[srm913]

Does this guy really want the Governator for an enemy? "I'LL BE BACK!" Jeepers!

[jocon307]

No worries, as the ABC radio skitch portrayed him, Ahrnold is already "The president of California"!

[Lx]

Yeah, ahnold is ruining the reputation of Austria producing great leaders...

[Kurt_D]

Well, this Pilz guy is an Austrian clean-cut version of Ralph Nader. In any case, Greens (Austrian or American) are clowns.

[ScottFromSpokane]

I actually agree with him, but for different reasons: I would like to see dual citizenship abolished in the US.

[garyhope]

Austria, the country who gave the world Adolph Hitler calling the kettle black.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Boy, Arnoold just can't get any respect....

[cake_crumb]

Errrrr.....he's an American citizen. Think he gives a big, fat, hairy rats behind what an Austrian greenweenie, Nader wannabe says? In addition, the governator is pretty darned popular in his home country right now among the citizenry. He's a home boy who went and really made good. Pilz isn't very rbight, izze?

[Ohioan]

As one who strongly supports Capital Punishment--indeed favor extending its use to certain types of arson, rape and robbery--I applaud the Governor for not stopping the execution. But why, did California elect a man who is the citizen of a foreign country?

Austria is a fine, cultured land, with a proud history. But how can California accept divided loyalty in its Governor? This really is almost incredible!!

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[ambrose]

Here's the type of man Austrians consider to be "worthy":

[Viking2002]

If we were to follow this clown's logic, we could strip the citizenship of half the liberals in the United States.

Hey, wait a minute............:-)

[pttttt]

Too late. When a person becomes a naturalized US citizen, they are required to renounce all other citizenships as part of their swearing of the Oath of Allegiance. So Arnie would have had to do this. He's already renounced his Austrian citizenship -- under oath. They can't fire him, he's already quit.

This is the US naturalization oath. it's pretty explicit:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

There may be some countries that won't recognize formal renunciation of their citizenships but I suspect euro-liberal Austria isn't one of them.

The US Government does not favor dual citizenship but also has not outlawed it. It is possible to hold dual-US/other citizenship but only if you are a US citizen by birth -- not for naturalized citizens. One way this could happen is to be born of US parents in a foreign country.

Also, unlike the US, not all countries require such a renunciation in their naturalization process. One example is Canada.

[Liberator]

"Capital punishment is illegal here, and Schwarzenegger -- who holds dual U.S.-Austrian nationality -- should be stripped of his Austrian passport for "heavily damaging the reputation of the republic," Pilz said.

Huh?? What's left to further "heavily damage" the rep of Austria?

If anything, Ahnold was helping mend the battered image of Austria... It's not as though no one realizes one Adolf Hitler wasn't really a German anyway.

And then there's the matter of President Kurt Waldheim...

[Wiz]

Peter Pilz, an idiot with "Old European" identities. Those identities are out of date and less valuable than of US.

[Dark Wing]

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