Posted on 05/13/2008 1:12:14 PM PDT by SmithL
Nothing like starting out the day with a good death penalty joke.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared Tuesday at a conference on alternative energy in Irvine co-hosted by the University of California, Irvine, the Milken Institute and New Majority California, a group of wealthy moderate Republicans who have donated to the governor.
Schwarzenegger explained how he is trying to bring Democrats and Republicans together.
"So this is why to make sure of that I proposed something entirely new, which is to have a solar-powered electric chair," Schwarzenegger said, provoking laughter. "There's something in there for both parties so everyone can be happy. See, this is how I get things together."
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There is an old Indian form of solar powered capital punishment: Tie the perp in wet leather straps and stake him out in the sun to dry. Yeah, it is a little cruel. But no murderer ever subjected to this punishment has killed again.
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