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Sixty Percent of New Jerseyans Disapprove of Bush

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Who cares? Honestly, if sixty percent of New Jerseyans disapprove of President Bush’s actions as President, my response is who cares.

I’m not trying to be a shill for President Bush, but let’s look at what we are really saying here. We’re saying that people polled in New Jersey don’t like Bush. New Jersey is the most corrupt state in the union with both Republicans and Democrats to blame for the mess that we’re in. This is a state that jumped up and down in joy when Governor Corzine was elected into office and the Democrats maintained their majority position in our legislature in November 2005.

The people who are being polled for this “60% in don’t like Bush” stuff are the same ones who voted for the Democratic administration that we have in place in New Jersey right now. This administration promised to cut spending, it hasn’t. They’ve promised to lower property taxes, they haven’t. They promised to make New Jersey more affordable, they haven’t.

I’m not saying that the Republicans are the answer in New Jersey. I AM saying that when 60% of New Jersey people don’t like something…chances are they’re voting in the wrong direction as they’ve done time and time again.

Colonial Re-enactments in Trenton, NJ

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As I sit here at work, there is a British re-enactment group outside playing their flutes and banging on their drums. This could quite possibly be an American re-enactment of a Revolutionary War-era marching band, but there is no flag with the group and they’re wearing red coats – so they must be British!

This is really great. In a city as historic as Trenton, there SHOULD be re-enactments like this all of the time. Anyone who has read David McCullough’s 1776 knows that Trenton played a big part in the Revolutionary War.

Ah, the Revolutionary War – the battle of “No Taxation without Representation!” And to think that now Trenton is the seat of the most overtaxed state in the union…

Ironic.

And They Say College Kids Are Animals?

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Not that there has been a significant drop off in the amount of anti-college stories circulating around the Monmouth University area, but sometimes it astounds me how righteous these locals think that they are…

They have the audacity to call college students who rent off-campus animals. Animals!

Maybe they should look in their own backyard a little bit closer:

Ocean Township man bites off piece of person’s ear during fight

I’ve lived in the Ocean Township/Deal/Long Branch area for over seven years. The first few of those years living here were my undergraduate years. I went to a LOT of parties as an undergraduate and I hosted even more as President of my Fraternity.

NEVER did we have someone bite off a piece of someone’s ear at our parties. Never!

And they called us animals…

Tax Like a Democrat, Eliminate Like a Republican

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Governor Money Bags (Corzine, for those of you who don’t read this blog), seems to be playing an interesting game with the state’s public education system. On the one hand, he raised all of our taxes to an almost maddening level a few months ago, but now he wants to cut wasteful government spending on superfluous school districts.

Is this guy a Democrat or a Republican?!?

Personally, I like what Money Bags is up to with this school district consolidation plan. How many other states in the union actually have school districts that exist, WITH school boards, that have no schools under their jurisdiction? Oh yeah, New Jersey has those!

So as bureaucrats who are concerned about their jobs being cut get ready to head to Trenton and rally against Money Bags’ proposed legislation, I say good job, Mr. Governor! Now cut back our taxes!

Sigma Pi Men Win on Election Night

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Congratulations go out to the Sigma Pi Fraternity brothers who won on Election Night last night!

First to Brother Mike Beebe for winning the Governor’s race in Arkansas. I had the chance to meet Mike in New Orleans this past August and he seemed like a genuinely good guy to me. The people of Arkansas have elected a good man to be their Governor.

Second, congratulations to our former national President, Don Cox, who won a town council election in Ewing Township, New Jersey. Don is a passionate volunteer and will bring the same dedication and commitment to service to Ewing Township that he’s brought to our fraternity.

Congratulations also go out to Mrs. Barbara Gorman who won a seat on the Absecon Town Council. Mrs. Gorman is the mother of one of New Jersey’s most dedicated alumni volunteers. If she can do for Absecon what she taught her son to do for the fraternity, then I might be moving down to that part of the state really soon!

Good job to all!