tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1640140463228032262..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Christie Gets SchooledDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-16389357134472727732012-01-25T05:21:56.202-08:002012-01-25T05:21:56.202-08:00"GovChristie Governor Christie
@stopthefreeze..."GovChristie Governor Christie<br />@stopthefreezeNJ As Lawrence O'Donnell says "You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts." Not apologetic 4 speaking truth." <br /><br />Funny thing is Lawrence O'Donnell didn't say that. It was Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Again, he needs to do his research.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611419024284307883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-24095244823470548962011-02-27T13:07:18.136-08:002011-02-27T13:07:18.136-08:00You may want to use the website Chirpstory to coll...You may want to use the website Chirpstory to collect tweets like this. I understand you can rebuild the conversation in normal reading order there.Joseph Nobleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883621501775664191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-53031799939441883902011-02-27T12:28:55.147-08:002011-02-27T12:28:55.147-08:00Thanks so much for putting this together. Neither ...Thanks so much for putting this together. Neither I nor any close family/acquaintances are in NJ, so I've had only a passing familiarity with the situation there. The tweets alone wouldn't have clarified this issue for me, but your collection and assembly of the tweets, and addition of commentary, made this a great post. Masterfully done!<br /><br />My memories of Christie go back to his days as federal District Attorney during the GWB Administration. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie#Claims_of_misuse_of_deferred_prosecution_agreements" rel="nofollow">Lots of unanswered questions there</a>. I remained stunned and disappointed that the likes of Christie, Scott (FL), Walker (WI), Toomey (PA), and Kasich (OH) were actually voted into office. I have some hypotheses on the nature of our national psychopathology, but mostly I'm becoming more alarmed by its severity.<br /><br /><i>[Found you via link from B-J, fyi]</i>Sharlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17425830390523341762011-02-27T11:22:50.309-08:002011-02-27T11:22:50.309-08:00No one should be allowed to say that benefits are ...No one should be allowed to say that benefits are 'free'. Health care and pensions are compensation in exactly the same way as salary. Teachers choose to purchase within a common health plan because they can negotiate higher quality insurance than they could purchase on the individual market. The benefits defined in existing contracts are no different from pay, they are how the district is compensating employees in return for their labor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67095228749022225642011-02-27T10:46:09.164-08:002011-02-27T10:46:09.164-08:00posted by Jamey from Leonia, NJ:
"And if you...posted by Jamey from Leonia, NJ:<br /><br />"And if you say we need to get rid of bad teachers, how can you possibly replace them with better teachers when you want to pay them less?"<br /><br />THIS. Governor Christie simply cannot say how this will happen--how people will magically flock to the educational sectors AFTER the Christie admin has throughly marginalized teachers.<br /><br />Guy's had a hard-on for the unions for years. Unfortunately, he has the fall-back position of explaining the exception as the rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-53268022951499647952011-01-19T20:24:35.104-08:002011-01-19T20:24:35.104-08:00My favorite tweet, and one that could easily sum u...My favorite tweet, and one that could easily sum up this entire debate, as well as the "education" governor's entire service in office so far: "we are taking about Ed practices that work for kids, but you're talking about money." <br /><br />If he had even once attempted to explain how it is that Newark has a disproportionate number of "bad" teachers while the wealthier suburbs get all the "good" teachers, I would maybe start to at least listen to something he has to say. My best idea is that EVERYONE who has a similar exchange with this guy start off by saying "ok, everytime the governor says 'it's all about protecting the salaries and not paying for medcial benefits' everybody stand up"...no one would ever get to sit down! But honestly, the only real response to that statement is "says you, just like I say your 'reforms' are not at all about improving education, but rather, about privatizing as much of it as you can to drive profits"....it's the same line of thinking. It is an opinion and nothing more. Apparently, in the governor's mind, he is right so there is no need to present actual facts, just opine away and everyone will fall in line. As a former paralegal, I seriously hope that isn't how he presented his arguments in court; for his legal reputation if nothing else, the man should be ashamed at his inability to present a convincing argument. It's sort of sad really.<br /><br />One more quick thought as I realize I am a bit ramble-y tonight. Duke, thank you, once again, for being the voice of reason and basically confirming what I've secretly suspected all along. There has to be some way they are rigging the lotteries for the charters! If there isn't, it is really super duper dumb luck that the charters always end up with significantly less (just enough less to look legitimate) special ed kids, language learners, and free lunch kids (impoverished). Wow, that is some luck.<br /><br />Oh and just a quick reminder since our governor conveniently forgets this in EVERY exchange on reform and failing schools: NEWARK TEACHERS ARE NOT PART OF THE NJEA. Thank you.thinkernoreply@blogger.com