{"article":{"id":87690,"heading":"Your State Fucking Sucks, Dude!","author":"You Suck","created":"2003-10-09 05:03:55","modified":"2003-10-11 10:42:46","last_modified":"Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:42:46","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>I have to say that all our negative stereotypes of Californians were <br>  <br> fulfilled tonight.  Your state fucking sucks!  I guess this is what we all <br>  <br> feel about George W. Bush, but you guys have TWO assholes to try <br>  <br> to explain to confounded foreigners. <br><br> Well, at least you can recall him when he sticks his neck out for <br>  <br> Enron.  I figure you guys can probably can him by the end of <br>  <br> next year. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Your State Fucking Sucks, Dude!","numcomment":16,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/87690.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":87692,"heading":"and you are from where?","article":"\r\nNah, dude, YOU suck.  Where you from, Louisiana?\r\n\r\nI grew up in a state where you can't buy liquor on Sunday, where they'll arrest you if you're walking home drunk from a bar, where they'll prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law for smoking ditchweed. \r\n\r\n&quot;you guys have TWO assholes to try \r\nto explain to confounded foreigners. &quot;\r\n\r\nYes, well, lucky for me most of the foreigners I deal with are Austrians, just like Arnie.  I even thought of voting for him just so I could tell them I did.   But I voted for Angelyne instead.\r\n\r\n&quot;I figure you guys can probably can him by the end of \r\nnext year.&quot;  \r\n\r\nThat's what we figure too.","author":"Alex","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 05:54:42","modified":"2003-10-09 05:54:42","fileurl":""},{"id":87717,"heading":"No, YOUR state sucks","article":"Yeah, like he said previously, where the hell are you from? \r\n\r\nI was in several states recently where ONE AFTER THE OTHER we couldn't buy alcohal after 9 pm or on Sundays AT ALL, possession of ANY pot was a fellony, and chances were the governor would personally lynch you for speeding.\r\n\r\nFor all of California's faults (no pun intended) I can't think of any other state with as many socially and environmentally progressive laws, opportunities for direct democracy (and if that doesn't work, direct ACTION), bomb and socially acceptable weed, and (more recently) political participation - not to mention incredibly diverse and unparallelled Human, Cultural, and Natural BEAUTY.  \r\n\r\nWhat do you have, the French Quarter and a swamp?\r\n\r\n","author":"G","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 09:46:37","modified":"2003-10-09 09:46:37","fileurl":""},{"id":87718,"heading":"No, YOUR state sucks","article":"Yeah, like he said previously, where the hell are you from? \r\n\r\nI was in several states recently where ONE AFTER THE OTHER we couldn't buy alcohal after 9 pm or on Sundays AT ALL, possession of ANY pot was a fellony, and chances were the governor would personally lynch you for speeding.\r\n\r\nFor all of California's faults (no pun intended) I can't think of any other state with as many socially and environmentally progressive laws, opportunities for direct democracy (and if that doesn't work, direct ACTION), bomb and socially acceptable weed, and (more recently) political participation - not to mention incredibly diverse and unparallelled Human, Cultural, and Natural BEAUTY.  \r\n\r\nWhat do you have, the French Quarter and a swamp?\r\n\r\n","author":"G","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 09:49:47","modified":"2003-10-09 09:49:47","fileurl":""},{"id":87720,"heading":"No, YOUR state sucks","article":"Yeah, like he said previously, where the hell are you from? \r\n\r\nI was in several states recently where ONE AFTER THE OTHER we couldn't buy alcohal after 9 pm or on Sundays AT ALL, possession of ANY pot was a fellony, and chances were the governor would personally lynch you for speeding.\r\n\r\nFor all of California's faults (no pun intended) I can't think of any other state with as many socially and environmentally progressive laws, opportunities for direct democracy (and if that doesn't work, direct ACTION), bomb and socially acceptable weed, and (more recently) political participation - not to mention incredibly diverse and unparallelled Human, Cultural, and Natural BEAUTY.  \r\n\r\nWhat do you have, the French Quarter and a swamp?\r\n\r\n","author":"G","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 09:50:49","modified":"2003-10-09 09:50:49","fileurl":""},{"id":87729,"heading":"Naw-lins","article":"Actually, New Orleans and the French Quarters is party city.  And I do mean PARTY!!","author":"thebigeasy","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 10:31:57","modified":"2003-10-09 10:31:57","fileurl":""},{"id":87767,"heading":"The point is made","article":"The point stands that a great many Californians, like the great many Americans who support the resident, are complete fucking morons.  Sure, Gray Davis is a chump, but Arnold Schwarzenegger???  Are good old-fashioned conservatives really thinking this guy is going to do a good job?\r\n\r\nThis is final  proof that we, as Americans, now live in the biggest, most powerful JOKE in the world.","author":"inkling","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 13:42:49","modified":"2003-10-09 13:42:49","fileurl":""},{"id":87768,"heading":"see?","article":"It's got to be the cheese.","author":"Cow brains","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 13:47:20","modified":"2003-10-09 13:47:20","fileurl":""},{"id":87770,"heading":"The Axis of Corporate Evil","article":"In what appears to be an attempted corporate takeover of America, the same names keep coming up time and again.  