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Comment by Marianne Hart on October 25, 2011 at 9:45pm

FOR EVERYONE IN THE NORTHEAST SECTOR... Jersey Gal and I are putting together a contact list with phone numbers and emails... just in case our world goes crazy and we need to contact one another. I pray it never happens, but it just may be a good idea to find ways to keep in touch. Suzie is working on cb and ham radio contacts also. So if you want to be on the email, phone contact list please message both Jersey Gal and myself. Thanks.

Comment by Ruthann Smith on August 12, 2010 at 7:25am

This was on ResistNet.com (NJ Region) I thought it might interest you.
Following is a brochure announcing a new Freedom Concert at Great Adventure on October 2. I hope that everyone will be able to attend.

“Restoring America One State at a Time”

The Great Arena at Six Flags Great Adventure
OCTOBER 2nd, 2010, 3PM

Come enjoy Great Adventure’s 200-acre park at a special rate for a special cause!

The afternoon will include appearances by
Judge Andrew Napolitano, Lloyd Marcus
and Charles Payne (invited)
Music to be provided by Jon David, High Caliber
More speakers and performers to be announced!!
Details for an After-the-Rally Dinner and special showing of the movie Bunker Hill for Right 2 Recall NJ (additional cost) will follow.

For tickets contact the Great Adventure Box Office
For Group Tea Party Sales contact Jimmy (skinny40@comcast.net)

Make Checks Payable to 912 Burlington County
Mail to: Gretel Siciliano, 3 Faith Drive, Ocean, NJ 07712

www.njteapartiesunited.org

Comment by Laserdog on April 25, 2010 at 9:22pm

Lawmakers propose stimulus funding for teacher jobs (this is from Lautenberg & Menendez) fire the bums out of office now.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100425/COMMUNITIES/100423080/L...

Comment by Mary Pieri on April 10, 2010 at 2:14pm

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Comment by Ruthann Smith on April 8, 2010 at 10:01am

New Jersey recall battle sets up constitutional crisis - - Part 1
April 6, 4:29 PMEssex County Elections 2010 ExaminerTerry Hurlbut
It began as an effort by the Tea Party movement to remove a United States Senator who, in their opinion, is not following the US Constitution. It has now set in motion a proceeding that puts two Constitutions on trial against each other.

The word crisis is actually the ancient Greek word for a trial in a court of law. The current case of Committee to Recall Robert Menendez from the Office of United States Senator v. Nina M. Wells and Robert F. Giles is therefore a constitutional crisis within the most literal possible meaning of that word. As The Star-Ledger (Newark), alone among major media, correctly observes, the New Jersey Supreme Court will now be asked whether part of New Jersey's constitution is unconstitutional.

This case has already seen the executive branch of the State government argue that very thing--that part of the State's own constitution is unconstitutional. As Richard T. Luzzi, legal spokesman for the committee seeking to oust Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), has repeatedly observed, this is an extraordinary position for any State legal officers to put themselves in.

And that continues to be Menendez' position, and that of his spokesmen and legal team. Angelo Genova, who will presumably argue the matter before the New Jersey Supreme Court (because he is a regular member of the New Jersey Bar), says in his pleadings that the issue is whether Article I, Paragraph 2b, the text providing for recall elections, is in compliance with the United States constitution. That text specifically authorizes the voters to recall any elected official in the State of New Jersey, and any represetative of the State in Congress, after they have served for a year, for any reason or no reason, so long as the effort meets certain signature-gathering and other requirements.

To its credit, The Star-Ledger observes that the US constitution neither expressly provides for the recall of Members of Congress, nor specifically forbids such action. The Menendez position appears to be that what the Constitution does not allow a State to do, it forbids a State to do, in any matter pertaining to the election or appointment of any member of the legislative, executive, or judicial departments of the federal government. Thus, in their view, recall is not allowed because recall is not provided for. According to Menendez' press spokesman, as quoted in Politico.com:

The lower court declined to decide the fundamental matter at hand, and this is why we are appealing and hope that the New Jersey Supreme Court addresses this important issue.

