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The Arrogance of Horsepower

5.2.07 @ 12:01AM

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And to think that the Democrats and all the "establishment" of Jersey tried to blame this on the poor guy in his red pick-up, on his way home from work, trying to get out of the way of the high and mighty, who obeyed the emergency lights and pulled over to avoid the Corzine cortege. Those Democrats, they really love the working stiffs -- don't they?

And even the N.Y. Times reported Monday that the Corzine cortege sped away from the hospital to the gubernatorial mansion in excess of 20 mph over the limit! Let them eat cake.
-- Andreas Yiannopoulos
Pasadena, California

So how come the New Jersey state trooper who caused the wreck that nearly killed the Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine hasn't been brought up on charges? Good question. It is for the same reason that the numerous FBI and Secret Service agents who witnessed criminality by the Clintons weren't charged with anything. It is also why, upon coming into office in 2001, the Bush Administration dropped all criminal investigations on the Clinton/Gore Administrations and even extended this grace into Bush's second term by giving Sandy Berger what essentially amounts to as a de facto pseudo-pardon.

You see, there's an unwritten law in America which has priority over the written laws that bind you and I. It says, "We, the liberal elite, take care of ourselves first and foremost." Period.

Back to the leadfooted trooper of Corzine wreck. It would not be prudent for the Corzine Administration to charge him with anything, for when asked about his driving, Sgt. Speedy is apt to say, "Jon told me to step on it."

By the way, here is what Leonard Greene is reporting today in the New York Post: "Just minutes after begging the state's forgiveness yesterday for setting a "bad example" in his high-speed SUV crash, New Jersey's buckle-head governor, Jon Corzine, was at it again. Corzine, badly injured while not wearing a seat belt, was so eager to get home from a Camden hospital that he spurned the state's speed restrictions -- traveling 15 mph above the posted limit to get to his Princeton mansion."

There is no limit to their arrogance.
-- Peter Skurkiss
Stow, Ohio

The cop should be up on charges?! Aren't you being consciously naive, Peters?

Shouldn't Corzine be the one charged -- not only for ordering his driver to speed but refusing to wear a seatbelt?

And then he speeds again upon leaving the hospital, directly after apologizing for his previous behavior and promising to reform. I suggest the charge against Corzine should be Reckless Display of Arrogance.
-- Richard Donley
New Lyme, Ohio

I've been singing Eric Peters's complaint for most of my life. Since high school on the Jersey Shore, where I was born and grew up, I've had many friends in the law enforcement community. There's absolutely no doubt in my mind about two things: the taxpayers of the State of New Jersey work for the benefit of the employees of the State of New Jersey (and not the other way around!); and there are two classes of people in New Jersey, the privileged class of those who work in law enforcement, and the rest of us working stiffs. With my own eyes I have repeatedly witnessed the fact that following the rules is optional for those privileged few (there may be a couple of exceptions, as with drunk driving).

I got fed up with it all a few years ago and moved to Maryland. The taxes are lower, there's less crime, there are are fewer busybodies telling us what to do, it's less crowded. So far so good, though the Democrats are trying to wreck this beautiful place, too.
-- Peter Kline

Here in Wyoming, a law now says one must slow down twenty miles below the posted limit and move to the farthest lane away from a stopped police cruiser with flashing lights. The fine for failing is hefty. The reason for this law, according to politicians, is that since so many stopped patrol cars have been rear ended, a law would solve this hazard. Well it hasn't. The accidents increased with another officer dead. Our highways are wide open with shoulders and barrow pits wide enough to park an 18-wheeler, yet officers still routinely park inside the lane.

Any sane driver would get off the road and out of harm's way, but not these officials who are supposedly the safest out there. Not one has been removed or cited because the law is on their side, but certainly not common sense.
-- R.A. Ready

Eric Peters baldly states that the New Jersey state trooper driving Corzine was text messaging on a Blackberry. However, it's not certain that this was the case. The allegation comes from the husband of the trooper's illicit love interest; the trooper denies having had a Blackberry. Perhaps Peters has inside information substantiating this allegation. Reports in the press are equivocal.
-- Shamus
Atlanta, Georgia

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