As if the NFL didn't make getting to the Super Bowl hard enough, now the TSA is involved

It's being billed as the first "mass transit" Super Bowl. "Mass hassle" is more like it.

You can't drive to the game. You can't walk to the game. If you miss your bus you're out of luck. And now, if you thought taking the train was the easiest path to Super Bowl XLVIII, guess again.

NJ Transit estimates 12 to 15 thousand fans will pass through Secaucus Junction on game day. And one at a time they'll get felt-up by the TSA.

But if all this security kabuki makes you late for the game, you can always catch the kickoff on your mobile phone, right?

Uh, no. The NFL plans to block live streams of the game on the cellular networks serving East Rutherford. "Not enough bandwidth" is their lame-ass excuse.

I sure am glad I'll be watching the game from the comfort of my couch.

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A tin pot dictator at the Port Authority just ordered 4 airlines to raise their minimum wage

When a bureaucrat thinks he can order private companies to do his bidding, freedom dies. So how is this decree even constitutional?

Look, I'm not here to debate whether or not these workers deserve a raise. That's between them and their employers. Who, incidentally, aren't the airlines.

I'm asking what gives some Port Authority political hack the right to order a private company to arbitrarily raise wages. Maybe I missed that part of the Constitution?

The government is arrogating far too much power to itself. And this reeks of fascism. Unlike Obama, who at least pretends he cares what the voters think, this knucklehead isn't an elected official. He's not answerable to anyone!

What's next? Ordering tenants in Port Authority buildings (like the new Freedom Tower) to increase their employees' wages too? I'll bet the PA wouldn't be too pleased if a tenants' association decided to demand a cut in rent payments to offset such a decree! But really, somebody has to pay the bill. And Patrick Foye isn't that someone.

My guess is a not-insignificant number of those low wage workers will find themselves unemployed as a result of this idiocy. Because contrary to what many do-gooder liberals might believe, money does not grow on trees. And the companies which employee these folks aren't sitting on piles of extra cash.

Here's the math. 8,000 workers earning $9 per hour equates to 7,128 workers earning $10.10 per hour. So Mr. Foye, what will you say to the 872 people you just put out of a job?

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The IRS has no one to answer your questions, all agents are busy persecuting Conservatives

If you need help with your taxes, don't call the IRS.

They blame "budget cuts."

Uh huh. Maybe if they weren't putting so much effort into persecuting the Tea Party they'd have time to assist the people they're supposed to be serving.

Obama doesn't want the IRS to help you. He wants the IRS to punish his enemies.

So Sarah Palin's brother gets audited 6 times in five years. But your 87 year old Aunt Mildred is out of luck when she calls the IRS for help.

A group of Hollywood conservatives (yes, they exist!) gets the full IRS protocology experience. But Obama's brother's "charity" was walked through all the necessary paperwork hoops by Lois Lerner herself.

Curiously the IRS didn't find it necessary to scrutinize Malik Obama's ties to Hamas. You only evoke their ire if you care about the Constitution.

All of that political gamesmanship leaves them with no resources to handle their actual mission — fairly administering the tax code. Because even though the IRS won't answer your questions, you can be damn sure they'll haul your ass in for an audit if you forget to dot even one "i" or cross a single "t."

Unless, of course, the NSA tells 'em you're a Democrat.

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Dear Leader's minimum wage decree exempts himself and Congress

You'd think the guy screaming about income inequality would pay his own employees an actual income.

You'd be wrong.

Obama's White House interns earn nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. I guess basking in Dear Leader's munificence is its own reward. So long as you can eat rainbows.

Is the White House Internship a paid position?
No. White House Internships are unpaid positions. Applicants may contact educational and other non-profit organizations to apply for funding or housing assistance.

That is, you may beg. And if your groveling is sufficiently noteworthy, you may work you ass off licking Dear Leader's boots. Presumably they taste like chicken.

