Schwarzenegger's Green Challenge

California Governor Says He'll Stick To Environmental Plans, Despite Economic Crisis

(CBS)  Pelley and the governor's drive ended where Schwarzenegger began, Venice Beach, where the body builders go. The cops came out with a picture that hangs in their station from back in the day when the future governor was Mr. Universe five times and Mr. Olympia seven times.

And he had a few tips, which were less about weight lifting than finding clever ways to plow though obstacles. The governor spotted while Pelley prepared to lift some weights. They were at a Venice Beach landmark, Muscle Beach, that Schwarzenegger helped make famous.

"And these are only 70s," Pelley remarked.

"But why so much weight?" Schwarzenegger replied.

"I usually do 75s," Pelley said.

"I mean, when you do it for the cameras you do only 50, so you take it easy. You don't kill yourself," Schwarzenegger replied, laughing.

Asked if that's the trick, Schwarzenegger said, "Oh yeah. Absolutely. I remember when I did this scene in 'Stay Hungry' at the squats with Sally Fields watching there. And I had to do it over and over again. And I had 225 pounds on it, as I learned very quickly, put on wooden plates."

"You're not telling me that's what you did in the movies?" Pelley asked.

"You can't. No, no, not me," Schwarzenegger said, laughing.

This is Schwarzenegger's 40th anniversary in America. Venice Beach is, in a sense, where he came ashore. Asked what he thought of America when he arrived in 1968, Schwarzenegger said, "You know, I felt that if there is such a thing as a before life and an afterlife, then definitely my before life I was an American. Because when I arrived here, when I got off the plane, I felt like I'm at home."

But now "home" is in trouble. California is the foreclosure capital, and unemployment is above eight percent. The governor proposed to close that budget deficit half with tax increases and half with budget cuts. Republicans and Democrats opposed him.

When 60 Minutes sat down with Schwarzenegger at the Capitol, he had just left the legislative leadership and he seemed in no mood. Before they got settled, Pelley was worried that the last thing the governor wanted to do was talk to him.

"I’m not sure that meeting went all that well. You seem pretty preoccupied. You got the 'Terminator look' on your face," Pelley remarked.

"It doesn't work on me. No psyching out," Schwarzenegger said, laughing. "It doesn't work."

"No, I was just being honest," Pelley said.

[katiell]

Can''t anybody see the writing on the wall? There is definitely something going on in the atmosphere. I can''t believe how stupid people are. We got a president leaving office who was in for 2 terms....that is just one example of stupidity. There is so much greed and me, me, me, now it is pathetic. There was pollution in Los Angeles back in the 60s when I lived there. Wake up idiots!! Kate

[pepperwood2]

What''s the Story Here? Kalifornia is going to run out of cash in two weeks.

Something''s rotten in Kalefornia? The richest of the rich with all this wealth and the Liberals are going to bankrupt the State. Why don''t these Elite who wanted Green just pay there fair share? Instead of getting in line for a Federal Bailout like all the Losing Corporations & Banks across this Country of ours. Where''s Al & Rosie with the big bucks?

Instead of becoming a part of the problem, come up with a real solution. After all aren''t these the people running the show out their as in Washington the world''s most intelligent.

I know, just spend spend spend get ourselves further in debt with no real means or help for the consumer to ever come out of it. Wonder which the NEXT State that has gone Greeen will come out pissing & moaning that they will be out of cash. They just don''t ever get it.

[noloyalisti]

Baaaaahhhhhhh

Posted by Cryos

Thanks for demonstrating for ALL of us to see, your complete ignorance of the facts and your stupidity by parroting the right wing propaganda of the corporations and talking heads like Sean Slannity. Good job, thanks for sharing.

[lovegetpeace]

RECALL ARNOLD!

[noloyalisti]

Let''s recall this Republicon SOB who supported Butch and McSame. This guy drove CA into the ground, part of the Con conspiracy to bankrupt the middle class.

[Mccarthyaw]

So, McCarthy51, you are calling Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever ignorant for his comment %u201CI am a skeptic%u2026Global warming has become a new religion.%u201D ignorant????

Posted by telloian at 04:53 PM : Dec 22, 2008

Yes, I am calling him ignorant. Too entrenched in his paradigm. There are a few respected scientists here and there that disagree. I know there is one at Harvard. But a large majority agree that climate change is occurring at a faster pace than seen before.

[s_libertas]

I''d be interested in seeing a cost/benefit analysis of the Governator''s plan to cut emissions. How much will it cost, and what amount of global warming will it prevent? I''ve never seen any such analysis of any global warming initiative. Other than "doing something", what actual benefit are we going to attain?

www.semperlibertas.com

[czervik7]

President Arnold,

Please accept our thanks for joining the Kyoto Climate Change Consortium. We really needed a big-pocket donor to keep our religion...er eh I mean...just cause alive.

We will need a check in the amount of $1,000,000,000,000.00 payable to the Gore/Soros Cap & Trade fund. The money will mainly be used for travel expenses by Al Gore to canvas the world and spew propoganda...eh...enlighten young children about the dangers of climate change.

While we realize that climate change has been happening for millions of years, your donation will help us sell the idea that somehow us humans have managed to have some meaningful affect in the past 50 years. Although we cannot even accurately predict the weather for more than 1 day in advance we must show that we can change it.

We must also figure out a way to say global warming has caused record-cold temperatures. If you have any ideas on this please let us know. You, after all, have figured out how to sell global warming economics to a state that is $40 billion in the hole. We need your marketing expertise.

