Nandemo Alifornia California

[Mulboyne]

[floatr][/floatr]Bizjournals: California enlists Schwarzenegger in Japan tourism marketing
The California Travel & Tourism Commission is expanding its marketing efforts to Japan with a $5.1 million campaign featuring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on television, newspapers and billboards. The campaign uses the slogan "Nandemo Alifornia," with the governor intoning (or, in one case, lip-synching) "nandemo alifornia California" at the end of each 15-second video spot, meaning "California has it all"...The ads showcase California's scenery and attractions and are meant to encourage tourists to visit while currency exchange rates favor the Japanese...Japanese tourists are usually among the top 10 groups of foreign visitors to California. Japanese visits rose 4.5 percent to 675,000 in 2007, from 646,000 the year earlier. Last year was the first time since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that overseas travel to California exceeded 5 million visits...California's market share of the total U.S. tourism from overseas rose from 21.3 percent to 21.7 percent...more...

Ad spots and posters here.

[Taro Toporific]

[Greji]

Click if you really want to see the full-size photo Schwa-chan no chin-chin [/url]

I can see why he's try to hide his short fuse with the towel, it obviously does not qualify for minimum terminator specs.....

[prolly]

the way the koreans are taking over l.a. and the chinese have a lock on san fran, i dont know that there's a lot left for the average japanese tourist to want to see, other than usual touristy stuff.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced their separation last week.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver jointly announced May 9 that they were splitting up after 25 years of marriage. Yet, Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier in the year after Schwarzenegger acknowledged the child is his, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger told the Times in a statement that also was sent to The Associated Press early Tuesday. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.

"I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time," the statement concluded. "While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not."

Schwarzenegger's representatives did not comment further. A spokesman for the former first lady told the Times she had no comment.

The Times did not publish the former staffer's name nor that of her child but said the woman worked for the family for 20 years and retired in January.

[Ke11iente]

Alifornia? What does that mean? Anything?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Alifornia? What does that mean? Anything?

It's a play on words that combines the Japanese verb aru (to be) and California.

[matsuki]

LOL, does this increase the value of his signature on my degree? Oh wait, that's just a stamp

[American Oyaji]

When that divorce thing came out, my first thought was..."Could he not keep it in his pants or something?"

[Samurai_Jerk]

I've got to give Arnie props for being able to keep it on the downlow that long even though his babbymomma worked in their house.

[maraboutslim]

It's a play on words that combines the Japanese verb aru (to be) and California.

More like "have". California has everything... nandemo ari.