Is Congress any better? Hell no. The sponsors of Dear Leader's minimum wage legislation don't pay their interns either.

How do you spell hypocrite? Because I spell it D-e-m-o-c-r-a-t.

See also Booker, Cory.

Am I the only guy who sees the obvious solution here? Get Gerri a job as a White House intern!

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Liberals say a presidential dictator is fine and dandy, until Sarah Palin is sworn in

Valerie Jarrett is cackling with glee — Dear Leader is going to act unilaterally again, ruling by decree tonight during his State of the Union Party speech.

Hail Caesar!

Liberals love their dictators. Well, their left-wing, commie dictators anyway.

Imagine Jarrett's reaction if President Palin used the same executive power to build Keystone XL, restore incandescent light bulbs, means-test and privatize Social Security, restrict what slackers can buy with food stamps, order all Americans to purchase an AR-15, and with the strike of a drone or 2 make working for the New York Times punishable by death.

Yeah, I'll bet Libtard Val would fall in love with the Constitution again before I could say "hypocrite."

Oh, and Americans are "hungry" alright. Mainly because Obama's economic policies mean a whole lot of us are unemployed and can't afford food.

Nothing he says or does tonight will change that.

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It can't happen here? In 1789 France had 40,000 Catholic parishes, 4 years later fewer than 10 remained

Msgr. Desmond noted that unpleasant statistic during yesterday's homily. He was speaking, of course, about the Obama Administration's single-minded war on the Catholic Church, and their recent attacks on the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Surely the government can't wipe out the Church, he asked rhetorically, before citing the French Revolution as an example of how yes, yes it can.

And my mind whirled, because this president is certainly as sinister as Robespierre and the Jacobins. Perhaps moreso.

They had the guillotine, Obama has the IRS. It's only a matter of time before he uses the taxman to force us into performing gay "marriages." How could a man who demands that nuns pay for birth control resist the urge to bend Catholic priests to his will?

And so, thinking about Msgr. Desmond's homily, this description of the French Revolution sounds like it could have come right out of a DNC press release:

Cradle to grave statism, Obama-style!

The government will redefine marriage, and ominously demand that you abstain from objecting to their "evolving awareness."

The government will redefine family, and malevolently put the Catholic Church out of the adoption business because it won't go along.

The government will demand to monopolize education, while Obama atrociously calls Catholic schools "divisive."

The government will encourage you to murder your unborn child. And coldly prevent the Church from asking you not to.

The government will dictate the terms of your health care, and more importantly suppress any attempt by the Church to influence your choices. They'll even trot out misguided catholics to reassure you that open schism with Rome is The American Way.

The Chicago Way, of course, involves intimidating your enemies. Or jailing them.

Who will be the first Catholic priest Obama locks up?

Don't say it's an unthinkable prospect. The Reign of Terror was unthinkable too. Until it wasn't.

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SCOTUS gives the Little Sisters of the Poor temporary protection from contraception mandate

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court (temporarily, at least) sided with the Little Sisters of the Poor and against the Obama Administration.

Forcing nuns to purchase birth control and abortion services is evil.

Reiterating that demand in legal challenges is malevolent and cruel.

But it's typical of the Obama Administration's war on religion, and on Catholics specifically. They need to crush our faith, and replace it with their secularized worldview, because we stand in silent rejoinder of their sinfulness.

Contrary to feminut hysteria, we have no intention of forcing anyone to abide by our rules. Birth control is widely available, and inexpensively priced. It's none of our business if a woman chooses to purchase it with her own money. We will, of course, pray that she does not. But alas, she is free to ignore our prayers.

All we ask is that we remain free to exercise our religion and live our faith without endangering our immortal souls. I don't think that's an unreasonable request. And I'm heartened to hear that the Supreme Court is inclined to agree with us.

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Don't be fooled by "income inequality," it's basically Marxism for Morons

When Dear Leader steps up to the podium next week to deliver his annual State of the Party Union speech he'll emphasize class warfare and wealth redistribution, aka "income inequality."