The Appellate Division in fact said specifically that they considered that constitutional question out of their jurisdiction, because they were a State court, not a federal court.

The recall committee, and its new lead counsel, Andrew L. Schlafly, hold that what the Constitution does not forbid a State to do, it allows a State to do, in any context. Schlafly also holds that a legislator is an agent of the constituency that chooses him, and no agent ever serves with an irrevocable commission. While an agency contract might specify that a client may not fire his agent until a specified time has elapsed or some other condition manifests itself, no such precedent exists in the case of legislators. Indeed Judge Edwin Stern and his colleagues in the New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division specifically observed, in their per curiam opinion, that there is no specific case on point on this subject.

Comment by Ruthann Smith on April 8, 2010 at 10:00am

New Jersey recall battle sets up constitutional crisis -----Part2

The strongest point advanced by Schlafly and other lawyers is that recall, as a part of American politics, predates the American War for Independence and had been used, at least once, even long before the French-Indian War. True enough, recall was written into the Articles of Confederation but not into the Constitution. But that does not in and of itself mean that recall was forbidden. When the Constitution's framers did not want the States to do a thing, they specifically listed their prohibitions in Article I, Section 10 ("No State shall..."). Subsequently, the passage of Amendment X made clear that the States retained any powers that the Constitution did not delegate to the federal government or forbid to them.

According to the Associated Press, the New Jersey Supreme Court's clerk would not say exactly when the Court would ask for briefs, or what deadlines it would set, or when it would hear oral argument.

Small note: I would like to recognize Richard T. Luzzi Esquire for his hard work and devotion to this project and to all the Citizens that work so hard to maintain our Freedoms and Liberty.

"Whenever our affairs go obviously wrong, the good sense of the people will interpose and set them to rights." --Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, 1789. ME 7:322

Comment by Ruthann Smith on April 8, 2010 at 7:52am

New Jersey : Call, write, e-mail Gov Christie and tell him to join the other states filing suite against ObamaCare. He's listening to the Wrong People. Tell him political hacks didn't elect him WE THE PEOPLE did. He's trying to save us from Bankruptcy but this bill will most assuredly Bankrupt NJ.
If you don't know what to say go to this site the third letter requests that the state join in the law suite. (it's a generic letter but I used it for NJ.-Reference:The Health Care Freedom Amendment SCR81 / ACR109 ) http://www.stamppeeve.com/Emergency-Letters.html

Comment by Laserdog on April 7, 2010 at 4:36am

FROM: AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY

Governor Christie Embraces Cap & Trade Still Undecided On Obamacare

The last thing New Jersey needs right now is another job-killing program that will chase businesses out of the State. But that is exactly what Governor Christie is proposing in his budget.

Believe it or not, the Governor's budget will mean the implementation of an Obama-style Cap & Trade program that will mean higher energy bills for New Jerseyans and result in more lost jobs when the State is already experiencing double-digit unemployment.

The legislation (Bill A4559) actually passed the Legislature back in 2007 but never got off the ground under the Corzine Administration. According to the summary statement:

This bill would establish in the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program for the purpose of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the State in accordance with the provisions of the "Global Warming Response Act," P.L.2007, c.112. In implementing the program, the DEP would allocate 100 percent of the annual carbon dioxide emissions allowances for public benefit to produce funds for carbon reduction, energy conservation, as well as other projects that benefit electric users.

But what Governor Corzine didn't do, Governor Christie is about to. His budget anticipates $65 MILLION in revenue from this program that will be deposited into a "Global Warming Solutions Fund!"(See page 129)

The fund's revenues will be used as follows:

(1) 60% by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) to provide grants and other forms of financial assistance to commercial, institutional, and industrial entities to support end-use energy efficiency projects;

(2) 20% by the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to support programs that are designed to reduce electricity demand in the low-income and moderate-income residential sector with a focus on urban areas, including efforts to address "heat island effect" and reduce impacts on ratepayers arising from the enactment of this committee substitute into law;

(3) 10% by the DEP to support programs designed to promote local government efforts to plan, develop and implement measures to reduce greenhouse gases; and

(4) 10% by the DEP to support programs that enhance the stewardship and restoration of the State's forests and tidal marshes that provide important opportunities to sequester or reduce greenhouse gases.

