tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4946071128824644029..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Governor Morton Downey, Jr.Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-42256466605480593482010-12-04T21:08:55.401-08:002010-12-04T21:08:55.401-08:00dec, he's said outright that they shouldn'...dec, he's said outright that they shouldn't make more than he does.<br /><br />That's stupid. He was elected. He gets a ton of perks. He has incredibly lucrative opportunities available to him at the end of his term.<br /><br />There is no comparison. But, if he's going to be consistent, Greg Schiavo, Rutgers football coach, should be held to the same standard.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-21728974443638596902010-12-04T21:06:35.163-08:002010-12-04T21:06:35.163-08:00Spot on, Lisa. It all comes back to the media. The...Spot on, Lisa. It all comes back to the media. They have normalized this behavior.<br /><br />More on that problem tomorrow.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-25354726865868797902010-12-04T13:15:07.253-08:002010-12-04T13:15:07.253-08:00"The two adversaries went back and forth for ..."The two adversaries went back and forth for a few minutes, until Chaudruc, a Republican, interrupted the governor."<br /><br />WTF is wrong with Ginger Gibson, the Statehouse Bureau reporter who characterized a voting citizen (of the same party and political ideology) asking a valid question of his elected official at a public event held for the specific purpose of having citizens' questions asked and answered, as "ADVERSARIES"??!! Or with us, members of a free civil society, for not only glossing over but applauding this behavior??<br /><br />Does no one consider it a problem that in a free democracy the chief public servant calls on his militia, a state trooper, to "escort" a questioning citizen against his will (he was backing away) up to him so he can point his finger in his face and yell abusively at him??? What is wrong with Gibson--and with us--that this is acceptable, that a citizen and his elected official are blithely described as adversaries? In any other circumstance, such behavior would be met with being fired, sued, or arrested.<br /><br />Put this in another situation and consider: it's the Q&A session at a PTA meeting, a parent questions the principal about his new homework policy, the principal launches into a tirade and tells the security guard to "bring her up here!" As she backs away the guard "escorts" the parent to the stage where the principal points his finger in her face and yells, "You and I have different ideas of what being a parent is all about because I'm not going to reduce homework!"<br /><br />Is it me?Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-71225258748923775082010-12-04T11:45:48.764-08:002010-12-04T11:45:48.764-08:00It is becoming more and more clear that our govern...It is becoming more and more clear that our governor is unstable. I bet the reason he is picking on the school superintendents' salaries is that they make more than him.deciminyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291307286920551540noreply@blogger.com