N.J.'s Stephen Sweeney Refuses to Apologize!

July 18, 2011 at 11:30 A.M. Alterations in spacing between paragraphs and other inserted "errors" will now be corrected. I cannot say how many other writings have been altered by hackers from New Jersey. I will do my best to repair any harm done to my work. The latest trick by New Jersey's cybercriminals is to alter quotations from double to single quotation marks, either is acceptable. Mr. DiVincenzo's "alleged" scams will be examined in a forthcoming essay. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.") 

July 17, 2011 at 6:55 P.M. New arrests are forthcoming in Hudson County, allegedly. Have they finally caught up with you, "gentlemen" of all genders? ("Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?") 

July 16, 2011 at 12:08 P.M. Even I am surprised by what is coming down the road for New Jersey. New essays detailing the growing scandals in New Jersey politics and law will be posted in the days ahead. 

July 13, 2011 at 2:41 P.M. I attempted to post the essay below at NYPL computer INA-4, at the Inwood branch of the library. I was prevented from doing so. I will try to post this essay from multiple public computers throughout the city. I will then "move on" to other branches of the library and their computers in the days and weeks ahead. Censorship is always the weapon of totalitarians. 

July 13, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. Two days ago I was prevented from posting a movie review from a New York Public Library computer. ("'Unknown': A Movie Review.") 

I was able to post the work, finally, despite obstacles and several "errors" inserted immediately after I posted the essay. I cannot say how many other writings have been vandalized over the past few days. 

Spacing is permanently altered at these blogs and can only be created between paragraphs by making use of the block quote device. No images can be posted by me. Harassment and obstructions are a daily feature of my writing experience indicating that the source of the censorship is "unofficial" action by government or ex-government officials and/or personnel. 

I do not know whether my books continue to exist at Lulu nor can I access my MSN or Yahoo email accounts. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.") 

I will not be "discouraged" or experience an "aversion reaction" in connection with writing efforts which are receiving the attention (I hope and believe) of the international community. 

I will not be intimidated by anyone in expressing my opinions freely. 

What is at risk in sanctioned state censorship and computer crime, Senator Menendez -- against anyone in America! -- is the meaning of our Constitution. ("Is Senator Menendez 'For' Human Rights?" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.") 

Also at stake -- if persons responsible for such government crimes remain unpunished -- is the meaning and honor in the ultimate sacrifice made by men and women in uniform who fight for those same Constitutional rights, every day. ("Manifesto for the Unfinished American Revolution.") 

"Inalienable" means that freedom of speech and other guarantees under the Bill of Rights, like privacy, cannot be lost by Americans to anyone, anywhere, or at any time. 

We can be killed, but we cannot be deprived of our rights which can only be respected or violated by powerful politicians -- never can they be removed, legally, from our IDENTITIES as Americans. 

To be an American is to possess these rights, just as being human implies basic moral rights and makes all persons a locus of moral concern as well as dignity under the U.S. legal system. Persons -- often U.S. attorneys -- laugh when one says these things today. They may be correct to laugh. I will continue to say them. ("The Wanderer and His Shadow.")

Matt Friedman, "Sweeney Refuses to Apologize for His Christie Comments: Upset Over Governor's Budget Cuts," in The Record, July 6, 2011, at p. A-3. (New Jersey's latest spectacle of supersized egos. These are the thugs who disapprove of my ethics. I disapprove of their ethics.) 

Michael Powell, "In New Jersey, Ally One Day, 'Punk' the Next," in The New York Times, July 12, 2011, at p. A15. ("New Jersey's politics is nearly medieval ... county bosses rule fiefs with unforgiving" cruelty.) 

Senate President Stephen Sweeney will not apologize for calling Governor Christie a "rotten bastard." Nor will Mr. Sweeney publicly "regret" additional insults and threats made by him even though -- as a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and, allegedly, at one time of the state's legal ethics committee! -- Mr. Sweeney is ethically obligated to abide by rules of "civility" and may be sanctioned or disbarred for threatening another attorney, including Mr. Christie. Trouble with the OAE, Mr. Garcia? ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and, again, "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" and "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit.") 

Mr. Sweeney clearly takes his obligation to "set an example" for other lawyers very seriously. Mr. Sweeney said "he wants to 'punch him [Mr. Christie] in his head.' ..." 

Perhaps Mr. Sweeney meant this threat as a compliment? 

Mr. Sweeney will not apologize: "Not even for comparing him [Chris Christie] to that most miserable [and miserly] of characters, Mr. Potts of the holiday classic 'It's a Wonderful Life.' ..." 

Well, when Sweeney's right, he's right. ("Is Christopher Christie 'Mentally Deranged' and a 'Liar?'")

Christie's budget cuts are brutally unfair to the poor and most powerless citizens of the Garden State. ("Christie Gives a Donor $1 MILLION of New Jersey Money.")

Most of New Jersey's residents, apparently, "don't know nobody important, like Bob Menendez." 

In New Jersey's political "boss" culture that means the majority of the people are "screwed," as it were. Right, Boss Bob? You will love that orange jump suit, Bob. ("Menendez Charged With Selling His Office.")