Click on the numbers on the chart or scroll down to see the connections. \r\n \r\nNote:  This chart does not touch on campaign spending.  Bush\/Cheney represent the State Department.  Many of the seeds of this evil axis were sown during the Bush, Sr. and Clinton administrations.\r\n \r\n\r\nUpdate:  CARLYLE GROUP BUYING ASIA GLOBAL CROSSING\r\nAlso see Meet The Carlyle Group and New Ruler of the Information Superhighway \r\n\r\n\r\n1.  Enron and Global Crossing used a complex deal brokered by a third company to sidestep accounting rules in a March 2001 transaction that was designed to help Global Crossing disguise a loan and allow each company to book revenue, according to executives and traders involved in the transaction.\r\nNew York Times  May 19, 2002\r\nEnron has link to Global Crossing\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nEnron and Global Crossing participated in the first-ever commodity bandwidth trade.  Global Crossing was the seller, Enron was the buyer.  Jeff Skilling said, \u201cThis is \u2018Day One\u2019 of a potentially enormous market.\u201d\r\nEnron Press Release  December 2, 1999\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2.  Arthur Andersen is Global Crossing's auditor, too.\r\nAndersen ties among similarities to Enron\r\nMississippi Clarion Ledger  June 27, 2002\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n3.  Roy Olofson, former vice president of finance for Global Crossing, accused company executives of overstating the company's assets, like with Enron, and of firing him when he tried to blow the whistle.  Mr. Olofson told of shady deals being made with companies such as the telecommunications company Qwest.\r\nInfoWorld February 8, 2002\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n4.  Arthur Andersen kept the books for Qwest, too.\r\nIs Qwest playing accounting games?\r\nMSNBC.com  Jan 31, 2002\r\n\r\n5.  On January 7, 2002, Qwest Chairman and CEO Joseph P. Nacchio was named Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC). The appointment was announced by FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.\r\n&quot;In addition to his role as chairman of the NRIC, Nacchio is vice chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), a select group of industry executives that provides advice on security and emergency preparedness issues to President George W. Bush. Nacchio is scheduled to become chairman of NSTAC later this year. The leadership roles for the government will not distract Nacchio from running Qwest.\r\nQwest Communications Press Release\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n6.  Enron and Qwest struck a deal last fall to swap fiber optic network capacity and services at exaggerated prices in an effort to improve each company's financial picture.\r\nBroadband Week  March 29, 2002\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n7.  October 04, 2001 - Nortel Networks has been selected by Global Crossing to provide IP service management software for Global Crossing's worldwide deployment of next generation IP and ATM services.\r\nMPLS World News MPLS World News\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n8.  October 11, 2001  Nortel Networks Deploying Voice, Data Network for Qwest Using Internet Technology\r\nRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. \u2013 Nortel Networks* [NYSE\/TSE: NT] is deploying for Qwest Communications International, Inc. a new, packet-based network infrastructure that Qwest intends to use to replace traditional, circuit-switched networks throughout its 14-state region.\r\nNortel Networks Press Release\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n9.  &quot;Carlyle has also invested in Global Crossing, Nextel and Nortel.&quot;\r\nThe Industry Standard Money Watch  Apr 23 2001\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n10.  Until October 11, 2001,  William E. Conway, Carlyle Group Founder and Director, was also Director of Global Crossing.\r\nBermuda Stock Exchange\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n11.  Until April, 2001, the chairman of the board at Nortel was Frank Carlucci, who is also chairman of The Carlyle Group\r\nPress release from Nortel Networks\r\n\r\n&quot;Carlyle has also invested in Global Crossing, Nextel and Nortel.&quot;\r\nThe Industry Standard Money Watch  Apr 23 2001\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n12.  George Bush, Sr. is Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group's Asia fund.  For full details see\r\nThe Ex-President's Club\r\nMeet The Carlyle Group\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n13. The Carlyle Group is the 13th largest government contractor. \r\nFederal Access\r\nThe Carlyle Group is the 10th largest defense contactor.\r\nGovernment Executive Magazine\r\n\r\nNorthrop Grumman is the 4th largest defense contractor, and the 6th largest government contractor.  The Carlyle Group bought into Northrop Grumman's Commercial Aerostructures business (now called Integrated Systems Sector), which is the largest supplier of aircraft structures to the Boeing company, which is the nation's 2nd largest contractor.\r\nNorthrop Grumman News Release  July 24, 2000\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n14.  John F. Harris, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of The Carlyle Group, was previously a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen\r\nHoovers Executive Biography\r\n\r\nThe Carlyle Group is a partner and investor in Apteka-Holding, a Russian pharmaceutical company.  From their website:\r\n&quot;At the request of The Carlyle Group the business processes of the company were surveyed at the first stage of the project by the specialists of Arthur Andersen, one of the Big Five consultancies.&quot;\r\nPlatinum SQL Implementation at Apteka-Holding\r\n   \r\n\r\nThe Carlyle Group is an investor in a property management technology company called Realeum.  \r\nFrom their website:\r\n&quot;The former SC Partner from Arthur Andersen responsible for Realeum development serves as CTO and has established the infrastructure for analysis & design, development, platform operations and product management.&quot; \r\nRealeum - About Us \r\n15.  The Carlyle Group is connected to Qwest through it's investment and partnership with a company called Citynet.  Qwest Communications supplied bandwidth for Citynet as the company rose to become West Virginia's largest internet service provider.\r\nState's Largest Internet Company Sees Bright Future Ahead\r\nInside Citynet July, 2001\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n16.  Robert E. Grady is a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, and is also a member of the Advisory Board of Enron Corporation.\r\nUSBX Board of Directors \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n17.  George Bush Sr. accepted $80,000 worth of Global Crossing shares in lieu of payment for speaking fees for a 1998 speech he gave on the company's behalf in Japan.  The value of those shares went up to 14 million.\r\nSan Francisco Chronicle Feb 11, 2002\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n18.  Global Crossing is still in the running for a $400 million defense contract, despite having the project taken away from them in July, 2001.\r\nWashington Post  WashTech.com  Feb 12, 2002\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n19.  The federal government paid Arthur Andersen $93 million for services in 2000.  Visit the Federal Procurement Data Center.  Do a search for &quot;Andersen&quot;.  It will give you a drop-down menu of companies; in particular select ANDERSEN, ARTHUR, LLP_______CHICAGO, IL.  You can search by what agencies contracted with them and how much they spent, or by what and for how much Andersen sold.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n20.  Enron's ties to the White House too extensive to list here.  Please see Ken Lay Slept Here:  The Enron Photo Album\r\n\r\n\r\n21.  Carlyle Group purchased QwestDex yellow pages for $7 billion.\r\nWashington Post, August 20, 2002\r\n","author":"Enlighten the Truth","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 13:54:46","modified":"2013-11-11 00:26:37","fileurl":""},{"id":87775,"heading":"Someone hear something?","article":"Some disappointed leftist howling at the moon? Yeah, I thought I heard it too. Pay no attention, even though it probably won't go away soon.\r\n\r\nWhat about the Rosicrucians, Methodists, and worshippers of Dagon? Aren't they cool enough to be listed?","author":"Axel","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 14:12:15","modified":"2003-10-09 14:12:15","fileurl":""},{"id":87780,"heading":"Embarrassing Catastrophe","article":"      Please don't blame the entire state for the election of Schwartzengroper. Aside from the fact that many people don't or can't vote here, a majority of the people who did vote voted against the sex offender\/Nazi. And, in all fairness, it must be pointed out that many of the most infamous Californians of the 20th century came here from other states. They include Charles Manson(born in Cincinnati), Ronnie Reagan  (from Ilinois), Pete Wilson (from St. Louis), and Schwartzengroper himself (from Austria). Nixon was from here, but even in his case it should be remembered that his totally screwed up father, who apparantly passed on his behavior patterns to Dickie boy, came here as an adult from Columbus, Ohio.","author":"Meyer London","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 14:23:22","modified":"2003-10-09 14:23:22","fileurl":""},{"id":87783,"heading":"Davis is OUT!","article":"There is one main reason Davis got the boot:  The people were angry and fed-up with unchecked liberalism.\r\n\r\nAll the money Californian's produce and the infrastructure is falling apart.  It was more important to give money to labor-unions and political cronies than it was to do the people's business.\r\n\r\nDavis said the deficit was going to be around $8 billion, and it turned out after the election it was more like $25-$35 billion, AND HE KNEW IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN!  He just wanted to be elected.\r\n\r\nThe people voted their wallets, and unchecked liberalism was robbing them blind.  Yesterday, they gave unchecked liberalism the boot.","author":"goner","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-09 14:32:51","modified":"2003-10-09 14:32:51","fileurl":""},{"id":88197,"heading":"Bush admirer is wrong","article":"64% of voters chose one of the two Republicans (mostly the more &quot;moderate&quot; of the two)\r\n60% of registered voters voted\r\nSomething like 60% of eligible voters are registered\r\nAnd, then there is a percentage of those Californians that cannot vote.\r\nSo, that leave around 25% or so of all Californians that actually voted for a Republican at all.  Wow, what a mandate!","author":"Mike","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-10 22:03:21","modified":"2003-10-10 22:03:21","fileurl":""},{"id":88278,"heading":"The only thing republicans are good at cleaning are...","article":"... the state coffers.","author":"Windex","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-11 04:34:26","modified":"2003-10-11 04:34:26","fileurl":""},{"id":88299,"heading":"The only thing Republicans are good at cleaning are the state coffers.","article":"For the past 5 years, California has had a Democratic governor, Democratic controlled senate and house, all the major cities and counties are run by Democrats, but with a $40 billion dollar deficit, it's the Republicans that robbed the coffers.\r\n\r\nThe above statement is considered &quot;logic&quot; only on Indymedia.","author":"yowza","parent_id":87690,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-11 10:42:46","modified":"2003-10-11 10:42:46","fileurl":""}]}