04-12-12 07:00 AM - Post#1427144    

Hmmmmm just found a interesting note


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/christie_popularit y_at_all_time_RIUq26lh...


Sounds like the residents of the state like his policies afterall, shit a politician with a 60% approval rating is not bad at all

04-12-12 09:34 AM - Post#1427202    

    In response to GOON 21

he is a colassal douchebag.

04-12-12 09:52 AM - Post#1427210    

    In response to daveh8

^^ NO. He is calling it like a Man, not a liberal obama voter Diaper Dave.

04-12-12 10:08 AM - Post#1427218    

    In response to daveh8

• daveh8 Said:

Why do you say this?


No trolling by me, (im serious/curious) but just curious why you say that --- is it his policies or his personality or something else?

04-12-12 11:08 AM - Post#1427262    

    In response to GOON 21

• GOON 21 Said:

personality, his sense of entitlement, and the generally obnoxious manner in which he speaks to people.

he'll never be president-never.

04-12-12 12:00 PM - Post#1427291    

    In response to daveh8

I'm kinda on the fence with Christie. In many ways, I really like the guy. He's a straight-shooter, he's fiscally conservative and doesn't wilt under the pressure, and is socially liberal enough for me to like him. On the flip side, he can be arrogant, inflexible, and stubborn. In all honesty though, most real leaders have a tendancy to be arrogant, inflexible, and stubborn, lol.

I have to say that I like him more than dislike him.

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, but the pig makes a committment

04-12-12 12:12 PM - Post#1427297    

    In response to daveh8

I'm with you. One of the worst things that could have happened to New Jersey. As a former state employee ( 35 years ), I am appalled by the disrespect that teachers, police officers, and fire fighters have received from this obnoxious individual. Any union person who voted for Christie should have his/her membership and privileges immediately revoked.The last thing our great country needs is Chris Christie. Go BAM!!!!!

04-12-12 12:13 PM - Post#1427298    

    In response to hoyda

LOL

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

04-12-12 12:19 PM - Post#1427301    

    In response to hoyda

• hoyda Said:

I assume you're comfortable with public employees getting $100,000/year pensions?

"He is NOT Yankees material. He wouldn't look good in their uniform and doesn't fit the class or work ethic level. I see him as a lazy non pressure environment pitcher." Huard, on CC

04-12-12 01:08 PM - Post#1427323    

    In response to rangfan

The way he breaks the balls of the teacher's union is one of the better things about him. There was a time where people took less money to work in the public sector, in exchange for better benefits. Those days are over. Drives me crazy how the teachers (who work 70% of the calendar year) are grouped with the police and firefighters.

04-12-12 05:19 PM - Post#1427480    

    In response to rangfan

• rangfan Said:

How many public employees are getting 100,000 a year pensions?......Actually,I think the average NJ Public Employee Pension is 2,200 a month or 26,400 a year....

Don't let the facts distort your Right Wing bullshit....

"I can't prove any of it"-NYRfan

04-12-12 05:27 PM - Post#1427483    

    In response to Baldridge

More than zero's too many, especially when it's derived from all the BS / unethical methods to jack them up to where they don't belong.

Gotta love it. You hate a guy for balancing the budget and making the future better, because your favorite people didn't get their way, and you don't like the way the guy talks.

Liberal America today.

04-12-12 05:42 PM - Post#1427495    

    In response to NYRfan

He's one of the few politicians with the sac to tell it like it is without worrying about the flak.

Large Screen Laptop...$600 Internet Service...$50 Reading Johnz's inane homer posts...Priceless

04-12-12 05:55 PM - Post#1427506    

    In response to NYRfan

• NYRfan Said:

I do agree with one thing you said.I disagree with the last three years average to calculate the lifetime pension.This has been abused by many,who work a ton of OT at the end to bump up their pension.I also agree with the cap of sick time payouts........

"I can't prove any of it"-NYRfan

Edited by Baldridge on 04-12-12 05:56 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

04-12-12 09:11 PM - Post#1427591    

    In response to Baldridge

• Baldridge Said:

Whoa.... slow your roll there bub, and check the username. My "right wing bullshit"??? I've been a registered Democrat since I turned voting age.

How many public employees are getting $100,000 pensions? Well, this should answer your question (for New Jersey anyway):

OOPS

More than 1,200 former N.J. public employees collect pensions of at least $100,000 annually

TRENTON — The number of retired public employees who collected pensions of $100,000 or more in 2011 has climbed to 1,244, according to a report on New Jersey Watchdog.

The list is topped by former Essex County College president A. Zachary Yamba, whose pension is $195,000 a year.

Former Rutgers athletic director and New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority head Bob Mulcahy has a pension worth $162,399 annually. He also got a severance package worth about $600,000 when he was fired by Rutgers in 2008.

Retired Ridgefield Park superintendent John Richardson, who gets a pension of $160,418, is third on the list.

The number of retirees who receive at least $100,000 — some of whom have since accepted other public jobs — has grown 28 percent since 2010, the report said.

Among those who have gone that route are New Brunswick police director Anthony Caputo, who "retired" at age 47 to collect a $115,019 per year pension. Caputo was rehired to the same position 15 months later and is paid $120,000 a year on top of his six-figure pension. Caputo also pocketed more than $376,000 in unused sick and vacation time when he "retired."

The $100,000 club includes 383 retirees from the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund, 253 from the Judicial Retirement System and 99 from the Public Employee Retirement System, New Jersey Watchdog reported.






The only appropriate response from you at this point would be "I'm sorry. You're right. I'm wrong."

Who's letting what facts distort what now??

"He is NOT Yankees material. He wouldn't look good in their uniform and doesn't fit the class or work ethic level. I see him as a lazy non pressure environment pitcher." Huard, on CC

04-12-12 09:11 PM - Post#1427592    

    In response to Baldridge

• Baldridge Said:

LOL! Rang is a crazy fascist.........

04-12-12 09:36 PM - Post#1427607    

    In response to Mike

Lol. Christie's got NJ liberals attacking their own. He must be doing a great job.

04-12-12 10:55 PM - Post#1427621    

    In response to Irons

I'm way out here on the West Coast where free-love and bankruptcies rule the roost, so I don't see the daily news on Christie. But I appreciate his no nonsense desire to rein in the way the public sector (fire, police, teachers, etc.) operates.

I have clients that are in public safety and nearly all of them pad their last couple of years of service with extra hours that don't actually exist. Buddies cover buddies and help each other out with creating false time.

If it's Christie's mantra that the system needs fixing and he is going to make everyone honest and accountable, then I'm fine with that.

Out here the state pension system is a disaster, and trying to fire or layoff employees that screw up / don't do their job is nearly impossible. For a system that is supposed to be a public system, the state/county/local entities do whatever they can to keep the doors closed and scrutiny away. That's not right, and if it is Christie's contention that it is abusive in NJ, I hope for all NJ residents that he corrects those wrongs.

"This ends tonight!" "It's daytime you douche."

04-13-12 06:29 AM - Post#1427688    

    In response to Mike

• Mike Said:

So Rangfan has crossed over to the dark side, lol.

I'd bet a paycheck that this is the first time that Rangfan has ever been mistaken for a right wing loon.

This is what makes FC so great. You can't get comedy gold like this anywhere else, lol.

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, but the pig makes a committment

04-13-12 07:54 AM - Post#1427709    

    In response to Hike

• Hike Said:

I would say thats a fair assessment, good post


Sounds like NJ is getting back on track and thats a good thing, its funny that we have some people on the same political ideology crossing paths on this topic and how some see abuse and some see no problem with unions and waste/abuse