Priceless (Literally)

Cost of a bowl of soup at a homeless shelter: $0.

Cost of staying overnight at a homeless shelter: $0.

Catching a "homeless" man taking a picture of Michelle Obama with his $300 Blackberry (plus monthly service fees!) while getting a free government-provided meal: Priceless.

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Mathews, Bishop Tobin, Abortion and Kennedy

An interesting brouhaha has broken out over the issue of abortion in recent days in regard to Democrat House of Representative's Patrick Kennedy and the alleged "communion" scandal. And while I would love to link to an absolutely appalling Chris Matthews "interview" of the Bishop, I won't. And the reason I won't is that Matthews was offensive and didn't even bother to address the issue. Just the fact that the Bishop has the audacity to challenge a liberal in public is apparently a problem.

Here is my take. Many of you are aware that I do not believe in abortion. However, that is not the point of our blog so it is something I (and Jake) comment on when timely but do not dwell upon. But when Kennedy and others while campaigning are proud to be Catholic and then when voting in the congress, become zeolots for the abortion culture, I believe it is time for the Church to speak publically.

For too long, the Catholic hierarchy has tolerated the murder for convenience of millions of unborn children. And it has tolerated politicians who claim to be Catholic when convenient for votes but go beyond pure dissent into the world of apostasy when promoting the culture of abortion.

Thank God Bishop Tobin has made the statement he has. And even when Chris Matthews chooses to trash this man who has nothing bad to say about Representative Kennedy and has even said he is praying for him, we should all recognize that the church isn't trying to make policy. It is FINALLY making a statement. And the statement is long overdue.

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NJ citizens to Christie: Cut don't tax!

An amazing poll was reported on today on Philly.com (from the AP):

Most New Jersey voters surveyed say Gov.-elect Chris Christie should wield an ax and not a tax to help budget the state's budget.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows 75 percent of voters surveyed support a wage freeze for public employees. Even Democrats and union households back that strategy.

Sixty-one percent also support layoffs compared to 33 percent.

Sixty-eight percent say Christie should cut programs and services and 23 percent support higher taxes.

For a long time, we have listened to politicians like Jon Corzine and leading state Democrats telling us that NJ citizens will not stand for significant programs cuts. I think that this poll leaves those kinds of opinions open to serious re-interpretation. It appears that the people have finally realized that the government balance sheet has two sides, revenue (taxes) and costs (spending). We've certainly tried the tax side. About time the state paid attenntion to the spending side.

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Democrats place most corrupt Senator (Dodd) as front man for Healthcare

As expected, Democrats got exactly 60 votes to proceed to debate on the healthcare bill. What trully was unexpected was the Democratic leadership using Chris Dodd as the front man with the gavel (he presided over the vote) and the post vote press conference. You remember Chris Dodd(froom the NY Post)?

Dodd's lengthy record of ethical questions has clearly taken its toll.

Among his transgressions:

* In 2003, Dodd received two cut-rate mortgages totaling nearly $800,000 from subprime-mortgage lending giant Countrywide Financial.

The special mortgages apparently came about because the senator was dubbed a "Friend of Angelo," Countrywide co-founder Angelo Mozilo.

A Senate ethics committee determined last summer that Dodd violated no rules. But home-state voters appear unwilling to let Dodd off that easily.

* In 1994, Dodd purchased a one-third share of an Irish vacation home; the other two-thirds were bought by businessman William Kessinger, partner of one Edward Downe, who pleaded guilty to insider trading the same year.

In 2001, Dodd successfully lobbied the Clinton White House for a presidential pardon for Downe. A year later, Dodd took full ownership of the Irish property from Kessinger -- at a mere fraction of its appraised value.

* In February, Dodd introduced an amendment to the stimulus package that guaranteed that executives from firms receiving government bailouts -- including AIG -- remained eligible for bonuses.

With such baggage, no wonder 53 percent of Connecticut residents say Dodd doesn't deserve re-election.

After five terms in the Senate, the banking committee chairman and Washington special interests are just too close.

The use of Dodd as a prop here tells me much more about the process than any other single action. It's almost as if Democrats are saying, we are corrupt, we will ram this through and there is nothing you can do about it.

