Schwarzenegger's Money From Slick Times.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption News Editors/Assignment Desks NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082103/bb2 VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2003 Just a few weeks into the governor's recall election campaign Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] is already the cause for an influx of cash into the California economy. A satirical eight dollar "Bill of Total Recall" featuring the would be Governator's smiling face is starting to circulate throughout the Golden State. This unexpected infusion of cash was brought about by political satirist Michael Dalton Johnson, the same self-described warped mind who created the Clinton Three Dollar bill and subsequent joke bills "honoring" George W. Bush, Ross Perot, Hillary and a host of other political figures. (The close similarity of Johnson's money to actual American currency attracted the early attention of the U.S. Secret Service which ultimately declined to pursue counterfeiting charges.) Johnson also published Slick Times magazine that lampooned Bill Clinton and crew for eight years. "I was sitting around bemoaning the fact that politics just wasn't that interesting any more when someone apparently slipped a little mescaline mescaline (mĕs`kələn), perception-altering substance found in peyote. See hallucinogenic drug. mescaline Hallucinogen, the active principle in the flowering heads of the peyote cactus. into California's drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. ," said Johnson. "Suddenly politics in the Golden State is more fun than a sack of frogs," he added. The "Bill of Total Recall" bearing Arnold's visage is issued by "The Abused State of California" and is "signed" by Gary Coleman, "Secretary of Comic Relief" and Gray Davis, "Dead Man Talking." Included on the bill is a bit of verbage that reads like a narrative from Conan the Barbarian This article is about the fictional character. For other uses, see Conan the Barbarian (disambiguation). Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian : "There came a stranger from a far land. He saw the people were oppressed op·press tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. by cruel taxes and evil overlords. His name was Arnold..." The back side of the bill pictures the California State Capital building displaying a "Stop Arnold" sign and labeled "The Taxation Temple: Home of the Evil Overlords." The faux cash is available in pads of 25 bills for five bucks from www.Slick.com or directly from Slick Times, based in Vista. Note: Photo available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082103/bb2 |
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