Bush Jr requires New Jersey to legalize corruption

Living in New Jersey can suck. But what makes it even more of a PITA is traveling outside of New Jersey and having to put up with constant jokes about New Jersey and it’s corrupt politicians.

Acting Governor Codey pledged to put an end for “pay-to-play” contracts (i.e. giving contracts to the bidders that make large campaign contributions). Last month he wrote an executive order closing the loopholes that permitted such behavior. End of story, right?

This week Bush Jr withheld millions of dollars in highway funding for New Jersey until the executive order was reversed. His cronies in the federal courts claimed that stopping corruption was putting limits on free market capitalism and New Jersey couldn’t have its highway funds until they permit pay-for-play.

How does this affect you? Well, there are now 10,000 to 15,000 construction workers who’s jobs are “on hold” until the Federal Highway Funds are released. That’s thousands of construction workers, with mouths to feed and children to cloth.

Un-fucking-believable.

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“Democracy means freedom of sexual choice between any two consenting adults; Utopia means freedom of choice between three or more consenting adults. But I digress.” -- Johnny Carson, RIP

On the Al Franken show last week they interviewed a close friend of Johnny Carson and started talking politics. Carson was an extremely private person and never let his politics be known publicly. Franken was a bit startled when the interviewee said that Carson was a liberal, a flaming liberal, but always felt it was important that his TV show not indicate one way or another.

Year of Cock

I received a free calendar from the local chinese restaurant and it claims that 2005 is the year of the rooster. I’m sorry, but I think that’s pussyfooting around the real name, which is Year of the Cock. Al Stewart be damned.

UCC supports

”Jesus didn’t turn people away. Neither do we.”