ArnoldWatch Web - May 19, 2006 - 03:45 PM Arnold's Oilers by: Jamie Court and Carmen Balber
California's attorney general is subpoenaing oil executives over the high price of gasoline. Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed to the land of big oil, hat in hand, for a Houston fundraiser Monday featuring juicy checks and big steaks. California has consistently paid 50 cents more for gasoline than the rest of the US, but Schwarzenegger's not going to Texas to ask questions, he's asking for dough with the help of a top dog from Jack Abramoff's old lobbying firm, Greenburg Traurig LLP. Very likely to be on hand are some of Arnold's Oilers who have earned Schwarzenegger the honor of having raised more from the oil industry than any politician in America except George W. Bush. Schwarzenegger has collected $2.2 million since 2003 from the oil industry. Bush's take is $2.6 million from oil and gas interests. What do Texans want with our governor? How about help in stopping legislation regulating the gasoline supply (Like Sen. Dunn's SB 1794) and help in killing a November ballot measure tapping oil industry profits for alternative energy development? All this makes a great case for another pending November ballot measure www.cleanmoneyelections.org sponsored by the California Nurses Association to create public financing for elections. With clean money elections, California governors wouldn't have to drill for donations in Texas from the companies that are shafting Californians at the pump. There's no dirtier money than West Texas Crude. *** The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are last year's winners: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. 3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. 11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 12. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer. 13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 14. Glibido: All talk and no action. 15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter, when they come at you rapidly. 16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating. Also..................... Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.): the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.): appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.): to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.): to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Negligent (adj.): describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 6. Lymph (v.): to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.): olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.): emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.): a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.): a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.): the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13. Pokemon (n): a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster (n.): a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.) [back by popular demand]: The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.): an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men. *** From: Anthony Saidy Subject: Film "Occupation 101" at UCLA May 24 Thanks to Wendy Smith, for mentioning this great film. I just got an email note that the film will have a free screening on Wednesday, May 24th at 6 PM at UCLA (Rolfe 1200). >From the website, the synopsis: 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the United States' role, and sheds light on the major obstacles which stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' explains the situation in a comprehensive manner and gives audiences a complete context in which to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian encounter. The film depicts the root causes of the conflict through Israeli, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, American, and Palestinian voices that are rarely ever heard through mainstream media outlets. The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe of the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, and also covers the recent Gaza Disengagement of August 2005. Website here: http://www.occupation101.com Viewable clips from the film http://www.occupation101.com/multimedia_movclips.html >From the clips this looks like a very powerful film. Marie Moser ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. 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