Archive for January, 2008

A Sad Day for The Founding Fathers

Monday, January 14th, 2008

New Jersey, in its infinite stupidity, passed legislation yesterday endorsing the National Popular Vote movement. In short, this legislation has the potential to undermine the Electoral College and give the state’s Presidential electors to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. Think of it as the no-thought-needed “fix” to the Electoral College.
Of […]

Katrina Claims Total $3,014,170,389,176,410

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Yes, you read that right. The “victims” of Hurricane Katrina are suing the US Government for $3,014,170,389,176,410. In the written word, we’d call that three quadrillion, fourteen trillion, one hundred and seventy billion, three hundred and eighty nine million, one hundred and seventy six thousand, four hundred and ten dollars. This is […]

“But Those Damn College Kids…”

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Once again, there are problems in Ocean Township. While the brainwashed masses (which seem to be dwindling) continue to rant and rave about the local off-campus college constituency and how they are ruining their “family neighborhoods,” it looks like those families aren’t so wholesome themselves…
From today’s Asbury Park Press (this has been edited to […]

Bald Guy Greeting Cards

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

While trolling around on the internet, I came across Bald Guy Greetings. Their website states, “The idea behind Bald Guy Greetings is to offer the greeting card buyer a funny card that they actually find funny.”
I have to tell you - I read through their greeting cards and wound up forwarding a bunch of […]

The Danger of Harping on “Change”

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Unless you live under a rock or you don’t follow politics to any great degree, then you know that the new buzzword in the Presidential campaigns is “change.” The Iowa caucuses and the national polling data all indicate that the people want change from their government. I agree - I want change from […]

Mike Huckabee vs. Ocean Township, NJ

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

After listening to Governor Mike Huckabee make a great comment during the ABC News Presidential debates tonight, I had to quote him here. When asked about illegal immigration and what he would do, Governor Huckabee said a bunch of things, but one quote caught my mind:
“When people live in the United States, they ought […]

Are Republicans Lacking Excitement in 2008?

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Right now? Yes! One of my favorite blogs to visit, Riehl World View, put a post up this morning that said the following:
Funny, everyone will say Romney is done for coming in second, but Hillary is fine with third? I’ll make this short, because Iowa only proved one thing - the Republicans are […]

Obama & Huckabee Win; Dodd & Biden Go Home

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Last night’s Iowa caucuses weren’t overly surprising (except Clinton taking third for the Democrats). Huckabee felt his “huck-a-boom” continue (I hate that phrase) and it appears that Obama was able to mobilize enough young voters and get enough second choice caucus-goers to move in his direction to take a big lead over Edwards and […]

Do You Apologize?

Friday, January 4th, 2008

One of the bigger (and more useless) debates going on in New Jersey right now is whether or not the state should officially recognize the evils of early American slavery and then apologize for slavery. This seems like a nice gesture and I guess there is no material harm done by issuing an official, […]

My Second Day at Work Out World

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

After working out at my new gym yesterday morning, I refrained from writing anything about it on the blog. I did this, mainly, because I wanted to have a second day under my belt before I began to write about my experiences. Some of you may remember the completely ridiculous experiences I had […]

Another One Bites the Dust

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The Daily Record ran a story this morning about the Headquarters Plaza Fitness Club abruptly shutting down in Morristown. This echoes the same out-of-the-blue closing of the Ocean Fitness Company - both gyms were owned by The Fitness Company, a group out of Holmdel.
There is something up with The Fitness Company organization. They […]

New Year’s Resolutions for 2008

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Happy New Year! First things first… It’s 2008 - can you believe it? It’s funny, I distinctly remember being a little kid and watching the ball drop to ring in 1986. But that was over 20 years ago in my family’s Manhattan apartment! Now on to the annual self-consuming resolutions!
Faith
For a […]