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Monday, May 14, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Zombie Lies Eat Laura Waters's Brain!

Jersey Jazzman: Zombie Lies Eat Laura Waters's Brain!:


Zombie Lies Eat Laura Waters's Brain!

Zombie lies will not die in the brain of Laura Waters:
Who needs Zoloft? [Do you really want to know? - JJ] We've got Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, a featured speaker at NJEA's Annual Convention this past November. (Last year, then-Ed. Comm. Rochelle Hendricks declined the invitation.) We've got NJEA Executive Director Vince Giordano telling a Star-Ledger columnist, "this label that we are the organization of 'no' I don't think is accurate. We've turned a corner. We understand our role. We want to be part of the solution." (Last year an NJEA officer sent out a memo that included a prayer for Gov. Christie's early demise.) [Emphasis mine]
I really thought we were past this stupidity, but I guess this is the sort of nonsense that is destined to live on like the lie that Al Gore said he invented the internet (he never said he did). So, once again, let's go back to 2010:
"The head of the teachers union in Bergen County sent out an email encouraging his members to pray for the death of the governor" (7:45): Let's lay this stupidity to rest once and for all. Here's the "prayer" that was sent out:
"Dear Lord this year you have taken away my favorite actor, Patrick