Life in Violin's New Jersey

“New Jersey would have to be the last state in the Union I would choose to live. This kind of thing would never happen in God's Country.”

“Maybe they wanted you to get your feces out of there.

Or they thought you guys were butt-faces, in which case it would make some sense.

"Get your asses(faces) out of here."
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““New Jersey would have to be the last state in the Union I would choose to live. This kind of thing would never happen in God's Country.”
Mutt
12:52:55 PM
11/21/06

You mean Japan, right?

The Emperor is a god, no?”

“This kind of thing would never happen in God's Country.”
Mutt
12:52:55 PM
11/21/06

Unless it was a bunch of homosexuals or illegals peeing on your lawn.....”

“Well that's different. Gawd said something about hating homos and illegals by definition are not protected by our laws.”

“People don't piss in "God's Country", they hold it for eternity.

"New Jersey would have to be the last state in the Union I would choose to live."
Mutt

So, what would be the second to last state, Mississippi??
(pee pee, aye!)”

“Hey did you know if you take dried up old poop and cook it in the microwave that it will smell like fresh poop again?”

“So, what would be the second to last state, Mississippi - MarkO

Nope, Maryland! HA HA!”

“Ha ha!

Hey, we here in Maryland have D.C. surrounded.......mostly.”

“God's Country: No Brains required.

Mo. Panel's Report Links Immigration To Abortion

By David A. Lieb
Associated Press
Tuesday, November 14, 2006; A09

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 13 -- A Republican-led legislative panel says in a new report on illegal immigration that abortion is partly to blame because it is causing a shortage of American workers.

The report from the state House Special Committee on Immigration Reform also says that "liberal social welfare policies" have discouraged Americans from working and have encouraged immigrants to cross the border illegally.

The statements about abortion and welfare policies, along with a recommendation to abolish income taxes in favor of sales taxes, were inserted into the immigration report by Rep. Edgar G.H. Emery (R), the panel's chairman.

All 10 Republican committee members signed the report, while the six Democrats did not. Some of the Democrats called the abortion assertion ridiculous and embarrassing.




:D”

“Hey Bear!!”

“ Rep. Edgar G.H. Emery

I'm pretty sure he's from New Jersey originally.”

“Sorry mutt - There are very few municipalities in NJ where trailer homes are even permitted.”

“...So, what would be the second to last state, Mississippi??
(pee pee, aye!)”
MarkO
12:12:58 PM

MarkO's bigotry is on full display again.”

“A double wide ain't no trailer home!”

“Define "bigotry", redneck.”

“MarkO calling someone a redneck is so laughable.
[VBG]”

“what's up MarkO?”

“I'm bored at work.

You?”

“waiting to see why this dude broke into our neighbors rowhouse.”

“Mmmmm, city life!”

“Wait a minute, isn't PhantomSoul from Trenton? I wonder if he has peed on anyone's house lately.”

“

In an effort to handle its nighttime public urination problem, Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is considering installing urinals that disappear below street level during the day. Unlike the automated, self-cleaning toilets planned for Toronto and Vancouver, which are enclosed booths with doors that that automatically open after a set time period, the Urilift system is a two-meter high stainless steel cylinder with three alcoves, each with a urinal, and no doors.

By day, the Urilift is lowered below street level for a nice clean look. Then at night, an operator comes by with a remote and the Urilift hydraulically lifts to sidewalk level in about two minutes. Then the unit is ready to serve all the nighttime party animals who don’t mind peeing in a very exposed public urinal.

http://www.johnchow.com/the-worlds-most-high-tech-urinal/”

“Still gonna stink like sour pee.”

“We can rehash the famous jogger taking a dump in the lady's petunias if we want...good joke.”

“http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-23/1168544946233200.xml&storylist=jersey

Veterans angry NJ may abolish memorial activities in schools
1/11/2007, 2:45 p.m. ET
By TOM HESTER Jr.
The Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a legislative proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey schools to teach about Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words.

"That's wrong," Stia, 83, said Thursday from his Hamilton home, where he flies an American flag at half-staff to honor fallen soldiers. "We're just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."

