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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (629573)	9/26/2011 8:07:27 PM
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Arnold Commissions 8-Foot Bronze Statues of Himself HE'S KEEPING ONE FOR HIMSELF, CREATOR SAYS By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Sep 26, 2011 10:19 AM CDT (NEWSER) – Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest fan may just be … Arnold Schwarzenegger. The action hero and former Governator of California has commissioned at least three larger-than-life bronze statues of himself when he was at his most buff, and he’ll be keeping at least one for himself. The owner of the bronze business Arnie hired tells the New York Daily News that as many as seven of the statues could ultimately be created. They’ll be based on a 22-inch sculpture created by an artist in 1980, which shows Schwarzenegger flexing his biceps during the body-building era in which he won seven Mr. Olympia titles. The new statues will be blown-up versions, eight feet tall. The first was already shipped to a Schwarzenegger museum in his old childhood home, and a second will go to the location of the annual Arnold Fitness Weekend.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (629573)	9/26/2011 8:16:17 PM
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Alabama Town Enacts 'Jesus or Jail' Plan MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN CHURCH AND JAIL By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Sep 26, 2011 3:54 PM CDT (NEWSER) – It's either Jesus or jail for small-time offenders in Bay Minette, Alabama. Operation Restore Our Community is kicking off there this week, giving misdemeanor offenders the choice between a year of Sunday church services or fines and jail, Raw Story reports. Pastors invented the program on the presupposition that crime is caused by "the erosion of family values and morals," the town's police chief says. "We have children raising children and parents not instilling values in young people." Alabama's ACLU office calls the plan "blatantly unconstitutional" and is "considering options for response." A Think Progress writer notes that even conservative Justice Antonin Scalia would condemn the plan for using the threat of penalty to coerce participation in religion. But one pastor rebuffed criticism, saying, "You show me somebody who falls in love with Jesus, and I'll show you a person who won't be a problem to society."