Congressman Rothman on Blue Jersey Radio

Congress Rothman (3.00 / 1)

..how many states will John McCain win...

8 or 9 ?

Check out my 3 paragraph primer on Polywell Fusion.

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by: FogerRox @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 18:24:11 PM CDT

blue jersey radio OR project runway (0.00 / 0)

decisions, decisions!!!
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my governor supports equality.  

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 19:11:31 PM CDT

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convention (0.00 / 0)

i want him to share some convention buzzzzzz.


my governor supports equality.  

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 19:46:27 PM CDT

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At the convention (0.00 / 0)

He says he'll be available to our intrepid convention-going bloggers - so guys, go get him!

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 20:03:31 PM CDT

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secret meetings and solar flares n/t (0.00 / 0)

my governor supports equality.  

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 19:52:20 PM CDT

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Since you picked Obama (0.00 / 0)

who do you like in next year's Gubernatorial?  Ambassador Rothman or Secretary Rothman?

Will commit political science for food.

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by: Thurman Hart @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 20:04:12 PM CDT

New Bill Regarding Children's Health and Obesity (0.00 / 0)

I got a newsletter from Congressman Holt the other day about a bill ( I deleted it or I would have the bill number) which will piggyback on the execrable and underfunded No Child Left Behind Act to make teachers responsible for childrens' obesity via phys ed and eating habits and a bunch of other things.  This is a horrible bill.  Teacher's should not be made responsible for how children eat, how much exercise they get, etc.  They have more than enough responsibilities and parents need to be responsible for something, after all.  Does Congressman Rothman support this legislation, where do the teachers unions stand on it, and if Congress wants to address childhood obesity, can't they come up with something more creative and realistic than shifting the burden for this problem to teachers?

DBK

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by: DBK @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 23:53:30 PM CDT

I have definite opinions on this one. (0.00 / 0)

We should make FOOD MANUFACTURERS who market to children responsible for childhood obesity see http://www.upi.com/Health_News...
I am not crazy and never have been.  I knew for years that MSG caused obesity regardless of caloric intake and activity, now we have actual proof:a study done in China on humans, by researchers from Chapel Hill.  It's official:  the food additive MSG is actually responsible for the obesity epidemic and making teachers accountable will do NOTHING to solve the problem.  Lets sue the makers of this stuff who knew at least since 1969 that it affected the hunger centers of the brain, insulin release in the pancreas, and made leptin-resistant lab rats.  They knew but raked in millions at the expense of our children.  Lets stop blaming the teachers and parents who are suffering too.  Lets ban MSG from school lunches.  That ought to do the trick in a hurry.

One Vote. Yours. It really does matter.

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by: carolh @ Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 09:21:37 AM CDT

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BTW, The NYTimes just reported THIS (0.00 / 0)

today.  About darn time they reported on this, instead of printing glowing food articles written for them by the food industry.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08...

This latest study proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that MSG causes obesity beyond a shadow of a doubt. NOW can we finally admit the obesity epidemic is caused by the FOOD industry?  And can we FINALLY get MSG out of children's school lunches, and out of the vaccines? And stop blaming the VICTIMS here?  

One Vote. Yours. It really does matter.

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by: carolh @ Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 09:08:01 AM CDT

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Please sign on to HR 5950 (4.00 / 1)

Zoe Lofgren's (and Sen Menendez's) bill to provide adequate healthcare for immigrant detainees.  After two deaths in NJ in the last year, and the recent death of a 34 year old man in a Rhode Island detention center, every NJ congressman should be on this bill, along with Sen. Lautenberg (on S.3005).

If you won't sign on, please explain why not.

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by: kwilkinson @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 17:12:26 PM CDT

This Material Needs To Be In The... (0.00 / 0)

.....Congressional Record

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08...

He was 17 when he came to New York from Hong Kong in 1992 with his parents and younger sister, eyeing the skyline like any newcomer. Fifteen years later, Hiu Lui Ng was a New Yorker: a computer engineer with a job in the Empire State Building, a house in Queens, a wife who is a United States citizen and two American-born sons.

But when Mr. Ng, who had overstayed a visa years earlier, went to immigration headquarters in Manhattan last summer for his final interview for a green card, he was swept into immigration detention and shuttled through jails and detention centers in three New England states.

In April, Mr. Ng began complaining of excruciating back pain. By mid-July, he could no longer walk or stand. And last Wednesday, two days after his 34th birthday, he died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Rhode Island hospital, his spine fractured and his body riddled with cancer that had gone undiagnosed and untreated for months.

On Tuesday, with an autopsy by the Rhode Island medical examiner under way, his lawyers demanded a criminal investigation in a letter to federal and state prosecutors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, and the Department of Homeland Security, which runs the detention system.

Mr. Ng's death follows a succession of cases that have drawn Congressional scrutiny to complaints of inadequate medical care, human rights violations and a lack of oversight in immigration detention, a rapidly growing network of publicly and privately run jails where the government held more than 300,000 people in the last year while deciding whether to deport them.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08...

Mr. Ng was eventually assigned to a lower bunk in another cell, but by late last month he could barely walk, Mr. De Los Santos said. "When you line up to take medicine, he would grab a chair, because he couldn't stand. And they would tell him he had to let the chair go, he had to stand, but he couldn't."

He said that when Mr. Ng was bedridden, he saw a nurse go to check him in his cell. "She came out laughing and saying he was faking," Mr. De Los Santos said.

I want to see this nurse  compelled to testify before a congressional committee and to explain what was so funny to her that she could examine a man dying of cancer in extreme agony and diagnose that he was "faking it" and then laugh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08...

While reasonable minds can differ on some aspects of the immigration debate, protecting the health of detainees is not one of them. Allowing sick people to suffer and die in custody without adequate treatment is unacceptable and violates the most fundamental standards of American law and decency. The system must be fixed.

The Menendez legislation is the bare minimum of what needs to be done and it demands immediate passage.  Any delay or failure is an additional stain on the soul of America.

Mr Ngs blood is on all of our hands.

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by: Nick Lento @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 17:36:19 PM CDT

Hey guys (0.00 / 0)

This bill sounds worthy, but it's only a 30-minute show. It just took me 15 to read this comment, and peek at the links. I'm not sure asking his position on specific bills makes for the most entertaining listening experience.

Not ruling it out. But, let's see how the show goes.

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 19:20:02 PM CDT

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Nick (0.00 / 0)

Thanks for calling in - your on-air question was a good one.
:)

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 20:04:57 PM CDT

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