You know, the idea that rich CEO's (but not Hollywood celebs or big-time sports stars) need to earn less so burger flippers can be paid $15 per hour.

It's what I call Marxism for Morons. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" wrapped up in a flag and touted as "fairness." And his sycophants fall for it, because our nation is full of public school automatons spoon-fed grievance-mongering and an inflated sense of self-esteem in place of basic economics and common sense.

Just to emphasize how silly the whole thing is, Obama's henchmen at the DCCC plan to "study" the problem next month. At the post St. Regis Hotel in NYC. Where room rates start at $695 per night. And where the maids don't make that much in a week.

But please don't ask rich Democrats to spread their wealth around. Some people are more equal than others dontcha know. When Barack Obama took office in 2007 his net worth stood at around $1.3 million. Today it's 10 times that.

I think he needs a pay cut, don't you?

Nah, the Democratic Party's motto seems to be "hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance?" So they pass out entitlements like candy and then rail against the "unfairness" of anyone who dares to think for himself and build something the government didn't tell him to build.

America stands for Equality of Opportunity. When Obama says "income inequality" what he's really saying is "Equality of Outcome."

Or as Janis Joplin might have sung, Obama won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz… Throw in a big screen TV and a night on the town while you're at it too.

Doug Ross's guest blogger Biff Spackle demolishes the income inequality myth in 3 easy lessons. Do read the whole thing.

Bottom line? If you want Income Equality, move to North Korea.

In truth, North Korea represents the ideal for those who fight for income equality with its one man at the top worth tens of billions of dollars while the entire civilian population starves, largely impoverished.

America could not succeed without income inequality. Why? Because it forces us to seek out new opportunities, new inventions, new directions, and in the process advance science, engineering, culture, and society as a whole.

Of course in Obama's world it's know as "Bush's Fault."

And the only cure is another government program. To counter all the existing government programs, regulations, and crony capitalism which screwed up everything in the first place. It never occurs to these statists that the simplest solution is to just get government the hell out of the way. Because then they won't have Control.

You know who the GOP should get to deliver their SOTU response?

Harrison Bergeron.

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When will Obama stop borrowing? He blew through the last debt ceiling in 3 months!

Mitch McConnell gave Dear Leader a blank check, and he blew through $500 Billion in just three months.

President Barack Obama has blown through more than $500 billion in deficit spending in the three months since passage of the deal proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on easing the debt ceiling battles that gave Obama virtually unlimited borrowing authority from October 17, 2013 through this February 7th.

Yikes. Half a trillion dollars in 3 months, and our national debt now tops $17.2 Trillion. That's a 60% increase since Obama took office.

So naturally, his henchmen are demanding to borrow even more.

Normal people would cut spending. Hey, it's what you'd have to do after you called Visa for the 14^th time begging for a credit limit increase. Sooner or later they're gonna say "no."

Somebody has got to make Obama cut up his credit cards and get him into one of those debt counseling services. Pronto.

But I'm not counting on Congress to do that. They're just as addicted to deficit spending as he is.

Hey, does anybody here remember this guy?

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies… America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."

I'll give you a hint. He used to be a Senator. And he ran for president. Twice.

"Leadership failure" indeed.

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SCOTUS has a chance to free taxpayers from the tyranny of public employee unions

Should a mother who cares for her disabled adult son be forced to join a union and pay dues out of her meager Medicaid stipend?

The state of Michigan, and the SEIU, say "absolutely."

Yesterday a lawyer for that mother asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let her be free.

It's high time for Mr. Justice Scalia to deliver the coup de grace and free us from the tyranny of public employee unions.

The argument against public-sector agency fees is this: Since public employees work for government, everything they bargain about is political. Higher wages, better benefits, new work rules—all affect the state budget. Assessing fees from non-members thus requires them to pay for political speech.

