on and on. governor christie, i give you credit. because at a time of life or death, you put left, right, blue, green, center, republican, democrat, you put it aside. and you admitted to the country that government has a function. government has a positive function. and those are government employees that you have attacked. those are first responders who you have gone after their health care, you've gone after their pension, you've gone after their wages, you've gone after their collective bargaining. but all of a sudden, when our hurricane is bearing down on the jersey shores, dammit, you stood up and you said they were important. you said that they were working together. in fact, you said that they're on your team. this is how it's supposed to work. governor christie, instead of vilifying workers all of the time at the negotiating table, i want you to think about hurricane irene every time you think about those workers who need to respond.