Stia and other veterans are steamed about the proposal, which unanimously passed the Legislature last month and now awaits action by the governor. It was included as part of a larger measure designed to help control property taxes, mostly by abolishing some laws on school purchasing and public hearings.

Other holidays about which schools no longer would be required to teach include Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day and Commodore Barry Day, which commemorates Revolutionary War hero John Barry.

New Jersey schools must observe the holidays under a 1967 law designed to promote "the development of a higher spirit of patriotism." Florida, Nebraska and Washington are among the other states with similar laws.

Now, New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups have asked Gov. Jon S. Corzine to veto the bill so schools still have to teach about Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

"It's not right. They're not going to know the sacrifices that were made so they can enjoy the protections that they have," said Hank Adams, New Jersey VFW adjutant and an Army and Coast Guard veteran.

The governor hasn't decided how to proceed. "We're reviewing that bill," Corzine spokesman Anthony Coley said.

The law wouldn't ban schools from holding holiday commemorations, but Ray Zawacki, department adjutant for the American Legion of New Jersey, said requiring schools to honor the days guarantees children would learn about veterans.

"If it wasn't for veterans, we wouldn't have been able to maintain the freedoms the Constitution provided to us," said Zawacki, a Vietnam War Navy veteran.

Zawacki said schools frequently ask his and other veterans groups to send speakers into schools before the holidays.

But Sen. John Adler, a sponsor of the bill, cited a 2004 report by a state commission that recommended giving schools more flexibility to decide holiday observations. He questioned whether schools even bother to recognize the holidays.

"I don't believe that most schools fulfill the spirit of the law and the mandate," said Adler, D-Camden.

Adler said he understood and respected the veterans' concerns, but argued curriculum, not state mandates, should drive instruction.

"I don't think the state should be in the business of telling districts to do every single thing," Adler said.

New Jersey school officials support the bill.

"It's simply time and flexibility," said Mike Yaple, spokesman for the New Jersey School Boards Association. "There's nothing in the legislation that can undermine the amount of pride and honor a community feels toward their veterans."”

“At least now when we hear action by the governor it doesn't mean a glory hole in the men's room of a rest are off I-95. LOL!”

“That comment really sucked, Nigal.
last edited: 1/11/07 3:30:58 PM”

“But pretty sharp you have to admit....(LOL). I guess they think this will help them get a GRIP on things....which in an ironic thing happened with the former governor in a bathroom off I-95.”

“Democrats block corruption measures through inaction
By TOM HESTER Jr.
Associated Press Writer

January 22, 2007, 3:47 PM EST

TRENTON, N.J. -- By doing nothing, Senate Democrats Monday blocked a Republican effort to enact campaign finance reforms designed to clean up New Jersey government and slice property taxes.

Sen. Peter Inverso employed a seldom-used parliamentary tactic to try to force an instant vote on a bill that would restrict campaign contributions from government contractors and make it tough for local political parties to pass money among themselves.


The bill has been languishing in Senate committees for years, but Gov. Jon S. Corzine has expressed support for the ideas, including as recently as his Jan. 9 State of the State address.

Republicans last week asked Corzine to get three Democrats to support Inverso's bid, giving the bill enough votes to pass in a Senate controlled 22-18 by Democrats.

But Corzine never agreed and only one Democrat, Sen. Ellen Karcher of Monmouth County, supported Inverso.

The other 20 Democrats present refused to vote either way on Inverso's motion, which failed 19-0, two votes shy of what was needed to pass the bill.

"It's very surprising to me that we can't move this thing forward," said Inverso, R-Mercer.

Senate Majority Leader Bernard F. Kenny said Democrats prefer to let municipalities adopt ordinances limiting campaign contributions from government contractors, a practice known as "pay-to-play." The Legislature in late 2005 gave local governments authority to adopt such laws.

"We think that should have some time to take hold," said Kenny, D-Hudson.

Republicans decried the refusal by most Democrats to take a position on Inverso's proposal.

"We need to ban pay-to-play at all levels of government," said Senate Minority Leader Leonard Lance, R-Hunterdon.

