
ninjapirate on October 27, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Oh, impressive and all, but nothing like this ex-gov of California.
(long, about 28 min, but worth every second).
jaime on October 27, 2009 at 10:06 PM
http://www.ktvu.com/news/21246488/detail.html
It was not only Ammiano but other SF city officials as well who justified this vulgarity
Peskin went on to say ” …He crashed into our party”
and one local station also reported Ammiano saying
” He walked into a room full of democrats” as his reason for “kiss my gay a$$ comment”
macncheez on October 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Girly Man speak I guess!!
canopfor on October 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Holy Moly! Conan’s gone batshite crazy!
HondaV65 on October 27, 2009 at 10:03 PM
That’s what happens when you live among the Kennedys for so many years.
kingsjester on October 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Don’t tell Ahnold.
Or he vill be pizzed!
Really, just like in T 1.
Kooky stuff.
profitsbeard on October 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM
It’s taken Ahhhhhnold how many years to behave like the Governator that the People of California expected him to be when elected????
phreshone on October 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM
So the blogger at the link says “and it would take hours” to get the language formatted correctly to say that.
Come again? If it would take that blogger hours to line up some words bearing the appropriate initial letter–and they used the same word for both “u”s–then he’s even dumber about the language than …
Anwyn on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Hey Governator……
Y’all should have done that with ASSembly bill 962…… You know….. The completely unconstitutional legislation about ammunition registration……. The one that’s gonna get overturned….. and cost you dearly with anything else you want to do…… What part of “shall not be infringed” hasn’t gotten through to you yet ?
E T Cartman on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
lol…I swear, who looks for this stuff?
If intentional, I’ll give Ah-nold kudos! If not, again…who looks for this stuff?
JetBoy on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Too little, too late, Arnold. You and your veto pen should have told those big spenders to F-Off a loooooong time ago.
Rational Thought on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Total coincidence…./s
d1carter on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
the Port Authority of San Fran? naw. he likely has no reason to say that and I’d venture to guess we’ve got some bonafide GLWC theorists with too much time. It is hilarious though
kellyjane on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Seriously do
We know this is
Entirely true and not an
Eerily good fake? I want it to be
True.
Diogenes of Sinope on October 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Any time legislation from the corrupt Democrat controlled, union goon infested, graft wielding, illegal alien loving State Government of California is defeated and not signed into law….
… is a good day!
Seven Percent Solution on October 27, 2009 at 10:11 PM
What does Tif ucky ousa mean?
JammieWearingFool on October 27, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Hilarious!
Vince on October 27, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Remember,its only allowable for Liberal Democrats
to speak that way,and get away with it!
I still like Arnold,and in this time of Socialist America,
with the civility that Team Obama practises,
screw-em!!!!!!!!
canopfor on October 27, 2009 at 10:12 PM
This is awesome!
Bravo to the Governator. That was brilliant.
cubachi on October 27, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Ammiano’s antics are enough to annoy the hell out of anyone.
Even Harvey Milk would want to kick his ass.
The Ugly American on October 27, 2009 at 10:14 PM
There was an intentional tip-off…nobody had to look. But I hope nobody is getting all high on Ahnold about this…he’s still a worthless DB and a disastrous ‘Govenator’.
AUINSC on October 27, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Well, that’s assuming each letter has an equal chance of beginning each line, which is not the case. If there were a few x’s or z’s in his message…
I don’t think there is any easy way of calculating the odds given the subject mater. Your best bet is some form of frequency analysis. It doesn’t feel like he is reaching to spell that out though.
jhffmn on October 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Without regard for frequency of use of the various letters, the chance of this happening randomly is 1 in 26^7, or 1 in 8031810176. Of course, all the letters are used more frequently than some other letters (Q, Z, X0, which brings the likelihood up significantly.
Could happen. Ya never know.
Anyways, I like it!
JohnGalt23 on October 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Yeah, I already did. It’s about 1 in 300 million (actually smaller if you want to figure out a way to calculate the odds of only the F and U being capitalized), which is why I said that it’s likely intentional.
And with proof being a relative term, I guess I should have said there’s no way to provide absolute proof that it was intentional.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I think we should
never rush
to judging that this
entire thing was
not just a coincidence.
This
is
obviously
not
a purposeful
letter arrangement.
