[jdonn]

This made me laugh
haha, but I'm not
asking whether or
not it's funny since obviously it
kind of is. See above.

You should all be aware of a new rule. You may
only post in this thread if your posts follow this
unusual formatting. Capiche?

[Phil]

Josh:

Just because you think that you
don't deserve the scorn you get from
ordinary posters like Cascade, doesn't mean that you
need to
needle others like myself.

Sorry if this offends you
unnecessarily but I would be doing the BBF
community a disservice if I didn't mention this.
Kindly refrain from using inflammatory remarks in the future.
Sincerely,

Phil

[jdonn]

Thank you Phil,
only you
understand how to
create a truly
humerous
encore to a thread.

[kenrexford]

Jdonn, the message to the legislators in California
offered by the esteemed Governor Swartzeneggar
seems after review, on its face to be
honorable to me, but his approach seems dumb.

After all, when I analyze the legislative process, I
never will believe that our misplaced hope of getting
decisions that make sense from lawmakers is expected.

Perhaps the confused and embattled Governor ought to
heed with the wisdom of a good leader some better
ideas, that the ENDS of the work be worthy of his ink.
Look not always at the first idea -- sometimes truth is in the process.

[Codo]

Can I have a copy
of the memo Arnie
did write with his pen
originally?

[Jlall]

jdonn, on Oct 28 2009, 07:34 PM, said:

Thank you Phil,
only you
understand how to
create a truly
humerous
encore to a thread.

I believe you meant Danke Phil,

[shintaro]

Anything you Yanks do makes me laugh

[hrothgar]

Looking at the press release, I have a simple - and immediate – reaction. Are we sure that that the
original press release issued by Schwarzenegger has the same set of
Line breaks? Alternatively, could the spacing have been changed by CNN?

[jdonn]

Jlall, on Oct 29 2009, 03:54 AM, said:

jdonn, on Oct 28 2009, 07:34 PM, said:

Thank you Phil,
only you
understand how to
create a truly
humerous
encore to a thread.

I believe you meant Danke Phil,

How nice to
observe you
wander into this thread.

Really though, don't you
understand that your post
demonstrates a very poor
effort on your part?

[cherdanno]

hrothgar, on Oct 29 2009, 06:47 AM, said:

Looking at the press release, I have a simple - and immediate – reaction. Are we sure that that the
original press release issued by Schwarzenegger has the same set of
Line breaks? Alternatively, could the spacing have been changed by CNN?

Have
a look at
http://gov.ca.gov/pdf/press/2009bills/AB11...eto_Message.pdf . Also note that Tom
Ammiana, who
had
authored the bill,
had a fight with
Arnie before. See
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05e...?entry_id=49163
account of the story.

[bid_em_up]

Hopefully one day
I'll be able to
laugh at such
a silly attempt at
raw humor.
I'm not sure if
one can really
understand what is being
said here
.

He should also have told
everyone that how much he appreciated

such fine members in the
house and that
of course, he could
use more of their brilliant
logic in
determining how best to proceed.

having said that, it is
all well and good and makes me
very happy that
everyone is now typing this way.

to believe that the
old way of typing was
lovely is simply refusing to
display the ability to think vertically.

the very thought that
he could possibly be sending
everyone a subliminal
message is mind boggling.

that he would have to send such a letter to his
own legislature is truly saddening.

Ken Rexford
is the only person who
should be able to
see the logic of this situation.

his method of encoding hidden messages
is something that we
should all aspire to be capable of.

as usual, such brilliance is
susceptible to misuse and
should only be used sparingly.

after all, our military needs to
learn a new
secret code that
obeys no sense of grammar
.

[Lobowolf]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist.

At all. That being said, I have to say I'm
mightily surprised at the 75% figure.

After all, we're a fairly astute bunch.
Maybe the early responders just don't
understand how far beyond
statistical mechanism this goes.
"Eventually 1000 monkeys..." B.S.
Deliberate? Absolutely.

[gwnn]

Usually I would
not reply to this but
all the nonsense in Lobowolf's reply
needed addressing!
i know he
might have only adjusted his point to fit
in jdonn's striden-
t restrictions, perhaps even at the expense of correct spelling or,
yes, even logical coherence ---

it's
still quite untrue that 75% is

unimpressive.
never mind the
hypothesized monkeys who
exist with no other purpose than
attack unanimous polls on bbf. there also
r some people who
delight in voting the most improbable

options for amusement or just to
find out the current standings.

[Lobowolf]

gwnn, on Oct 29 2009, 01:24 PM, said:

Usually I would
not reply to this but
all the nonsense in Lobowolf's reply
needed addressing!
i know he
might have only adjusted his point to fit
in jdonn's striden-
t restrictions, perhaps even at the expense of correct spelling or,
yes, even logical coherence ---

it's
still quite untrue that 75% is

unimpressive.
never mind the
hypothesized monkeys who
exist with no other purpose than
attack unanimous polls on bbf. there also
r some people who
delight in voting the most improbable

options for amusement or just to
find out the current standings.

You make a good point.
Each person has
a different perspective as to
how he (or she) interprets data.

Be that as it may, it's really an
unusual sequence of letters
to appear totally at random.

Somehow, given the
totality of circumstances,
I can't quite attribute it to
luck. I have to think others have taken
leave of their senses if they think it's random.

[ArtK78]

Evenutally this type of
nonsense becomes tiresome
or, worse still, it becomes very annoying
until someone comes up with a new idea which
goes in an entirely different direction
highlighting the silliness of the whole concept.

All we can hope for is that the California
legislature comes back with an equally insulting
response to Arnold's message which will
equate his concealed message with other
attacks leveled at the legislature and they should
demand an apology which will, of course, not
yield the requested response.

[matmat]

Maybe it was just some stupid intern who reformatted the letter that
you linked us to.

Governor Schwarzenegger would never knowingly write a piece like this, but I can
understand how some bored joe-schmoe in a dead end job would possibly
enjoy rearranging the words of an actual letter to create such a coincidence. We
should not be too surprised to hear a cry ouf outrage from the governator's opponents
soliciting a full inquiry into the nature of the letter and asking for heads to roll.

[EricK]

Has anyone considered the possibility that this is an
outright fabrication? It seems to me more likely to be
all made up, than it being like something out of the
x-files.

[mikeh]

Schwarzie may have written the words
all anyone can say is he mighta
your view could be that it's truly
impossible to know - sort of like multi
two diamonds is ambiguous to most.
anyway, whatever his agenda
too many people take it to heart
besides maybe we ought not to grab
onto his words as being a credo
that voters should use to elect
high rank politicos who both
endeavour to control and to please
nearly everyone, and even
doubters like those who'd
say that Arnold's like all of the others.

[Winstonm]

Frankly, I thought the whole concept was an
obvious attempt at
remastering art
you might even say an
odd piece of
useless duplicity

[kenrexford]

mikeh, on Oct 29 2009, 05:53 PM, said:

Schwarzie may have written the words
all anyone can say is he mighta
your view could be that it's truly
impossible to know - sort of like multi
two diamonds is ambiguous to most.
anyway, whatever his agenda
too many people take it to heart
besides maybe we ought not to grab
onto his words as being a credo
that voters should use to elect
high rank politicos who both
endeavour to control and to please
nearly everyone, and even
doubters like those who'd
say that Arnold's like all of the others.

Caught mine?