Lance cited statistics from Common Cause, a government reform group, that estimated contracts inflated by pay-to-play cost taxpayers $1 billion per year.

"Pay-to-play is a poison," Lance said.

State law restricts campaign donors from receiving state contracts worth $17,500 or more if they contributed to a gubernatorial campaign or a state or county political party.

Republicans want to extend that so-called "pay-to-play" ban to all government entities.
They also want to limit how much money party organizations can give each other. Critics contend such transfers allow donors to skirt contribution limits and allow powerful county party machines to exert influence elsewhere.



http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--publiccorruption0122jan22,0,1423590.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey”

“http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-11/11737647504550.xml&coll=1

McGreevey seeks sole custody of 5-year-old daughter

Former governor's amended divorce lawsuit also asks for child support

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
BY JOSH MARGOLIN
Star-Ledger Staff

Former Gov. James E. McGreevey has revised his divorce lawsuit against his estranged wife and is now seeking sole custody of the couple's 5-year-old daughter -- and child support.

The new documents make no mention of a "matrimonial settlement agreement" that McGreevey's original divorce filing said had resolved all issues of custody and support.

McGreevey, who resigned as governor after announcing he had had an affair with a male aide, has retained a new lawyer and filed the revised papers with the Superior Court in Elizabeth on Feb. 20.

In a brief interview yesterday, McGreevey declined to discuss the particulars of his case or why he should be granted full custody of daughter Jacqueline. He said only: "It's a private family matter and I know we both want what's in the best interest for our daughter."

Contacted by cell phone yesterday, Dina Matos McGreevey hung up without answering questions.

Last month, after McGreevey originally filed for divorce, Matos McGreevey issued a statement disputing his claim that they had reached a settlement. "We continue to have profound differences about what our daughter should be exposed to, and until they are resolved, there will be no agreement," the statement said.

The revised lawsuit filed by attorney Matthew Piermatti asks a judge to grant custody of Jacqueline to the former governor and grant visitation rights to the former first lady. It seeks child support from Matos McGreevey, leaving it to the judge to decide the amount.

The earlier court papers said the confidential agreement "resolves all issues pertaining to custody, parenting time, alimony, child support, equitable distribution and counsel fees." Matos McGreevey has not filed a formal response to either set of documents.

"Obviously, the settlement discussions aren't going too well," said McGreevey confidante Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union).

The McGreeveys have lived separately in Union County since his last day in office, Nov. 15, 2004.........

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Poor little girl, God help her and her Mom.

Do judges give sole custody of little girls to men who cruise the Jersey turnpike looking for random hookups in public rest stops?

Why isn't McGreevey in jail anyway, for diverting Homeland Security money to his gay lover? Oh wait- it's NEW JERSEY and he's a Democrat.
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“Oh wait, this guy is from Mississippi and he's a jerk.”

““Oh wait, this guy is from Mississippi and he's a jerk.”
MarkO
10:06:29 AM
3/13/07

Can't follow the subject, figures. LOL”

“I don't care to follow your worthless crap.

I'm just here to heckle.”

“Creepy guys raising children.......”

“Good for him. I don't believe in the child automatically going to the mother in every case and the fact he is gay shouldn't factor in. He's her father and if does get her he should get support from the mother.”

““Creepy guys raising children.......”

Coming from a creepy guy......hmmmmmm?
last edited: 3/13/07 11:33:31 AM”

“MarkO is the EXPERT on creepy guys raising children.”

“Rights Activist Killed at N.J. Rest Stop

By Sandhya Somashekhar
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 16, 2007; B01

A prominent human rights activist who had been jailed in the former Soviet Union and lived in Loudoun County was beaten to death early yesterday at a New Jersey highway rest stop by a man trying to sell him religious CDs, authorities said.

Michail J. Makarenko, 75, a Hillsboro resident and former political prisoner, was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the attack at a rest stop near the southern end of the New Jersey Turnpike, a state police spokesman said.

Authorities said Brian K. White, 26, of Humble, Tex., approached Makarenko to sell him a Christian music CD. When Makarenko declined, witnesses said, White struck Makarenko on the head with a landscaping rock. White climbed into his 1984 Chevy Camaro and fled northbound on the turnpike.

