super_furry wrote:


They demand that everyone share in the nation's wealth and prosperity, call for moral leadership in the world, seek to improve education opportunities, want health care for everyone, promise to solve the nation's energy problems and pledge to end the war in Iraq.


? 2008 The Jersey Journal

sandman wrote:
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Eleanor_A wrote:
Ooh! Can't wait to try it. I've missed Tania's.

Do they have kasha varnishkes? I've been craving it for a couple of weeks.

They've got the kasha, not sure about the varnishkes

BrightMoment wrote:


New Jersey legislature expresses regret for slavery

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey became the fifth U.S. state to apologize for its role in slavery when lawmakers voted on Monday for a resolution expressing "profound regret" for the enslavement of up to 12,000 blacks before the Civil War.

The resolution, which does not have to be signed by Gov. Jon Corzine, was approved by the state Assembly by a vote of 59 to 8, with eight abstentions. The Senate voted for it by a margin of 21 to 9.

Expressing its "deepest sympathies and solemn regrets" to slaves and their descendants, the resolution urged citizens to teach their children about slavery "to ensure that these tragedies will neither be forgotten nor repeated."

Assemblyman Bill Payne, a Democrat who sponsored the measure, said it would help to address modern problems such as unequal access to housing and education that he said were the remnants of slavery.

"Many of the social problems we have in this country are directly related to the fact that this country was involved in slavery," he said.

Four Southern states have so far offered official apologies for slavery: Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Maryland. New Jersey is the first Northern state to do so.

(Editing by Eric Beech)


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ianmac47 wrote:
This could be an interesting use for the powerhouse:

http://gizmodo.com/346070/modem-berli ... oned-cold-war-power-plant

TaZMaNiO wrote:
Well, well...everyone ready for the fun & games in 2008?

Eleanor_A wrote:
F**k off with your sofa units and Strinne green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

groovejet wrote:


If you want an apology - you should be asking the Dutch - they started it.

CANKICKER wrote:
INJC, I AGREE, THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PLOY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A "PAY-OUT", I WOULD BE EMBARRASED TO BE PART OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT, KNOWING THAT MY FAMILY EMIGRATED FRON ANOTHER NATION TO THE US AND WORKED HARD AND BLUE COLLAR JOBS TO OBTAIN A PIECE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH AND THE GOOD OLE "WELFARE" CHECK WAS AN OPTION, MY PARENTS WORKED EVEN HARDER SO AS NEVER TO BE LIKE OTHERS WHO MAKE IT THE "NORM"TO ACCEPT THE STATE FUNDED HAND OUTS .

IF ANYONE DESERVES AN APOLOGY, IT IS INDEED THE NATIVE AMERICANS, GOD BLESS THESE PEOPLE FOR ALL THEY HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH !

CK

VanVorster wrote:
Injcsince81 and CK erroneously believe that all blacks are waiting for checks to arrive in their mailboxes...

CANKICKER wrote:
VANVORSTER, I MEAN A-HOLE, IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM , NOR ANYONE ELSE'S AS TO WHAT RACE YOUR WERE BORN INTO, AND IF ANYONE IS ANGRY, IT IS YOU AND NOT I.

FURTHERMORE AND FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, I WAS SCHOOLED IN THE SAME SYSTEM, I.E. JC THAT HAS AND CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH HERDS OF CHILDREN W/O ACTUALLY TEACHING ANYTHING LIKE THE BASICS, I.E. SPELLING , ETC, ETC.WHY, ALL BECAUSE OF THIS PRACTICE OF APEASMENT TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT FEEL THEY NEED AN APOLOGY FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE 300 YEARS AGO.

WE'RE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THIS BS.

GO GET A JOB AND WORK HARD LIKE ALL THE REST OF US DO, AND STOP ASKING FOR HANDOUTS LIKE IT'S OWED TO YOU !

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YRSELF.

CK

NNJR wrote:

For instance, if Fulop were to become mayor, would he yield similar power in the or would he still have to struggle against the rest of the county?

GrovePath wrote:
Northern European Fogs? How does that work?

"Hey come over and we'll sit in the fog!"

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One unusual amenity is coming to Donald Trump's two-tower complex in Jersey City, called Trump Plaza Jersey City, which is under construction. A rain simulator will offer Amazonian downpours and North European fogs.

ianmac47 wrote:
These are all good points in opposition, but consider there is nothing that can done to stop the trash from coming; that is, it will come either by truck or train and pass through the state on its way to landfills in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Oklahoma. A train can carry the same amount of material as hundreds of trucks.

In either alignment, the train eventually hits New Jersey anyway. If the Jersey City alignment is more likely to divert inbound freight traffic to the rails because of its proximity to the ports, then opposing it just because it runs through Jersey City makes no sense. Meanwhile, the Staten Island alignment puts the new line 20 miles south of the port and still runs through the state.

BrightMoment wrote:
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Vigilante wrote:
He looks creepy. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

So do you Vigilante, but at least he's doing something to benefit us all. What are you doing besides taking up air?