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I got the following from the BBC today - confirming my esteem for Arnold as a quite visionary Governor of California: (In comparison, I happened to live in California during the years of the "not-quite-so-visionary" Governor Ronald Reagan.)
I got the following from the BBC today - confirming my esteem for Arnold as a quite visionary Governor of California: (In comparison, I happened to live in California during the years of the "not-quite-so-visionary" Governor Ronald Reagan.)
"The full environmental impact of the oil spill deep under water in the Gulf of Mexico has yet to emerge. But there has already been a sizeable political fallout:
Two Republican governors, in California and Florida, have withdrawn their support for the idea of expanded offshore drilling and a number of Democrats in Congress have warned that they can no longer support energy reform legislation if it includes such provisions.
"You turn on television and you see this enormous disaster," said California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, "and you say to yourself, why would we want to take that risk?"
The governor promptly announced that he was no longer in favour of expanded drilling off the California coast, despite that fact that the state's empty coffers could badly use some extra cash."
However, it just might have been even more courageous if the Governor of California had spoken up during the last election campaign when candidate Sarah Palin stated her well known: "Drill, drill, drill."
Remember the days ?
However, it just might have been even more courageous if the Governor of California had spoken up during the last election campaign when candidate Sarah Palin stated her well known: "Drill, drill, drill."
Remember the days ?