Enjoy it while you can Senator Reid.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/dodd_danger_lq11DZPXtHUX5pp0DYaCTN#ixzz0XY03FxQU

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Healthcare motion to proceed scam: Tell NJ Senators to Vote NO!

On another Saturday night special, Senator Harry Reid will bring to the floor the vote for the healthcare bill motion to proceed tomorrow evening. Several Democratic Senators have deluded themselves into believing that they can vote to proceed and then have political cover by voting the heathcare bill down later own(ast it passes with a simple majority). But that kind of strategy only works when campaigning down the road and the citizens are asleep. I can assure you that when we reach the 2010 elections and beyond, no one will be asleep. Every senator who is complicit in this mess of a bill will be held accountable.

Living in New Jersey, many of us are used to our senators ignoring our requests in order to vote lock step with the Democratic establishment. And there is no doubt that Democrats support this bill. But Republicans don't and Independents don't. And Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are supposed to represent all of us. Call them.

Lautenberg, Frank R. - (D - NJ)
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/routing.cfm

Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ)
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Web Form: menendez.senate.gov/contact/


There aren't going to listen but they should have to hear from you anyway.

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Obama: Who's in charge?

Today was an interesting day. Barack Obama left yesterday after a visit to Alaska to go to Japan (I am not sure why). Then the news broke this morning that the economy continues to melt down. Then the announcement that the terrorists responsible for 9/11 would be tried in New York. And then, the end of the line for the White House Attorney. And the replacement will be the husband of the White House Communications Director who was canned after losing a stupid battle against Fox news. What do these things have in common?

One. That they are all distractions. A series of announcements were made during the Friday news cycle when most people are not paying attention.

Two. That the President is one of the distractions.

Three. Someone other than the President is calling the shots.

We live in really strange times.

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See your future: A personal carbon tax in UK

I rarely comment on UK politics even though I follow them out of pure entertainment value. Frankly, there is nothing better than listening to Prime Ministers Questions and would love to see the President of the US have to answer to the legislature in the same way. But in today's Telegraph (via Drudgereport), this article entitled "Everyone in Britain could be given 'Carbon Allowance'" was too much to pass us:

Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

It would involve people being issued with a unique number which they would hand over when purchasing products that contribute to their carbon footprint, such as fuel, airline tickets and electricity.

It is clear that the Mr Smith believes that his proposal is reasonable. But any normal person would look at it as downright scary. The biggest goal of the environmental movement has never been to save the environment, it is to control the actions of others. William F Buckley once said that "a liberal is someone who wants to reach into your shower and adjust the temperature of the water".

And if you are sitting in your home or office in New Jersey and do not realize that kind of controls mentioned in this article are not going to impact you, go and read the Cap and Trade legislation that was passed by the House not too long ago. And realize that when you eventually get your "benign" statement declaring how much carbon you are using, it will be accompanied with an invoice. Don't believe me? How about this one much closer to home:

The bill states every home owner will receive an energy audit. What is a home energy audit? It is an intrusive visit made by the bureaucrats at the Home Energy Team or a similar group. They will examine and report the way you live your life directly to RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network) . Light fixtures, socket types, spas, hot tubs, windows, appliances, walls and roofs will all be under review. Energy tests will be conducted throughout your house. At the end of the visit you will receive a report and a rating. The report will focus on the changes you need to make and the rating is called a HERS rating (Home Energy Rating System). RESNET will perform the audits through authorized contractors. RESNET has adopted the Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards. The standards set the national procedures for home energy ratings.

This will not end until the citizens of this state and country say ENOUGH.

You can read the entire Examiner article here.

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Obama: "Teabaggers" not FT Hood Shooter are Extremists

I couldn't help not noticing that Barack Obama couldn't bring himself to pass judgement on the Muslim extremist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas. But he has no problem labelling citizens who are against his out of control spending sprees as such (from the Corner on National Review):

President Obama, in his pitch to Democrats on the Hill today (from the New York Times):

Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”

This man has some serious issues.

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Tell your representatives to vote NO on the 1.8 Trillion Dollar Healthcare Bill

If you live in any of these congressional districts, it is time to contact your Representative and tell them to vote for YOU, not Nancy Pelosi. Or else.

