Comments on: Schwarzenegger’s Veto Sudoku

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:20 +0000

It's noteworthy that Schwarzenegger is far more clever in his second language than any other Republican is in his/her native tongue...

By: DavidL

DavidL — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:36:17 +0000

After reflection I call this a modest win for Schwarzenegger. Sure Schwarzenegger was crasp, but not as vulgar as Tom Ammiano.

By: This Is Just Like John Lennon Writing “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Except That It’s Not « Around The Sphere

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:26:32 +0000

[...] UPDATE: James Joyner [...]

By: MarkedMan

MarkedMan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:34:24 +0000

On a scale of 1 - 10, I rate this about a "2" for level of importance. But as for whether or not it was intentional, I kinda figured the simple fact it was noticed gives evidence it was intentional. Unless this was a message seems by hundreds or thousands of people, I imagine someone spilled the beans. Of course that kind of puts it in a different light. The idea of putting in a hidden message that may or may not be discovered by posterity is kind of cool. The idea of putting in a hidden message and then giggling over it with your frat boy friends is not nearly so cool.

By: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Obscene Acrostic?

PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Obscene Acrostic? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:04 +0000

[...] by accident? Where’s Mr. Spock when you need him to calculate the probabilities? (Update: JJ@OTB notes two Spockian attempts at providing the math: here and [...]

By: Peacewood

Peacewood — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:12:43 +0000

Not to be pedantic, but it's not a "sudoku" so much as an "acrostic". I imagine a sudoku would probably have a lot more blank spaces in between the words.

By: bigfire

bigfire — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:11:35 +0000

I listened to the actual heckling by Ammiano, and it's "Kiss my faggot ass".

By: Herb

Herb — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:51:07 +0000

Bizarre, but clever...

Whereas most of our politicians are just bizarre.

By: Jake P

Jake P — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:15:07 +0000

Acrostics were good enough for Dante Alighieri in The Divine Comedy, seems like an appropriate enough literary device for a state that's going to hell in a handbasket...

By: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III

Zelsdorf Ragshaft III — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:38:04 +0000

Conan speaks!

By: The Phony Governor “F-You” Controversy : Washington Memo

The Phony Governor “F-You” Controversy : Washington Memo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:34:31 +0000

[...] because California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a notice of veto to the state assembly that spells out [...]

By: DL

DL — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:04:14 +0000

I recall Ron Reagan cranking up on TV about the giant spending budget sitting before him -then he signed the stupid thing, instead of throwing it over his shoulder. Human heroes all have rusty parts. With Obama its pure "red" (as in Marx) iron dust!

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:32 +0000

It seems that, if one ignores the first two and last two paragraphs, there’s a hidden message spelled out by the first letter of the remaining sentences. If that’s too complicated, Kevin Drum has a version with the message circled in red.

Well actually that was too complicated for me, but I only counted three (3) paragraphs in the main body, and I actually used the first letter of each sentence, not each line.
;)

By: Douglas

Douglas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:32:38 +0000

every 1 in a million experience is 1 in a million, it's just that it's not the 1 you are looking for.

"be sure to drink your ovaltine."

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:17:51 +0000

A weird coincidence... just like Obama's use of 'putting lipstick on a pig' not being an intentional slur on Palin.