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I’m curious about your use of the word “rebuttal.” In Lori’s account, isn’t it OLPH Church that responds within 30 minutes of her phone call? How does that rebut the idea that churches–at least some of them–will aid the helpless and poor?
I admire the call for everyone to step up and help those is need, but the private/public debate seemed incongruous with the anecdote.
Heart, not my title on the piece. My anecdote was to illustrate that local groups need to step it up to the level of OLPH/St. Vincent de Paul before advocating cutting services.
It sounds as if Mrs. Rivas encountered the same gal who was standing in front of our church: Three kids, claimed to be a war refugee, and spoke no English. She had a sign that read something about being in dire conditions and so forth. We actually had someone who could speak this gal’s language (she was originally from Romania), and when we offered to help in tangible ways, it was quickly discovered she was with a group of gypsies. Basically she was a con-artist who was merely wanting money and was not at all serious about getting real help that Mrs. Rivas is talking about.
Obviously this isn’t everyone, but it is a good many folks.
The one advantage churches and private charities have over government ran agencies is that they are able to exercise a bit more discernment with such individuals so as to weed out the scam artists, the slothful, and those who want to continue to be coddled and enabled. Government doesn’t necessarily do such screening, nor do they really care to. All they care about is how much money you make or don’t make. Dealing with such corruption is generally handled after tons of money have been lost, not before.
The system is also designed to keep folks “captive,” because they will often make more money on government assistance than what they could make working a job. And, thus they continue in a life of idleness.
I realize others are going to accuse me of just running another conservative talking point with my claim here, but I have known, and do know currently, people who are in this very situation, and it can be a very demoralizing circumstance, churches and private charities often offer the support otherwise lost among top heavy bureaucracies.
“Obviously this isn’t everyone, but it is a good many folks.”
A good many folks are gypsies trying to con hard-working people out of money? Come again? Where’s your proof for such an assertion?
“Government doesn’t necessarily do such screening, nor do they really care to. All they care about is how much money you make or don’t make. ”
If the church and charities had done the job conservatives claim they do, there never would have been a need for social security or medicare or any other social programs. People wouldn’t have gone hungry in the 1930s, old folks would have safely retired to the care of their families or churches or what have you to make room for the younger generation.
Conservatives seem to forget that we can look back in time and see what life was like for society’s most vulnerable then before we collectively decided to manage social problems.
“Dealing with such corruption is generally handled after tons of money have been lost, not before.”
As if the church is free of corruption. I’d much rather have competent, trained and educated bureaucrats distribute my money to the needy than entrust it to a local or national church with no oversight, no reporting, no analysis of where the money goes etc. If some percentage of government aid is fraudulent; so be it, at least we’re helping the vast majority of people who receive such aid as is evidenced by the amount of seniors who can retire comfortably and the fact that poor children don’t go hungry.
Can’t say the same for the evangelical movement with its predatory profit gospel churches, its scandals involving high profile ministers, and it’s fly-by-night operational model where churches appear and disappear over night in strip malls and school gymnasiums.
Jeff, you make a good point. Now, I’m going to sound like a stickler, but you took the easy way out at the end with a lump-them-all-together stamp of disapproval on “the evangelical movement.” To be sure, there are far too many people who have twisted, corrupted and reshaped the call to love God and love your neighbor into anything but.
(Case in point: “Fly by night?” Really? Real estate is expensive in southern California, and there are some churches that would rather invest a majority of the money given by the congregation in charity and missions causes, rather than a building. That’s why some churches choose to meet in rented facilities.)
That said, there are indeed men and women in churches everywhere who are passionate about sincere investment in the good of their neighbor. Those are the people who are likely to not care about “the evangelical movement” and instead care more about living out Biblical principles.
I’m not trying to start an argument. I’ll be the first to admit Christianity has been hijacked over and over again. What I’m humbly asking for is a little more elaboration rather than broad-brush statements.