Representative Name Phone Fax

Robert E. Andrews (D - 01) 202-225-6501 202-225-6583 http://www.house.gov/andrews/contact_form_za.shtml

Frank A. LoBiondo (R - 02) 202-225-6572 202-225-3318 http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/IMA/issue.htm

John Adler (D - 03) 202-225-4765 202-225-0778 http://forms.house.gov/adler/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Chris H. Smith (R - 04) 202-225-3765 202-225-7768 http://chrissmith.house.gov/zipauth.html

Scott Garrett (R - 05) 202-225-4465 202-225-9048
http://garrett.house.gov/Contact/

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D - 06) 202-225-4671 202-225-9665 http://www.house.gov/pallone/contact.shtml

Leonard Lance (R - 07) 202-225-5361 202-225-9460
http://lance.house.gov/?sectionid=48§iontree=348

Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D - 08) 202-225-5751 202-225-5782
http://pascrell.house.gov/contact/

Steve Rothman (D - 09) 202-225-5061 202-225-5851 https://forms.house.gov/rothman/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Donald M. Payne (D - 10) 202-225-3436 202-225-4160 http://www.house.gov/payne/IMA/email.shtml

Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - 11) 202-225-5034 202-225-3186 http://frelinghuysen.house.gov/contactus/form.cfm

Rush Holt (D - 12) 202-225-5801 202-225-6025
http://holt.house.gov/contact.shtml

Albio Sires (D - 13) 202-225-7919 202-226-0792 https://forms.house.gov/sires/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

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Unemployment at 10% and where is congress? Why spending of course.

From the AP:

The Labor Department said Friday that jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983, from 9.8 percent in September. The economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September, but more than economists expected.

The jump in the jobless rate reflects a sharp increase in the tally of unemployed Americans, which rose to 15.7 million from 15.1 million. The net loss of jobs occurred across most industries, from manufacturing and construction to retail and financial. That tally is based on a separate survey of businesses.

Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.

And what is the President and Congress doing about it? They are trying to ram down our throats a 1.8 trillion dollar healthcare bill that won't reduce costs, won't improve your care and still won't insure everyone. And it won't get you a job. But one thing it will do...raise your taxes.

And if you want to understand who is driving this bus, all you need to do it look at the White House Visitor's log to see who spends the most time there - Andy Stern of the SIEU(from workerfreedom.org via Americans for Tax Reform).

The White House released an incomplete list of visitors who met with President Obama and top White House officials. Predictably, Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union, stopped by the White House more than any other visitor. The Wall Street Journal Reports:

“Andrew Stern visited the White House 22 times between Inauguration Day and July 31, meeting with President Barack Obama seven times and leading all visitors recorded during that period.”

You don't know who the SIEU is? They are the union that show up in purple shirts (IE the Liberal Astroturf) at every protest to outshout the regular people.

Are you getting it yet?

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Letters from readers...or trolls....whatever.

We recently received the following communication to our email at njtaxrevolution.com:

r u contingent of the Republican Party? ... similar to Dems: "Victory ’09, a project of the NJDSC” (Democratic State Committee).

Regardless, any explanation for Daggett's surprisingly low tally, far lower than pre-election polls? Two-thirds of my property taxes go to the school system which, in turn, is mostly labor cost.

Wasn't Daggett the only major candidate to propose a specific, workable remedy? If so, any indication that property tax cut tied to municipal fiscal restraint (CPI cap) would garner support tho Daggett's candidacy was rejected?

Lastly, where's the best source (website) to find gov.-elect Christie's property tax plan.
Thanks in advance for any info and insight.

The first thing I would like you to know is that the email came from someone who resembles someone really close to the Daggett campaign. But that is neither here not there as the points he brings up are worth discussing.

First, as to njtaxrevolution.com being an arm of the Republican party. If you trace our history we started this web site around the time of Jon Corzine's sales tax hike. We finally had enough. Jake and I have full time jobs and are software guys. We have zero formal affiliation to the Republican party or the Libertarian Party who both link to our site. However, given that we are conservatives, it is obvious that our audience are mainly Libertarians and Republicans. We receive no outside funding from anyone. Our opinions are our own. And our editorial agenda is made clear on our site.

