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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Christie Streamlines Looting Of The Suburbs

Christie’s Department of Community Affairs Commissioner, Lori Grifa, on Christie’s affordable housing reorganization.  COAH no longer exists and responsibility for the looting now falls to her department. From Thursday’s Asbury Park Press: “”The goal of this reorganization plan is to put an end to this hopelessly complex and outdated system and provide affordable housing opportunities to our […]

Pinheads vs. Skinheads

Some pretty scary stuff in Tuesday’s Asbury Park Press. Official: Home-grown terrorists more a threat than Islamic radicals There is a greater risk of terrorism in Ocean County from white supremacists and anti-government radicals than Islamic extremists, said a former top state Homeland Security official. “What kind of problems do we have in this county? […]

Julian Heicklen, Patriot

You may recall my writing about fellow Libertarian candidate Julian Heicklen, whom I met for the first time at Porcfest last June.  I wrote that the man has been arrested 33 times over the years in support of various pro-liberty causes.  My blog post about him is here. Make that 34 times. He attempted to […]

Progressive Solution, As Always, Higher Taxes!

In last Sunday’s  Asbury Park Press commentary “Jersey losing luster due to lack of jobs”, writer Deborah Howlett, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective (some looney left-wing think tank) makes a number of assertions and policy recommendations that defy economic logic and actual economic experience. It is her contention that the reason New Jersey suffers from an unemployment […]

The Wiz Of Id

Doherty’s $1.37 Million Tax Increase

Mayor Doherty takes great pride in the fact that he has not raised taxes this year. I, personally have heard him point to that fact a dozen or more times.  And I’m sure we’ll being hearing this message from the Democratic camp quite a lot in the next couple of months.  But what about three years from now?  Or […]

Brothers Who Get It

Obama: Stupid? Or Crooked?

Breaking: FBI Raids Bankrupt Solyndra as Lawmakers Question Panel Maker’s Finances  

Solar Panel Glut Costing YOU $535 Million

Maybe we could grind up all these excess solar panels and pave the roads with them.   From Reuters: Solyndra LLC, a solar panel maker that received $535 million in federal loan guarantees, filed for bankruptcy, the third U.S. solar firm to succumb to pressure from Chinese rivals in recent weeks. Solyndra, which also received […]

Is Labor Day Obsolete?

With employment levels at record lows and still sinking due to the disastrous economic and regulatory policies of Obama, his predecessors and successive congresses, maybe it’s time to outsource Labor Day to the Chinese.  It just doesn’t make much sense to celebrate American labor when so few of us have jobs, especially productive jobs.  Since the Chinese are […]