State troopers chased White for 80 miles before he jumped from his moving vehicle, said Lt. Gerald Lewis of the New Jersey State Police. He charged at the troopers, who were then chasing White on foot, Lewis said. The troopers eventually subdued him.

More:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501923_pf.html”

“Neat comparison....but not unexpected.”

“So this violent guy is a Christian because he was "trying" to sell a CD of Christian music?
Logic fails here.”

“What the hell are you talking about, SS?”

“You're right - where does the story identify him as a Christian?”

“Must suck to be wrong about everything.”

“At Least 5 Arrested in Alleged Fort Dix Murder Plot

Tuesday , May 08, 2007

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. —

At least five people were arrested on charges they plotted to attack the Fort Dix Army base and "kill as many soldiers as possible," federal authorities said Tuesday.

The suspects were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Camden later Tuesday to face charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. servicemen, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey.

Five of them lived in Cherry Hill, about 10 miles east of Philadelphia and 20 miles southwest of Fort Dix, he said.

"They were planning an attack on Fort Dix in which they would kill as many soldiers as possible," Drewniak said.

The suspects were described as "Islamic radicals" by Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the United States Attorney's Office. A law enforcement source told FOX News that all of the suspects are recent converts and were not born Muslims.

The source told FOX News that there were between five and six arrests; the exact number is unclear.

The Associated Press reported that those captured were nationals of the former Yugoslavia, but the law enforcement source told FOX News that not all of them are of Albanian ethnicity. Federal sources also said the group is from the "Balkans."

"There are a number of immigrations issues that are being worked out," the sources said.

Law enforcement officials said the attack was stopped in the planning stages and that the men were arrested while trying to buy automatic weapons in a sale set up by law enforcement authorities.

"While the group's alleged actions are alarming, it may not have gone beyond the concept stage," a federal source told FOX News.

Authorities believe the men trained for the attack in the woods in the Poconos and allegedly conducted surveillance at other area military institutions, including the Army's Fort Monmouth, the official said. Federal sources told FOX News the alleged targets went beyond military installations "to other targets of opportunity in the area."

The official said the men had lived in the United States for some time and were arrested as part of a joint federal and local investigation.

State Police Capt. Al Della Fave said Tuesday that the investigation had been in the works for about a year. Much of the information obtained in the case came from cell-phone conversations and Internet chats. The case documents are still sealed.

The Star-Ledger of Newark reported on its Web site that the men had agreed to buy AK-47 assault rifles from an arms dealer who was secretly cooperating with the FBI. It cited a law enforcement person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak about the arrests.

Jerri Williams, spokeswoman for the FBI in Philadelphia, said U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark and J.P. Weis, special agent in charge of the FBI in Philadelphia, have scheduled a news conference for 2:30 p.m. at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden.

Fort Dix is used to train soldiers, particularly reservists. It also housed refugees from Kosovo in 1999.

In 1999, Fort Dix sheltered more than 4,000 ethnic Albanian refugees during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.

After the war, refugees were allowed to return to the U.N.-run province of Kosovo in the new nation of Serbia or to seek permanent residency and citizenship in the United States. The U.N. Security Council is considering whether to approve a plan to grant Kosovo independence from Serbia under the supervision of the European Union and the United States.




No word yet on whether or not Violin was part of the plot. :P”

“New Joisey is known for their Dix.”

“"....the men had agreed to buy AK-47 assault rifles from an arms dealer who was secretly cooperating with the FBI."

This sounds like a half-ass plot at best by a bunch of dumbschits but never the less, good work on the part of the F.B.I.

I wonder if their 2nd Amendment rights were violated.
>8^]”

“http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxOTE2MjkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky


11 public officials arrested in federal corruption probe
Thursday, September 6, 2007

By ED BEESON and PETER SAMPSON
STAFF WRITERS


Updated 1:33 p.m.

