Whats Up California, Is It The Water ?

**lizbud** · 07-09-2004, 12:43 PM

What's the deal with California officials lately ? First Arnold
and now the Secretary Of Education (Richard Riordan ).

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040709_148.html

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-09-2004, 12:51 PM

What a friggen moron...

Must be the radiation coming from Nevada lol, the wind HAS been rather stong lately...

At least the girl and her parents are being rational. Sounds like a lot of people are way more upset then they are.

**RICHARD** · 07-09-2004, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by lizbud
What's the deal with California officials lately ? First Arnold
and now the Secretary Of Education (Richard Riordan ).

After all this time you haven't figured out anyone named RICHARD is a moron???

AHHHH,

What about Mervyn Dymally??

That idiot jumped all over the news without finding out the facts.....automatically it's "racial"...

But Isis' mom is my hero.

She said that the little girl wasn't hurt and she wasn't going to sue for "damages"....

**lbaker** · 07-09-2004, 02:10 PM

Just another case of "open mouth, insert foot" DUH

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-09-2004, 03:15 PM

lbaker, thats exactly what my mom said lol!

I agree Richard, I am glad the mom isn't flying off the handle. It was a stupid comment but moving on is a good thing! And not all Richards are stupid. You aren't stupid, niether is my dad! Some people just give ya'll a bad name!!

Why did people automatically assume it was "racial" anyway

**gini** · 07-09-2004, 03:53 PM

Ah, we Californian's are so easy to pick on........we open ourselves right up for it!!

It isn't the water - it is the "lack of water"...................

If this is the headline of the day - then thank God it is a slow news day!

**RICHARD** · 07-09-2004, 05:07 PM

Gini,

You know,

Once you get west of the Colorado River , S starts to happen....

Fire, flood, earthquakes, police beatings, Men with a million pennies, New NBA coaches, Foul mouthed politicians, sun, surf, sand, dead former presidents, movie star governors, Jay Leno,
traffic jams, expensive gas and Courtney Love!!!!!!!

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-09-2004, 05:28 PM

lol Richard!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 07-09-2004, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by RICHARD

Once you get west of the Colorado River, S starts to happen....

... and Courtney Love!!!!!!!

No, you don't have to worry about ALL those things ~
Courtney's on the othere side of the Colorado, today...

"LOS ANGELES, California (AP) --
Troubled rock star Courtney Love
got a bench warrant for her 40th
birthday when she failed to appear
in court Friday for arraignment on
an assault charge.

Love was in New York City and
was confused about whether she was required to
be in the California courtroom..."

Rock On, Baby!

/s/ Phred

**gini** · 07-09-2004, 05:53 PM

Well, she is blonde

**RICHARD** · 07-09-2004, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
No, you don't have to worry about ALL those things ~
Courtney's on the othere side of the Colorado, today...

Then I exercise my right to substitute her for this....

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California Man Invents Talking Tombstones

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The next time you visit a cemetery, don't be afraid if you hear a voice from the dead.

A California inventor has come up with the idea of a talking tombstone.

According to Reuters, Robert Barrows, of Burlingame, Calif., has invented a tombstone that will display a video message from the deceased.

The talking tombstone will include a flat touch screen and house a computer with a microchip memory or hard disk.

It will be powered by electricity from the cemetery's lighting system.

Barrows told New Scientist magazine that if his patent is granted, he hopes people will leave tombstone videos alongside their wills

**lizbud** · 07-09-2004, 07:37 PM

Richard,

I read that item about talking tombstones.

I thought it was
mildly wierd, but after all, it is California.

Can't you just
imagine a nagging mom leaving a message to her kids or a
message for her husband. She could still nag from the grave.

**tatsxxx11** · 07-11-2004, 04:04 PM

LOS ANGELES July 9, 2004 — State Education Secretary Richard Riordan jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant "stupid dirty girl," prompting widespread criticism and posing a quandary for the man who appointed him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Didn't he read the DaVinci Code??? Even I knew that Isis meant Egyptian goddess!

**DJFyrewolf36** · 07-12-2004, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by lizbud
Richard,

I read that item about talking tombstones. I thought it was
mildly wierd, but after all, it is California. Can't you just
imagine a nagging mom leaving a message to her kids or a
message for her husband. She could still nag from the grave.

"I KNOW you're still doing XYZ, I can see you!! Don't think I don't know where you sleep!"

Do these things have an off function? lol.

Siriously, it kind of does seem like a good idea...seems like it would get kind of painful after a while though.

**RICHARD** · 07-12-2004, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by lizbud
Richard,

I read that item about talking tombstones. I thought it was
mildly wierd, but after all, it is California. Can't you just
imagine a nagging mom leaving a message to her kids or a
message for her husband. She could still nag from the grave.

I thought the same thing....

Altho there will be the person who leaves the X-rated message....

Let me give it a thought.....

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It's not the water, it's the booze!

Plane lands on freeway

Pilot suspected of being intoxicated

By Amy Raisin Darvish
Staff Writer

CASTAIC -- An apparently drunk pilot landed his plane on the Golden State Freeway near Castaic on Saturday, then clipped a van and flipped over before coming to a stop on the shoulder, authorities said.

Marc South, 53, of Eloy, Ariz., suffered minor injuries when his two-seater Cessna came down at noon in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5, north of Lake Hughes Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. No other injuries were reported.

"When the officers got out there they smelled alcohol. He was extremely intoxicated," said Officer Wendy Hahn of the CHP's Newhall station. "It looks like he was trying to land and overtook a van going the same direction. He clipped the van and flipped over."

CHP officers said they took him into custody on suspicion of flying while intoxicated.

Hahn said the pilot, the plane's sole occupant, was flying from Arizona to Sacramento and made two stops before the crash. South stopped in Blythe, Calif., for fuel and then in La Verne for food, Hahn said.

South was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for X-rays, Hahn said.

The slow lane was closed for more than four hours, slowing northbound traffic through the Newhall Pass.

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