New Jersey
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The latest U.S. Census reports 45.7 million (15.3 percent) in the United States lack health insurance, including 1.3 million (15.2 percent) in New Jersey. The Dallas Morning News got a response to these figures from a major McCain adviser: But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. Goo...
Blue Jersey - Wed 9:24 p.m.
I hope you enjoyed the radio show. Bill Clinton Here's Bill Clinton. I haven't seen his speech yet, and I doubt Barack Obama has either. Last night, Hillary Clinton said she would do everything she could do to support Barack Obama. That makes two of us. Actually, that makes 18 million of us. The blogger lounge and the media room alike are very quiet... ...until Bill Clinton calls Barack O...
Blue Jersey - Wed 7:03 p.m.
We're at Montana right now, and it's 1321.5 - 323.5 Unanimous delegations American Samoa Arkansas Delaware NEW JERSEY : Obama 127. Update : New Mexico yields to Illinois, who had passed earlier, who yields to New York. ...And here's Clinton. ...let's declare together in one voice, right here, right now, that Barack Obama is our candidate and he will be our president. Senator Clint...
Blue Jersey - Wed 4:23 p.m. - 3 clicks 
Last night, Democrats finally started pushing the simple narrative that electing John McCain means four more years of the same Bush policies. At this morning's New Jersey delegation breakfast, New York David Paterson took that message a step further. Paterson pointed out that John McCain is not merely the same as President Bush. Instead, using an extended analogy to astronomical phenomenon of par...
Blue Jersey - Wed 4:23 p.m. - 4 clicks
Each week, Blue Jersey Radio streams LIVE with New Jersey's latest political buzz, interviews with newsmakers, and your stimulating calls. This week : We're breaking down the happenings in Denver, with updates from our correspondents in Denver - plus, some surprise calls from members of the New Jersey delegation. And, of course, it's all LIVE. We've got so much to cover, we're making this a ...
Blue Jersey - Wed 4:23 p.m. - 3 clicks
Haven't had the time to put together a coherent blog post in a while, so here are three letters published in the print media which said whatever I would have said, but said it better: From Time Magazine: The campaign outlined in "A Whole New McCain" is an insult to the intelligence of the American voter [Aug. 18]. When our military personnel are dying in foreign wars, McCain dares to raise Pa...
The Center of NJ Life - Wed 3:02 p.m.
Five Obama delegates made their way this morning to the Sheraton Tech Center for the delegation community service project, part of an effort organized by Democrats Work. Along with delegates from Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, and several other states, they loaded many tons of food onto that big truck you see in some of the pictures below. (From L to R): Peggy Hurley (Woodstown), Liz Lemp...
Blue Jersey - Wed 3:02 p.m.
Why The Youth is Leaving The Republican Party By Matthew Morehead In a recent story in the Washington Post, there was a story that talked about the National Young Republicans. In this story, results of a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that 44 percent of voters under 30 call themselves Democrats where on the other had only 18 percent call themselves Republicans. This continues ...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Wed 11:02 a.m.
Michelle Obama shows that she is the true representation of what an American First Lady should be. Tonight's speech was a wonderful all American story. Not the story of a princess but one of a woman who came from an average all American family that struggled to not only help the ones in their family but the ones in there community. Watch video above....
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Wed 11:02 a.m.
Recently I pointed out some of the short comings of my counterpart in the Monmouth County Young Republicans, Eric Sedler. He was not so happy with me when I told him to insert his foot when he decided to open his mouth about race issues. He felt that I was being unfair to him and that I took what he said out of context (even know I put the entirety of his statement in the post). He also said ...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Wed 11:02 a.m. - 3 clicks
LETTER TO THE EDITOR August 27, 2008 Young Residents Seek Change In Local Government To the Editor: The time has come for a change in Middletown and Monmouth County. For the past 20 years the Republicans in Monmouth County have put policies in place that have made it harder to get a start in life, at least in Monmouth County. When it comes to affordable housing, the Middletown GOP, like ...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Wed 11:02 a.m. - 3 clicks
In fundraising and general campaign financial health,Republican congressional candidate Leonard Lance is in trouble, as Huntsu over at Blue Jersey has noted that Lance has close to $200,000 in debt, including a $100,000 personal loan he made to his own campaign. With no financial help on the way from the NRCC, at least not yet, Lance has decided to use Karl Rove-esque personal attacks on his op...