Yes. Public employee unions are by their very nature inherently political. And it's an incestuous relationship. The union collects dues from its members, which it then uses to lobby government officials and contribute to their election campaigns. Those government officials in turn, not wanting to bite the hand that feeds them, always ensure the union's contract demands are easily ratified.

In many cases, like for instance when a recently retired teacher is elected to the school board (with her union's backing), the union ends up negotiating with itself. That's hardly a formula for fiscal restraint. But it does keep the union in clover.

You know who else hated public employee unions? No less a liberal icon than Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

FDR wasn't alone among Democrats, either.

Which of course is the reason New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. Our public employee unions own the government. And they don't care one whit about the taxpayers. We've seen the result. Overly generous union contracts awarded by career politicians who live large on union dues funneled into their campaign coffers while the cities and towns they supposedly represent fall into disgrace.

The Supreme Court now has a chance to level the playing field and wrest control of our government back into the hands of "We The People." Let's hope they don't let us down.

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Media frenzy over Bridgegate is having the desired effect, Chris Christie's 2016 prospects dim

If you're wondering why the media keeps hyping Bridgegate, wonder no more. Chris Christie's short-lived stint as the 2016 presidential front-runner is now over, and Hillary Clinton is once again safely back on top in the polls.

The media created Barack Obama, and shepherded him into the White House. Now they're working overtime to ensure Hillary Clinton succeeds him. Chris Christie was their darling while he trailed her, because who doesn't like a moderate Republican sacrificial lamb. But as soon as he drew even with Hillary the long knives had to come out.

Nevermind that Christie has denied knowledge of, or direct involvement in, Bridgegate. Nope, he's gotta be lying, mostly because liberals can't believe a Republican would tell the truth. And it carries no weight that he immediately sacked the people responsible, even as the media ignores the fact that no one has been held to account for any of Obama or Clinton's myriad scandals.

The only thing that matters to the mainstream media is advancing the Progressive (aka Marxist) cause. Chris Christie stood in their way, and so he had to be neutralized. That's really all you needs to know about Bridgegate.

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Staples might save the Post Office, unless the unions get their way

We all know the Post Office is hemorrhaging money. So cutting costs is now Job One. And what better way to cut costs, and enhance service in the process, than by outsourcing their retail operations?

Naturally, the unionistas are teed off.

It doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to sell stamps. That job just isn't worth $25 an hour. It never was. Which is why the Post Office loses money. And raising their prices to cover their labor costs would inevitably send their customers elsewhere.

The postal workers union did what unions always do, inflated their self-worth until they priced themselves out of their jobs. So like every other unionized behemoth before them the Post Office can collapse under the weight of its labor costs, or it can adapt to reality.

Selling stamps at Staples is Reality.

Believing that job is worth $25 an hour is Fantasy.

Oh, by the way, the folks who work at Amazon understand Reality too. They overwhelmingly rejected unionization.

Take note Mr. Dimondstein. Unions are going the way of the dinosaur. And not a moment too soon.

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Andrew Cuomo says only gun-grabbing homosexual abortionists are welcome in New York

In other words, the Democratic Party's core constituency. All the rest of us are too "extreme" for Andy's libtard paradise.

Well the idiots voted for him. And they voted for that commie De Blasio. So we pretty much know what kind of people live in New York. And if they don't want me to visit, well that's fine. There are, after all, 49 other states (56, if you're Barack Obama!), and most of them are run by more tolerant folks.

New York State, where restricting the Second Amendment is "common sense," but restricting abortion is "extreme." So you can't murder someone (good!), unless that someone is an unborn child. Then you have a duty to ensure the kid never has a chance.

Unless he's gonna grow up to be gay. Then he has the right to get married while still in the womb.

This Wednesday is the 41^st anniversary of Roe v Wade. Fifty-seven million babies have been murdered in that time. That's 3 times the population of Andrew Cuomo's empire of liberalism. Given the chance, I wonder if they would have voted for him.

