Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Governator Catches the KTX


The above photo is a reference to the movie Predator if you are confused.

The Last Action Hero made it to South Korea this week.

Article Here:
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was given a red-carpet welcome in Korea on Wednesday, meeting President Lee Myung-bak, two government ministers and two top CEOs. Seoul gave Schwarzenegger the VIP treatment because the state of California is pursuing a W50 trillion (US$1=W1,163) high-speed rail project, which presents major business opportunities for Korean companies. 
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After lunch he rushed over to Seoul Station and hopped on the KTX bullet train that took him to Asan in South Chungcheong Province as railway officials explained Korea's technological prowess in high-speed rail construction and operation. Schwarzenegger said he was "impressed" at the speed and efficiency of Korea's high-speed rail and wanted to learn more.
California is seeking to build a bullet train network at a cost of $42.6 billion, and bidding is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2012. Seven countries including Korea are expected to take part.
These high-speed rail projects happening right now in the United States is one of the center pieces of President Obama's economic stimulus package.  The United States desperately needs high speed rail, and no place more than along the coasts between major cities in California and New England.  That would be fantastic if South Korea could get some of those construction and design contracts.

I am sure Arnold never predicted something such as Youtube would come along, but he (and many other American celebrities) made ridiculous commercials in Japan in the 80s and 90s and assumed nobody in the English speaking world would ever see them.  Well, someone found them all and made a greatest hits collection on Youtube of all of Arnold's more absurd Japanese commercials.

They're all great, but my favorite is at 7:20.


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