Recently, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed a bill that would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour. The Governor said he wants the minimum wage to increase in three stages such that it would bring the rate to $8.00 an hour in three years.
It is understandable how the Governor came to veto the bill; Christie and other politicians are so out of touch with the reality of living on minimum wage that they just don’t get it.… [Read more]
New Jersey’s Republican Governor, Chris Christie, is angry. But that’s nothing new. Governor Christie has often expressed his anger at President Obama and Democrats.
But, now, since Hurricane Sandy devastated coastal areas of New Jersey at the end of this past October, Governor Christie has been angry at House Speaker John Boehner and, as he puts it, the majority party in the House of Representatives.… [Read more]
On the way home from errands in the old home turf of Morristown, NJ, Barbara and Jeffrey were tooling along on I-287 in NJ, just South of the New York Thruway, when they found themselves behind an old, dilapidated pick-up truck with Tennessee plates, plastered with anti-Obama, anti-Tax, anti-IRS, and, in general, anti-thinking bumper stickers.… [Read more]
It has long been rumored that Donald Trump had been extremely busy behind the scenes promoting the person he respects most in this world to be the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention, which begins in Tampa in just over a week.
But, no, he was passed over in favor of another over-ripe dough ball, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.… [Read more]
New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie receives more than his share of attention. Some of it is due to his blunt and hard-driving style, and some is due to being a prospective GOP nominee for Vice President of the U.S. as Mitt Romney‘s running mate.
Ummm…OK. Sure…Maybe in a few years after he’s read a copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People – because, as of now, all he does is continue to alienate many people with his perpetually boorish (remember this?) bully behaviour.… [Read more]
So…it seems the big headline of the day is that New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, has stated AGAIN that he is not going to broaden the pool of current GOP candidates by running for President.
DUH!!!
What is it with the mainstream media in this country ok, I KNOW that there are too many things to list!… [Read more]
Them belly full but we hungry… A hungry mob is an angry mob
~ *Bob Marley, ‘Them Belly Full’
Powerful words – and they’re something that those at the top of the socio-political pyramid should think about. Personally, I am waiting for the day when those who don’t have ‘a full belly’, i.e., the poor and ever-declining middle-class, finally become truly angry. … [Read more]