LibTired on October 27, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I like Arnie again . I knew he would come back around . Remember at the convention when he told that story about becoming a repugnican because of Nixon ? Awesome .
borntoraisehogs on October 27, 2009 at 10:17 PM
That was sofa king good !! Disgraced ? Get a sense of humor, coastie.
bessex on October 27, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Clearly intentional.
Although some letters appear more often than other letters.
Spathi on October 27, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Obama scratches cheek with middle finger when meeting Arnold. Story at 11.
WashJeff on October 27, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Agreed on Arnold’s gorvernating performance. But like they say about a broken clock…
JetBoy on October 27, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Funny but juvenile.
Spathi on October 27, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I saw that very thing over at LGF the other day…CJ commented himself that he copied the comments and held them for several days to see if the “administrators” would remove them before he posted them there….so I logged on (hadn’t in many months before) and commented that over at Hot Air the “administrators” believe in that free speech thingee. Comment deleted within 10 minutes, and me banned….as I hoped for.
Patrick S on October 27, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Actually, I just did the math again to be sure, and I was off an order of magnitude. It’s actually about one in 8 trillion. So yeah, highly likely it was intentional.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 PM
it is inescapable that this was intentional; it was long overdue; it was too little too late to garner any real respect; it was puerile; it was hilarious and cool
urbancenturion on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Intriguing…what do they say about a broken clock?
AUINSC on October 27, 2009 at 10:20 PM
This disgusting creature declared a “post-partisan” era and found out the hard way. Now, he blames everyone but himself for failure. The wanton destructiveness of AB 32 put him in a class of his own. I can’t even stand his old movies now.
Feedie on October 27, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Allah,
It’s much larger of a probability than that. 26 characters in alphabet, and 7 lines, but you also have to tabulate how many letters can fit on one line. For example, if it was 50 letters per line, the equation would be on the order of 50!/[(50-26)!26!]. ( ! in this case is the factorial function, e.g. 3! = 1x2x3. ) Anyway, that is ~ 1.2×10^14. I may bit a little off on the probability estimate, but the odds are incredibly large regardless!
Weebork on October 27, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Whoops, that approximation was just for one line! So mulitply the above big number by 7 :)
Weebork on October 27, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Well at least somebody told the SF un-American malefactors in charge what they so richly deserve to hear.
Speakup on October 27, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Why would number of letters in a line matter? Each line is only going to have one letter that starts it. I think the only other factors to consider would be the odds of only the F and U being capitalized, and trying to figure out the difference in percentages of individual character use in the English language (which sounds awful).
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Hey Treacher, if you’re out there… you did something like this in a letter the editor about Obama during the campaign. Refresh us on it….
Something about Obama being a stinking commie…
katy on October 27, 2009 at 10:27 PM
So what’s the big deal? Ahnold was obviously just flirting with Mr. ‘kiss my gay ass’. Maybe the memo was a coded offer of sorts!
Midas on October 27, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Stay on topic please.
Allahpundit on October 27, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Oh, dude. That’s effing hilarious.
Jaibones on October 27, 2009 at 10:28 PM
It could be in response to Bill Lockyer, in which case it would be a good though futile thing.
Pablo on October 27, 2009 at 10:29 PM
… is a good day!
Seven Percent Solution on October 27, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Seven Percent Solution:=======:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBbQm1avEY&feature=related
canopfor on October 27, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Agreed. If he had been a hard-ass earlier on his gov’ship would have been far more productive and beneficial to the state of CA.
alexwest on October 27, 2009 at 10:29 PM
And then you have to divide a discounted 8031810176 by all the correspondence that he has ever written.
What’s not to like considering to whom it was sent? I mean it’s not like it was sent to the Pope.
MB4 on October 27, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Don’t forget to account for the paragraph breaks which map into the appropriate space delimiting of words.
I (paragraph break)
F*CK (paragraph break)
YOU (paragraph break)
The intentionality increases.
Geochelone on October 27, 2009 at 10:30 PM
All of the spaces were taken into account because the beginning of each line was predicated on the letters and spacing before them. There had to be a string of letters and spaces to bring us my esteemed governor’s magic message to life. No decoder ring required! :)
Weebork on October 27, 2009 at 10:31 PM
This is the best day ever.
29Victor on October 27, 2009 at 10:34 PM
That’s what I was thinking. Do people think the Governator is fluent enough in English to write this?
Now, whether he was in on the joke… I don’t know.
malclave on October 27, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Not really. There isn’t a 1 in 26 chance that a word will begin with any given letter. Words that begin with “x” are obviously uncommon, and my guess is that these 7 letters are on the common side (I’m sure this can be looked up).
