| Author | Message | ||
     ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4997 Registered: 9-2001  |
OK, it looks like I'm not getting through to you Aquaman. Let me suggest we start off nice and slow. I'll say something positive about Kathie and Ken, and then you say something nice about Nancy and Lester. Ready, set, go... Kathie and Ken are both past recipients of the prestigious "Maple Leaf Award" which is given each year by the Maplewood Civic Association to outstanding volunteers on behalf of a grateful community for their many years of faithful service. Alright, your turn... | ||
| mplwdian Citizen Username: Mplwdian Post Number: 130 Registered: 3-2003 |
Hate to call another one of attempts at misinformation out, Aquaman, but the Newark election is on a different day than the Essex County/Maplewood Democratic Primary so nobody from Maplewood is running on any line with Cory Booker or Ron Rice. Please. | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2670 Registered: 6-2002 |
mplwdian: You beat me to the punch. I couldn't imagine where people were getting their information. The election for Mayor of Newark is "non-partisan", that is, no one runs as a Republican or Democrat. That is the same as local elections in South Orange and what some have advocated for Maplewood. The Newark election is in May. The Maplewood "election" is in November. The Primary is in June. | ||
| mplwdian Citizen Username: Mplwdian Post Number: 131 Registered: 3-2003 |
Aquaman- What's with the eyes? They look like Vic DeLuca's. Are you Vic? Or do you just see things through his eyes? Or do you just think his eyes make an attractive hallmark for your handle?  | ||
| davel Citizen Username: Davel Post Number: 138 Registered: 6-2001 |
Amazing how the rhetoric has disintegrated just as the race is beginning. I hope the level of discourse rises - so far this is just pathetic. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 5007 Registered: 9-2001 |
I hope you noticed how Aguaman dropped the ball? I guess his team has backed out of the race... | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 16 Registered: 4-2006 |
On the bright side at least you people in Maplewood have an interesting political scene. I am jealous considering I live in MSH. | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 871 Registered: 8-2001  |
Ajc, Dropped the ball? Not at all! (heh, made a rhyme) Nancy and Lester and I were busy all weekend. Our consultant was so pleased with the progress our campaign has made on MOL with me (ME!) as the campaign manager. We pledge to reject all tree-based information conduits. Our entire campaign will be internet-based. We're throwing out ideas for campaign slogans, what do you think of, "Nancy and Lester, what's the harm?" P.S. Mplwdian, Anon, It's not the election day that makes the line, nest ce pas? Dr. A. Curry | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 419 Registered: 8-2003 |
"We pledge to reject all tree-based information conduits." Aquaman, say it isn't so! I was looking forward to seeing you and the rest of your campaign team swinging through my neighborhood someday soon.  | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 5008 Registered: 9-2001 |
"...our entire campaign will be internet-based." Aquaman, it sounds like you have no money honey bunny. That rhymes too... Listen, let’s stop monkey-ing around here and get down to the nut cracking. I have to agree with Davel that your rhetoric is just pathetic. When are you going to tell us something about your candidates? From what I’ve heard thus far, Lester is only a resident of Maplewood for about year or so. It would be nice if you gave him direction to town hall so he could at least attend a meeting once in a while. As for Nancy Shipski, I suggest she does the same. FWIW, I can't believe Nancy and Lester expect anyone to take them serious on MOL if Aquaman is the only one speaking for them... | ||
| Bob K Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 11313 Registered: 5-2001 |
Aquaman, just make sure Lester is registered, unlike the woman Vic dug up to run a couple of years ago who was new to town and not even a registered Democrat, although that isn't a requirement to run for the nomination, it is sort of "pro forma" if you know what I mean.  | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 872 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ajc, When are you going to tell us something about your candidates? Nancy Shippy is a proud Democrat and life-long resident of Maplewood. Ms. Shippy is mother to 7 children and 9 grandchildren. Ms. Shippy was valedictorian of her class ('52) at Columbia High school and was voted "Most beautiful (girl)" and "Most likely to be Mayor One Day". Ms. Shippy holds a B.A. in Theater from Pine Manor college (Summa Cum Laude), a Phd. from Harvard in Art History, and received her medical degree from Cornell University in 2004. Ms. Shippy was a past president of the Clinton, Jefferson and Marshall PTA. Ms. Shippy is active in several local churchs and synagogues, and is an accomplished flutist. A proud recipient of the Mapleleaf award, Ms. Shippy looks forward to serving her community as a member of the Township Committee in 2007. Says Ms. Shippy (fluent in 4 languages and 16 dialects) "Faire feu de tout bois" | ||
| Crazy Guggenheim Citizen Username: Crazyguggenheim Post Number: 885 Registered: 2-2002  |
Call me crazy, but a floating flutist fluctuates in the fluffiest flotillas! Say that 10 times fast! | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 420 Registered: 8-2003 |
