Monday, July 28, 2008

Another incumbent protection program


The leaders of New Jersey's Legislature, Democrats Senate President Dick Codey and Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts, along with Republicans Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr and Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce have responded to the news that Deputy Assembly Speaker Neil Cohen is under investigation for having kiddie porn on his state issued computer by spending tax payers dollars on having the most aggressive Internet filtering software available on all computers in the Legislature.

Who does this protect? Other legislators and staffers.

Blue Jersey poster Dvd Avins, points out that so called "Nanny software" doesn't work.

But tracking software does work. As 41 employees of the Washington, DC city government found out in January when they were fired or suspended for viewing porn on their government computers after an investigation that lasted only a month .

The most shocking part of the DC story is that the city government has 30,000 computers to monitor. DC is not that big a city. Its population is less than that of Monmouth County. But I digress.

Why would the legislative leaders install filtering software that doesn't work but will hamper access to legitimate websites, when they can use tracking software to bust the perverts amongst them? To protect each other of course.

And why does this apply only to the legislature's computers? How about we monitor all state computers and offer early permanent retirement without pensions to any state employee who has used a state computer to do anything other than the people's business including viewing porn, kiddie or otherwise. That might free up some money for transportation infrastructure.

For giving their colleagues cover while jerking off when they should be screwing the taxpayers, Codey, Roberts, Kean and DeCroce get this week's Obie Award.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ONLY IN N.J. !!!!! There is not a completely honest politician in this state from the Governor on down. They are like fish,rotten from the head on down or maybe the entire specimen. And the PEOPLE can fix all of this....get rid of all of them when each one of these ridiculous individuals comes up for re-election or DON'T vote for individuals whose character is suspect running for election in the first place !!!!!