WTF government...

Like everyone else, i've got beef with the government. I haven't heard anything about this, so i'm just going to start the snowball effect and be the first one to bitch. Here is my problem:

California has been hit the worst by the "Great Recession", and their "Governator" has been making a god damn movie!!! I believe it takes about a year to shoot a movie...So thats a year he's been out doing his hobbie rather than his job while his state is in a shit storm of a mess right now.

Has anyone else thought about this?

I'm boycotting "The Expendables" because of this.

aw, pretty sure Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger only made a cameo appearance in the movie The Expendables. He is not a main character, so therefore has not been shooting for a year, LOL

your a fucking moron sir

LOL MEXICO

sry was doing my baal impression

just be sure and pot the vote in november.

On August 14 2010 18:59 Cray0ns wrote: just be sure and pot the vote in november.

lol

LOL.

lol

sighhhhhhhhhhhh

On August 14 2010 18:53 Minsk wrote: your a fucking moron sir

On August 14 2010 18:53 Minsk wrote: your a fucking moron sir

I cant tell if it was on purpose

sorry for the hostility op mexican posters have a shaky track record around here.

OH MY GOD HOW DARE HE

On August 14 2010 18:47 El_Tanque wrote: I believe it takes about a year to shoot a movie...So thats a year he's been out doing his hobbie rather than his job while his state is in a shit storm of a mess right now. .

Lolololol

Good movie btw, Arnold is still a bad ass, and Terry Crews just leveled up imo. Also Lol and Randy Couture slamming everyone he sees.

Im pretty sure they can get by without his knowledge of sanitation and infrastructure and all that shit for a while, when they need him to phone in and stop an execution he can do that from the set.

california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers.

california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence.

fuck california.

On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california.

Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! .

it's backwards day for nolan

dude...Arnold's role took a day at most to shoot...

im pretty fucken jealous of california, there are so many god damn songs about their damn state.

damn hippies

California's budget is eternally fucked b/c the state workers' pensions are ridiculous. From what I understand, it goes something like this.

*Retire at age 50.
*Pension nearly the size of last paycheck is guaranteed until death.

This "system" was approved back when California had a super-strong economy. Democrats ran the state, and having a huge budget surplus, they decided to balance it to zero by giving government workers the terms above + ridiculous wage increases.

This is how bad the government worker situation is in California (pretty sure these instances are of pple who have worked for many years and hence have bloated salaries, but that's just an additional issue that needs to be fixed).

A garbage truck driver in San Francisco makes $150,000.
A prison nurse in SoCal made $200,000 (more than the Warden) b/c of overtime.
Firefighters make $150,000. (I think they deserve to be paid well, but not this much...)
Govt workers' wages cannot be lowered. Any pay decreases must be negotiated with the union (who of course would never budge).

(nmeanwhile, a PHD engineer with 20 years industry experience gets paid about $100,000 in SV)

As more people reach retirement age, the pension payments will continue to increase in the coming years. Arnold has actually been trying to fix this for quite some time now, but the Democratic house(?) has rejected any such reforms. The next governor will either be Brown or Whitman, who are both rather terrible.

The status quo will continue I am sure, and California will most likely default within the next 10 years. The state is being run like General Motors and Japan Air Lines, both of which filed for bankruptcy due to overpaying its workers and having a bloated pension system.

btw the proposed solution from the "state" is a flat 1% income tax increase on all residents of California.

Yes, don't fix the broken system, but instead do everything you can to protect the rotten egg...

I'm proud to be American and proud to be from California, but the development of recent years really makes me sick.

This state (and this country for that matter) has grown by virtue of risk takers and creators of new value.

Yet now we've created a system where people who choose to take no risk and create zero additional value in the world (state workers) are compensated better than actual professionals with actual responsibilities.

lol I watched the expendables yesterday and arnold appears for like 2 minutes in one scene and that's it
fucking horrible movie btw

stallone with a pistol and staham with a knife killed a small army of 20 soldiers without even getting punched ROFL

On August 15 2010 08:54 tutz_x wrote: lol I watched the expendables yesterday and arnold appears for like 2 minutes in one scene and that's it fucking horrible movie btw stallone with a pistol and staham with a knife killed a small army of 20 soldiers without even getting punched ROFL

But that's the kind of action it's supposed to be, hero action movie filled with hyperboles, just like the 80's and 90's. Just how the latest Indiana Jones movie was in terms of an adventure movie with all of the crazy stunts. Expendables was meant for the older generation that's all .