Other Spaces - Wed 11:01 a.m.
Blue Jersey's inside sources at the convention in Denver are reporting that a motion was just made and unanimously carried by voice vote to pledge New Jersey's delegates to Senator Barack Obama by acclamation, without the need for a roll call vote. Among those speaking in favor of the motion were Rep. Frank Pallone and labor leader Donald Norcross. Upon passage, the enthusiastic Jersey crow...
Blue Jersey - Wed 11:01 a.m. - 5 clicks
YOu know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he hit a triple. Well, with 22 million new jobs and the budget surplus Bill Clinton left behind, George W. Bush came into office on third base—and then he stole second. For Ohioans and all Americans, we can't afford more of the same. ...
Blue Jersey - Wed 11:01 a.m.
We are getting a view of the soft underbelly of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, thanks to The Record 's Michael Gartland : When asked if any borough official or employee discussed taking steps to "hurt, harm, damage or inflict any type of suffering" on former Sgt. John Ward, Shore responded, "Yes." "Tell me what you heard," Ward's lawyer, Andrew Samson, said to Shore. "I can't," he...
Blue Jersey - Wed 11:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
October 5th – Pax Christi St. Joe’s & Network will present Faithful Citizenship & The Platform for the Common Good, St. Joseph’s, East Rutherford 5 to 7 PM in the school cafeteria October 12th –IRATE(the Interfaith Refugee Action Team - Elizabeth) and Pax Christi NJ will march with the flags of the nation to honor our immigrant heritage and protest the treatment of immigrants held at th...
Pax Christi Summit - Mon 9:32 a.m. - 14 clicks
This is one powerful film. If you have not seen it you should, fast (while you cut up your credit cards). It is about the takeover of our government by corporations in part, but also how entrenched every politician is & cozy in bed with these companies and that the 2005 Bankruptcy Law (which the new Vice Presidential nominee Senator Biden voted for) was a sham and a giveaway to credit card com...
the subversive garden - Sun 7:51 a.m.
Not ready for the end of summer. This fall brings big changes around our household in the Center of NJ. I'm going back to school. I've taken classes before, changed jobs before, and generally shook things up around here, but I still think nothing will prepare me for grad school and all I'm facing. Overwhelmed, that's how I'd put it. Or, at least daunted. So, we're taking it easy these last few ...
The Center of NJ Life - Fri 7:12 p.m. - 3 clicks
Letter to the Editor August 20, 2008 Middletown GOP Selling Future For Political Capital To The Editor: The Middletown GOP is selling the future of its youth to pay for the mismanagement of its affordable housing obligation. Middletown's stance that it has no choice but to fight its obligation is nothing more than continued smoke and mirrors. Middletown has had over 20 years to dea...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Fri 11:09 a.m. - 15 clicks
Press Release For Immediate Publication August 22, 2008 Brookdale Young Dems And Monmouth County Young Dems Announce Continued Partnership Middletown Township (Monmouth County, NJ): Today the Monmouth County Bayshore Young Democrats Chairman, Matthew Morehead and the Brookdale Democratic Club President, Scott Jackson announced their continued partnership. "With a new school year upo...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Fri 11:09 a.m. - 16 clicks
Please join the Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast and Pax Christi NJ as we host Fr. Michael Lapsley on Tuesday October 14th at 7:30 pm at St. Patrick's Theater, 509 Bramhall Ave, Jersey City, NJ. In April 1990, while living in exile from South Africa, Fr. Michael Lapsley became a victim of the violence of apartheid when he received a letter bomb. He lost both his hands, an eye, and hi...
Pax Christi Summit - Thu 8:27 p.m. - 17 clicks
Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) has represented New Jersey's 4th Congressional District since 1980. He is one of the most powerful Republicans in the House. Now he is becoming one of the most dangerously fanatic as well. ...
DailyKos (New Jersey) - Thu 1:13 p.m. - 17 clicks
Cross-posted at Blue Jersey . I'm Josh Zeitz, the Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey's Fourth District. I want to talk to you about my strong support for reproductive rights, but first I want to tell you about the person I'm running against. My opponent, Chris Smith, is the leader of the anti-choice caucus in the House of Representatives. Chris Smith has introduced legislation...
