News Round-up & Open Thread for Thursday, Sept 7

by: Juan Melli

Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:53:23 AM EDT

Disney, ABC, Tom Kean and the right wing's attempts to teach our kids propaganda about 9/11 may have suffered a huge setback. Tom Kean Sr had personally written a letter to educators urging teachers to use of the movie and related teaching materials in the classroom. Scholastic had posted the letter, and teaching materials on its site, but it appears the teaching materials may have been removed. For now, Kean's letter is still available on their site. (UPDATE: Think Progress reports that Scholastic plans to put the materials back online.)

Fred Snowflack says voters are confusing Tom Kean Jr with Tom Kean Sr. Kean Jr's spokeswoman says "It's just ludicrous."

Bill Cosby spoke at a rally in Newark yesterday in support of better health care for veterans:

"When we were attacked, all the politicians sang 'God Bless America,'" Cosby said. "Then they went in a back room and said 'Let's make some cutbacks (to veterans programs.)"

Jon Corzine yesterday picked executive director of the NJ Institute for Social Justice, Kenneth Zimmerman to replace Stuart Rabner as his chief counsel.

"Ken Zimmerman is an ethical, talented attorney with a wealth of legal experience and strongly held principles. I will rely on his guidance and I am confident he will pursue the people's interests with the single-minded focus he has demonstrated throughout his career."

Screeners at Newark airport will no longer be required to work overtime or do mandatory 12 hour shifts.

Paul Aronsohn reiterated his challenge to Scott Garrett for a series of debates. A running "debate clock" on Aronsohn's site shows that it's been 17 days, 9 hours, 38 minutes and 27 seconds of silence from Garrett since Aronsohn first issued his debate challenge.

Bill Clinton spoke at a fundraiser for Senator Bob Menendez yesterday about the importance of winning back the Congress:

“This is a real simple deal: in the last six years the White House and Congress have been under the iron grip not of the Republican Party, but a narrow strip of the most right-wing, the most ideological, the most dominated by the corporate special interests in the Republican Party. They’ve had it their way for six years and they tried their ideas, they implemented their policies and we can see their results."

The Clinton event raised about $750,000 for Menendez, while George H. W. Bush's fundraiser for Kean Jr raised roughly $300,000.

Newark mayor Cory Booker will appoint NYPD's deputy commissioner of operations as Newark's new police director.

City Belt's first print issue is out (here is a partial list of locations), and they're looking for a sales person. The job description is at Craigslist.

Princeton's Drinking Liberally is meeting tonight at it's new location - the Ivy Inn on Nassau St at 7pm.

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Big Day (0.00 / 0)

Welcome, City Belt!

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 13:46:53 PM UTC

Just like the last election... (0.00 / 0)

The Honorable Mr. Da'Wrench will duck and bob and weave like a Drunken Kung Fu Master, to keep from debating.

What does Rep. Da' Weasel have to hide? An inability to converse in understandable english? A stutter? Not able to get through a sentence without maniacally launching into Richard Wagner arias?

This constituent wants to know why he's unwilling to put himself before the public for scrutiny.

The nom de plume has a long and distinguished history.

by: Tandalayo Scheisskopf @ Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 04:44:31 AM UTC