Regardless, any explanation for Daggett's surprisingly low tally, far lower than pre-election polls?

Frankly, I do not believe that Daggett had a surprisingly low tally. If you asked me before the election, based on the polls I would have had him between 6-8. Why? Daggett only surged in a very limited set of polls and in none of the polls that we consider the most trustworthy did he ever crack 12. Recognize that there are media outlets in this state that wanted Chris Daggett to do well. Why? Because they wanted to support the incumbent and Jon Corzine never cracked 42% in any legitimate poll. That means that he could not win without a split election three ways and the third candidate needed to get 9% or more.

When you couple Daggett's real core support (probably around 3-5 when you consider the last minute 'open to change' respondents) and his ballot position, he performed within the margin of error.

Wasn't Daggett the only major candidate to propose a specific, workable remedy? If so, any indication that property tax cut tied to municipal fiscal restraint (CPI cap) would garner support tho Daggett's candidacy was rejected?

We have no idea whether or not Daggett's remedy here was workable or not and neither does he. To declare that property taxes are too high and it is all about school salaries and fiscal restraint is somewhat questionable. There are many budget busters in every town and municipality in this state including:

- Abbott school redistribution
- Growth within formerly rural towns resulting in major capital expenditures
- Redundant spending on town infrastructure
- Too many municipalities and too much government infrastructure
- COAH requirements that force density on towns that don't want it

I will support the NJEA here (I know, shocker) and not allow the schools to be blamed for every property tax ill. There are some loose spending towns however there are also many towns that try their best but the budget is distorted by expenses outside their control through historical practices.

Lastly, where's the best source (website) to find gov.-elect Christie's property tax plan.
Thanks in advance for any info and insight.

I suppose this is a snark as a result of waking up and finding your candidate didn't win so it is forgiven. We went public on our opinion here as to the strategy in the Philadelphia Daily News. Jon Corzine spent 24 million dollars to attempt to defeat Chris Christie. It is clear to us that the Christie campaign made a specific decision to provide "just enough" information to avoid Corzine's negative advertising machine which twisted almost every moment of Chris Christie's life knowing that he didn't have the funds to fight back to every single attack. Specificity was not the Christie campaigns friend and you can thank Jon Corzine for that.

As a matter of fact, we can thank the New Jersey Democratic party for the lack of any real campaign for any statewide office. It wasn't that long ago that Frank Lautenberg campaigned without actually showing up anywhere or saying anything. Even our normally Democrat friendly newspapers trashed him for that. But he did it because he knew he could get away with it. We at NJTaxRevolution would love it if all candidates would stick to the campaigns instead of mud fights. But that isn't NJ is it.

As to the gentleman who submitted this email, I really respect your enthusiasm and am glad you are fighting for your beliefs and trying to make New Jersey better. Whether you supported Daggett, Corzine or Christie, I love the knowledge that this writer exhibits in his letter whether or not I agree with it. We need a lot more people in this state like him.

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What Was Daggett's Influence?

I was talking to a colleague this morning about Daggett's influence. He was sure that Daggett took votes away from Corzine. I was sure that he took votes away from Christie. I'm sure we're both right -- he took votes from both -- but from which candidate did he take the most?

A useful Web page at the The Progress provides a detailed breakdown of votes in West Essex. The towns involved are Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, Roseland, and West Caldwell. I'm using them because they are in Assembly District 27, served by John McKeon and Mila Jasey. I'm in West Orange, which is also part of that district.

All of these towns voted for Republicans Mark Meyerowitz and Barry Funt over incumbent Democrats McKeon and Jasey, and also voted for Christie over Corzine. It's possible that they could have voted Republican in the Assembly race and Democratic in the Gubernatorial race, but let's say that most people don't. (The difference in votes between McKeon and Jasey aren't that different[*]; nor are the votes between Meyerowitz and Funt.) What can we learn from that?

In the Assembly race, they had two choices: Republicans and Democrats. In the Gubernatorial race, they had three choices. If Daggett pulled votes away from Corzine, we'd expect the Corzine-to-Christie ratio to be smaller than the Assembly Democrat-to-Republican ratio. If Daggett pulled votes away from Christie, we'd expect the Corzine-to-Christie ratio to be larger than the Assembly Democrat-to-Republican ratio.

