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Joy And Sorrow (and politics)

2/24/2013

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It is a general rule that most(good)comedians are Jewish. Many people have theorized the reason for this phenomena is that humor comes from pain. In order to have a good sense of humor one must suffer, and we all know that Jews are good at suffering. 

There seems to be a close correlation between happiness and sadness, humor and tragedy, joy and sorrow. It seems that both emotions are beneficial in a persons life. 

Someone once asked Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe zt"l an age old question- Why was it important for man to be born into a life of suffering? Rav Wolbe answered with a parable. A person that goes through the desert and is overheated and dying of thirst is given a bucket of ice water. When he drinks and covers himself in that water he experiences the ultimate pleasure. If he never suffered he would never have been able to experience real pleasure.

The joy we feel on Purim is only because of the suffering that we were saved from. Without the suffering and threat of deatruction, there would have been no joy. 

Ok now, where does politics fit into all this?

We have had politicians and power brokers using our town as their own personal money making machine. 

Not only did we miss out on all the good we should have been receiving, we were silently suffering and being told all is great. Now we sit on the dawning of a new era.

Everyone realizes that most of our Committee is completely corrupt. Bribery, nepotism, committee members that secretly gain approvals for their own projects, etc.

Our resources being used for private for profit organizations, funding diverted to individuals on the VAAD, waste and incompetence are more than common. Instead of receiving millions a year for hosting the BLUE CLAWS, we pay dearly for it. All the corruption would be unheard of in almost any other town, and we think this is normal.

But things are changing. Because of the exposure on all the shenanigans, there is a collective 'uh oh' taking place among the most corrupt.

The board of education is no longer able to fund Chemed with a non essential rental that costs the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

The Blue Claws are trying to pretend to be more involved in the community by helping the public school system.

The UEZ is throwing money at businesses in a last ditch attempt to seem concerned about local commerce and not their own pet projects.

Although all of these attempts are superficial and meaningless band aid fixes, they show that the powers that be feel vulnerable and realize their days are numbered.

When all the takers fall away and allow the people that want to help the town grow responsibly, create jobs, fight crime, and tackle property taxes and make sure everyone pays their fair share, then we will be able to experience true joy with the way our town is run.
14 Comments
Old Abe
2/24/2013 07:56:49 am

You may be interested to know, that CHEMED and BOE both pay rent to BMG, which is after all the real owner of the building. BMG is, of course, the puppet-master of CHEMED, but the medical center itself is not directly financially benefiting from the township. It is a separate corporation, and is in fact not yet profitable without heavy federal and state government subsidies. Please keep your villains straight :)

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truth
2/24/2013 08:17:08 am

Don't even try answering this rant with true facts. This entire site comes from one man's pain that he lost elections to Langert and to Singer. That's where it starts and ends. Its sad that he has stooped to this. He doesn't care about facts, just like to blame everyone else for the worlds problems.

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Apostle
2/24/2013 10:50:32 am

Oh mighty HERSCHEL please grace us with you clear unbiased untainted leadership. Please blog away all political parties and YOU and YOU alone lead us to the promised land of no corruption. Of no profiting from parking lot sales. Of no sarcastic bitter petty trolling.

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/24/2013 01:50:29 pm

So sorry you think I care about winning or losing. I care about accomplishing and Langert and Singer care about their image. It's not about who does what. It is about getting it done and done right. Neither Singer or Langert care about what needs to be done. They are classic politicians that want to do for themselves. The proof is in the puddin. And te puddin is spoiled rotten.

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/24/2013 01:55:17 pm

Your persistent mentioning of parking lot sales proves to me that you are probably one of Langert's little partners in crime. What you are experiencing is known in psychology as transferring syndrome, in which you believe that others have the same problems or do the same corrupt things you do. You could never understand sacrificing a profit of a hundred thousand dollars for the good of the good of the town.

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/24/2013 01:56:30 pm

And if you keep on insisting, I just may grace you with my leadership. You just might not like what happens after that.

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The
2/24/2013 09:19:33 pm

Day u get elected is the day the entire system implodes

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/24/2013 09:52:37 pm

And that would be a bad thing? Your 'system' as you call it, relies on a few individuals making money(or sometimes not) while the town suffers paying high taxes for incompetent services, a police force that answers to certain people, a school board that oversees a school full of kids whose parents don't care about the education of their children and the few that do suffer in silence with a school board that has members that desecrate the image of the Jewish community. Would you like me to go on? Implode? It needs to explode. And when it does all the excrement that you guys have piled on over the last ten years will go with it. Zoning planning school board UEZ , public works. All of it will come out. Hopefully before I become the supreme ruler you fear so much. Boo

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Jolly
2/24/2013 11:14:53 pm

HH your true colors came out at the meeting with the Arlington residents about tent city. You could care less about anybody in this town you just want to hate

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/25/2013 12:11:20 am

Whom did I hate? The police chief? Are we talking about the meeting where a bunch of you made a massive chillul hashem making Jews look like selfish petty uncaring people? That meeting where I clarified that we want a solution that will help everyone? The meting where I blasted our police chief for doing nothing other than eating mini egg rolls at dinners and waiting for his pension? That shows my hate of whom? You?

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Jolly
2/25/2013 03:57:19 am

Ill bet you a lot money if it was your backyard you would sound totally different. Massive chillul hashem?? You should really learn what that means before you throw it out there.

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Thelakewoodtimes
2/25/2013 06:50:25 am

Yes you made an awful chillul hashem. You fell into the trap of those trying to make us look selfish. Your little public meeting will end up in a documentary, then you will see how foolish your complaints sounded. I have been working harder than any of those people you were begging for help to find a solution to the problem. Do you think the police chief tha you thanked so profusely ever even picked up a phone to help solve the problem? He is busy adding up his hours for his pension. And it is in my backyard as much as yours. My stores on Clifton are visited constantly by tent city residents and we deal with it daily.

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Jolly
2/25/2013 09:30:40 am

You don't even know what a chillul hashem is!!!!!
If they were living in your backyard where your kids are you would be singing a very dfrnt song

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Kruger
2/27/2013 10:48:01 am

Cmon hh. Give it up. Nobody but yourself wants to hear the blather. Next you will be telling us how you started the childrens fund.

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