Cue liberal-vs-conservative comment war in 3…2…1…
Hey man, you and I may know the difference between a Creflo Dollar and a Mother Theresa but many people don’t. I take your point on the church buildings but I standby the rest of what I said. There are predatory churches out there (right in our town even, they promise to richly reward donations through God’s bounty!) There are churches that spend a lot on bling too, to show off how successful they are and attract more customers. Then there are churches whose charismatic leaders turn out to be corrupt crooks.
The point is it’s hard to tell. It’s unfair to slam the government for programs that may reward fraud then turn around and suggest the alternative is the church and charity, which aren’t fraud-free themselves.
I maintain society is better off depending on the law, real programs, and competent bureaucracies to address poverty, education, health, and welfare than it would be depending on the church and charity. As I stated we’ve already seen that movie and it compelled us to act.
To feed a man for a day, a liberal would give him fish… but a conservative would teach him to fish so that he would have food for life. Like it or not, this is the simple difference between the two ideologies.
You forgot to add:
Conservatives want to cut the budget for fishing instruction, cut the wages of the fishing instructor, and figure out a way to make the entire business of fishing instruction profitable for a tiny class at the top.
Also, while doing this, conservatives will repeal clean water regulations and fish stock management regulations, ensuring that each man would have to fight over a declining population of polluted, sick fishes.
There. Fixed that for you.
That’s because the fishing instructor’s wages and pensions were bloated beyond belief by left wing do-gooders who forgot about unintended consequences and denied that the USA has no money. Further, left wingers have unreasonably over regulated business to the point they’re leaving Kaliphonia/USA for other countries.
There. I have educated you once again.
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The USA has no money because:
1) it overpaid for the protection of the fishermen via a bloated, inefficient military/industrial complex, and
2) it bailed out the bankers that financed the fishing boats via risky CDOs.
Bill and Jeff- both of your teams smell fishy. The libs and the conservatives in Sacramento have already agreed to billions of dollars in cuts to welfare, medical programs for the poor, in-home care for the elderly , drastic reductions in services for the developmentally disabled, and mentally ill. Bi-partisan kumbaya in screwing over California’s most vulnerable. Neither party batted an eye.
The liberals are concerned about the able bodied state workers, and the conservatives won’t agree to a penny more in taxes. Priorities, priorities…
Please go visit a residential care facility near you. The residents, two to a room, six to a house, cared for by minimum wage employees, may be eating store brand fish sticks. I doubt they will be able to afford even that after the budget passes.
All this talk of fish is giving me a hankering for sushi.
Well said.
For the left wing, Gov’t run programs, more bureacrats, higher taxation, etc., are constant answers to every problem in our society. Thanks to leftist ideology, America has become the land of entitlements; 40 million people are collecting food stamps; 15% of America’s spending goes to welfare recipients; unemployment is steady at 9%; our National Debt is at an all time high.
Where the heck is our “Hope and Change”?
I am always amused by some people want/need to be governed.
Yeah it’s very amusing that people of good conscience want to protect the vulnerable and weak (cockroaches in your parlance) from people who think of exploitation as a virtue
Yeah, it’s very amusing that liberals believe people cannot make it on their own, thus the creation of bloated entitlement programs to the point they’re completely unsustainable and risk a complete economic catastrophe.
Bill: Have you always had someone to blame for everything in your life? Your parents should have named you Dick.
Yeah it’s very amusing that
people of good conscienceConservatives want to protect thevulnerable and weakliberals frompeople who think of exploitation as a virtuedemocrat polkiticians.There, fixed it for you.
Wow Bill, you make it seem like if it wasn’t for the evil government there would be no poverty in America. Do you have any solutions for the 40 million people on food stamps other than for them to just starve to death?
Yeah, stop paying Gov’t union employees bloated wages and pensions, stop giving billions in aid to foreign countries who hate our guts, stop bailing out failing companies such as GM (Gov’t Motors), lowers taxes to stimulate small businesses; bring troops home from foriegn countries where they are not needed (Germany for example), close down our southern border with US Troops; stop illegal immigration, stop entitlements to illegals; provide medicare only to seniors in need rather than everyone who turns 65; begin privatizing Social Security; stop Federal funding to NPR, Planned Parenthood, etc.; stop subsidizing idiotic forms of alternative fuel such as ethanol; build nuclear energy power plants; drill baby drill.
