PUBLIC FORUM NO RONALD REAGAN.Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] dropped a bomb on political pundits and his chance to be seen as a serious candidate for governor with his surprise announcement on the Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. show. Arnold said the decision to run for governor was the toughest decision he has had to make since he decided to get a bikini wax in 1978. Get real, Republicans! Can you picture Ronald Reagan announcing his candidacy for governor on the ``Tonight Show'' and then comparing the pressure of the decision to run to his first body wax? This steroid-aided actor has no experience and is no Ronald Reagan. - Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Cremins Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Breath of fresh air Arnold Schwarzenegger tells it the way it is, and the Democratic politicians commence with the smears, innuendos and scare tactics For the political strategy, see Tactical politics Scare Tactics is a reality show on the Sci-Fi Channel which began airing April 2003. It last aired on January 1, 2006. It is produced by Hallock & Healey Entertainment. In Canada, it is broadcast on Razer. . Gray Davis and the rest of his sycophants will stop at nothing in an attempt to hold on to his job, at which he has failed miserably. Schwarzenegger is a breath of fresh air after listening to all the ``experienced '' politicians in Sacramento for so long. It is the ``experienced'' politicians who got us into the financial troubles we face today in the first place. - Herbert Auerbach Van Nuys What about issues? It amazes me that people are jumping on the Arnold bandwagon. I would think responsible voters would wait to see who else is in the race, their qualifications, and agenda before making such an important decision for our state. No wonder a lot of people in other states look at us as the land of fruits and nuts. - Barbara Sullivan Barbara Sullivan (born January 24, 1943 in Calgary, Alberta) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995. Sullivan was educated at the Carleton University School of Journalism. Simi Valley Too much to hope for Michael Hannin has excellent points about finding a gubernatorial candidate that can halt spending for five years, and cut spending back to a modified spending program (Your Opinions, Aug. 12). Democrats love to spend. It's what they do best, and oh yes, try to blame Democratic spending sprees on Republicans. They let the refrigerator run out of food and when Republicans have to fill it, they get blamed for their spending habits. No wonder taxpayers and businesses are hitting the fast track out of California. Please do not get your hopes up too high, Michael. - Ron Hall Sun Valley Making of a circus I'm sure the Republican Party is aware they initiated the actions that are defined as a circus. Of course, this is just an extension of Washington's decisions. - Richard Danskin Burbank Who's sorry now? Re ``Davis says he's now backing car-fee repeal'' (Aug. 13): Now that the recall seems to be well on its way, look who's backing off? Gray Davis and his legislators want to back off on the vehicle registration increase. It wasn't but a few weeks ago that he wanted it to be increased, but since it looks like he is in trouble, he backing off. - Joseph A. McMillin West Hills There is no vacancy For No Vacancy (band), see . No Vacancy is a standard sign in motels indicating there are no rooms available for rent at the moment. In many places the word "No" in the sign is made of a neon light bulb and can be turned on (to indicate "no vacancy") or turned off (to I have read several letters from state constitutional scholar wannabes Wannabes is an online interactive soap and game created for the BBC by Illumna Digital. Wannabes follows on from Jamie Kane, the BBC's previous foray into online interactive drama. The show/game consists of 14 10 minute episodes released twice a week. like Carolyn Whitehead (Your Opinions, Aug. 12), who say the state constitution has a provision for the lieutenant governor lieutenant governor n. Abbr. Lt. Gov. 1. An elected official ranking just below the governor of a state in the United States. 2. The nonelective chief of government of a Canadian province. to take office following the recall. If this were true, why did Cruz Bustamante place himself on the ballot, if all he has to is wait for the recall to be completed and then become governor? As I understand it, the person who is elected becomes governor immediately, i.e., no vacancy occurs. If, however, the person elected becomes governor-elect, (e.g., until he or she is sworn in) he can only be replaced if he or she ``fails to take office.'' I don't see this happening. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently : case closed. - Robert Wilson Robert Wilson may refer to:
West Hills Wants a world view Re ``Evening news watching'' (Aug. 11): The reason evening news watching is down has to do with the quality of the product. I don't want ``sound bites,'' I want news. I want a world view, not a skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data U.S. view. So I utilize the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. and various Internet news sites around the world. The state of the world is too precarious for me to have much interest in Kobe or a Terminator governor, although I wish them both well. You've lost me as a ``customer'' unless I see more in-depth coverage from a bipartisan point of view. - Bonnie Caruso Canoga Park Searching for life I am at a loss as to why Michael Tabak in his Aug. 6 reply to my Aug. 1 Your Opinions letter concludes that my beef was about Mars research. On the contrary: I am very gung-ho about exploring the universe and the search for life elsewhere, which might turn out to be of great benefit to all of us. But let's stop wasting billions of our taxpayer dollars sending 384-pound rovers to the Red Planet and discontinue the gamble that there can be no life on other planets without water. - Martin de Haas de Haas as a surname can refer to:
Valley Glen Death of a hospital Re ``Employees left in lurch as hospital closes'' (July 30): As an 11-plus-year employee of Granada Hills Community Hospital, I deeply grieve our hospital closing and the abrupt ending of service to those who depended upon us for quality and caring medical services. I grieve the hardships our closing has imposed upon the faithful employees, 500 in number, and upon our outpatient clients who have been severed with no warning or assistance in recourse. Most of all, I grieve the negative changes that are sweeping the health care arena, of which the hospital was a casualty. Fueled by the enormous cutbacks in Medicare and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract imposed by the federal government over the past 10 years or more, a major crisis exists. - Bert Cook Granada Hills Take a look at Bush It boggles my mind to hear these so-called Americans whine about Gray Davis and his deficit spending Deficit spending When government spending overwhelms government revenue resulting in government borrowing. deficit spending Expenditures that are in excess of revenues during a given period of time. when our current president has this year's deficit at $468 billion - and still going up with no relief in sight. But those same whiners say that's OK. The same whiners would be much further ahead impeaching President Bush for his fiascoes instead of constantly passing the buck. Why don't you people get a good focus and see this was a much happier and more prosperous country in the '90s than we're seeing today. All we have to do is ask ourselves, why is this? - Raymond Margarit Glendale A matter of pride When Bill Clinton was president, we were paying off the national debt at such a rate that economists figured it would be paid off in 10 years. Then came Bush and we invaded Iraq. Because of Bush's pride, he said we could go it alone and didn't get any help from the United Nations and now for the year 2003 we are expecting a $455 billion national debt. Who knows what the future holds as far as deficits go? Because of his pride, we are losing American lives daily and we have a national debt that is getting out of control. What more harm can he do? - Stan Niedwicki Woodland Hills Iraq no quagmire To those comparing Vietnam to Iraq with the use of the word ``quagmire,'' I point out that using the ``official'' war years (7) in Vietnam we lost 22 men a day, compared to 19 a month (6) in Iraq, and whereas we could never capture Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh (hô chē mĭn), 1890–1969, Vietnamese nationalist leader, president of North Vietnam (1954–69), and one of the most influential political leaders of the 20th cent. His given name was Nguyen That Thanh. or his henchmen, we wiped out Hussein's grip on power. This is a war, should we not expect casualties? As for Mary Bempechat's draft-dodger comment about our president (Your Opinions, Aug. 13), I would like to point out that her gender precludes her from facing a draft. I take offense to her statement. Remember that having the right to say something doesn't mean you should always do so. - Donovan Weir Chatsworth |
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