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Why does the federal college financial aid form need to know if your parents are gay?

Really, there's no reason on God's green earth for Sallie Mae to care if your parents are homosexuals. Unless, they're giving you points for that.

Oh, who am I kidding, of course they're giving you points for that.

Man, I miss Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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Pharaoh Obama: "So let it be written, so let it be done!"

To Barack Obama, the pen is mightier than the Constitution.

Obama rules by decree. Because he can.

And, with few exceptions our spineless Congress refuses to confront him. The courts are no better, they do Dear Leader's bidding.

Separation of powers? Such a quaint, anachronistic concept.

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The Star-Ledger tries to spin Bridgegate as bigger than Benghazi

Yup, they're spinning so fast, I'm getting dizzy.

Whack that straw-man! I know these are merely journalists, so reading comprehension might not be their strong suit, but let's try explaining this one more time.

Bridgegate is getting more than 17 times the media coverage Benghazi ever got.

That's our beef. Do your jobs fellas. Do it impartially.

What's that? Oh, right, you've got excuses.

Hoo boy, there's so much BS in there it's scary.

Senior Obama Administration officials debunked the NY Times whitewash. Even liberal Senator Diane Feinstein isn't buying what Pinch Sulzberger's Hillary 2016 shills are shoveling.

But if you still think the New York Times has any credibility when it comes to assiduously reporting on the evils of socialist government, I've got 14 million dead Ukrainians who'll vigorously disagree with you.

The bottom line? We still don't know what Obama was doing that night. We still don't know why a rescue wasn't mounted, or authorized. And unlike Bridgegate, Obama hasn't held a single person accountable.

As for the IRS scandal, timing is everything. And in the run-up to the 2012 election, the IRS doggedly pursued every Conservative group in America, diverting these groups' limited resources into fighting a partisan bureaucracy. Which of course prevented them from working to defeat Barack Obama. OK, sure, the IRS eventually relented and granted tax esempt status to everybody, after the election, when it didn't matter anymore.

A study by The American Enterprise Institute found that those IRS witch hunts suppressed conservative / Republican turnout by between 5 and 8.5 million voters. Obama won by about 5 million votes. Do the math.

So, what about Excuse #2?

Coverage: It's hard to argue that Benghazi, the IRS scandal or Obamacare's glitchy website weren't covered in full. Each story was subject to intense coverage when it broke — just as Bridgegate is breaking now. To expect coverage of old stories to increase because of an uncomfortable new story is silly.

Oh, c'mon. The liberal media hasn't assigned this many reporters to a story since the time they staked out Sarah Palin's garbage cans.

And at the risk of repeating myself, in one week Bridgegate has garnered 17 times more coverage than Benghazi has gotten, ever. Why? Because the media is Obama. They're 2 sides of the same coin. Believing that Obama is capable of duplicity is like believing they themselves are crooked.

In other words, they can't see the forest for the trees.

But Chris Christie? He's a Republican! He's evil! All their friends say so!

Onward to Excuse #3.

Snort.

Obama promised us "the most transparent administration in history." How's that workin' out for you guys?

Here are 6 unanswered questions on Benghazi.

And 5 unanswered questions about the IRS scandal. Lois Lerner still hasn't testified. But the Ledger is more interested in how many times David Wildstein took the Fifth? Puh-lease.

You guys want coverups? How about Eric Holder's ridiculous "executive privilege" assertion over Congressional inquiries into Fast And Furious? And not for nothing, but if assigning one of your own campaign donors to investigate the IRS scandal isn't a coverup, I don't know what is.

Want more?

Here are 20 scandals involving Democrats that are still unresolved.

Still gonna tell me Bridgegate is more important?

America disagrees.

All the other papers have moved on. Alex Rodriguez is today's headline fodder. It's time for the Star-Ledger to stop flogging this dead horse.