Got that?

Let's put it this way: In Essex Fells, 24% of the votes for Assemblymen went to McKeon and Jasey; 76% went to Meyerowitz and Funt. Essex Fells voters voted for Republicans 3.2 times more often than for Democrats. Did they vote for Christie 3.2 times more often than for Daggett?

As it turns out: yes. Well, 3.1 times more often, but close enough.

You can ask, "Where would the Daggett votes have gone if he hadn't been in the race?" If you assume that they would have voted Republican instead, the ratio gets too high (3.4); if you pretend that they would have voted Democratic, the ratio gets too low (2.3). It looks like the Daggett voters split evenly: his influence didn't change the ratio of Republican-to-Democratic votes.

In fact, Daggett seems to have made very little difference at all in these towns, but where he made a difference, he helped Christie. Here's how the rest of them look:

Town	%R votes / %D votes (Assembly)	Pretend Daggett's voters split evenly	Pretend they'd have voted Republican	Pretend they'd have voted Democrat
Essex Fells	3.2	3.1 (best fit)	3.4	2.3
Fairfield	2.8	2.8 (best fit)	3.0	2.3
North Caldwell	1.8	1.9 (best fit)	2.1	1.6
Roseland	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.4 (best fit)
West Caldwell	1.5	1.7	2.0	1.4 (best fit)

Based on those results, it looks like Daggett helped the Republicans somewhat in these Republican-leaning towns.

Now, not everywhere is such a Republican-leaning area. McKeon and Jasey actually won reelection in the 27th District -- the overall ratio of Republican to Democrat votes for the Assembly's 27th is 0.6 (i.e., voters were 1.7 times more likely to vote Democrat).

So I think we need to find more detailed breakdowns like this for Democratic areas and perform the same calculations to see Daggett's influence there. But for these Republican-leaning towns at least, I stand corrected: Daggett helped Christie.

* The difference between McKeon and Jasey is interesting: McKeon consistently got 10-15% more votes than Jasey did. Meyerowitz and Funt were within 0-2% of each other. I have no idea why, but if the difference is consistent, which it roughly is, then it shouldn't matter to the comparisons. [return]

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Thoughts on the Election of Chris Christie as Governor of New Jersey

1. Thank you, Lord.

2. Thank you, people of New Jersey.

3. On social conservatism. Liberals, strategists, and pundits have told us repeatedly that the Republican party is immolating itself over abortion, gay marriage, gun control, stem cell research, and similar topics. We're not inclusive enough. We're out of step. We'll lose elections because we're only playing to our base, and our base is getting smaller.

This election proves them wrong.

We already had signs that liberal ideology didn't trump anger at excessive spending: Voters' repudiation of Corzine's plan to build stem-cell research facilities comes to mind.

But Chris Daggett's participation in the race proved that New Jersey voters wouldn't reject a good, socially conservative candidate. After all, he hits all the wickets these pundits demand: He's not Jon Corzine, he wants to reduce our tax burden, and he's socially libertarian or liberal. He seems to be the ideal candidate for New Jersey. He was even endorsed by major newspapers. But when voters pushed buttons, he wasn't even close enough to be a spoiler.

This is in a state with 1.8 million Democrats and only 1 million Republicans, which went for Obama by 15%, in a campaign where the incumbent outspent the challenger $24 million to $9 million. [Source: USA Today.] With those demographics, I worried that many New Jerseyans would choose between Daggett and Christie strictly as a protest against Corzine -- and I feared that they'd vote for Daggett. I'm thrilled that they didn't.

I'm not saying Christie won because he's a social conservative, although, as a social conservative myself, I can hope for that. But next time you hear that conservatives are "divisive", destroying their chances of winning, just because they're committed to conservative values? Don't believe it.

4. On the campaign. When then-candidate Obama was attacked for having no executive experience, he pointed to his own campaign as an example of leadership. Many -- me included -- openly mocked him for that. Being able to run a campaign, we said, doesn't mean you can run a country.

But here's the flip side of that coin: I would expect that someone who could run a state could at least run a campaign. This campaign wasn't run very well. Christie didn't communicate enough. As Dennis networked with people to gain insight into the Christie campaign, it became clear that this wasn't just external appearances.