There. That’s enough to begin stimulating the economy and getting people back to work instead of constantly providing handouts to the point it’s unsustainable and ruining our country.
I think you failed to mention the multiple wars we’ve been dumping money into.
Freedom is not free. You vote for Democrats, huh Josh. Ha!
Mr. Reynolds, my voting history is none of your business, but in the shaky hope you’ll shut up about trivial matters, drop the sloganeering and actually engage in discussion: I’m a registered Republican. Don’t vote GOP across the board but lean to the right. So drop the assumptions already.
As far as the so-called “war on terror,” when and how is victory defined? When we obliterate the MidEast off the map? When we eradicate every last Muslim worldwide? I ask this because I’m legitimately wanting to hear what you think. Sadly, I expect you to respond with nothing more than hollow slogans.
” in the shaky hope you’ll shut up about trivial matters, drop the sloganeering and actually engage in discussion….”
Bill? Never. His DNA is fueled on cheesy slogans he robotically repeats, and he absolutely gets off on attempting to get people’s dander up. Not to mention pulling back the veil on his white supremacist side whenever he gets backed into a corner.
Some of the items you have suggested are borderline isolationism. And when we go to war in any country, there must be a re-build effort. To not do such contradicts common sense and military doctrine which has made us successful. To simply “bomb,bomb,bomb” is a failed approach that rarely works. And also realize that if you bring all the troops back from these STRATEGICALLY LOCATED FORWARD POSITIONS, you put us in bad predicament since the 82nd AD and Marines can’t respond to every incident with the type of firepower an armored division can. No offense but these are simple items they teach in any of the mid-level Army Leadership courses.
Where you wages and pension bloated when you were in a union? #hypocrite #WhatsNew
4eyedsue, I hear you… but I know you do understand our present economic status is untenable and that major changes must be undertaken. What would you do to make the State of Kaliphonia fiscally viable?
Get rid of the death penalty for starters. I have to go to work- heat up the fish-sticks. Look forward to checking in later.
How about putting death row inmates to death immediately and stop wasting $$’s that could go for the needy.
How much does it cost to put someone to death again? Go find out before you open your mouth wide and prove the fool you are.
Did you read this article in last week’s LA Times?
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/12/local/la-me-0512-warden-anti-death-penalty-20110512
Typical of the L.A. Times to leave out pertinent facts such as the $$Millions$$ spent feeding, clothing and housing death row inmates. This is another reason why I stopped years ago reading the left wing slanted L.A. Times.
Keeping them in prison is much cheaper than ‘trying’ to execute them. It’s time we became a civilized nation.
The new 540,000 sq. ft. death row expansion at San Quentin is expected to cost $1 billion (after interest on bonds). It is expected to be full to capacity within 3 years of completion. Then what?
Since ’78- when CA reinstated capital punishment, 53 death row inmates died from natural causes, 18 committed suicide and 6 died from other causes. 13 were actually executed. It’s embarrassing. It’s time to get rid of it.
If Brown would convert the sentences of our 700+ death row inmates to life without parole, he’d save us billions of dollars in one swoop~ no more extra housing costs, no more extra appeals costs, no more new death row. That’s a lot of fishsticks.
Instead of giving death row inmates private rooms and nice medical care… those funds could be diverted to provide decent housing and care for our disabled and elderly. I’d even rather give it to gypsies who may or may not be in need.
gah! I didn’t mean to write “nice medical care”- they will get that anyways… I should have written “expensive legal appeals” Long day- goodnight.
Wow. Gov. Brown put a stop to the expansion of San Quentin a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t get the memo. Sorry for the bad info.
“At a time when children, the disabled and seniors face painful cuts to essential programs, the state of California cannot justify a massive expenditure of public dollars for the worst criminals,” he said. I have such a love/ hate thing going on with this man.