We already know that Cap & Trade would mean 2.2 lost jobs for every 1 created. It would be a massive energy tax that, in Barack Obama's own words, would mean "electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."

The Heritage Foundation estimates that by 2030, Cap & Trade would cost the U.S. $4.8 TRILLION in GDP and result in 3 MILLION jobs lost in the manufacturing sector.

Yet somehow Governor Christie hasn't heard this message.

The climate change the Governor should be interested in is fixing the business climate in our State. Instead, he's going to make it more difficult for businesses to thrive here due to this misguided initiative. And it will be the people of New Jersey who will suffer for it.

Will you sit back and let Governor Christie be swayed by Obamacare supporters?

AFP has warned that the battle for your health care freedom would be coming to the states. That battle is well underway here in New Jersey where Governor Christie has yet to decide if he will direct his Attorney General Paula Dow to join the lawsuits filed by over a dozen other states against Obamacare's unconstitutional provisions. Instead, he is still waiting for the advice of the Obamacare supporters in his cabinet.

And now a coalition supporting the government takeover of your health care, New Jersey Citizen Action and the NJ for Health Care, is pressuring him to stand down and urging him not to join these lawsuits.

You and I cannot sit back and let these far left groups influence the Governor.

Sign our petition to Governor Christie now!

Tell the Governor to joi

Comment by White_Rose on April 1, 2010 at 6:44pm

By White Rose From Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

After a short year and a half retirement from public service, former U.S. Representative John E. Peterson (PA-05), today announced that he will enter the 2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest as an independent candidate, running on a pro-business, anti I-80 tolling platform. Peterson will formally kick-off his campaign on Friday, April 2 with a ten-day bus tour of the Commonwealth.

http://grassrootspa.com/blogcore/pdf/petersonforparelease.pdf

Comment by Jerseygal on March 13, 2010 at 2:18pm

RALLY PLANNED FOR DC this week. I know there is a bus from the Binghamton and/or Syracuse area on March 15, for $55...leave me a comment on my page here if you want additional info. This was coordinated by Central NY Tea Party group. The plan is to attend the rally described below.

The news out of Washington, D.C. the past few days has been bad.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling colleagues she is hoping for a vote to push through their government-run healthcare plan this week. Barack Obama has canceled overseas trips to stay here in the U.S. and arm-twist Congressmen & Senators to force this bill through ASAP.

There are no tomorrow's in this fight - we must act now.

American Grassroots Coalition and the Tea Party Express are pleased to announce a major effort this week to stop Obama-Pelosi-Reid from pushing through this health care fiasco - and we need you to join us in taking action.

March 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM EST
Capitol Hill, Taft Park, Washington D.C.

Speakers Include: Congressman Mike Pence, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Congressman Tom Price, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, Congressman Joe Wilson, Congressman Phil Gingrey, Amy Kremer of Tea Party Express, Tim Phillips of American for Prosperity, Jim Martin of 60 Plus, Matt Patterson of the National Center for Policy Analysis

The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express welcome the American People to bring their LOUD VOICES, Thoughts and Letters to their elected Representatives.
Also, bring your OLD HEARING AIDS to deliver to Congress because… Members are obviously not hearing us or, turning the volume WAY DOWN!

Let’s be LOUD and CLEAR: We are not going anywhere!

Those that can’t join us in DC…please go to your local district offices and tell them how you feel!

HONK – HONK. AT 12:00 PM NOON Americans for Prosperity is asking everyone across the country to honk their horns in protest.

Finally, The Leadership Institute will be hosting FREE Activist Training from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at their offices: 1101 N. Highland
Arlington, VA 22201. For more information visit: http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/training/school.cfm?schoolID=16322

WE THE PEOPLE ARE STRONG!