Antonio 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Kamoshika...i think you may have confused the history of the Mr Olympia to some extent. The IOC does not run or have any influence/control/interest in the Mr Olympia. The Mr Olympia is run by the IFBB (International Federation of Body Building), under the close guidance of the Weider family corporation (the Weider family owns the rights to the Mr Olympia "brand"). Therefore, whether or not the IOC had banned steroids is irrelevant. The only issue of relevancy is whether or not they were legal in the US at the time he was taking them. I don't know the answer to that question. However, i can assure you that steroids were only part of the cocktail. As for whether or not he's political material. Tough one. The team leader need not be the technical expert but still....i'd say no. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 With arnold as governer you'll have manditory statewide daily calisthenics hour. Is Arnold political material? Yes. He's a "cocky and arrogant" entertainer, and a shrewd businessman with loads of republican buddies in high places. Not the kind of guy who you'd want making decisions that are in the best interest of the majority... Link to post Share on other sites
dancing_barefoot 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 So he's going for Gov'ner then Just heard it on the news Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 have yall seen who arnie is up against for gov? larry flynt (hustler publisher) and gary coleman (whatchu talkin bout willis?) personally, if i lived in cali, i would probably swing for arianna huffington. she's said some pretty interesting stuff about SUVs . She also writes a column for salon.com . Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Is it true! I can't believe it! Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 It's now official. American politics are a joke! Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Nekobi, you left out one of the other contenders: Gallagher, the "comedian" who smashes things... I read that Ariana's ex-husband Michael was also considering running. You can't tell the players without a line-up . (Check out Trek Thunder Kelly who is running as an independent ) Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Schuwa is gonna win. Then the constitution will change and he will become Prez. Just wait and see! Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I heard he liked Cheese. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Does the man have any policies at all, apart from quoting his fave movie one-liners in speeches? Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 No, but it looks like that will be a good 'policy' in itself Link to post Share on other sites
sonicwhale 0 Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 According to polls, it seems that Arnie might not be heading for the easy win at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Arnie seems to be playing towards the center right, he's made sure not to align himself with the social predjudice excesses of other Republicans. A conservative with a Democratic heart on social issues he may actually have success trying to be all things to all people. Whether he is sincere or not is a matter for debate. Kamo that transvestite politician certainly deserves to be in office. I've read about her and she's a very switched on interesting person. Also her electorate is a pretty redneck sort of place so it seems many have chosen to overlook their predjudices and just select the best candidate for the job. Nick Tanzos is a legend mate-the first Rastafarian MP, and he is a very articulate advocate for the decriminilisation of dac. Winston Peters is an out and out racist, but he'd dance to any tune to keep himself in office. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Shock horror! Not! ------------ Arnold's 'Smoking Gun': Sex, Drugs and Booze This may be a first for a gubernatorial candidate. The Web site thesmokinggun.com has dug up a 1977 interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger that should have tongues across California wagging all day. The interview, conducted by Peter Manso for Oui magazine, which was a sort of literary version of Playboy in its day, contains quotes that Schwarzenegger will not want to hear or see ever again. He's probably forgotten that he even gave this interview; I just don’t know how he'll explain it to Maria Shriver or his children. Arnold, then making the transition to acting with the documentary "Pumping Iron," frankly discusses his own promiscuity. He does so using such specifically graphic, misogynistic language that before he enters the governor’s mansion in Sacramento, he’ll have to have his mouth washed out with soap. The interview reveals a vulgar, low-class neophyte who seems to have no clue that one day his words could be used against him. Schwarzenegger observes for Manso: "I get laid on purpose. I can’t sleep before competition and I’m up all night anyway, so instead of staring at the ceiling, I figure I might as well find somebody and [expletive]." Schwarzenegger then describes for Manso a "gang bang" he participated in with other weight lifters at Gold’s Gym in Santa Monica, Calif. He recalls that the woman involved was black, and the men who participated were only the ones who could have sex in public. Nice, huh? Schwarzenegger also goes into a lengthy discussion of his personal size and whether it matters. I pretty much can’t quote anything from this section of the interview. Schwarzenegger doesn't shy away from telling Manso about his substance abuse, either. He claims in the interview that he mixes whiskey in his protein drink -- and smokes both marijuana and hashish, "not hard drugs." This was not a mere passing fancy, but seemingly a regular habit. "I get stoned. I do my own thing," Arnold boasts. It should be interesting to see how the voters in California react to these quotes. Their biggest referendum may be on whether a man’s character is formed in youth and becomes the template for his life and philosophy. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 And I thought he was Mr Sweet and Innocent, I am shocked. Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Surely no-one who was going to vote for him anyway will not do so now they hear that. What, they been living under a rock or what?? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I saw Demolition Man the other night (Stallone, Wesley Snipes - crap timecop movie thing). But one thing was funny. 1 scene where Stallone finds out about the "Schwarzenegger Library" and it being explained to him that Arnie used to be the President, of course they had to change the rules of the land for that to happen. Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Just to clarify: it's untrue that Arnold can "never be president" of the US. He CAN be. Here's how: 1. Arnold gets elected as vice-president of the US (no requirement of native-born US citizenship for this job). 2. Next, the president becomes incapacitated (gets too sick, dies, resigns, etc.). 3. Arnold is now president of the US. See how it works? Only native-born US citizens can be elected as President. But a vice-president having US citizenship can become president without being elected as such...regardless of birth nationality. Now, who would be Arnold's presidential running mate? It has to be either Jaimie Lee Curtis from True Lies, Stallone (the Judge Dredd one), or Danny DeVito from that twins movie he did with Arnold. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 How come he can be vice-prez but not prez? And surely when this "rule" was made up someone thought of the possibility as you brought up there. Link to post Share on other sites
spaz 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Has the guy got any chance of actually winning? Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 karnage, you may be right. I was just trying to stir up trouble. Actually, only natural-born US citizens can be President or Vice-President. However, a non-natural US citizen could be Speaker of the House, which position is (I think) 3rd in line for the Presidency. Remember Al Haig on the day Reagan was shot? "I'm in charge here!" So if Arnold is elected Speaker of the House, and then the Pres. and VP both quit or are incapacitated, then Arnold could be President. Sounds like a great movie plot for the next Schwarzenegger flick. What a country! And there are always (even now) bills on the floor to change the requirement about being a natural-born US citizen (Article II of the US Constitution)...for example some propose that after 20 or 35 years of US citizenship, even "foreigners" can be President or Vice-President. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 he wins Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 If he has actually won, and he hasn't yet, that will mean that Californians have voted themselves another George W Bush type character with some of the 'social' skills of Bill Clinton. Oh, and they've voted to say goodbye forever to the $9 billion that Enron 'allegedly' robbed them of, because Arnold is apparently aware of all of that and has no problem with it. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Apparently he has. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 What are they thinking? Link to post Share on other sites
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