With attorneys for the state saying they aren’t going to try to execute anyone until at least next year, our 5 year hold on executions will last least a 6 years. What to do with all those inmates???? I think California’s death penalty is dying…a slow and painful death….
I can agree the death penalty needs to go…when people stop murdering innocents, especially children.
I can support the death penalty when the legal system stops releasing innocent men from death row because District attorneys are pressured by the public find the Perp.
How many innocent men have been put to death over the years… I am sure it is just collateral damage but… what if it was your family member.
Hey Gung Fungus, look who is talkin’… hilarious!
Josh, it’s unbelievable to me that you cannot comprehend what it takes to win the War against Terrorism! For starters, our military kicked the Taliban & Al-queda out of Afhanistan and Iraq and we will be there until decent democratic governments with reliable miltary support is in place, which is necessary to keep radical Islamic Jihadist out. Secondly, once our administration, whether it’s the this one or the next, or the next ceases receiving intelligence reports that reflect serious danger to America and the free world from Jihadists, then we can rest easy.
Josh, why do you think Obama flip flopped on his presidential campaign promises?
It’s a war against extremist ideology. So basically, you’re saying America just needs to hunker down in the Middle East indefinitely.
And if we kicked the Taliban (which the U.S. backed when it meant trouncing the Soviet Union) out, then why is the U.S. so in favor of Afghan-led reconciliation with the Taliban?
Josh, I am not stuck in past Afghanistan wars. 9/11 happened and America went to war against Jihadist terrorists who are still hell bent on killing Americans. I do not believe in appeasment. I personally do not believe we’ll have troops there indefinetly. However, with President B. Hussein expanding war into Libya it appears we’ll be involved in the Middle East for quite a long time.
Also, I’d recommend reading this entry by photojournalist Steve McCurry, who has worked in Afghanistan myriad times since 1979. No grand solutions, but some thought-provoking insight.
http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/393/
“The concept of winning is dangerous. Do we win, or do the Afghans win, and do they even want that victory as we define it?”
Mr. Reynolds, that doesn’t quite make sense. Jihadists who are hell-bent on killing Americans aren’t going to change their minds. So if troops are not there indefinitely, when do we determine that it’s time to finally pull out?
I’m curious to know, Lori, if you followed up on the woman at all. I believe I’ve been approached by the same woman or a woman from the same group of gypsies, outside of Walmart. On both occasions she was with a baby in a stroller and both times she was asking for money to pay the rent. The accent sounded suspiciously phoney to me. The first time she approached me the accent sounded Middle Eastern. The second time, after I asked her where she was from, she could not/would not answer. I don’t believe our government allows people into the country as official “refugees” without proper support and services.
I have followed up several times, including just this AM.
So was she a legitimate person in need or was she one of the gypsies Fred refers to above? I’m just curious. I have no political ax to grind.
As far as I know, she was/is a legitimate person in need.
Linda: This is perhaps an old story, but it proves your experience to be correct. My daughter and I were approached in a Vons parking lot by a woman with 2 kids in tow, aged about 5-6. Her story was that her father had thrown her out of the house, she had no money, her kids were hungry and that she wanted me to go into a neighboring pizza parlor, and buy the kids some pizza. I said I had no cash left, so she said “The pizza place will take a credit card”. Suspicious, I asked the 2 little kids a question in what little Romani I know, and they chattered away in response to me. I suspected that the mother’s plan was a scam, in concert with a pizza parlor employee, so I just ignored her, we got in the car and left.
The next day I was telling a fellow Metrolink passenger the story was we rode on the train to work, and a man sitting behind me stood up and walked to our seats. He said he was on his way to work too, and was assigned to the LAPD gypsy detail. He said my guess was right as to what the woman was up to, then spent the next hour telling us stories of how the gypsies operate in the LA area.
When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me stories about how the Roma, who lived in New Jersey, operated in NYC. From what my mother observed, the Roma have been in the U.S. since the early 1900′s at the very least. So it’s unlikely that they’ve “sneaked in” despite their accents, and in fact many of them are U.S. citizens. The Roma have maintained their language and in their culture many of them never learn to speak perfectly clear American English. Because many Roma keep their children out of school, they never learn the skills to fully move from their culture and into “normal” American life.
