"Remember Man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return."
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff.
Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier this year, after Schwarzenegger acknowledged the paternity. The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
"There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate." -- former House Speaker and likely presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on his notable (and notorious!) tendency to stray from his marital vows.
"...he pursued [wife #1] avidly (he was 16 at the time and she was in her early 20s, 23, IIRC), but later lied about his age (though not hers). He claimed he was 18. So he marries his high-school teacher, has kids with her, dumps her when she gets cancer (the very day after she had uterine surgery) to marry #2, whom he's been schtupping all along, and then when #2 gets diagnosed with MS, he dumps HER (on Mother's Day, no less) over the phone while she's at her Mom's, telling her he's planning to marry the intern he's been schtupping all along. Charming fellow."
"If you're a 46-year-old, married, 'family values' conservative Christian Republican congressman, do not send shirtless photos of your "39-year-old divorced lobbyist" self to women you meet on Craigslist."
Carly Fiorina, who is staking her U.S. Senate campaign on her corporate record, contends that California's tax structure is hostile to business — one reason, she has said, that she was forced to outsource thousands of jobs when she ran Hewlett-Packard Co.
But while Fiorina was chief executive of the computer giant, the state was hospitable enough to grant the company a controversial $13-million tax refund even though, state officials said, it had already used credits to offset some income tax bills.
“She is a kind, soft-spoken, humble, caring, spiritual woman whose spot in Heaven was reserved years ago...” “Everyone I know considers Sister Margaret to be the moral conscience of the hospital...” “She works tirelessly and selflessly as the living example and champion of compassionate, appropriate care for the sick and dying.”So what did the Church do with this saintly woman?
California State Senator Roy Ashburn "came out" yesterday on a Bakersfield radio station, then defiantly (not to mention hypocritically) said that he will return to his seat in Sacramento and continue to vote against the civil rights of gay people in the state. The openly gay mayor of West Sacramento says that he's spotted state Sen. Roy Ashburn (R), who has racked up a consistently anti-gay voting record over the years, at gay clubs a number of times.
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CBS13's Koula Gianulias also reports that [West Sac Mayor Christopher] Cabaldon called out Ashburn in a Facebook posting about six months ago.
"It wouldn't bother me so bad to see Roy Ashburn at Badlands with a boy if he didn't have such a bad voting record on gay rights," he wrote.
In better days Ashburn, a fierce opponent of gay rights, was fighting marriage equality and organizing anti-gay marriage rallies as part of his "Traditional Family Values" campaign.Dudes, walk the damn walk for gawdsakes. Walk the walk.
But he hit a bump in the road -- figuratively, not literally -- Wednesday at around 2 AM when CHP officers observed him weaving and driving erratically in downtown Sacramento. After a field sobriety test, officers determined that Ashburn, who reeked of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes, was under he influence of alcohol and placed him under arrest. He was released from jail just before 4 AM.
Initial reports only noted the DWI arrest and Ashburn issued a contrite apology on Wednesday. But late this evening, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento reported that "sources" confirmed that Ashburn had left Faces, a gay nightclub in downtown Sacramento, just prior to his arrest.
