Is he kidding? Gov. Chris Christie wants more tax cuts for the rich

The Chris Christie Magic
I was just reminiscing about the halcyon era of a popular New Jersey Governor whose brash style and Reaganite agenda took the Garden State by storm, proving that true conservative principles can win the day even in deep Blue States. Come on the nostalgia tour with me, won't you? Here's Jennifer Rubin at Commentary: The good news for Christie fans is that there are a few scraps suggesting that he hasn’t entirely closed the door on a 2012 run. (”Christie’s actions aren’t t...

Chris Christie: The Scourge of Trenton
The administration is confident they have the best man to shape that discussion, and the ubiquity in the right-of-center blogosphere of YouTube videos showing Christie speaking eloquently, and extemporaneously, about his vision suggests they have it right. “I don’t think you can underestimate the political capital the Governor has accumulated in his first six months in office,” says Webber. “The first six months were crucial for him to establish himself as somebody who&rs...;

Leadership: Governor Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
by the Left Coast Rebel We didn't cover the story here but certainly were aware of it, the case of New Jersey resident Brian Aitken (pictured right) convicted to seven years in Prison for the possession of two Handguns that he legally purchased in Colorado. Allahpundit provides some background: ...he’s a cause celebre among Libertarians and Second Amendment fans — for good reason. In a nutshell: He bought three guns, entirely legally, when he was living in Colorado and brought them...

Today's Chris Christie Lesson in Government
Abuse of the justice system must be corrected: New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence of Brian Aitken’s Monday, reducing his sentence from seven years in Prison to time already served. According to Christie’s order, he will be released as soon as it’s “administratively possible.” As The Daily Caller previously reported, Aitken, 27, was arrested in New Jersey in 2009 after police found unloaded guns in the trunk of his car that had been purc...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Commutes Sentence of Man Sent to Jail for Owning Guns Legally
Brian Aitken, 27, seen here in an undated photograph, was sentenced to seven years in Prison for guns his attorney and father claim were owned legally. Some experts told FoxNews.com the entrepreneur was a Victim of the country's "patchwork" of Gun Laws. A man given seven years in Prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre ...

2011: The International Year for People of African Descent
The United Nations has declared 2011 "The International Year for People of African Descent."  Professor Vernellia Randall (Dayton) plans to a conduct a Series of Webinars on "Health Status, Social Determinants of Health and African Americans." She is looking for panelists to join the interdisciplinary webinars that will be scheduled throughout the year. Social determinants of health are the key factors in the health status gap between blacks and whites. Social d...

Matthew Continetti: 'The Christie Cometh' on Ricochet.com
This is Chris Christie's moment. The New Jersey Governor is touring the country in support of Republican Candidates. He's taken on the Public Sector Unions. He's made some hard calls. He speaks in a blunt, confrontational style. Yet he remains popular. Most striking, he's a Republican from the Northeast who has national appeal. Last week Christie won a Tea Party presidential Straw Poll--in Virginia. In September, he came in second in another Straw Poll--held in Chicago. Christie denies any inter...

Chris Christie's Pepsi problem, cont'd
I thought this was going to take longer to happen, but it looks like Gov. Chris Christie's extremely aggressive style is wearing a bit on his state: The polls, from Quinnipiac and Rutgers-Eagleton, show Christie's Approval Rating in New Jersey slipping a bit, with significant majorities skeptical that he'd make a good president or vice-president. The polling shows that Christie is one of the most polarizing Governors in recent New Jersey history, with more voters holding both a very favorable vi...

Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New Jersey Political Survey (Chris Christie Edition)
Quinnipiac New Jersey Political Survey (Chris Christie Edition) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Chris Christie is handling his job as Governor? Approve 46% {51%} [51%] (44%) Disapprove 44% {38%} [36%] (43%) Among Republicans Approve 74% {79%} [75%] (75%) Disapprove 21% {12%} [13%] (14%) Among Independents Approve 48% {56%} [61%] (50%) Disapprove 41% {32%} [29%] (40%) Among Democrats Approve 22% {22%} [24%] (18%) Disapprove 65% {68%} [63%] (67%) Among Men Approve

Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
This is great news: Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of Prison. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence, from seven years to time served, according to an order the Governor signed today. Aitken had appealed to Christie for commutation after being sentenced in August. According to the commutation order, Aitken will be released as "soon administratively possible." I'm waiting to he...

Chris Christie commutes sentence of man jailed for owning guns [Darleen Click]
You may recall the case of Brian Aitken, a man sentenced to seven years in Prison for transporting his legally owned guns in his car’s trunk while moving from Colorado to New Jersey. The NJ prosecutor and (now former) judge refused to allow the jury to hear those facts. Gov Christie has commuted Aitken’s sentence. TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie has commuted the sentence of a man who was sentenced to seven years in Prison after being found with guns he’d purchased l...

New Jersey's Chris Christie for president? Home-state voters say no.
Poll shows 65 percent of New Jersey voters would not back Gov. Chris Christie for president. Still, his job-approval rating is 'not bad' for a GOP Governor of a blue state....