There is also a smaller group called “Travelers” who are, in essence, descended from the English speakers of the same name who still travel and operate in Great Britain. Travelers speak perfectly understandable English. They, too, are outside the mainstream of U.S. society, and their methods of earning income are sometimes similar to the Roma.
So, from these people we learn to always be suspicious of beggars. Just like our parents were.
Is this not the very definition of racism?
No, sorry Lori. It’s learning from the wisdom of our parents and grandparents and their life experiences.
U crazy.
But if you replace “Roma” and “Travelers” in your story with any other racial group, does it not strike you as, perhaps, presumptive based on race?
If I were to assume, say, that any Mexican were a lazy, druken, wife-beating illegal, would that be justifiable? That is what my grandparents taught me.
Would it not be better to take race out of the picture? Judge people based on their actions and words, not on their race and language?
Racists says what?
Interesting, CS. I didn’t know there were law enforcement officers assigned to “gypsy detail.” I know there was major controversy in France last year over Sarkozy’s desire to deport the Roma. The U.S. isn’t alone in its illegal immigrant woes.
As to the reference to gypsies being racism, I don’t think so. There are many ethnic groups known for crime ring activity — Armenians, Russians, Nigerians, to name a few. That doesn’t mean every member of that group is involved. But it’s good to be aware and be safe when approached by a stranger asking for favors.
My Bible requires me to assist all who ask, to share all my surplus. I could not hope to be a fair judge to who really is needy, and who is not. I would rather stand before my God a million times, with a clear conscience, having attempted to help those who might be scamming me, than stand before God one time, knowing that I had denied help to one because I deemed him/her “unworthy.”
Who am I to have so much? I am nobody, but one that God has entrusted with a surplus to share with others.
Well put. I’ve actually had several experiences like this recently.
I admire your idealism and your generous nature. But I believe in using one’s common sense and gut instincts too. There is a difference between judging someone as “unworthy” and choosing not to be taken advantage of. My time and money are limited and I would prefer that both be spent on legitimate cases of need. There are safety issues as well. People have been robbed and murdered when responding to someone supposedly “in need.” If God is going to judge me as wanting because I didn’t give money to everyone who asked, legitimate or note, well so be it!
What would Jesus do?
Why, tell ‘em to stay outta ‘merica, naturally.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. ~James 1:22-25 NKJV
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7 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the LORD against you, and it become sin among you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. 11 For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.” ~Deuteronomy 15:7-11 NKJV
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14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. ~James 2:14-17 NKJV
Wag of the finger to Newhall Land for stealing the photograph used on their flyer for this event. My friend is a professional photographer and they took a picture of hers, watermark and all, without asking, and re-published it.
I’d wag a written demand for compensation, not just a finger (select which one)!
Get a certain lawyer who frequents this site to write the demand. They’ll give up after the 18th page and pay just because they don’t want to read anymore…
Jeff, couple corrections:
roll:role
It’s Scott Wilk, Jr., son of Scott Wilk Sr.
Senior is a fan of Michael Bolton and sits on the SCCCD Board. Junior is his son and works for Tony Strickland.
Damn. Very sloppy today. Errors corrected, apologies and thanks for the correction.
Oh, and it’s Tony Bell, not Toney Bell.
Sure would be nice if the board software allowed for editing to correct typos by us regular folks!
I understand Arnold shared this news of his affair to strengthen his GOP credentials.
Oh snap!
What GOP credentials?
From The Terminator to The Govinator and now The Impregnator.
How “Kennedyesque”. Tryin’ to hard to fit in, I guess. . . no pun intended.
That was actually pretty clever. Bravo Bill.
Well geez, don’t be so surprised. Thanks!