DailyKos (New Jersey) - Thu 11:42 a.m. - 22 clicks
Is this war just another act of American Imperialism? Mikhail Gorbacheve thinks so. Op-Ed Contributor Russia Never Wanted a War By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Published: August 19, 2008 THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the Georgian forces’ assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia , is now behind us. But how can one erase from memory the horrifying scenes of the nighttime ...
the subversive garden - Thu 4:51 a.m. - 3 clicks
Please join IRATE (the Interfaith Refugee Action Team - Elizabeth) and Pax Christi NJ at 1:30 pm on Sunday, October 12th as we march with the flags of the nation to honor our immigrant heritage and protest the treatment of immigrants held at the Elizabeth Detention Center. We will assemble on Progress Street, just off Dowd Avenue in Elizabeth, NJ and march two blocks to the Detention Center wh...
Pax Christi Summit - Aug 20 - 21 clicks
From what I'm reading online, and the general buzz surrounding vice presidential candidates, it seems that this is now a two-person race between Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and Delaware Senator Joe Biden for Obama's VP. My personal evaluation is that either of these candidates would be attractive ones, but that is a pragmatic assessment more than anything else; I think they would balance the ticket....
Other Spaces - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
I went to College in the Bronx. Fordham University, on 187th and Fordham Road. I ate pizza for four years in Belmont, at some of the best pizza places in the world. I went to the greatest zoo in the world, The Bronx Zoo. I would go to see the greatest team in the world, the New York Yankees. What I wouldn't see much of in the Bronx was beautiful subway stations. If I went down t...
the subversive garden - Aug 14
For some people, that Barack Obama does not wear a flag pin on his lapel or that he doesn't have a big American flag on his campaign plane, means he is unqualified to be President. Based on such rationale, given the picture below, shouldn't those same people be calling for President Bush to be impeached (as if you didn't already have a reason)? FYI, "toirtap" is "patriot" spelled backwards....
the subversive garden - Aug 14
I mean do you have to have fucking economics degree to understand why we are in debt, why the dollar is weak and why the system is so far out of whack we are on the verge of disaster. In a time of war corporations are paying no income tax. And this is good how? A new study by the GAO says most corporations , including the vast majority of foreign companies doing business in the United Sta...
the subversive garden - Aug 13
Despite breaking a term-limit pledge, social conservative Frank LoBiondo, a Republican in New Jersey's 2nd district, absolutely should be taken out of office and replaced with a capable, new representative; that person should be Cape May councilman David Kurkowski. Kurkowski is slowly gaining traction in this southernmost N.J. district, and the more that LoBiondo's awful voting record and fundam...
Other Spaces - Aug 13 - 19 clicks
LETTER TO THE EDITOR August 11, 2008 Culture of fear and lies in the Republican Party To the Editor: The Middletown Republican Party headed by Peter Carton has reached a low that I did not expect. The Republican Majority in Middletown used the special meeting of the Middletown Township Committee and the Planning Board as a means to intimidate the opposition thru lies and verbal as...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Aug 11 - 16 clicks
Joshua Casteel will be the keynote speaker at Pax Christi NJ’s upcoming spring assembly to be held on March 28, 2009 at Felician College in Lodi. Joshua will also be making himself available for other speaking engagements at the end of March. For more information or to book Joshua contact Kathy O’Leary 908-273-0751 kathy-wargo@comcast.net About Joshua Casteel Joshua is a former interroga...
Pax Christi Summit - Aug 10 - 9 clicks
John Edwards admitted to his affair yesterday, finally . If what he is saying is true, then why do we give one f*** about this? Listen, I do not condone stepping out on people and screwing them over as Mr. Edwards has clearly done, but this is a private matter. If the affair happened in 2006 and he told Elizabeth about it in 2006 why should we care? I think the coverage is preposterous, like he...
the subversive garden - Aug 9 - 16 clicks
It's raining on vacation today. Am now on Facebook. Am now addicted to Scramble. If you're not my Facebook friend yet, let me know and I'll add you so I can challenge you to a Scramble game. I can only see the world in 4x4 grids of letters anymore. Post more later, must play more Scramble now....