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Impeach Chris Christie? How about we impeach Barack Obama first!

Or at least indict Valerie Jarrett and Eric Holder. Jarrett probably gave the "stand-down" order while 4 Americans died in Benghazi. And Holder's Fast and Furious fiasco got Border Agent Brian Terry killed.

But our media is still fixated on a traffic jam. And they're salivating at the prospect of Democrat attack dog Assemblyman John Wisniewski launching impeachment procedings against Governor Christie.

Public property used for political purposes? You mean like when Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett closed national parks and barricaded the World War II Memorial to spite Congressional Republicans? Their road closures cut off an entire town, and the media yawned.

"If it becomes known that the governor was involved and he knew about it and he knew about the cover-up, and he was approving the actions taken by his senior staff, that raises serious questions that the assembly ought to look at," Wisniewski said. "And that ought to be considered in light of what our responsibility is. The Assembly has the ability to do articles of impeachment."

Get off your high horse Wiz. Why don't you "consider" Steve Sweeney's blatant partisan hackery in blocking Christie's state supreme court nominations? Wanna tell me with a straight face that Sweeney isn't playing "payback?"

This is bare-knuckle politics, Jersey style.

And it's no better (or worse) than the Chicago politics of your president.

Impeach Chris Christe? Fine. Impeach Barack Obama first. Because people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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Humana: Adverse Selection in Obamacare is worse than we thought

From the "I told you so" department: Humana just released their Obamacare enrollment mix, and the numbers aren't pretty. The only people who signed up for Obamacare were those who really had to. That is, the really sick, and the really old. This is known as "adverse selection," and it's the insurance industry's biggest nightmare, because it's gonna cost them a fortune.

Where are all the young, healthy people Obama counted on to subsidize this pool of costly consumers? On their parents' plan! Or sitting Obamacare out, no matter what Pajama Boy told them to do.

And it doesn't help that he had to backtrack on his individual mandate by actually making good on his promise.

Well, isn't that special?

Obamacare is health insurance for the sick and the dying.

Wanna know the Really Good News? You're still gonna pay for their insurance, even if you don't sign up. Because the taxpayers are on the hook for that bailout.

"There is essentially no risk of a 'death spiral,'" says MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, who helped design the ACA as well as the Massachusetts law on which it was modeled. "There are substantial risk mitigation mechanisms as well as subsidies that will attract in healthy enrollees." Most important, say Gruber and Zirkelbach, is a section of the ACA under which the federal government will pick up a substantial portion of the losses for the next three years, if the program goes sour for insurers.

The subsidies thing has, of course, gone swimmingly. So it's on to the bailout! Because when these clowns say "federal government" they mean "you and me." We'll get taxed, or more likely our grandchildren will get taxed, to keep this abomination afloat.

The only way out is repeal.

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Signed up for Obamacare? The insurance company doesn't have a record of that

You finally got all the way through healthcare.gov. You enrolled in a plan. You even gave them your bank account info for payment. You sit back and think, I'm insured!

Alas, you're probably not. Insured, that is. Chances are you're one of the "orphans," lost in bureaucratic limbo in the bowels of an HHS sub-basement.

Gee, if only there was a way to blame Chris Christie for this!

The good news is, it only takes a week to straighten out each orphan policy, after you convince the media to look into your case.

Remember when you called your insurance agent if you had a problem? Now you have to call the Associated Press!

Meanwhile the media is fixated on Chris Christie's traffic jam. Which of course is a much bigger scandal than millions of Americans stuck in health insurance limbo. Because, he's a Republican!

The Obamacare rollout is an unmitigated disaster, affecting way more people for more harshly than any bogus "traffic study." Yet no one has been fired. There are no federal investigations. Not a single class action lawsuit has been filed.

The media sees nothing wrong, because they don't want to make Dear Leader look bad. But eventually the truth will come out. It has to. Or America really is doomed.