From what has been written, the Schrivers did not want Maria, who was fairly young, to marry Arnold S., for the same reason most Irish-American mothers are very wary of future sons-in-law. Like many daughters, Maria didn’t listen, and now 25 years later she is reacting to the truthfulness of her parents’ advice, as well as the reality of what appears to be 10 years of non-disclosure by Arnold.
Clearly my Grandmother’s admonition to girls in my family, to stay away from hansom blond Irishmen, should be expanded to include those from the rest of Europe too. Bottom line, an egotistical man is not a suitable candidate as a husband.
The irony is that when he married Maria, Arnold was relatively poor, so it’s likely there was a pre-nup contract, designed to protect Maria’s inheritance from Arnold. That same pre-nup might just end up keeping most of Arnold’s movie-derived fortune in his own pocket.
Depends on what you term “relatively poor”.
I don’t appreciate you stereo typing Irish-American mothers… but please do bravely tell me on the internet what your racist term for us Irish is?
Potato Jockeys? Whisky Cockroaches? Shamrock McN!#gers?
Don’t get your Irish up, Nate! There are plenty of slurs for everyone!
http://gyral.blackshell.com/names.html
You missed it.
Mom, Grandma, Ancestors
So you come from a long line of racist women? Keep up tradition.
Arnold was a fraud from the get go-as a Republican, husband-father-politician-motorcyclist-body builder…so this story is not a surprise.
He bumped of Tom McClintock who was the one Republican who could have set CA straight years ago.
Spare me the apologies and tears. The Times does not have the integrity to name to woman involved. Clearly this is a case of sexual harrassment in the work place (literally) . We deserve to know the woman’s immigration status.
Why do we deserve to know the name of the woman? How is that relevant? If she was sexually harassed, which fits Arnold’s m.o., how does knowing her name or immigration status help anyone?
Sounds like questions fit for a tabloid, quite frankly.
Arnold was a public figure and this action touches the integrity of him and his administration. It is just like the Times to be a news source that covers up the news and that is why we do not subscribe. The real news is reported by the National Enquirer. Give me a decent British tabloid and I will show you how to revive journalism the newspaper industry in the United States. It is not up to the LA Times to practice prior restraint when it wants to be taken seriously. Rubbish….ot should be taken out and buried. No one was hurt—life was preserved-why the regrets? We want to know if the woman paid taxes on this slush fund-what was the funding source–political contributions… To hell with the Times.
Did you really just peg the National Enquirer as a reputable news source?
Why does her immigration status? The governor cheated on his wife, fathered a child and kept it quiet. But the big deal is that she must be an illegal immigrant, right?
Should be “why does her immigration status matter?”
Josh, I do consider the National Enquirer a reputable source, because I’ve personally met two of their in house lawyers who review stories for libel issues and these lawyers are VERY careful in vetting stories. You’re probably way too young to remember that the Enquirer was savaged over their not-truthful reporting about Carol Burnett many years ago, and have been extra careful ever since.
And a glance at their home page reveals hard-hitting stories like “Britney Spears ‘mentally incapable’ to get married!” and “Ryan (Seacrest’s) pig-out diet break!”
Maybe they’re more careful, but the NE established its reputation a long time ago, and continues to primarily add to all the other noise.
“……I do consider the National Enquirer a reputable source…..”
Oh lord. Coastal Sage, you have just jumped the shark. Hard.
Jumped the cockroach, more like it.
Not to offend the mentally challenged, or Sarah Palin, but you really are a retard aren’t you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nQMgaJibc
Ay Dios mio!
They got John Edwards right!
They sure did!
Didn’t the National Enquirer first report on the John Edwards story? As they say a broken clock is correct at least twice a day….so every know and then the National Enquirer gets a story right….
That Arnold is a sleezy cheater stand on it’s own. The (potential) victims should be protected, both mother and child. There is no justice in sordid details like the ones you seek.
Dangit, I meant to click the thumbs up. My thumbs and an iphone screen are a bad combo sometimes.
Do you have job yet Josh?
Really a shame you are a jerk to people even when they have respectfully humored you…
Sordid details……West Side Los Angeles 21st century…Are you kidding me? The woman should be proud to have chosen life for her child. Would Arnold have done the same?
