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2005-01-23 Europe

Moonbat/Green says Schwarzenegger 'damages Austria'

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Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-23 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

broke Austrian law

So Austria has a law that it's illegal to carry out executions of criminals in America under American law? Who knew?

And who exactly in Austria is going to enforce that "law"? With what army?

"Neutral" Austria doesn't have an army to speak of, and the Governator is his own army all by himself.

Just when you think the Euros can't make bigger assholes of themselves....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-23 12:38:15 AM|| 2005-01-23 12:38:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 From the Beeb, of course. Bloggers, unite. Software and a platform needed to bring down this tendentious, ludicrously biased circus.

Posted by lex 2005-01-23 12:40:18 AM|| 2005-01-23 12:40:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think that revoking his citizenship is a the kind of decision that will need a huge army in order to enforce it.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-01-23 12:42:35 AM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/] 2005-01-23 12:42:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Have some coffee, Aris. You're not making any sense.

Arnold is a smashing success who has the support of liberals in an overwhelmingly liberal Democratic state. The people of California will judge, and Arnold rightly is restoring their sovereignty after decades of spectacularly incompetent and corrupt rule by a one-party regime.

Posted by lex 2005-01-23 12:45:19 AM|| 2005-01-23 12:45:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 You're not making any sense.

I was talking in response to #1. The law in question is about Austria revoking an Austrian person's citizenship, it's not about invading USA and stopping Arnold Schwartzenegger from doing anything in Californian soil.

So the talk about "with what army" is just babble.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-01-23 12:50:09 AM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/] 2005-01-23 12:50:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Forest, trees. THe Austrians are hugely proud of Arnold. There's no way they'd strip him of citizenship to satisfy a few '68ers. btw, I strongly oppose the death penalty... this is about political reality, not rhetorical posturing

Posted by lex 2005-01-23 12:52:51 AM|| 2005-01-23 12:52:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 frankly Aris, I don't think Arnold values his euro-citizenship enough to care... I like that

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-23 12:53:20 AM|| 2005-01-23 12:53:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The point is that this "individual" is going to get about as far with this lame ass idea as I will trying to pick my house up and set it upon my back. It is typical moonbat scatological thinking and resultant speech.

The majority of Europeans actually support the death peanalty. It's the political elites and Brussels EU wonks who oppose it. "If only it were that simple. It's true that all of America's G-7 partners, save Japan, have abolished capital punishment, but the reason isn't, as death-penalty opponents usually assume, that their populations eschew vengeance. In fact, opinion polls show that Europeans and Canadians crave executions almost as much as their American counterparts do. It's just that their politicians don't listen to them. In other words, if these countries' political cultures are morally superior to America's, it's because they're less democratic"
Europe's death-penalty elitism. Death in Venice

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-23 2:14:09 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-23 2:14:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 When is the last time Arnold traveled on his Austrian passport?

Posted by ed 2005-01-23 2:29:04 AM|| 2005-01-23 2:29:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Mr. Schwarzenegger is proud to be an American citizen. Forced to a choice, he'd throw away his Austrian papers without a moment's thought.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-23 5:21:41 AM|| 2005-01-23 5:21:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 My friend sent me a postcard from Vienna this summer...somehing about it seemed familiar...then I realized! The postcard from Vienna, Austria had a "Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger" stamp on it, complete with American flag. I was stunned.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-01-23 5:27:44 AM|| 2005-01-23 5:27:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 If my memory is any good there are some sentences in the oath of allegiance (that one Arnold uttered the day he was made a citizen) where the impetrant reneges from any former almlegiance to a foreign potenate or governement. In other words Arnold has already implicitly said to the Austrian governemnt to go fuck itself;

Posted by JFM 2005-01-23 5:34:06 AM|| 2005-01-23 5:34:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 I stand ready to sail at a moments notice. Please contact my Agent Abel Weiss for fees, expenses, etc.

Posted by Capt Von Trapp 2005-01-23 8:41:36 AM|| 2005-01-23 8:41:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 With what army?

Well, there is always the mighty Austro-Hungarian Imperial Navy!

Posted by SteveS 2005-01-23 9:55:26 AM|| 2005-01-23 9:55:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 JFM - might have to check the newest form of the oath. I think it was altered by the Clintonistas.

Posted by Hupereger Gligum6929 2005-01-23 10:00:03 AM|| 2005-01-23 10:00:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 Forced to a choice, he'd throw away his Austrian papers without a moment's thought.

And yet after 20 years or so, I hear he's not yet thrown away his accent. :-)

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-01-23 10:26:32 AM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/] 2005-01-23 10:26:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 Me!

Posted by ME 2005-01-23 10:31:17 AM|| 2005-01-23 10:31:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 And yet after 20 years or so, I hear he's not yet thrown away his accent.

Well, Ah thanks he has da same Damnyankee accent da rest ah y'all have...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-01-23 10:42:04 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-01-23 10:42:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 Time to undo what Clintonistas did.

Posted by JFM 2005-01-23 11:46:11 AM|| 2005-01-23 11:46:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 Phil Fraering - Ah noticed that too. ;-p

Just remember, people - that's American by birth, Southern by the grace of God.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-23 11:52:22 AM|| 2005-01-23 11:52:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#21 meeeeeeee! I can be funny toooooo! Meeeee!

Posted by Me 2005-01-23 12:28:52 PM|| 2005-01-23 12:28:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Peter Pilz has discovered that if you have not yet earned your 15 minutes of fame, you can borrow from someone else.

Posted by GK 2005-01-23 1:22:19 PM|| 2005-01-23 1:22:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 This is a moot point. Austria's government won't move on this just because one jackoff is pissed at Arnold. As Lex & SPOD had said, most Austrians are rather proud of Arnold and one moonbat politico ain't gonna change that. Amusing story but really much adoo.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-23 1:26:18 PM|| 2005-01-23 1:26:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 And yet after 20 years or so, I hear he's not yet thrown away his accent. :-)

In Germany, I appeared to be a brain-damaged local, Mr. Wife sounded like an intelligent American. My surprising facility with English has been praised often enough to establish a trend, his ability to speak German was commented on with amazement. Its a quandery, it is. ( ;-) back atcha!)

And Jarhead brings us firmly to the point. Jarhead, please make sure to send Fred a wish list and a mailing address for your unit when you go over later in the summer, 'k?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-23 3:38:27 PM|| 2005-01-23 3:38:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 What TW said, except for the sounding intelligent part.

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-23 3:54:21 PM|| 2005-01-23 3:54:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Don't sell yourself short, Shipman.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-23 8:23:31 PM|| 2005-01-23 8:23:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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