On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! .

cuz hes one of them east coast fucks..



and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots..

On August 15 2010 11:56 milkman wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! . cuz hes one of them east coast fucks.. and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots..

a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck.

your from mexico, you can't speak about anything Government related... you lose

On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 11:56 milkman wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! . cuz hes one of them east coast fucks.. and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots.. a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck.

Why?

I'd rather see a politician using his vacation time to support one of his state's industries than seeing them go golfing or dicking around in Crawford, Texas or Martha's Vineyard like our last 3 presidents.

On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 11:56 milkman wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! . cuz hes one of them east coast fucks.. and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots.. What in the fuck, a governator making a fucking movie is BEYOND acceptable.

On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote: a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck.

i don't see why not. his role was so small that it could be done in less than a day. it doesn't effect how he runs his office, which he isn't paid for...

On August 15 2010 20:41 disCord wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote: a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck. i don't see why not. his role was so small that it could be done in less than a day. it doesn't effect how he runs his office, which he isn't paid for...

Pretty sure he is paid for running his office.
also i agree he could have filmed that in a day, i don't see how this would affect his job at all.

etherone he is paid.. and its 1$ a year

The scene in question took 6 hours to shoot.

He was voted because of one thing and one thing only:
BECAUSE HE'S A MOVIE STAR....

Why are you guys going batshit crazy that he spent a day doing what he was voted because of?

On August 15 2010 04:39 Uptown wrote: California's budget is eternally fucked b/c the state workers' pensions are ridiculous. From what I understand, it goes something like this. *Retire at age 50. *Pension nearly the size of last paycheck is guaranteed until death. This "system" was approved back when California had a super-strong economy. Democrats ran the state, and having a huge budget surplus, they decided to balance it to zero by giving government workers the terms above + ridiculous wage increases. This is how bad the government worker situation is in California (pretty sure these instances are of pple who have worked for many years and hence have bloated salaries, but that's just an additional issue that needs to be fixed). A garbage truck driver in San Francisco makes $150,000. A prison nurse in SoCal made $200,000 (more than the Warden) b/c of overtime. Firefighters make $150,000. (I think they deserve to be paid well, but not this much...) Govt workers' wages cannot be lowered. Any pay decreases must be negotiated with the union (who of course would never budge). (nmeanwhile, a PHD engineer with 20 years industry experience gets paid about $100,000 in SV) As more people reach retirement age, the pension payments will continue to increase in the coming years. Arnold has actually been trying to fix this for quite some time now, but the Democratic house(?) has rejected any such reforms. The next governor will either be Brown or Whitman, who are both rather terrible. The status quo will continue I am sure, and California will most likely default within the next 10 years. The state is being run like General Motors and Japan Air Lines, both of which filed for bankruptcy due to overpaying its workers and having a bloated pension system.

Actually i live in california, and do tons of work for the state government. and yes, you are almost exactly correct about how these things work. The payrates you described are rare cases, but yes they do happen and people do work on quite inflated salaries.

On August 15 2010 23:59 taco wrote: He was voted because of one thing and one thing only: BECAUSE HE'S A MOVIE STAR.... Why are you guys going batshit crazy that he spent a day doing what he was voted because of?

He was voted in because he claimed to be a fiscal conservative and socially liberal, he proved the first one false, and doubled down on the second.

On August 15 2010 17:06 tomson wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote:   On August 15 2010 11:56 milkman wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! . cuz hes one of them east coast fucks.. and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots.. a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck. Why?

did he do this entirely on his free time?