"For Sweeney, Christie's line-item vetos of the Democrats $30.6 BILLION budget just days later went beyond what he called human decency" to cause genuine suffering to people who are hurting enough as it is. 

On the merits, I agree with Sweeney. In form -- in terms of what he said and how he said it -- if Mr. Sweeney were any other lawyer, he would be disbarred. 

Hypocrisy? Double standards? Lie? All these terms describe New Jersey's so-called "legal ethics system." ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?") 

Political juice in New Jersey makes all the difference in terms of what you can get away with, ethically speaking. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" then "Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey.") 

"The Governor cut most state aid for New Jersey's struggling cities and decreased funds for tuition and grants on AIDS drugs distribution program[sic.] and nursing homes, among other things -- all beyond the original budget he proposed in February." 

I have relatives in New Jersey who will be severely affected by these cuts. 

The poor continue to pay and hurt from the out-of-control corruption and waste, ineptitude and theft in the political-legal system visibly falling apart in America's "Soprano State."

Lawyers could not care less about this sad state of affairs and are often facilitators of these injustices despite their "ethical" obligations to alleviate the effects of cruel miscarriages of justice and criminal frauds upon the state's courts. Right, John McGill, Esq.? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption.")  

No wonder they keep getting away with criminal violations of Constitutional rights of dissidents, like me. ("How censorship works in America" and "What is it like to be plagiarized in America?") 

A list of sources detailing MORE political corruption and organized crime influence in the courts in New Jersey over the past few weeks alone will be attached to this essay in the days ahead. 

Several more essays focusing on heinous and blatant legal corruption in New Jersey are coming up. 

Sources: 

"Pakistan: U.S. Missiles Kill 42," in The New York Times, July 13, 2011, at p. A8. (Some of the 42 persons killed by our robot bombs may be Al Qaeda or Taliban members. These bombings are now taking place against the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government and people who regard these killings as "acts of war." It is difficult to disagree with Pakistan on this issue.) 

Charles Stile, "Christie Puts the Democrat Machine to Work: Bipartisanship is Just Jersey Politics," in The Record, June 30, 2011, at p. A-1. (Sweeney's and Christie's love/hate relationship.) 

"Embattled Judge Was Verbally Abusive, Ex-Employee Says," in The Record, June 29, 2011, at p. L-1. (More trouble for another corrupt New Jersey judge insensitive to women's issues and, reputedly, more problems for Stuart Rabner.) 

John Brenan & Jeff Pillets, "American Dream Fixes Will be Costly: Parking Decks, Elevators Need Repair Work," in The Record, July 1, 2011, at p. A-1. (More money for the most expensive unfinished mall in the world. Why should they finish the mall? Politicians keep throwing money at anyone promising to complete the project. $3 BILLION are in the toilet already and there's no mall.) 

Peter J. Sampson, "Ex-Mayor Finishes Testimony: At Federal Corruption Trial, Insists He Did Nothing Wrong," in The Record, July 1, 2011, at p. L-3. (At his conviction, Mr. Elwell explained that it is "unfair" that he will be known for "this." After all, most other politicians in New Jersey do exactly what Mr. Elwell did. He's right about that.) 

Jason Grant, "Former Mayor Accused of Accepting 10K Bribe," in The Star Ledger, June 29, 2011, at p. L-3. (Corrupt politicians in New Jersey are only "business as usual." Most of them are lawyers entrusted with evaluating the "ethics" of others. "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.") 

Matt Friedman, "N.J. Assemblyman May Face Ethics Charges," in The Record, June 29, 2011, at p. 19. (More ethics charges for New Jersey politicians and lawyers. I wonder how my old friend Mr. Garcia is doing? Ms. Kriko? Alexandra Ramirez?) 

Pat Ruben, "IMF Names First Female Managing Director," in The Star Ledger, June 29, 2011, at p. 32. (Who was behind the attack against DSK?) 

Karen Rouse & Herb Jackson, "Lobbying Fees Questioned: Law Firm is Paid to Brief Congress in Fight for Tunnel Cash," in The Record, July 5, 2011, at p. A-1. (After $300,000 shelled out recently for "preparation," $130,000 will be paid to a connected firm by N.J. politicians to "lobby" Congress. Some of that loot is probably coming back under the table to the likes of Bob Menendez, allegedly, to say nothing of "Big Nicky" Sacco.) 

Kim Swanson, "Systematic Cheating Is Found In Atlanta's School System," in The New York Times, July 6, 2011, at p. A-13. (Cheating is pervasive in the nation's educational system to cope with declining test scores and is especially pervasive in Essex and Hudson as well as other urban counties in New Jersey. "Nihilists in Disneyworld.") 

Richard Perez-Pena, "Apologize? To Him? Unrepentant After Salty Words for Christie," in The New York Times, July 6, 2011, at p. A15. ("Whatta-ya gonna do? You can't do nothing!" New Jersey political culture of thugs in badly-fitting, cheap suits that "fell off a truck" and massive theft from the public treasury is uncontrollable by police and prosecutors. The Garden State is a shameful and sad symbol of what America has become in 2011 and beyond.)