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In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built a top staff of lying thugs who threatened lives and safety to serve his political ends. If not, Christie is a lying thug himself. Emails and text messages among his close aides made public Wednesday documented that in September they gleefully engineered George Washington Bridge lane closures to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for failing to endorse their boss’ reelection. Local officials say the gridlock they caused delayed ambulances in responding to four calls, including one involving an unconscious 91-year-old woman who later died.

Governors Paul LePage (R) and Chris Christie (R) are not afraid to deliver the realities to their constituents and that should not surprise anyone. Le Page will put in on the line on January 24, 2012 and Christie has already done it on January 17, 2012.

Part of Gov. Chris Christie’s belt-tightening plan for New Jersey was the termination of $7.5 million in public funding for Planned Parenthood clinics in the state, a decision Democrats in the legislature countermanded with a bill that cleared the Senate with a 30-10 vote — sufficient to override a veto. But when that veto came and the Democrats scheduled an override vote, Republicans in the legislature backed down, and the measure failed 23-17.

Story of the Unelectable November 3, 2003 by: Alan Moretti "Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to everyone of that society...and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man". - Locke America's founding fathers formed this country not for greed or profit, but to escape from a tyrannical king that ruled the colonies like a dictator. They rebelled and framed a government controlled by checks and balances, never giving complete power to one individual or party. The founding fathers feared "egotism". They also wanted to avoid...

The Star-Ledger carried an article last week headlined "Hudson legislators block tax reform." The article, by reporter Deborah Howlett, told of how the nine Democrats who represent Hudson County are dismantling Gov. Jon Corzine's proposed reform of property taxes. "We have a very astute delegation," said state Senate Majority leader Bernie Kenny. You can say that again. Thanks to the skills of astute pols like Kenny, taxpayers in Hudson County don't need property-tax reform. They already have it. Homeowners in his hometown of Jersey City pay a mere 10 percent of the cost of government there. Compare this to Morris...

(snip) Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, the Guard's adjutant general, ordered the naval militia to stand down in 2002 while state officials, concerned about training, liability and funding issues, reviewed its status. Jordan and fellow militia members John Jedrejczyk and Mark Tegeder, along with former member Louis Ianniello, counterattacked this month. They fired a legal salvo at state officials, accusing them in a civil rights complaint of military branch discrimination. "We're doing this for the other members," said Jordan, 47, of Jackson, a certified firearms instructor. "We hope to get this moving again in the right direction. We've been totally...