The Center of NJ Life - Aug 8
It stands to reason to say of course he is, he was a victim of it himself. Sadly that is not entirely true. John McCain has appeared to lead the charge to end the use of torture unequivocally, but his legislative compromises have allowed the practice to continue and have even provided immunity from prosecution for its perpetrators. Now, TrueMajority is working with Catholics United and School of...
Pax Christi Summit - Aug 7
Register to vote and get your absentee ballots early for the Presidential election! (Especially if you're a college student in Our Fair State.) The election is predicted to create a record surge in absentee ballot applications at the clerk's office this fall, (County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello ) said. "Do not wait until October to get your absentee ballot application processed if you are g...
The Center of NJ Life - Aug 6 - 2 clicks
A new report by Major League Baseball investigators are looking into accusations that several New York Yankees prospects from the Dominican Republic were forced to kick back portions of their signing bonuses to one or more team employees, several sources told ESPN. This I expect, I mean come on it is the Yankees. Last week, the Red Sox's Dominican scouting supervisor, Pablo Lantigua, was ...
the subversive garden - Aug 5 - 2 clicks
Ron Suskind in a new book claims the CIA forged intelligence to get us into war (duh!), but this seems to be a confirmation of this. Suskind writes in "The Way of the World," to be published Tuesday, that the alleged forgery - adamantly denied by the White House - was designed to portray a false link between Hussein's regime and al Qaeda as a justification for the Iraq war. The author also clai...
the subversive garden - Aug 5
Lost spectacularly at poker- big and early. Played a lot of Werewolf. There are rumors of role-playing games in my future. I'm sure there are more games of all sorts coming. Saw a great boulder field . Swam in a mountain lake. Took several steep walks. Had a lobster salad croissant that was out of this world. Drank much espresso and much homebrew, not at the same time. Let the kids play so mu...
The Center of NJ Life - Aug 4 - 2 clicks
Recently I was interviewed by a reporter for a local publication. The article will be coming out in the next week or so. During the interview I went over a little about the direction that I am taking the new young Democrats in my organization, along with the separation from the practices of the past. One of the major changes is that the organization is fighting its own battles. The Monmouth ...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Aug 3 - 12 clicks
It is nearly impossible for me to post like I/we used to and it is disheartening for us, but I wanted to comment on this weekend's events of the Presidential campaign. It has come to a crescendo of what the GOP strategy is and it should come as no surprise to me, but actually it does: RACISM. McCain has attacked (not surrogates) Obama repeatedly now about his race and when the Obama campaign respo...
the subversive garden - Aug 3 - 3 clicks
On July 15th, as Congressmen Alcee Hastings and John Dingel reintroduced HR 6496 they “lauded” the work of NGO’s who have supported legislative action from the US government. Among those recognized for their contribution was Pax Christi USA. According to Network, this bill is the best legislative attempt to date to deal with the worsening Iraqi refugee crisis. As of this writing there are n...
Pax Christi Summit - Aug 2 - 2 clicks
National Convention draws over 800 Catholics to address key moral and political issues Philadelphia, PA - Representatives from Pax Christi NJ joined more than 800 Catholics from a dozen national Catholic organizations including NETWORK , A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby; Pax Christi USA ; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns ; Sisters of Mercy of the Americas; the Association ...
Pax Christi Summit - Aug 2 - 2 clicks
On July 30, 2008 I attended a joint Middletown Committee/ Planning board Meeting on Middletown’s third round COAH obligation. The meeting was quite informative. The only problem that I could find with what they were saying is well they are lying to the public. Middletown showed that it is going to continue to lye and give out incorrect facts. It is sad to see such a failure of government. Kno...
A Voice For The Youth Of Monmouth County - Aug 1 - 10 clicks
Columnist Ellen Goodman has a must-read article out on John McCain and his selective amnesia on the Iraq War: In "McCain's Iraq War Stance Rooted in Another Era," she basically argues that McCain is reliving the end of the Vietnam War with his perpetual call for a nebulous years-away victory in Iraq and that he frames the Iraq War post-surge, chronologically, neglecting the very reason that we ...
Other Spaces - Aug 1