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Chris Christie's Bridge Too Far?

The media really is hyping this "Bridge-Gate" thing, eh?

This just in: Chris Christie is a bully!

Yawn.

Not A Scandal: Your petty and vindictive president padlocks the World War II Memorial and removes the handles from drinking fountains in National Parks. After he gets re-elected by using the IRS and the NSA to harass and hogtie his political enemies.

Scandal: New Jersey's petty and vindictive governor arranges a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge. Again, after he gets re-elected in a landslide by convincing a plethora of leading Democrats to cross the aisle and endorse him.

Both are examples of supposed leaders abusing their power. Both are products of rabidly partisan political machinations. Curiously, only one of them is newsworthy.

But hey, since the media has rediscovered their investigative journalism skills, perhaps they could finally get incensed about a few other Non-Scandals like Fast and Furious or Benghazi. You know, before hanging Christie out to dry and proclaiming his presidential ambitions DOA.

Because nobody is writing editorials hanging Benghazi around Hillary's neck. Which is where it belongs, of course. She left 4 Americans to die, and lied about it while standing in front of their caskets.

The media can't wait for her to succeed Barack Obama as president. So they won't dare do anything to hinder her ambitions. And since Christie is slightly ahead of her in the polls, it's time for the long knives to get pointed in his direction.

I'm no Christie for President fan. But c'mon, Bridge-Gate is small beer. And really, at this point, what difference does it make?

UPDATE 09 Jan 2014 12:08:
Christie steps up, and fires the people responsible for this fiasco.

Unlike, say, a certain president some of you around here continue to worship.

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Chris Christie trumpets his illegal alien DREAM Act, goes all-in for amnesty

Chris Christie knows how to pander. And boy oh boy was he pandering today, sucking up to the La Raza racists in their quest for the United States of Aztlan, as he ceremonially signed New Jersey's DREAM Act.

What Christie sees, and what inspires him, are votes. The votes of immigration amnesty advocates clamoring for open borders. Whom he'll reward just as soon as he hoodwinks the rest of us into handing him the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.

Christie said even those who are "cold hearted" about the issue, can't argue with the economic benefit of extending in-state tuition to students in whom the state already invests tens of thousands of public education dollars.

Oh, I see. I'm "cold hearted." Because I don't think rewarding lawbreakers is what we ought to be doing. And not for nothing, but after they graduate college, these kids can't legally work in the U.S. So exactly what "economic benefit" is heading our way?

Yeah, I'm sure he'll trumpet some bogus bipartisan "solution" to that one too. Amnesty by another name. Because for all his supposed political savvy, Chris Christie still hasn't figured out that when a Democrat says "bipartisan," it means "do what I want."

And what they want is unfettered amnesty via the vaunted "path to citizenship." It's their Holy Grail, a guaranteed way for Democrats to shift the electoral landscape in their favor for generations to come. Ten to 12 million newly minted citizens, all ready to vote themselves Free Stuff on the backs of hard-working Americans like you and me, and the whole country slides into socialism that much faster.

So here's one thing I know. Chris Christie is no Conservative. And he won't be getting my vote for president.

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The gadget everyone needs: a toothbrush that can post updates to Facebook

Introducing the internet-connected toothbrush.

If you go to bed without brushing your teeth does it tell your phone to nag you mercilessly like your dentist would? Or does it just rat you out to your dentist via email? And do your Facebook friends really need to know how often you brush your teeth?

I suppose if you don't score at least a 90 your friends will mock you. At least my friends would.

Frankly, it seems a little bit silly to me. But what do you expect from something invented in France?

So listen. If we're gonna internet-enable various home-health and grooming appliances, let's go all the way. Embed a camera in a nose-hair trimmer. C'mon, you know it'd be a huge hit, especially if the video is live-streamed to YouTube.

Just please, no internet toilets.

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SCOTUS puts gay "marriage" on hold in Utah

What happens when a state's governor stands up to an activist judge? The Supreme Court says, let's take another look.

