Blumenthal, Paul and other idiots...POLITICS Thread

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 08:38:58

Payroll jumped 430,000 jobs. Great news!

411,000 of the jobs were temporary Census jobs. D'oh.

by **momadance** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 09:42:39

NEPTUNE, N.J. - Payroll records show the number of public school administrators in New Jersey paid $200,000 or more increased nearly eight-fold in the last five years.

An analysis by the Asbury Park Press found most were school superintendents, assistant superintendents and business administrators.

Camden School Superintendent David Campbell was the highest-paid public school official in the state last year at $277,392.

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 13:13:59

Resolution threatens power of Office of Congressional Ethics

The CBC is so consistently embarrassing. These 20 members should get locked into a cage with 20 members from the GOP caucus who think Obama was born in Kenya, armed with the crap the "peace activists" going to Gaza last weekend used to try to beat up the IDF before they all got shot, and told they can't come out till everyone on the other side is dead or at least unconscious. Set it up on PPV and use the money to pay off some of the debt.

Or something maybe less extreme, but gtfohwtbs.

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 15:19:54

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhYCYI00rD4[/youtube]

Scientology really needs to make its way into more attack ads

by **VoxOrion** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 22:36:38

momadance wrote:
NEPTUNE, N.J. - Payroll records show the number of public school administrators in New Jersey paid $200,000 or more increased nearly eight-fold in the last five years.

An analysis by the Asbury Park Press found most were school superintendents, assistant superintendents and business administrators.

Camden School Superintendent David Campbell was the highest-paid public school official in the state last year at $277,392.

See, Nightman is right.

by **The Nightman Cometh** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 22:49:07

I don't think I ever actually defended the salary of the superintendents and what not. I said that Christie is disproportionately effecting the poor and lower middle class with his cuts targeted towards public education. Which is true.

Although I will argue against this if you want me to, theres a point to be made that without all of the details who are we to assume that their work/skillset does not demand that type of salary on the open market? Is there are an article out there that outlines that these guys are overpaid for their skills and workload? There's some pretty fucking densely populated schools and districts around here.

by **drsmooth** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 23:07:25

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I don't think I ever actually defended the salary of the superintendents and what not. I said that Christie is disproportionately effecting the poor and lower middle class with his cuts targeted towards public education. Which is true.

Although I will argue against this if you want me to, theres a point to be made that without all of the details who are we to assume that their work/skillset does not demand that type of salary on the open market? Is there are an article out there that outlines that these guys are overpaid for their skills and workload? There's some pretty $#@! densely populated schools and districts around here.

let's put it this way: the principal problem in US public education (pun fully intended) is NOT the teachers

by **The Nightman Cometh** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 23:13:43

so its the students

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 23:23:41

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksLlAi3iIc[/youtube]

It's not about the teachers. Listen to the fat man.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 08:26:00

Is there any move to gut the authority of local school boards? That would really make a lot of people mad.

I still wonder why there's been no significant anti-corruption measure.

by **drsmooth** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 08:50:16

The Nightman Cometh wrote:so its the students

:homerdonuthead:

by **kimbatiste** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 21:36:10

I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 23:56:47

Nate released new pollster ratings this evening. I love, love, love the comments. Rasmussen did pretty damn well in the ratings. Most of the first few folks posted about how bad Rasmussen is and how great it is that Nate proved it. Nate posts in the comments confused at the Daily Kos drones who have been programmed to think Rasmussen is an r-tard, saying Rasmussen did relatively well.

Rasmussen getting rated as better than average, Research 2000 being rated just about the worst, and the liberal commenters spinning against Rasmussen there is absolutely hilarious.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 23:58:30

kimbatiste wrote:I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

Confirming my opinions about how people over 80 or over 85 just need to be retired from public life. Supreme Court, Senate, House, press, time to go take some warm baths and play bridge. Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

by **Trent Steele** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 08:51:14

jerseyhoya wrote:
kimbatiste wrote:I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

Confirming my opinions about how people over 80 or over 85 just need to be retired from public life. Supreme Court, Senate, House, press, time to go take some warm baths and play bridge. Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 09:49:31

jerseyhoya wrote:
kimbatiste wrote:I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

Confirming my opinions about how people over 80 or over 85 just need to be retired from public life. Supreme Court, Senate, House, press, time to go take some warm baths and play bridge. Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

Playing bridge well requires a pretty sharp mind, and it's especially demanding of short term memory. Now, I'm not against playing with peole in their 80s, but some can be really frustrating as partners, and even opponents. You really don't want to have to tell someone what the contract is 5 times during a single hand.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 09:56:31

No they'd have to play against each other

by **allentown** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:00:56

jerseyhoya wrote:
kimbatiste wrote:I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

Confirming my opinions about how people over 80 or over 85 just need to be retired from public life. Supreme Court, Senate, House, press, time to go take some warm baths and play bridge. Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

My first choice for a constitutional amendent would be to restructure the Supreme Court to provide 20-year fixed terms, followed by mandatory departure from any appointed or elected federal or state service. Each President gets to appoint two justices per term and each of his nominees is required to have an up-down vote in Senate within 20 days of Senate session, or be deemed passed. Senate approval would require 51 votes. The 10th SC justice spends initial two-years as a trainee, getting feet wet. Make the nomination dates for justices coincide with State of Union address a year and 3 years after President's election, with the prior justice retiring on 15 February. With the justice trainee provision, a President's first term appointees will only yield one justice with a vote and only in the final year of the first term. Mandatory SC retirement age of 80. If a vacancy occurs outside the normal 2-year rotation, because of death, incapacity, or aging out, the 10th justice gains a vote. If a second vacancy, the President appoints an interim justice. The members of SC elect the chief justice from among their number.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:19:59

Trent Steele wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
kimbatiste wrote:I guess I was just assuming that Helen Thomas was Jewish.

Confirming my opinions about how people over 80 or over 85 just need to be retired from public life. Supreme Court, Senate, House, press, time to go take some warm baths and play bridge. Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

Retiring. I guess she read my persuasive post.

by **drsmooth** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:55:15

jerseyhoya wrote: Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

You sound very like the typical bitter, angry young whippersnapper

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