Good news -- the New York Times editorial about Christie's 2.7-cents-on-the-dollar ExxonMobil settlement delivers considerably more substance than its title promises:
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News of the settlement wasn't supposed to break until April 6. But when Christie realized that he wasn't going to get applauded like, well, Bruce Springsteen over this, he outsourced the blame: Quote:
ExxonMobil must be proud that they're being given the responsibility of the cleanup rather than the state hiring someone else. But they must be feeling pretty damned guilty, too. Now, here's how it's supposed to work in America: The plaintiff tells the court what they think they should be paid by the defendant, and why. The defendant tries to talk the plaintiff into taking less out of fear that the court will make them pay more. If the court decides the plaintiff is asking for too much money, the court will award the plaintiff get less money. If the plaintiff allows the defendant to decide that the plaintiff is asking for too much money, the plaintiff will most likely get even less money than the court would award: The actual legal term for that is "getting screwed." The thing is, Christie himself started out as a lawyer -- doesn't he understand any of that? |
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http://www.rocktivity.com/video/christieExxon.webm Which makes his settling for 2.7 cents on the dollar makes Christie look either more corrupt, more incompetent, or more insane than ever -- take your pick! |
Hey, babe, let's take a walk on Wild(stein) side:
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• As a 16-year-old kid, he sued over a local school board election. Quote:
And you thought Jon and Richie had New Jersey's most dysfunctional relationship. |
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April 15 is federal tax day in America -- and this year, Chris Christie celebrated it in a way that can only be described as Chris Christie-ish:
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And what's HIS excuse for being an obese, lazy gluttonous pig? |
In case you'd have missed it... ;)
That's a funny one! And so was KA's reaction. https://gma.yahoo.com/christie-ally-...opstories.html re:gluttony :lol: Jon Bon Jovi and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at Lure Fishbar… http://pagesix.com/2015/04/27/sightings-1999/ |
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And speaking of kids, guess who's suddenly noticed that she's left hers home alone too much? Quote:
On the other hand, if Christie gets indicted, too, you'd think they'd need all the income they can get their hands on. But on the OTHER other hand, neither of Mary Pat's hands are that clean -- the firm she's leaving continued to collect fees for a state pension fund that was no longer theirs. Are the Feds starting to breathe down HER neck, too? Did she jump from her job because she knew she'd get pushed? Or WAS she pushed? Quote:
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Here are some of Christie's (old) comments about the Bridge scandal. [From the NYTimes]
December 2013: “At the end of this, you know you and your paper will owe an apology to Senator Baroni and Mr. Wildstein,” Mr. Christie told the Wall Street Journal. (David Wildstein pleaded guilty today; Bill Baroni was indicted.) December 2013: “A mistake got made,” Mr. Christie said, explaining that reports about retribution to punish the mayor of Fort Lee had been “sensationalized.” (Mr. Wildstein said in court today that punishing the mayor was the exact goal of the lane closings.) |
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