a new challenge to president oba obama s citizenship. wingnut stuff if ever we saw it, according to john avalon. our independent analyst naming two more people to the ring of dishonor. john, great to see you. we start with what s going on in new jersey. i got a chuckle, it s tony soprano ugly. all dealing with potential cuts in funding for schools. new governor is trying to close a 10.7 billion budget gaps. among the cuts he s proposing, would amount to 5% per school district. the teachers union is unhappy about this. it is the way they ve been unhappy that brings them to the list. joe cope la sent this message to 17,000 members on his list, dear
sandra, and everybody is taking a hit. teachers have had raises for a long i m too. and they were urged to take pay freezes. 20 districts allowed them out of hundreds of districts. they didn t agree with it. it was a $10.7 billion in that state. and they are take brunt of it. unfortunately some good teachers will have to go. they were warned. they had to talk pay cuts and they didn t do it. it is only 4%. so do it one year and then we go back. we are spoiled brats. we don t want to give up. that s what you are seeing in california and greece. why does everybody when they are mad always go to the fat joke? that s the problem, greg. they all use the word fat. they cooperate spell obese. that s trouble. that is trouble. excellent point, bill. not often do i say thing like