But let’s be conservative and make it 1 in 13 for each of those 7 letters. Then it’s 1 in 13^7 (~6 million). But that’s just the odds of a *given* 7 lines beginning with those specific letters. Let’s say he’s written 100 such letters. The odds of at least *one* of those letter having this pattern is about 1 in a million. If he’s written 1000, then it’s 1 in 100,000. If you want the odds of it happening to any major politican, then keep multiplying by the number of people you want to include, and the odds aren’t so outlandish, but still pretty unlikely.
Anyway, I’m sure you could refine that a little more with better assumptions and make it more accurate. Either way, I think both that this was on purpose, and that it’s kind of funny, politics aside.
tneloms on October 27, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Oh, I missed just how special a message that was. I LOL’d.
Pablo on October 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Very true. You’ve pretty much guaranteed I’m not getting anything accomplished for the next two hours.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:41 PM
*clapping*
I’ve waited my entire adult life to see something like this. I don’t care if the side thing is real or not. The fact that he’s telling the legislature to pound salt is absolutely positively DELIGHTFUL.
They’ve needed to be told to piss off for decades. If any legislature deserved this and oh so much more, it’s California’s. They have literally screwed the state into the ground, without any remorse. I would prefer tar and feathers, but this is a great start.
As a former Californian, I salute the Governator. YOU GO, ARNOLD!!
GeeWhiz on October 27, 2009 at 10:41 PM
That wouldn’t take long. A few margin adjustments and bam you’re done.
I giggled.
Tim Burton on October 27, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Why does fu appear in a square when my mouse goes over the letter?
mitch088 on October 27, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Not believable.
Some aids had too much to drink.
notagool on October 27, 2009 at 10:44 PM
*
People are crazy,
Especially Californians.
Lots of those folks are nice enough and
Occasionally they step into the truth.
See, even broken clocks are right twice a day.
I like this!
I say we need more of this from
Slimy politicians.
Anyways…
Completely not random
Unless you believe in miracles!
Needless to say I think it’s funny.
*
SouthernGent on October 27, 2009 at 10:44 PM
While I suspect you are right, don’t count him out entirely.
DiFi and Boxer are both getting a little long in the tooth. Feinstein, in particular, is 76 years old, and will be 79 when she has to run for reelection. And last time Arnold ran, in a big Democratic year, he won in California by 16 points. Him running in 2012 against DiFi or some other Dem is not out of the realm of possibility.
JohnGalt23 on October 27, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Meh, whatever. California isn’t a serious state anyway. They’re about to go bankrupt due to in large part to bloated government workers sucking at the taxpayer teet with their overgenerous and underfunded pensions. The whole state is governed by a corrupt clown possee. So why shouldn’t the Gov give back as good as he gets? Maybe when they finally declare bankruptcy we can just revert them to territory status and we won’t have to deal with their 59 some odd electoral votes in presidential elections. Maybe a threat like that would straighten them out.
t.ferg on October 27, 2009 at 10:50 PM
LOL, no way that’s random.
WisCon on October 27, 2009 at 10:50 PM
How long did you work on that?
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Now THAT’s the Ahnald we voted for!
crosspatch on October 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM
4 minutes or so.
SouthernGent on October 27, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Sure, the odds of that being totally accidental in that *given* comment are about 1 in a trillion, if you take all comments made by every commenter ever, I’d say that it’s totally likely that what you wrote was just a coincidence.
tneloms on October 27, 2009 at 10:55 PM
He went to the office in style and he leaves his mark. In the scheme of CA legislative disasters, this is chickenshiite.
This, on the other hand, is way more perilous and consequential:
Schadenfreude on October 27, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Believe
SouthernGent on October 27, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Classic.
Jaibones on October 27, 2009 at 10:57 PM
From wiki, for what that’s worth.
From askoxford.com
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM
I’m no fan of RINO Arnie, but at least he’s finally show some balls to the a$$hole libs who inhabit San Francisco and Sacramento.
GarandFan on October 27, 2009 at 11:00 PM
So,
26×1.8121
x
26×3.6308
x
26×3.5388
x
26×1.1016
x
26×1.7779
x
26×7.1635
x
26×3.6308
(plus some way to account for the odds of only the F and U being capitalized).
Anything there look incorrect?
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2009 at 11:05 PM
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