Blog Profile / Blue Jersey
| URL : | http://www.bluejersey.net/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11072 | |
| Posts / Week: | 40.8 | |
| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
News Roundup & Open Thread for Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Rest in Peace, Marine Eric Christian Christian, a 1993 Ramsey High School grad was serving his fifth tour, which included stints in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. He was shot and killed in the Farah province of Afghanistan, during an argument between his special ops unit members and an Afghan National Army soldier they were training. Show More Summary
Buono Web Video: "Always Proud"
Chris Christie's salesmen are peddling the idea that New Jersey's doing great under this governor; that the Jersey Comeback the numbers tell us never ever happened under this Governor -- despite his Mission Accomplished Jersey Comeback banners unfurled at his town halls taxpayer funded campaign rallies -- was real just because he says so. Show More Summary
East Orange Mayor Says Sex In Government Office and Campaign Finance Violations Are A Private Issue
promoted by Rosi Cross-Posted On FireDogLake Embattled East Orange New Jersey Mayor Robert Bowser has an interesting theory. In a press conference on Friday Mayor Bowser told reporters that his admission of a sexual affair with a subordinate in a sexual harassment deposition is a private issue and belongs between him and his wife. Show More Summary
Sen. Barbara Buono: What's Not To Like?
In today's world of media short attention span no sooner is one issue raised in the gubernatorial campaign than it is quickly supplanted by another. We rapidly lose track of the totality - the many differences between the positions of each person. Show More Summary
Governor Christie Talks to Women!
Last year the Division on Women was moved from the Department of Community Affairs to the Children & Families Department of state government. We were assured that this move would improve services to the women of New Jersey. Instead we went through a year with a moribund Commission on the Status of Women. Show More Summary
News Roundup & Open Thread fo Monday, May 6, 2013
Watch the trailer for Kristin Wiig's Ocean City set movie. Students are all-male, must speak Hebrew, know the sacred texts and agree not to date in the first 6 months - in other words, this Lakewood rabbinical school is not open to the public BUT it's getting $10.6 million in NJ tax dollars, because of Chris Christie's politics. Show More Summary
Weekend News Roundup & Open Thread for May 4-5, 2013
Do you know about the Farmers Against Hunger project? Christie's extraordinary money grab of affordable housing funds Housing advocates demand answers, get stonewalled. Sweeney, Greenwald far apart on gun bill Schoonejongen: While Democrats...Show More Summary
How not to further a dialogue on immigration
The U. S. Senate seems to be moving toward passage of immigration legislation. The issues of border control and a path to citizenship divide the parties. However even Republicans realize that to win elections they need more support from Hispanic immigrants. Show More Summary
Is the Wolf Guarding the Hen House?
After vetoing a bill that would have had an independent entity audit the costs of Sandy cleanup, Governor Christie asked the State Comptroller, Matthew Boxer, to determine whether AshBritt, a company steeped in GOP influence is performing ethically and effectively. Show More Summary
One New Jersey Radio Spot on Christie: "Deck"
One New Jersey is out with its first radio commercial - "Deck," for the deck stacked against New Jerseyans. Like the two TV spots that preceded it "Deck" comes sourced, so you can track the claims made in the 1-minute ad. You can find the transcript for the spot, the source material it's drawn from and links to both TV ads below. Show More Summary
On Mark Alexander, Nia Gill, and Voltaire
In his recent diary here, Professor Mark Alexander chose to use a quote uttered by his opponent, Senator Nia Gill, when she tried to justify her lack of support on the limitation of ammunition magazine size as part of the gun safety debate. Show More Summary
TGIF News Roundup& Open Thread for May 3, 2013
Priest convicted for molesting boy quits ministry Rev. Michael Fugee, who continued work with youth in defiance of a lifetime ban, creating a furor directed at Newark Archbishop John Myers for tolerating it - including a call for his resignation by Sen. Show More Summary
Governor Candidate Buono Breaks With Sweeney on Guns
Senator Barbara Buono has made a bold move on an issue that absolutely points up the distinction between the way Gov. Chris Christie governs and the the ethics of policy-making that define her and which she expects to carry into the governor's mansion in November. Show More Summary
"We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good"
Promoted by Rosi. We invite Senator Gill to reply. Cross-Posted at VoteMarkAlexander.com This was Senator Nia Gill's excuse to explain her support for the watered-down gun control legislation introduced by Senator Steve Sweeney. We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Show More Summary
CWA releases 60-second radio spot hitting Christie "insider scam" Lottery privatization
CWA, which represents Lottery workers, today released a minute-long radio ad today, entitled "Sketchy," sharply criticizing Gov. Christie's plan to privatize yet something else, the very-profitable NJ Lottery. The spot carries some of...Show More Summary
Remember When Christie Decried Budget-Balancing Gimmicks?
promoted by Rosi Apparently not anymore. He's taking $140 million from COAH that is earmarked for communities to balance the budget he thinks is so flush he wants a tax cut. Because towns aren't using the money fast enough.
Barbara Buono on MSNBC The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
ICYMI, Sen. Barbar Buono was on MSNBC's The Last Word last night. An exceptionally friendly interview - in fact, host Lawrence O'Donnell framed Chris Christie's $1.5M ad buy as "running scared" of challenger Buono early in this race for governor. Show More Summary
News Roundup & Open Thread for Thursday, May 2, 2013
This kid's astronomy Google doodle might land on your screen May 23. Chutzpah Indicted NJ engineering firm Birdsall Services Group wants to pay $728,300 in bonuses. President of large NJ Chamber of Commerce slams right wing Congress,...Show More Summary
Sandy restoration without rose-tinted glasses
Our governor provides us with the good news version of Sandy restoration, but there is also another view. Until a few weeks ago, Ron Dabal's two-bedroom cottage on Colony Road was entombed in sand. It had been dumped there by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. Show More Summary
Large NJ Chamber President Slams Right Wing Congress, Goes Keynesian
promoted by Rosi The Gateway Chamber of Commerce is the second largest chamber in the state, and is -- rightly -- dedicated to supporting business. Their president, Jim Coyle, ran the Board of Public Utilities for Governor Christie Whitman, was a GOP communications consultant and even managed a congressional campaign in the 90s. Show More Summary