TGIFriday News Roundup, Open thread

Ocean County Democrats.... (0.00 / 0)

....and new media.  it all begins with ONE video...

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 12:35:35 PM UTC

Yes, his name really is Wyatt Earp (4.00 / 1)

and according to family lore, he really is related to the legendary Wyatt Earp.

I had to google that - having had cause to call Marlo Thomas yesterday (the one who works for the City of Philadelphia, not the one who is married to Phil Donahue), Wyatt Earp's name just seemed ... unlikely. I thought maybe it was word play on "new sheriff in town" or somesuch.

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by: denniscmcgrath @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 14:40:59 PM UTC

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The SC has me shocked (0.00 / 0)

I have always been against "activist judges" -- and this is no exception.  

What were they thinking?  Clearly the Congress and local Legislatures wanted campaign finance by their laws.  At least give them some freedom to impose some kind of sanity.

And thanks Jay for keeping a spotlight on the disguisting habits here in Camden County.

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by: AreYouWithMe? @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 13:01:30 PM UTC

You are "shocked" the the SCOTUS "activist judges"??? (4.00 / 1)

Anyone round here remember Bush v. Gore?  For all the talk about judicial restraint, this SCOTUS has shown itself more than once to be a bunch of partisan hacks, with Scalia being the most malleable partisan.  

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by: FormerBureaucrat @ Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 05:00:06 AM UTC

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Great roundup Jay! n/t (4.00 / 1)

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 13:08:36 PM UTC

Ya know what the planet thinks about Tittle/Christie/Corzine? (4.00 / 1)

Nothing.  

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by: lori braunstein @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 13:41:22 PM UTC

"Satisfying" (0.00 / 0)

that's how the NYTimes describes the biopic of John Crowley, whose name was floated as a GOP candidate for the past two cycles....
check it out:
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010...

activist for hire.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 15:58:00 PM UTC

DE, NJ, and PA should work together... (0.00 / 0)

...to bring riverboat gambling to the Delaware River.

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by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 19:57:14 PM UTC

Adam -Your Favorite Guy (0.00 / 0)

was on Lehrer last night, being interviewed by Judy Woodruff:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb...

I wanted to heave.

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by: SmartyJones @ Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 20:59:21 PM UTC

What a shock? (1.00 / 1)

Pennsylvanians are not driving the extra 60+ miles down the AC Expressway just to lose their money in slot machines when they could do it in closer to home.  Who could have ever anticipated that???  It's a sleazy industry and I hope that those casinos all go broke in AC.  Pennsylvania now has a venue for those who are clinging to their faith and their guns to throw away their money in slot machines.  With the money they are throwing away, they will not be able to buy all that ammunition and we will all be a little safer.  

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by: FormerBureaucrat @ Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 04:42:07 AM UTC

Jeff Tittle is unhappy with the first moves coming out of the Christie Administratrion? (4.00 / 1)

Now that he helped to sink the Corzine campaign, Jeff Tittle is upset with Christie?  On what planet is a Republican ever better for environmental protection than a Democrat?  If Tittle didn't know this, he really has no business in wearing the crown as NJ's # 1 media whore!  Is this guy really serious.?? All you Sierra Club members better get rid of this guy fast.  He is giving the Sierra Club a bad name and making all you well meaning environmentalists look like jerks.  

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by: FormerBureaucrat @ Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 05:07:23 AM UTC

Agreed, Tittle Messed Up Big Time.... (0.00 / 0)

....an alleged environmentalist endorsing Christie is like Polar Bears endorsing Exxon.

Tittle was/is either, incompetent in his judgment and miscalculated or he was somehow compromised.   Either way, he's an embarrassment to the Sierra Clib and should resign or be removed by their membership.

Yes, Corzine's policies were not perfect, but compared to what we have in store from Christie; they were good.

The deeper significance is that many unsophisticated Democrats stayed home or didn't get active because they expected Corzine to be more progressive/dynamic.....and that's why Christie won.   It's not really rational; but sometimes that's human nature at a gut level.........look at the Massachusetts result.    

The problem for Tittle is that he's supposed to be a pro.....and endorsing Christie was Bush league.

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by: Nick Lento @ Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 15:56:51 PM UTC

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