Please, Governor-elect Christie, get your transition team together now and get organized. You have so much to clean up, and it's going to be so hard to do, we need you to be better than you ever were as a prosecutor -- and you were a damned fine prosecutor.

5. On reality. Cleaning up the fiscal mess is going to be hard. By electing Christie, we have asked for something that we know will be painful.

It's like chemotherapy: It's awful, and you choose it only because it gives you hope of survival.

I hope the people of New Jersey have the grit to hang on during the tough, necessary changes ahead.

6. On hope and change. Dennis's last post expresses my own thoughts, so I won't repeat him.

I'll add, though, that "hope" and "change" aren't liberal values. They're the values of good people when they see their state, their country, their community going wrong. Today I'm proud -- not for the first time in my life, mind you -- to be from New Jersey. Yes, we're the butt of a lot of jokes, and Lord knows we deserve a lot of the laughter. But last night we elected someone who has made a difference in fighting that image, and changing the reality behind it. I hope and pray that Christie will make an even stronger difference in his new office than he did as prosecutor.

Godspeed, Governor-elect Christie!

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Christie Wins! And we now have hope.

Chris Christie just gave his acceptance speech as the new Governor of our state. He balanced the concerns of the citizen of Hamilton to his family member's history in the state. I sent my wife a message that maybe, just maybe we get to stay in this state that we love with a Governor who understands why we have considered leaving. Right now, I am sitting in a hotel in California. I am here because it is part of my real job, my life and the sacrifices I make every day to take care of my family and their future.

For the first time in a long time, I feel like a part of the solution instead of a part of the problem. Our President and Jon Corzine look at people like me and Jake as parasitic hosts that only exist to extract revenue for their latest spending whim. My young son looks at me as Dad, who he misses when I am gone. And for once in a long time, I feel like we will have a Governor who understands the difference.

Congratulations Chris Christie. The real work is still in front of all of us. Godspeed.

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Democrats caught funding Daggett!!!

With Corzine's support stuck at no better than 42%, the candidacy of Chris Daggett has always been a bit too convenient. While we have not suggested that Jon Corzine has directly colluded with Daggett, we didn't rule out a connection between the two campaigns. Now the news comes out that Corzine's campaign paid for Daggett outreach to voters (from Instapundit and PolitickerNJ.com):

The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.

A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s chairman, Joe Cryan, was not aware of the robocalls when he denied that the state committee had anything to do with them yesterday afternoon.

Cryan, who told PolitickerNJ.com yesterday afternoon that the Democratic State Committee had “absolutely” nothing to do with the call, could not immediately be reached for comment.

The call angered Republicans and further fueled conspiracy theories that Daggett is in cahoots with the Corzine camp. A disclaimer at the end says it was paid for by Victory ’09, “a project of the NJDSC” (Democratic State Committee), and gave the committee’s Trenton address.

Jon Corzine will say and do anything to get elected. And Team Corzine now admits to perverting this New Jersey election so that their inferior candidate who cannot win in a straight up fight can increase his chance of winning. And combined with the questions about absentee ballots, there is a pattern that does not bode well for the legitimate voters in this state.

Read the entire article here.

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Absentee Ballots in NJ

As the perennial question of voter fraud rears its head in New Jersey (not without good reason), one has to wonder about the changes made to the absentee ballot laws in the Spring. I don't even recall seeing these changes reported and since I monitor New JErsey news daily, I would suspepct that very few people notice the passing of this legislation. I am sure that this is the beginning of this story not the end.

But I do have some questions. Why was this law changed at all? And who was responsible for the added piece about individuals being able to request ballots for up to 10 people? When it is too intrusive to require identification to vote in this state, why would we enact laws that would seem to serve one purpose-fraud.

And to those people who would cry that these questions are unfair conspiracy theories, just review the "messenger ballot fraud" case guilty pleas in Atlantic City just a few days ago.

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Election Day! Get out and Vote!

If you are sick of the way NJ has been run, get out and vote. And just a hint, if you really are mad, voting for the same guy in your local races, Assembly races or Governor is not going to create change.

Vote for "the other one".

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