Tag: Chris Christie

Jun 09 2013

He’s A Rude, Crude, Ignorant Liar of Monumental Proportions and Will Win in a Landslide

Barbara Buono reminds me of the Chinese man that stood in front of a line of tanks headed for Tiananmen Square.

The Chinese man at least held the tanks up for a spell daring them to run over him but they had no hesitation at all in running over student protestors at the Square.  Would that a very enlightened and well-spoken Barbara Buono could even do that well against the horrible Chris Christie.

Major Democratic donors flock to Christie

TRENTON – Gov. Chris Christie is cashing in donations from top Democratic fundraisers and other traditionally liberal donors across the country, even nabbing the support of a handful of rainmakers aligned with President Obama and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Star-Ledger review of state and federal records shows.

The checks are flying into the Republican governor’s war chest from all sorts of unlikely places – the hedge fund run by liberal billionaire George Soros, for example, and the politically progressive halls of the University of California, Berkeley.

http://www.nj.com/politics/ind…

Thanks, guys.

I used to have questions about your liberal bona fides. You just answered them all.

It’s not over until the fat man sings but, oh gawd, I hear him warming up.

Best,  Terry

Jan 28 2012

Marriage rights in New Jersey: local voices

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to clear then Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act (S1 and A1, identical).  WHen Senator Kip Bateman, R-Somerville, voted No, a member of the audience yelled, “Chicken!”  There was a crowd of about 150 onlookers at the 4 hour meeting, with only about 25 against marriage equality.

At the same time as the meeting, Gov. Chris Christie was in Bridgewater calling for a voter referendum to be placed on the 2012 ballot, transparently trying to affect New Jersey’s voting for president.

And he actually had the audacity to say,

The institution of marriage is too serious to be treated like a political football.  I would hope the Legislature would be willing to trust the people the way I’m willing to trust the people.

—Chris Christie

Republicans are all for letting the people vote on equal rights, unless they vote in some way contrary to what they want (see Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire et. al.).

Jun 26 2011

NJ Workers Bargaining Rights & Benefits Attacked

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette

Ed Schultz rails against the latest attack on the middles class, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s bill ending collective bargaining on health care for state employees and reducing their benefits.

This is an outrageous attack on state employees and unions that will hurt them for years. The bill will increase the costs of contributions to pension funds and limit access to health care at the same time it could increase subscriber costs by several hundred percent.  It removes the right to choose where they go for treatment unless they purchase an even more expensive plan. Most public employees have no collective bargaining rights except for health care, this bill ends that right.

It also freezes retirees cost of living adjustments (COLA) for the next 30 years. These raises have fluctuated and for the last two years have been 0%. Without some raises the elderly in New Jersey may well find themselves impoverished.

While the bill was opposed by many Democrats, it was the Democratic leadership, including Senate President Stephen Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Assemblyman Lou Greenwald, who sold out betrayed the fundamental Democratic values. Any Democrat that voted for this horrendous bill should be primaried by a real Democrat.

Jul 06 2010

On a Lighter Note: Here’s the News From New Jersey

I really didn’t have the heart to go out to a fireworks display yesterday, and so, in my worst form of thinking not so far ahead, this was my effort to keep the despair at bay.  I live in New Jersey.  I can’t really afford to live here, and not too far from now that’s going to become a desperate situation, which may mean I’ll need to move or find some other form of support in an economy where I don’t really expect any real solution, unless one appears by magic or kismet.

Making odd little videos is one desperate measure among many to keep the hounds in my mind at bay.  Please feel free to pass this one along, if you find it amusing.

Too many of the jokes are in the video description, I’m afraid.

Since YouTube has redesigned their pages to make descriptions all but invisible to those who go there to look, I’m adding the description here as well:

Warning: THIS VIDEO IS VUVUZELA-COMPATIBLE

July 4, 2010 – Whackaninny County Court House, Gorp’s River, NJ

Whackaninny County Board of Supervisors regret to announce that, due to extreme budget cuts and a really fat governor, this year’s Fireworks display has been reduced drastically. We hope you understand. Jack’s nephew Walter has offered this video in place of fireworks. It’s about twice as long as the actual display, and contains special effects we could never afford to contract out, at least not in the state of New Jersey.

Please stop calling. Due to budget cuts we had to hock the answering machine and sell the receptionist into slavery. We tried to cancel the phone service but discovered we could not afford the disconnection fee.