A sham company set up by the FBI paid bribes to nearly a dozen public officials -- including Passaic Mayor Sammy Rivera, city Councilman Marcellus Jackson and Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele -- who were arrested this morning in a widespread corruption sting, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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Jackson took $16,500, Steele took $15,500 and Rivera $5,000 in return for their influence in awarding public contracts, federal officials allege in criminal complaints. The government says its evidence includes conversations recorded secretly during the 18-month probe at a series of meetings in restaurants, parked cars and hotels.

After allegedly collecting $5,000 during one of the meetings, at a Newark restaurant. Steele secured contracts with the Paterson Board of Education and Housing Authority. Cash payoffs of $3,000 and $1,500 to Steele are also documented by the government. One of them was given to him at his legislative office in Paterson, the federal complaints allege.

Rivera also boasts of his influence after allegedly taking $5,000 in cash from a cooperator while parked in a car in Passaic, the complaints say.

“I make the [expletive] decision,” Rivera allegedly says during another conversation. “And believe me, I’ve got the four [expletive] votes on the council. So let’s stop [expletive] and let’s get this thing rolling.”

The defendants — a collection of mayors, state legislators, and school board officials from Atlantic, Essex and Passaic counties — are to appear in federal court early this afternoon in Trenton.

They include former Passaic city Councilman Jonathan Soto, who is accused of taking $12,500.

Those charged are accused of demanding and accepting cash bribes in return for their influence in awarding contracts for roofing services and insurance brokerage from school districts and municipalities, according to criminal complaints unsealed with the arrests.

Steele, who is also a Passaic County undersheriff, has been in the state Assembly since 1996. He has served as deputy speaker since 2002 and is also pastor at Seminary Baptist Church in Paterson.

Acquaintances of Steele, including the Rev. James Salmon of New Missionary Christian Baptist Church in Paterson, expressed shock at his arrest, which likely signals the end of his time as one of the county’s most visible community and political activists.

John Currie, chair of the Passaic County Democratic Committee, said that he first got Steele involved in the party in the early 1990’s. Currie said that Steele stood out to him because of his community activism.

“He’s the straightest man I know,” Currie said. “This is a man who’s always thought of helping people within his community.”

Code-named “Operation Broken Boards,” the FBI investigation began in mid-2006 with evidence of corruption in the Pleasantville school district, federal authorities said. Using two cooperating witnesses, agents established an undercover insurance brokerage company.

Pleasantville School Board members allegedly took thousands of dollars in bribes from the cooperating witnesses, one of whom had previously operated a separate roofing business.

The circle of corruption widened when certain Pleasantville school board members referred the cooperating witnesses to public officials in northern New Jersey who also took bribes and, in turn, helped hook up still other corrupt public officials, the complaints allege.

Federal authorities say the defendants demanded and accepted payments ranging from $1,500 to $17,500 at a time. In most cases, those charged sought to establish and perpetuate a corrupt relationship with the cooperating witnesses to continue receiving bribes, the complaints say.

U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie and FBI Special Agent in Charge Weysan Dun have scheduled a 3:30 p.m. press conference in Trenton to discuss the case.

Also arrested were Orange Mayor and the Democratic state Assemblyman Mims Hackett Jr.; Keith O. Reid, the chief of staff to Newark’s City Council president; and five Pleasantville school board members. One civilian was also arrested.

Jenna Pollard, who answered the phone at Steele's Paterson office and identified herself as his chief of staff, said she had no comment and didn't know if Steele has a lawyer.

The arrests are the latest in an anti-corruption campaign waged by Christie's office.

Two Democratic senators, Wayne Bryant of Lawnside and Sharpe James of Newark, are facing pending federal corruption charges. Both pleaded not guilty.

More than 100 public officials in the state have been convicted on federal corruption charges in the last five years.

The arrests are the latest in an anti-corruption campaign waged by Christie’s office. Two Democratic senators, Wayne Bryant of Lawnside and Sharpe James of Newark, are facing pending federal corruption charges. Both pleaded not guilty.

More than 100 public officials in the state have been convicted on federal corruption charges in the last five years.”

“Corruption in Joisey? No way!”

“I'm sure maRKo missed this thread.
You know how he hates corruption.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”