Chavez gift to Corzine - Marsy dotes, and doesy dotes...

Some comical news impacting the state of New Jersey:

Venezuela's U.S.-based oil company is donating an island in the Delaware River to the state of New Jersey to be turned into a wildlife sanctuary.

Alejandro Granado, president of Houston, Texas-based Citgo Petroleum Corp., said the donation of Petty's Island shows a commitment by President Hugo Chavez's government to environmental conservation.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine welcomed the move in a statement Wednesday, saying "Earth Day is a fitting time to consummate the donation of this special place."

I find it hilarious how often Democrat politicians in this country have no issue cozying up to dictators. And yet, these same policians would never speak civilly to Americans they do not agree with on politics. It just shows how there are no stateman left in today's Democratic party. Dictators ok. US citizens who do not share my view-evil.

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Biden - Empty your pockets to be a patriot!

Joe Biden once again opened his mouth and put his entire foot into it. From the Associated Press:

"We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people," Biden said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut."

Pay close attention to those words. He wants to "take" money from one group of people and put it into the pocket of another group of people. That sounds just like the former Soviet Union. And this would just be sad if real facts on the ground don't tell the real tale.

The real issue is that in this country, 53 percent of taxpayers do not pay any taxes at all. The top 20 percent of wage earners already pay more than 2/3 of ALL taxes. The reward for people who work hard to earn money for their families and achieve some level of success according to Biden-Obama? Give it to the government so they can redistribute it to others.

That isn't am economic plan. That is socialism pure and simple. Patriotism? I don't think so Comrade.

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NJ Assembly renamed the Politburo! School budget elections eliminated!!!!

Commissar John Roberts has lead the Assembly to eliminate school budget elections. From Newsday:

"I know one thing for sure, and that is that our current system that elects school board members is a system that's broken and needs to be fixed," said Roberts, D-Camden.

Well guess what Mr Roberts? What the citizens of this state know is that school board elections are the only actual vestige of control any of us have over out of control spending and corrupt politicians. The citizens didn't ask for this change. So maybe the request came from somewhere else. For example, this article from the New York Times during the budget battles in July 2006:

Many others say — although rarely for attribution — that the real chess match here is between Mr. Corzine and the Camden County organization, personified by Mr. Roberts and by George E. Norcross III, one of the party's most formidable power brokers.

Mr. Norcross, a former Camden County Democratic party chairman, is not only a political ally and former business partner of Mr. Roberts, but the patron of many other South Jersey Democrats. Nor does his influence end there, since the Camden County organization sends money to Democratic candidates all over the state.

Of course Mr Roberts has always taken his marching orders from Norcross in matters not in the interests of taxpayers. How about the other organization that has always been against school budget elections, the New Jersey Education Association(from Newsday):

The state's largest teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, and school boards support eliminating votes on budgets but oppose moving school board elections to November.

It is bad enough that the voters in this state are served up only a slate of power broker controlled candidates. These power brokers and their puppets in the legislature have circumvented the will of the voters at every turn. The state constitution says that you can't borrow without voter approval? Then why have governors and the legislature routinely increased borrowing for 12 years?

This law was suggested by a single voter in this state. This action was because New Jersey Voters keep voting down ever increasing school budgets. But alas, the newly created People's Republic of New Jersey will not need elections any more soon. We can just ask the unelected Central Committee how things should be run.

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