Chris Christie on State Economies Tough Reality
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NJ Gov. Chris Christie commutes Aitken's sentence
Amanda Carey is a political reporter at the Daily Caller. She previously worked for Robert Novak and Reason Magazine. Carey is a graduate of Clemson University in South Carolina. New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence of Brian Aitken’s Monday, reducing his sentence from seven years in Prison to time already served. According to Christie’s order, he will be released as soon as it’s “administratively possible.” As The Daily Caller previously r...

The Current is now The Sentry Journal
John and Right Hand Man have evolved.  No, not their politics, which remain firmly grounded in constitutional principles, freedom and liberty.  What I mean to say is their great blog has been given an upgrade.  What was once The Current is now The Sentry Journal.  Update your bookmarks, ya’all. It just so happens I was perusing TSJ’s latest piece when I came across this nugget. Dwell on this for a moment.  In 2009 our tax code was 67,204 pages, had 1,638 different

The Rich Who Laid the Golden Eggs
"The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg," a fable by Aesop, provides a moral lesson about greed. A couple owned a goose that laid a golden egg every day. Assuming there must be a big lump of gold inside the goose, the couple killed it. But they found no gold. By trying to get all of the gold at once, the couple deprived themselves of gold they would have otherwise received every day. In modern America, the rich are like the goose, and the couple is like the government. To get all it can ou...

Hey, Liberals: Obama Lied to You on ‘Tax Cuts For the Rich’
Of course, we all know there was never any “Tax Cuts for the rich,” but from the left’s perspective, Obama has lied to them big time. Will they accept this fact or will they ignore it and pretend everything is still fine proving that they, too, are liars? "We are going to roll back the Bush tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans, those making more than $250,000 a year." "Yes, I'm going to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the very wealthiest Americans." This is just a tiny fracti...

Obama, Hispanic caucus meet on DREAM Act
Published: Dec. 21, 2010 at 2:11 PM President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Middle Class Tax Cut bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 17, 2010 in Washington DC. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and enact a new one-year cut in Social Security taxes that would benefit nearly every worker who earns a wage. UPI/Olivier Douliery/POOL WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bar...

Obama to sign 'don't ask' Tuesday
Published: Dec. 21, 2010 at 12:50 PM President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Middle Class Tax Cut bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 17, 2010 in Washington DC. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and enact a new one-year cut in Social Security taxes that would benefit nearly every worker who earns a wage. UPI/Olivier Douliery/POOL WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The White House s...

Americans Approve Of Progressive Taxation
New polling data is out finding that the President’s Tax Cut Compromise, not exactly something that Progressives like me are thrilled with, is popular.  Kudos to the President for a win then, even if it did miff me and a bunch of other progressives.  But what’s interesting is what you find when you look below the surface: According to the poll, 56 percent of the public say that the bill does too much for wealthy Americans and six in ten don’t like extending the tax cu...

N.J. Man Spared 7 Years in Prison for Guns Legally Owned
Source: ABC News A New Jersey man serving seven years in Prison for possessing two legally-owned guns, disassembled and in the trunk of his car while moving residences, has had his sentence commuted. Brian Aitken, 25, a successful media consultant, had been in the process of selling his home in Colorado and moving to a suburban New Jersey apartment to be closer to his son, 2, when he was arrested in a bizarre sequence of events. His lawyers had called the subsequent trial and conviction the "p...

Thatcher, Reagan, and Those Revolting British Students
The images of violent Protests in London coming in from across the pond are disturbing to most Americans. But if some are tempted to find comfort in the idea that what is going on over there could never happen here, they should think again. At issue in the United Kingdom is the announced policy change, more than a year under discussion and review, to subsidize less of the College Tuition of Students. In the recent past, the top amount (calculated here in dollars) a student would pay for a year'...

Academia Is Revolting!
In the Budget squeeze that every government of affluent democracies is facing, increases in Tuition are causing some of the most vocal and nasty reactions. British Students are storming offices, creating chaos, and threatening mayhem. Once, Coal Miners brought down British Governments. Now, parasitical College Students threaten to break the British government. California Students are doing much the same, although the bias in favor of in-state Illegal Alien Students and against out-of-state Ameri...

McDonnell punishes VCU for tuition increase
Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday that he has withheld state money equal to half of Virginia Commonwealth University's 24 percent Tuition increase as a message to colleges and universities about rising Tuition rates. Noting that tuitions for Virginia Students have doubled in the past 10 years, McDonnell said, "That is unacceptable." McDonnell on Friday proposed a number of Budget amendments in remarks to the General Assembly's money committees. The room was lined with Lobbyists. VCU raised Tuition ...

America's biggest rip-off: college tuition bubble and student debt escalate
The financial magazine Forbes recently blew the whistle on how skyrocketing College Tuition is ripping off the public. Thanks to some colleges’ greed, and the federal and state Financial Aid subsidies that reward Tuition increases, “Higher Education’s price-earnings ratio looks like Nevada housing circa 2007″ at the height of the Real Estate bubble. “The financial data are making a College Education tougher and tougher to defend.” And ...