We have been so busy firing our Guns of August that we missed one of our favorite internet correspondents, Art Gallagher’s posting earlier this month. Gallagher’s More Monmouth Musings is helping to fill the chasm cleft into the NJ media landscape by Wally Edge’s untimely passing (to a more lucrative post at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey).
As a former Governor of THESTATE of NJ, let me be the first (or whatever) to welcome former Representative, the right honorable Frederick R. Lehlbach to the intertubes. And thanks for the shout out.
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In a stunning defeat for political minded prosecutors everywhere, Joe Ferriero’s conviction was vacated in the wake of a Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of the federal dishonest services law.
Naturally, Republicans everywhere will bemoan that Democrats always get away with everything and oh how unfair that Joe Ferriero got off the hook. We call BS. Disagreeing with someone’s political views is the LAST reason to wish someone be put in jail. Moreover, jail time handed out on such a vague statute hurts every freedom loving American. If Ferriero was guilty so is everyone else; no man has a right to throw the first stone on this one.
It’s a hard knock world and you know what? Sometimes the price of freedom is that people are declared innocent, especially when they are indicted under vague and elastic laws by headline seeking U.S. Attorneys.
So without further ado, we dedicate this song out to Joe Ferriero. Good looks, sir.
Cops wanna knock me, D-A’s wanna box me in
But somehow I beat them charges like Rocky
H to the izz O, V to the izz A
Not guilty, Not guilty y’all got to feel me
As a former governor, I once represented not only the political will of the people of THE STATE of NEW JERSEY, but was also an emissary of our culture as well. Today I report to you, my friends, a major blow to the culture.
America’s Got Talent, a show judged by talentless hacks not fit to serve in a jury box, deemed that some jerk who could bend a frying pan into a cylinder and an old woman who whistles with her hands was more worthy to exhibit their talents in Hollywood than the spectacular Puerto Rican opera singer Carlos Aponte.
As the ramifications of the governor’s first budget begin to surface, we are doubling down on the claim that Christie is running an intellectually dishonest operation. …
Ladies and gentlemen, as a former Governor of THE STATE of NEW JERSEY, let me express my happiness at hearing the disposition of the case against the Manzo brothers.
Just this week a federal judge dropped the extortion charges against former Jersey City assemblyman Lou Manzo and his brother Ronald Manzo. These fine gentlemen were part of the “sting” operation that arrested 41 politicos and rabbis in the summer heat of the 2009 gubernatorial campaign…
As Governor Chris Christie sells his budget plan to an anxious, over-taxed and over-burdened public, he often states that he does not want to rely on one-shot gimmicks. We find this position laudable.
The cornerstone of his plan to control state spending is to seek union concessions in the form of salary and benefit freezes. We find this position laudable as well. …
So, all right, we admit it—we at THE STATE are libertarians. Maybe not on everything, but on domestic issues we at THE STATE, and I, as a former Governor, generally take the position of “We/I don’t give a carp.”
That goes for gay marriage too. I/we don’t give a carp what you do in your own home. (That being said, a church whose tenets are opposed to same sex marriage is entirely in their right to refuse to marry such a couple, IMGO.)
Frankly, harsh marijuana laws create more problems than they solve. Consider the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on policing (police officers), adjudicating (judges and lawyers), punishing (the corrections industry), and ensuring compliance (parole and probation officers). …
Imagine my surprise when I saw State Senator Raymond Lesniak’s head peeking out of the PolitickerNJ talking heads column. I can’t recall seeing that before. Let me tell you, though. As a former Governor, I’ll take Lesniak over Undisputed Negotiation Tactician Carla Katz any day of the week. …
The Save Jersey Blog points out to us what happens when elected officials fail to listen to their constituents.
As the 2009 Gubernatorial Election Result by Municipality Map illustrates, New Jersey can turn as red as its signature tomatoes when the proper incentive is applied.
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