Our new Secretary of State, John Kerry, gave a very bizarre speech in Charlottesville, VA yesterday.  It was even more telling, since just a month ago he was a sitting United Sates Senator.  He rambled about how our foreign policy problems are the result of...  are you ready for this...  The United States Congress and the looming foreign policy cuts that are coming if the sequestration cuts take effect.  Clueless and OUTRAGEOUS!

Key news articles, opinion pieces, and reports to improve our understanding of the political landscape

Today's cartoon courtesy of Steve Kelley

In legislative action slated for tomorow, Thursday, February 21st, the Assembly plans to vote on more than a dozen bills proposed in response to the tragic murder of undefended school children in Newtown, CT, last December. These bills have been put together quickly, were heard in a charade of an Assembly Committee hearing last week, and are being rushed to the floor of the chamber tomorrow afternoon.

Just in case you think that the New Jersey Senate is any less inclined to decimate the Bill of Rights enshrined in the United States Constitution Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg removed any doubt last week during testimony at the Assembly Law and Public Safety hearing.  More emotionalism and nothing to address crime or criminals.  She began by "thanking the Assembly for working with the Senate Leadership" on these bills and assured the Chairman of the charade committee that "the Assembly and the Senate will work together on this package of bills."  Let's show up in Trenton tomorrow. OUTRAGEOUS!

The corporate lobby organization that represents the print division of the media/entertainment industry in New Jersey put out a statement today in opposition to legislation that would bar the state from releasing the names of legal firearm owners in New Jersey.

Key news articles, opinion pieces, and reports to improve our understanding of the political landscape

Today's cartoon courtesy of Lisa Benson

Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick took another step last week to further his ambition to secure the Republican nomination for United States Senator in 2014. In the wake of the announcement by Senator Frank Lautenberg that he will not seek re-election

In legislative action on Thursday, February 21st, the Assembly plans to vote on more than a dozen bills proposed in response to the tragic murder of undefended school children in Newtown, CT, last December. While none of these bills would make those or any school

It is difficult to think of something more asinine uttered by a politician in the recent past.  During floor debate in the Colorado House of Representatives last Friday on Colorado's concealed carry law, Representative Joe Salazar made some of the dumbest, most ridiculous comments you will ever hear about a woman facing an attacker and about to be raped.  OUTRAGEOUS!

An alert went out last Wednesday calling together the brass of the Democratic Party about what to do to turn the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, to their political advantage. It was held in tandem with a push for legislation that will crack down on law-abiding citizens and strip them of their civil rights - in the name of preventing another Newtown tragedy. Politickernj reported on the Democrats:

Key news articles, opinion pieces, and reports to improve our understanding of the political landscape

"It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth." - Milan Kundera

Today's cartoon courtesy of Robert Ariail