The decision to stay the ruling was unanimous.

This is no surprise. Recognizing a constitutional right to same sex marriage is a big deal, which requires thought, consideration and preparation in the public if this is going to happen through the courts. In Utah, one of the most conservative states in the union, we went all of a sudden overnight from no gay marriage to gay marriage. There was little indication for those not following developments it would happen.

Hello, Chris Christie, feel like a chump yet?

New Jersey didn't have to roll over and dance to the homofascist tune. But Christie refused to fight for what's right, bowing to expediency by waving his hands and effectively saying "whaddaya gonna do?"

What you do is fight. If you have principles, that is.

Speaking of standing up for principles, I want to give a shout-out to Trestin Meacham. Trestin's been fasting since December 20^th to protest Judge Shelby's unconscionable ruling. And the vitriol spewed his way by the homofascist forces of tolerance tell me all I need to know about the true nature of homosexuality and what it does to men's souls.

Yes He did.

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Obamacare mandates maternity coverage, but it can't add your new baby to your plan

If you like your new baby, you can't insure your new baby.

The cynic in me says they assumed all pregnant women would jump at the chance to get a (now free) abortion.

But it's probably just another shining example of Obama's unparalleled competence. He'll have one of his lackeys order the insurance companies to cover your new baby, and they'll listen, because he's The King.

Uh, ok, good luck with that.

Paperwork? Payments? Feh, he can't concern himself with such trifles. Not when there are vacations to be taken and golf courses to be conquered.

Besides, I'm sure MSNBC is already blaming this latest "glitch" on Republicans. Or a YouTube video. And Hillary will fix everything when she's elected president. It said so in The New York Times.

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The Girl Scouts want your daughter to be more like Wendy 'Abortion Barbie' Davis

2014 is shaping up to be the year scouting divorces itself from morality.

First, the Boy Scouts agreed to start admitting openly homosexual members and scoutmasters, making their new name The Boy Toy Scouts. Be prepared!

Amd now I read that the Girl Scouts, of which my very own daughter is a member in good standing, have nominated Texas gubernatorial candidate and infanticide activist Wendy Davis as their Woman Of The Year.

Really. The Girl Scouts say our daughters should strive to emulate women who believes in the "right" to murder their own children. What's next, an abortion "try-it" patch?

Perhaps next year they'll nominate Susan Smith.

But perhaps I shouldn't give them any ideas.

So, who should be the Girl Scouts' Woman of the Year?

Malala Yousafzai. She's got more courage in her pinky toe than Wendy Davis or Gloria Steinem could ever pretend to have.

Malala's message of hope, her steadfast determination and dedication to education, and her unwavering commitment to simple human dignity, that's what our daughters need to emulate. She knows firsthand the depredations forced upon truly oppressed women. And she rose above them to become a symbol of Freedom, a lightning rod for Liberty.

Education empowers women. Abortion destroys a woman's soul. GSUSA needs to quickly re-evaluate their priorities. Because an organization that embraces infanticide cannot in all honesty claim to prepare young women as shepherds of our future.

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In 2013 NJ enacted the stricted gun laws in the nation, and the murder rate soared

Last year our knee-jerk liberal fascists reacted predictably to the Newtown, CT school shooting by enacting some of the strictest gun control legislation in the nation.

Also last year the murder rate in our fine state soared to a seven-year high.

Coincidence? I mean really, how can criminals so easily acquire guns when New Jersey makes it so hard to buy and own them?

Oh, right, criminals don't follow the law.

So naturally the solution is more gun control legislation!

What he really means, of course, is confiscate guns from the law-abiding citizenry. Because once again, this time with feeling, criminals don't follow the law.

It's like when you geniuses banned drugs. Everything from opium to marijuana to oxycontin is illegal. How's that workin' out for ya?

So what makes you believe banning guns is gonna be any different?

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