On August 16 2010 01:10 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 17:06 tomson wrote:   On August 15 2010 13:29 Baal wrote:   On August 15 2010 11:56 milkman wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:28 LikeASet wrote:   On August 15 2010 00:20 nolan wrote: california is easily the worst state in the union and the reason most of you non-usa residents get a negative reception toward the US (as most media is california-based and when people talk about "americanization" with regard to culture and globalization they almost always mean "californication" which is also a dope jam by red hot chili peppers. california raelly needs to just go out to sea and be gone. california is not in line with the rest of the US but yet holds huge influence. fuck california. Why you do some random rant against California? California got some of the best colleges in the U.S. , and Cali is the one developing many of the cpu/energy technologies from Silicon Valley. We're also one of the most diverse states and we got legalized gambling and Disneyland ! . cuz hes one of them east coast fucks.. and BTW to the OP.. most actors only spend 2-6 months on a set of a movie.. very rare they would spend 1 year doing shoots.. a governor making a fucking movie is BEYOND unacceptable, what in the fuck. Why? did he do this entirely on his free time?

Probably....Like previously stated he has a very small cameo and probably spent a day shooting it...

On August 16 2010 01:02 redpanda86 wrote: Show nested quote + On August 15 2010 23:59 taco wrote: He was voted because of one thing and one thing only: BECAUSE HE'S A MOVIE STAR.... Why are you guys going batshit crazy that he spent a day doing what he was voted because of? He was voted in because he claimed to be a fiscal conservative and socially liberal, he proved the first one false, and doubled down on the second.

i bet that large group of people who voted on him dont even get the idea of conservatism or liberalism. not because people are dumber in cali, but because that is the case in every society.

i've heard that some of his votes came from people who believed that he would save california in case of ufo invasion... i think taco's right

On August 16 2010 01:10 Baal wrote: did he do this entirely on his free time?

He had ONE scene that took a few minutes to shoot. In and out.

On August 15 2010 04:39 Uptown wrote: California's budget is eternally fucked b/c the state workers' pensions are ridiculous. From what I understand, it goes something like this. *Retire at age 50. *Pension nearly the size of last paycheck is guaranteed until death. This "system" was approved back when California had a super-strong economy. Democrats ran the state, and having a huge budget surplus, they decided to balance it to zero by giving government workers the terms above + ridiculous wage increases. This is how bad the government worker situation is in California (pretty sure these instances are of pple who have worked for many years and hence have bloated salaries, but that's just an additional issue that needs to be fixed). A garbage truck driver in San Francisco makes $150,000. A prison nurse in SoCal made $200,000 (more than the Warden) b/c of overtime. Firefighters make $150,000. (I think they deserve to be paid well, but not this much...) Govt workers' wages cannot be lowered. Any pay decreases must be negotiated with the union (who of course would never budge). (nmeanwhile, a PHD engineer with 20 years industry experience gets paid about $100,000 in SV) As more people reach retirement age, the pension payments will continue to increase in the coming years. Arnold has actually been trying to fix this for quite some time now, but the Democratic house(?) has rejected any such reforms. The next governor will either be Brown or Whitman, who are both rather terrible. The status quo will continue I am sure, and California will most likely default within the next 10 years. The state is being run like General Motors and Japan Air Lines, both of which filed for bankruptcy due to overpaying its workers and having a bloated pension system.

Quoting this because this is very well said.


I get tilted to no end when I see fucktard politicians waste every single dime of surplus on garbage entitlement programs.

On August 16 2010 18:06 Tien wrote: Show nested quote + On August 16 2010 01:10 Baal wrote: did he do this entirely on his free time? He had ONE scene that took a few minutes to shoot. In and out.

if he filmed it in his free time why is there a thread about it ffs.

On August 17 2010 01:45 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On August 16 2010 18:06 Tien wrote:   On August 16 2010 01:10 Baal wrote: did he do this entirely on his free time? He had ONE scene that took a few minutes to shoot. In and out. if he filmed it in his free time why is there a thread about it ffs.

i was mistaken. I saw an ad for it and the ad made it seem like he had a much bigger role. My bad.

On August 17 2010 01:58 El_Tanque wrote: Show nested quote + On August 17 2010 01:45 Baal wrote:   On August 16 2010 18:06 Tien wrote:   On August 16 2010 01:10 Baal wrote: did he do this entirely on his free time? He had ONE scene that took a few minutes to shoot. In and out. if he filmed it in his free time why is there a thread about it ffs. i was mistaken. I saw an ad for it and the ad made it seem like he had a much bigger role. My bad.

LOL. idiots like you make the world go round. congrats

weird!