Posted on 10/07/2003 5:55:20 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
I will try to pick up the slack while mountaineer's away, I can't do it nearly as well as she but will do my Guilders best. :-)
TBILISI, Georgia - Arnold Schwarzenegger, who scaled to the top of California politics, could now get a mountain named after him in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
But there's a catch: To receive the honor, the governor-elect of California must visit the country, a representative of Georgia's president said Friday.
The government of Georgia sent Schwarzenegger a letter of congratulations and an invitation to visit the country, said Temur Shashiashvili, who is President Eduard Shevardnadze's representative in western Imertia region.
Georgia, which borders Russia and Turkey, invited Schwarzenegger to visit in the past, but the actor-turned-politician was unable to make it, Shashiashvili said. At the time, the government planned to name the mountain in the Caucasus range in his honor.
Officials resurrected the idea for a Mount Schwarzenegger after the actor won the governor's race Tuesday.
"Now, congratulating him on his win, we are again inviting him to visit us. And we hope that it will happen," Shashiashvili said. "We want to establish close contacts with California."
If the plan comes to fruition, the ceremony naming a peak after Schwarzenegger will be "a colorful show in which the leading role will be played by the renowned actor," he said.
The mountain in western Georgia does not currently have a name, and officials have declined to disclose its precise location and size.
Digoria region. Caucasus, Russia (nearby perhaps?)
Caucasus Range
Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a surprise visit to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," where he poked fun at the late-night host for appearing bored during his victory speech.
In a walk-on during Mr. Leno's monologue Wednesday, California's governor-elect showed a clip of the host checking his watch after introducing Mr. Schwarzenegger at a celebration the previous night.
"You looked at your watch. I cannot believe it," Mr. Schwarzenegger joked, as Mr. Leno fumbled with an excuse. "Just remember, never call me, and I'm going to check right away your tax returns when I get up to Sacramento," said the actor, who announced he was running for governor on Mr. Leno's show in August. WashTimes
I wish Arnold much luck, he's going to need it. But I think that because of his personality, that he's not a career pol who would probably move on after he's fixed things, he's got a good chance to help Calyforneeah. :-)
The liberal press and the Democrat demagogues on Capitol Hill are having a hissy fit over "who blew the cover of Joe Wilson's wife." The answer is not hard to find. The culprit was Joe Wilson IV—with some help from his wife. When Wilson wrote an op-ed in The New York Times in July and revealed that he had gone to Niger on a CIA assignment, he called attention to his wife. CIA people who are really undercover are very careful about not identifying themselves or their families with the agency. They wait until their children are old enough to keep their mouths shut before revealing, even to them, that they are CIA officers. Wilson listed his wife's maiden name in the biography he put on the web site of the Middle East Institute.
When a CIA officer under deep cover is assigned to a hostile country, he knows that the enemy counter-intelligence service will do a background check. Any involvement of a relative with the CIA will endanger the officer's cover. Mrs. Joe Wilson also helped shred her cover when she made a contribution to the Al Gore for President campaign and listed her cover company in the Federal Election Commission filing. If she were ever posted overseas under cover, that would provide the hostiles with a lead to unravel her CIA connection. More
[snip]Friends say he wants his voice heard on the national stage. But he's not convinced running for re-election to a Senate where his party is likely to stay in the minority is best for him and his family. [snip] [Wahhhh! I won't be in power!]
Some Democrats want ``ballot insurance'' - at least one candidate filed for the seat along with Graham, not to run against him but to replace him if needed.
Party insiders said the decision has been difficult for Graham. ``He is completely agonizing over it,'' said one state party official who has talked to him.
``He loved being a chief executive, a governor,'' a top national party official said. ``I don't think he's really enjoyed being senator.''[Graham was senator for 3 terms, now he's not in power it's no longer worth it. Oh well, he's got that cushy pension.]
In 2002, Democrats became the Senate minority, which cost Graham the intelligence committee chairmanship that made him a leading voice on terrorism and the Sept. 11 attacks. Majority status makes legislative service more enjoyable, and most experts say odds are against the Democrats retaking Senate control next year.
Still, Democrats say Graham could hold his seat without national party help, increasing its odds of switching enough seats elsewhere - two - to regain control.
The question ``is bigger than Florida politics,'' Maddox said. ``I think the country needs people like him to navigate us through some very troubled waters.''
Meanwhile, Florida awaits his decision. Uh-yeah, we're all on pins and needles.
It seems to be a popular look with certain women who are 40+, weigh about 250+, and have a tattoo they wish to share with the world.
Another great look is the halter top worn just above the belly, sans bra, so enough of the back is exposed to reveal a tattoo all along the spinal column. I am trying to teach my daughters that it isn't polite to stare, but these interesting individuals make my job as a parent a bit more difficult.:)
Monica's undergarment appears very painfully stetched, let's hope no innocent bystanders are injured when the elastic gives way.
My morning started out rudely. Even before I could gulp down some caffine I hear Joe Klein on the Chris Matthews Show say, "I know Bill Clinton very well and he wouldn't have to rape any woman." Refering to Juanita Broderick after Peggy Noonan made the comment that dems didn't seem to have a problem with treating women badly throughout the '90's but now it's all a big deal because of the stories about Arnold's woman trouble.
I hope that made sense, I'll find the transcript asap. Klein's statement has to be the most stupid words ever uttered.
Watching John F. Kerry on This Week... either they're filming him through a cheese cloth or John has had some dermabrasion and botox. He has finally gotten a hair cut. He's much closer to looking human than ever before.
Doubts Tearing France Apart: An orgy of breast-beating claims the French 'piss off the planet'
At the FNAC Etoile in Paris, more a multi-storey literary warehouse than a bookshop, the shelves are buckling under the weight of ammunition for a political and social war. With titles such as French Arrogance, Falling France and French Disarray, this is heavy-calibre weaponry that is being trained on France's political elite in a war that has broken out over the very soul of the country.
Launched against a background of top-level disillusionment with Europe, accelerating unemployment rates, spectacular company failures and a stagnant economy, the books — by some of France's leading social commentators — have added an incendiary factor to popular protests over reforms that could end the 35-hour week, cut social security benefits and introduce across-the-board austerity. [snip]
It is an argument bolstered by Nicolas Baverez, a historian and free-market evangelist and author of La France qui tombe, who in only 134 pages trots out a thousand historical and contemporary statistics to claim that France is paralysed by 'economic, political, social and intellectual immobility and is plunging towards decline'.
Both pale into insignificance alongside L'Arrogance française, where the journalist authors, Romain Gubert and Emmanuel Saint-Martin, state: 'With our sermons, our empty gestures and our poetic flights, we (the French) have pissed off the planet. Worse: we make them laugh. [snip]
Author Anne Lamott is seen at home in Fairfax, Calif., with her cat Jeanie on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. Lamott says she cried herself to sleep, puppy at her side, after Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites)'s stunning election victory. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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