Petz, I agree that British newspapers (primarily the staid ones) publish news details which American newspapers, TV and the AP conveniently omit. For example, their reporting on Fukushima has been far more factual and cogent than the garbage I’ve read on U.S. major papers websites. For those who are interested, links to the British papers are collected together at the lower left side of the main page for drudgereport.com.
Well stated Petz!
Petz, lets not be stupid. The dirt digging has begun, and guess what (according to some reports): She’s a blonde haired white chick. Flight attendant on the private plane. Still care to know her immigration status?
Didn’t think so.
After looking at her picture this morning-Petz doubts she’s ever been on a G6. Arnold’s judgment about woman is about as bad as his political sense.
He wasn’t even that great of an actor either…
I thought he was horrible as an actor, crap films across the board. Ugh.
Hey there’s some good cheese in the mix. The Running Man is all kinds of awesome
He would have been perfect for Atlas Shrug…
Petz wants to see the child’s birth certificate !
Arnold’s next movie…The Inseminator
Being the source of semen for inception does not make one a father.
No, but it guarantees you pay child support until 18/high school graduation.
No guarantees. Sadly, plenty of men out there go to great lengths to avoid paying support.
Women too. I can promise you that!
I know from experience that it’s the ones who do pay voluntarily to take care of their kids who end up suffering more. And the pendulum swings more in the direction of those with primary custody than those simply with joint custody.
Raising children is not an easy job, Mr. Perez. Doing it without a partner, even harder. Writing a check once a month would be the easiest part.
But having your mother raise the children while you collect a check and provide her with nothing seems pretty easy to me.
I meant ex-wife because the only word with “mother” I can use towards her, cannot be used on this blog
Interesting talk on J&K this afternoon, speculating that perhaps info about Arnold’s love child may have been used to blackmail him into commuting the sentence of Fabian Nunez’ son. We all love a good juicy scandal…..
Josh says: Mr. Reynolds, that doesn’t quite make sense. Jihadists who are hell-bent on killing Americans aren’t going to change their minds. So if troops are not there indefinitely, when do we determine that it’s time to finally pull out?
When our troops have killed enough of them to the point where terrorist acts have greatly diminished and those radicals begin realizing they can’t win, thus cannot be recruited. Intelligence reports will ultimately reveal far fewer threats to the free world.
If left to you, would you bring our troops home asap?
The strategy of kill, kill, and then kill ‘em some more will likely do nothing more than fuel more terrorism driven by extremist ideology and hatred of America. We’re talking about people wholeheartedly dedicated to waging a holy war against America. You really think they’re going to all of sudden get diplomatic and back down?
So what’s the solution? I’ll admit that I don’t have the answer, but I certainly don’t believe it lies in maintaining an imperial military presence until some nebulous, as-yet undefined “victory” is achieved.
So, you have no answers just complaints. Not helpful in defeating terrorism, Josh. I’m grateful that we are not subjected to people with such principles. Despite his campaign promises, even “The Messiah” ultimately realized that the War Against Terrorism must continue….
The problem with the war on terror lingo is that it’s poorly defined and open-ended. To be sure, these are matters of national security and addressing terrorism attempts in terms of law enforcement. A hazily-defined “war” marked by billions upon billions in dollars spent, myriad military and civilian deaths and human rights abuses cannot continue forever and live hand-in-hand with a vibrant America.
Josh, once again, you have no answers, only complaints and now you indicate that our military is complicit with civilian deaths and human rights abuse. Now that is shameful…
Without a war in the world, Bill would be found playing with miniature army men in his side yard rather then enjoying the peace. Keep swinging that lonely battle ax, Mr. Principles.
Grow up Gung Fungus…
Only you could make me miss Berta.
Says the guy picking on Josh’s employment situation because he keeps getting his ass handed to him.
Big talk from Lil Natie No Show.
It is like Lil Billy is a teabagger magic 8 ball. He only has a few phrases and most of the time they don’t even apply to what he is replying to