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Showing posts with label Christie for President. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christie for President. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Monday, 10 August 2015
Christie Sees A Soft "Punching" Bag - Women
In the
recent furor over “The Donald’s” comments about women on the GOP debate
platform the comments of “The Governor” have been overlooked and ignored. The “Punch
in the face” comment has been barely remarked upon by the media and I am sure that
is to the dismay of our attention seeking Governor.
After
reading about the hubbub regarding Trump’s insulting women I began to wonder if
there might be a relationship between his comments and those of Christie. Then
it occurred to me. Why are Christie’s vicious attacks always aimed at teachers
and teacher’s unions and rarely against other public sector unions (police,
firemen, etc.)?
Why does he
feel that he can be as aggressive and insulting as he pleases when it comes to
teachers? I may have discovered the
answer.
- In 2011–12, some 76 percent of public school teachers were female, 44 percent were under age 40 and 56 percent had a master’s or higher degree. Compared with public school teachers, a lower percentage of private school teachers had a master’s or higher degree (43 percent). –U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics
Could
it be that he feels free to attack a predominately female organization and
expects little retaliation? Could it be that he has little respect for the
profession because it is largely composed of women?
Could it be
that his reserve in criticizing and debasing the police and fire unions is because
in it mostly comprised of males?
Bullies
generally do pick on the ones they perceive as weakest and unwilling or
incapable of effectively fighting back. Could this be the case with “The
Governor”?
PS- If he
wants to “punch someone in the face” he is welcome to stop over at any time
(without his police escort) and he better make his first punch count !!
If he sends
me an email I will eagerly reply with my address and time!
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Monday, 8 June 2015
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Great Moments in History
The Sandy / Christie campaign ad money problem is gone?
The Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office investigation is no longer proceeding?
The Hoboken Mayor's charges have been dismissed?
Otherwise why would the turtle feel free to come out of his shell and resume his brutish, ill mannered tactics?
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Christie For President ??
Christie as president! That's would be some sweet stuff! I'll leave the translation of the Russian in the video to you.
P.S. - Here's a guy that wants to blame Obama for not cleaning up the mess left by Bush but refuses to accept the blame for his not cleaning up the Sandy mess?
Friday, 29 August 2014
What a Wonderful Wiz He is !
AND lest we forget:
(1)
$400M in Fed Ed aid that was lost (then he stuck
it all on Schlinder)
(2)
$12M spend on unnecessary election (so he wouldn't be on the ballot with Booker)
(3)
doled out $10M as a parting gift to a Sandy aid relief
distribution company (Hammerman & Gainer which was fired for poor performance)
(4)
Spent $7M for legal costs to his bud Mastro (the
GWB problem and it’s still not over)
(5)
Lost $350M repayment to the Federal government when
he reneged on the Arc Tunnel Project (lost the 3,000 construction jobs the tunnel was projected to generate for the next decade and also cost N.Y. and N.J. 44,000 jobs and $4 billion in
additional income through economic growth, according to a
2008 study by New Jersey Transit)
(6)
Lost $7.7M for refusing to participate in the
health care exchange program (and could have insured 95,000 additional
uninsured New Jerseyans and would have cost the State nothing)
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
“The Governor” - A "No New Taxes" Kind of Guy ???
“No pain, no gain” – No pain for New Jersey’s wealthy and
plenty for the middle class, the old and the disabled.
First “The Governor” reneges on the pension funding which he so vehemently touted and claims that he
will never sign a millionaire’s tax bill to help balance the budget. He is a “no
new taxes” kind of guy!
Well, now if withholding the Homestead Rebate again from
families earning $150,000 or less isn’t a tax increase then what is it?
I am sure the
Governor’s will come up with a newspeak term that will avoid calling it what it
is - A TAX INCREASE.
Wait a minute!
Now, in retrospect, I suppose it really isn’t a tax
increase; not on the wealthy anyway, since those earning in excess of $150,000
never qualified for the rebate in the first place. Again, only common folks and
public employees * will be obliged to participate in the Governor’s “No pain,
no gain” scheme.
With this TAX INCREASE “The Governor’s” fear of the rich
leaving the State in droves need not even be considered and I suspect he certainly
has no concern about the middle class and poor leaving. As a matter of fact I
think he might even welcome their loss!
*Public employees who have been subjected to the pension “reform”
will suffer double the “pain” since most fall under the $150,000 income level
and now will also be denied (have postponed?) their Homestead Rebate.
Thursday, 24 July 2014
New Jersey Education Ain't That Good!
The New Jersey education system certainly has failed if 44% of the
population still believes Christie is doing a good job!
During his administration:
*New Jersey’s credit rating has been reduced six times
*A $400M federal education grant was lost
*“The Governor” signs and promotes a law regarding pensions and then
reneges on it a year later (then he proclaims at a Town Hall Meeting – “A deal is a deal” – what BS!)
*An unnecessary election costing $24M was held for his political benefit
*The New Jersey unemployment rate has lagged the national average
*Millions of dollars of tax relief was given to corporations while no notable
increase in jobs has occurred
*Sandy relief funds were mishandled by a 'good old boy' corporation selected by him
*The GWB debacle continues
*The shady handling of the Hunterdon County Sheriff’s situation has yet
to be resolved
*“No new taxes” except for those who had their Homestead Rebate “postponed”!
*“The Governor” wormed his way into a Sandy ad spot (including his
family) by paying the ad company an inflated price
*“The Governor’s” brother gets a cushy deal resulting from the renovation
of the PATH station in Harrison.
*“The Governor” parcels out $3M (taxpayer money) for his lawyers to
write him an excuse for the GWB issue.
*And now he’s going on 14 “field trips” out of state attempting to
become a presidential candidate!
God help us but I guess in a country that
elected George Bush twice – anything is possible!
If “The Governor” was a teacher I think he would certainly be rated “ineffective”
and that’s being kind!
PS I
am sure that you can think of more screw-ups. Please feel free to contribute.
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