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Recently, I came across a blog site for Assemblyman Jerry Green of the 22nd District. As with all blogs, his allows comments to his posts. So, when I came across the Assemblyman’s site I reacted to a post he had touting his ‘accomplishments.’

Well, apparently Mr. Green didn’t take too well of my criticism of his accomplishments merely being an ability to spend other people’s money too well! My comment never saw the light of day. Nor did my follow-up comment calling him out for not posting my original comment.

If you check out his blog post, there is only one positive comment from an Anonymous poster.

So, Assemblyman Green apparently is quite thin-skinned and doesn’t want his constituents to see him actually have to defend himself.

Hey, Assemblyman…you know what? If you can’t take a little heat from little old me then you have no business being a legislator.

It’s been about 2 weeks, but GSP is back. Our blogging platform had been nailed by spammers but they couldn’t keep us down forever thankfully!

In the event of another outage, please remember to check my other blogs at Conservatives with Attitude! and Red County for my latest.

A little humor here. I just thought this was hysterical. It’s bad enough being one of baseball’s worst teams, but not even being to spell the team’s name right on their unis? Just too funny…

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For the ladies… please be aware that police are currently looking for a very brazen sexual predator who has attacked women in Hackensack, Leonia and Englewood.

Here is the ABC news report on the attacks.

So, please be aware of your surroundings and walk in pairs if at all possible.

On Tuesday I posted that the, ahem, maverick Senator “Benedict” Arlen Specter planned to vote against union card check. According, to Michelle Malkin’s blog, though, there was a big “but” at the end of Specter’s decision:

2:31pm Eastern. Specter just announced his decision on Senate floor and denied that he cut some sort of deal. Says he would be willing to reconsider Card Check when economy improves and his requests to amend the National Labor Relations Act are approved.

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4:20pm Eastern. Pat Toomey picks up on the fine print…

Statement from Pat Toomey on Specter’s Conditional Reversal“When Senator Specter does a flip flop, it’s worth checking the fine print. On the senate floor today he said: “I would be willing to reconsider Employees’ Free Choice legislation when the economy returns to normalcy.” In other words, if he thinks his political fortunes have improved, he will deny workers a secret ballot after all.” – Former Congressman Pat Toomey

Memo to Senator Specter: Did you really think we wouldn’t notice this?

While the RINO Senator continues his tightrope act, he might want to look below because the netting is about to be taken away. The Senator is in big trouble in Pennsylvania, where challenger Pat Toomey is leading him by double digits according to a Quinnipiac poll.

Two separate polls released yesterday show the political hit that Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) has taken in his party’s base for giving crucial support to the Democrat-drafted $787 billion economic stimulus.

A Quinnipiac University survey found that 53 percent of Republican respondents said that Specter did not deserve reelection. The Franklin & Marshall College Poll, meanwhile, reported that 51 percent of Republican voters think it’s time for a change.

Specter, 79, is seeking a sixth term in next year’s GOP primary, and he already faces fire from the right.

Former Rep. Pat Toomey, a conservative leader from the Lehigh Valley, leads Specter 41 percent to 27 percent, according to the Quinnipiac poll.

Though Toomey came within 17,000 votes of beating Specter in the 2004 GOP primary, the poll found that 73 percent of Republican voters did not know enough about the likely challenger to form an opinion of him.

“Pennsylvania Republicans are so unhappy with Sen. Specter’s vote for President Barack Obama’s stimulus package and so-called pork-barrel spending that they are voting for a former congressman they hardly know,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Suffice it to say, we will remain on top of Senator Specter’s every move as we look to oust this dead wood from our party.

Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!

I had the privilege of speaking to Mark Levin on his radio show last night. I spoke with Mark briefly about my big blog post as well as the New Jersey governor’s race.

Here’s the audio with the key moment starting at about the 94:00 mark.

Mark Levin Show

More here, too.

Looks like Governor Corzine only likes guns when he can hold them to Republican’s heads. And that’s exactly what he’s trying to do in order to get his destructive pension gimmick passed.

Here is the press release from Ass. Addiego and Ass. Rudder:

Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego, R-Burlington, and Assemblyman Scott Rudder, R-Burlington, today voiced their strong objections to Governor Corzine’s comments that $75 million in school aid would not be restored during the current year if the Legislature did not approve his proposal to permit school districts to defer making pension contributions.

“To hold schools hostage unless pension deferral legislation passes is fiscal blackmail,” stated Addiego.  “This is not a veiled threat.  The governor is ready to punish school districts and taxpayers if he does not get his way on this issue.  Republicans firmly believe that delaying mandated pension contributions is misguided public policy and we will not be coerced into voting for something that will have long-term implications on taxpayers and retirees.”

“The governor’s fiat on cutting school aid is deplorable,” remarked Rudder.  “If the reality is that the state withholds aid that was promised in the middle of the school year, then either taxpayers must make up for the shortfall or children suffer the consequences. 

“The governor should start to cut spending in areas like Special Municipal Aid instead of reneging on funding commitments to schools.  There is opposition on both sides of the aisle on delaying pension contributions.  It is shameful that our youth are being held as captives so that Governor Corzine can get what he wants,” concluded Rudder.

Cross-posted at Red County.

Tis a new day for the Republican Party. Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, after 6 rounds of voting, survived and emerged as the newest RNC Chairman.

Chairman Steele will have his work cut out for him, but I feel he is capable and that the party is in good hands. Interestingly, this means for the first time in the nation’s history both major political parties are led by black men. Now, if only the MSM would celebrate this ascension to leadership as much as The Messiah’s.

Here is Mr. Steele’s acceptance speech.

And here is his plan for the party entitled ‘Blueprint for Tomorow.’

Blueprint Chapter1

Last night I had the opportunity to listen to Chris Christie speak in person at the BCYR meeting in Hackensack. For my review and commentary on the night’s events please check out my post at CWA! here.

In Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address he said:

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.

There is nothing disagreeable in Obama’s statement, but as this administration embarks on efforts to ‘engage’ one of the worst regimes on the planet – Iran – one wonders just what our convictions are.

• Are our convictions to help defend and protect the lone true democracy and American ally in the Middle East – Israel?
• Are our convictions to stop the spread of terrorism around the globe?
• Are our convictions to stand against the oppression of the Iranian people and for their freedom?

Even with Obama prepared to extend a hand to the Iranian regime their leaders continue to exhibit hostility towards America and unabated hatred towards Jews. Just yesterday, Mahmoud ‘Ahmadeni-jihad’ had these scornful words to say:

“The change will be to apologize to the Iranian nation and try to compensate for their dark records and the crimes they have committed against the Iranian nation,” he said.

The hardline president also called on Washington to withdraw its troops from around the world and stop supporting Israel.

“Change means giving up support for the rootless, uncivilized, fabricated, murdering… Zionists and let the Palestinian nation decide its own destiny,” he said. “Change means putting an end to US military presence in (different parts of) the world.”

And Iran’s government spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, continued to promulgate the vicious, ugly falsehood that the Holocaust never happened.

“The Holocaust is a concept coming from a big lie in order to settle a rootless regime in the heart of the Islamic world”

Herein lays the problem with Obama’s approach toward Iran. One can not engage in diplomacy – which entails negotiation, finding common ground and compromise – when the ‘partner’ at the table is an opponent of the convictions and values your nation stands for. To do so would be pacifism. And as history has taught us pacifying enemies of freedom only leads to more violence, war and tyranny, not less. One can only hope that history isn’t about to repeat itself.

Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!