John's Blog

It's not bad enough that Congress wastes time with nonsense issues such as making English the official language, and trying to ban gay marriage. But I see that our New Jersey legislators have to get in on the fun, since they've already solved all the tough and important problems. Recently, this fine group found the time to designate an official state dirt! But it's not like NJ is alone in the march to irrelevance, since 20 other states have also deemed it necessary to make this official designation as well. I'm sure this was an attempt to acknowledge the importance of agriculture to the state, which ranks right up there with pharmaceuticals and organized crime as big components of the state economy. What's next, "johnny cakes" as the official state breakfast food?