Thanks a bunch!

China

P.S. We''d join the accord but we just don''t have the money right now.

[dlaws99]

This bozo is arguably the worst governor in the history of the state going back to the Spanish land grant, so it only makes sense he''d want to be president...

[czervik7]

President Arnold,

Please accept our thanks for joining the Kyoto Climate Change Consortium. We really needed a big-pocket donor to keep our religion...er eh I mean...just cause alive.

We will need a check in the amount of $1,000,000,000,000.00 payable to the Gore/Soros Cap & Trade fund. The money will mainly be used for travel expenses by Al Gore to canvas the world and spew propoganda...eh...enlighten young children about the dangers of climate change.

While we realize that climate change has been happening for millions of years, your donation will help us sell the idea that somehow us humans have managed to have some meaningful affect in the past 50 years. Although we cannot even accurately predict the weather for more than 1 day in advance we must show that we can change it.

We must also figure out a way to say global warming has caused record-cold temperatures. If you have any ideas on this please let us know. You, after all, have figured out how to sell global warming economics to a state that is $40 billion in the hole. We need your marketing expertise.

Thanks a bunch!

China

P.S. We''d join the accord but we just don''t have the money right now.

[czervik7]

President Arnold,

Please accept our thanks for joining the Kyoto Climate Change Consortium. We really needed a big-pocket donor to keep our religion...er eh I mean...just cause alive.

We will need a check in the amount of $1,000,000,000,000.00 payable to the Gore/Soros Cap & Trade fund. The money will mainly be used for travel expenses by Al Gore to canvas the world and spew propoganda...eh...enlighten young children about the dangers of climate change.

While we realize that climate change has been happening for millions of years, your donation will help us sell the idea that somehow us humans have managed to have some meaningful affect in the past 50 years. Although we cannot even accurately predict the weather for more than 1 day in advance we must show that we can change it.

We must also figure out a way to say global warming has caused record-cold temperatures. If you have any ideas on this please let us know. You, after all, have figured out how to sell global warming economics to a state that is $40 billion in the hole. We need your marketing expertise.

Thanks a bunch!

China

P.S. We''d join the accord but we just don''t have the money right now.

[dlaws99]

In case it isn''t completely obvious to anyone, the global warming hoax is being used as the "scientific" foundation for inplementing the anti-capitalist socialist agenda. It''s the classic "big lie told long enough..."

[telloian]

So, McCarthy51, you are calling Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever ignorant for his comment %u201CI am a skeptic%u2026Global warming has become a new religion.%u201D ignorant????

[jimdrotto]

I agree with Cryos and RealScience. Also prescribed burns, which are controlled burns, would help limit the wildfires, but environmentalists won''t let departments of Natural Resources operate that way. Pay now or pay later when mankind interferes with nature.

[jpipk]

Arnie should re-register as a Democrat.
They''ll change the rules about where he was born like they did for the anointed one.
Or he could just get a birth certificate from Hawaii -- they don''t seem to care too much.
Wouldn''t that just be great! Swartzie the RINO following McLame the RINO.
Where does a conservative go to throw up?
Probably Chicago -- they like stuff like that there!

[bikerbill98-2009]

Arnie thinks it''s fun to solve the problems he and others created. Must be nice being able to laugh while the state is crumbling under the weight of the debt. Me thinks he''s used too man steroids over the years.

[petro49l]

California should control vehicle emissions to reduce pollution. Coal is a good idea when it is correctly extracted from the ground. The coal is then converted into gasoline for automobiles. Hydrogen is an abundant source of fuel. The technology is sophisticated, but it could be marketed in the United States to most drivers. California should also invest in preparedness for wild fires. Emergency vehicles, chemicals, tools, and forest breaks are effective strategies for stopping the flames.

[Mccarthyaw]

Watch the governors of Alaska, North Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi, and a few others, if you really want to see effective state government in action.


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Posted by KatyfromTX at 03:41 PM : Dec 22, 2008

Rofl, Palin? Seriously? She is as inept as they come

[81w10]

Schwarzenegger for President? Hmmm

Built up his body but evidently didn''t concentrate much on building up his mind,

Spent years building personal wealth playing make-believe.

Managed to marry a Kennedy cousin, while maintaining that he was a Republican.

Cashed in on all his sterling qualifications (see above) to swoop in with celebrity name recognition to replace poor old Gray Davis, an equally stupid career political animal who may have actually been duped by ENRON as he claimed at the time. But, we all know Californians - celebrity will win out every time.

Schwarzenegger is probably sincere about his environmental opinions, but his ignorance is blatant. He probably believes his own hype about his leadership role in solving California''s problems, but again, his ignorance is blatant.

What we have in Schwarzeneggar is a super-sized ego. This is not a movie, Arnold. No movie script will turn up which can trump the Constitution. YOU CAN''T BE PRESIDENT of the USA, being Mr. Olympia, Mr. Maria Shriver, Mr. Governor notwithstanding.

Watch the governors of Alaska, North Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi, and a few others, if you really want to see effective state government in action.

[Mccarthyaw]

Climate change (AKA global warming) is occuring. There is no real scientific debate over that. Even the most outspoken antagonists of climate change the last couple decades have come out and said that it is occuring. Those who say climate change is not occuring are ignorant.

The debate now is whether humans are partly responsible for the change. Yes, the earth goes through cyclic changes, but this change is occuring at a much more rapid pace this time around.

I see nothing but good that can come from switching to green technology anyways.