Faire feu de tout bois????? Aquaman, I thought you were done with tree-based stuff, but here you are chopping firewood. | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2678 Registered: 6-2002 |
I don't speak French. I don't know what you're talking about. | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 873 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bobk, Good advice. Thankey. | ||
| Joan Supporter Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 7311 Registered: 5-2001 |
Aquaman: Nancy is pretty much a known entity. What can you tell us about Lester? Also, can you share with us what they consider to be the key issues in this cmpaign and what position they are taking on these issues? Thanks. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 5015 Registered: 9-2001 |
Aquaman, I called Jamie to see if he can save you a spot on his Monday night comedy show at HTTA. Listen, you’re going to have to do a lot better than this. There's not one word of truth in anything you said. Nancy never received the Maple leaf Award, she didn’t graduate from Columbia in 1952, and is not a proud life long Democrat because there were no Democrats back in 52’. FWIW, I think you’re the only one playing the flute pal... | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 39 Registered: 4-2006 |
As an out-of-towner who has kept a close eye on your lovely maple-leafed 'burb from the time you could not not give houses away in '97, and actually reads the News Record cover-to-cover, it seems that this election is really a community referendum on the Profeta-DeLuca divide. Since I can't vote in your election I ask myself which of these guys would I vote for as Essex County Freeholder if I had the chance? I myself would give the nod to Profeta. Regardless of your choice in your coming election ,you ungrateful and contentious Maplewoodians have an embarrasment of political candidate riches. I have lived in some NJ towns where the politicos are total deadwood and just exist to cut ribbons on dry-cleaning store openings. Maybe you might consider yourselves reasonably lucky? | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 565 Registered: 1-2004 |
ooh, some harsh scolding! Yes, we should thank our lucky stars that we are not a Coming-Soon kind of a town. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 42 Registered: 4-2006 |
crabby- in NJ the conventional wisdom suggests a succesful local government is one in which no one has been indicted, and you don't see the FBI carting away the municipal records from the building. Don't you know that? | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2006 |
crabby- If you play your cards right, and the Springfield Ave. redevelopment is a stunning success ,you Maplewoodians can afford to have big, expensive, and asthetically-challenged sculptures throughout your town. Yes, the future seems bright, no question. | ||
| Crazy Guggenheim Citizen Username: Crazyguggenheim Post Number: 886 Registered: 2-2002 |
Whew! Hot doggie! Call me crazy, but I am soooo out of breath! Just got back with that whippersnapper Shippy from a swing around town on her new Ring of Fi-Ya! | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 875 Registered: 8-2001 |
No disrespect, Factvsfiction, But as a self-dubbed out-of-towner who reads the News Record cover to cover (going on ten years now!) and only in April 2006 discovered mapewoodonline.com, you are entitled to this response: Thanks, but kindly butt-out. To bottomline: Your ignorant response to my post in colloquial French was quite impolitic, no, it was outrageous, racist and bigoted. You refer to supporters of Lester Powder as a troup of monkeys! My jaw nearly hit the spacebar. Listen, Mr. bottomline, it was not cute, funny, appropriate, or in any way justifiable. Racism is alive and well in Maplewood. Unbelievable. AJC, your attempt at being a tough guy is wearing thin. If you dispute any claims made then show proof. Otherwise, don't take such a nasty tone. | ||
| John Quincy Adams Citizen Username: Randolph_agarn Post Number: 26 Registered: 3-2006  |
After reading through this thread and many others in recent days I am not sure that ajc has any tones other than nasty. Sorry ajc I just call them like I see them. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2006 |
Mr. Aquaman- You have of course hurt my feelings with your post, but your point is well taken. But, hey I do shop in Maplewood. Doesn't that count at all? I certainly do not wish to offend a powerful democratic honcho like yourself in our Gov. Corzine's NJ, especially if it results in my sales taxes going up even further! I am however glad that you confirmed that the News Record is a most credible source of Maplewood news and info, (I do read more than the police report) and yes I have been reading this excellent forum for 3 years now, but never had the courage to post anything with the usual bright lights here until now. I hope I am still welcome to move to Maplewood should I ever wish to. You of course are also welcome to move here, to MSH, unless you have like 2-3 kids, then it is out of the question. School taxes, you know. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 13879 Registered: 1-2003  |
I think factvsfiction is right. We do complain a lot, especially when things are going well. The races are contentious, but the candidates are all excellent. And this will sound like Crazy Guggenheim, but I happen to like both DeLuca and Profeta. | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 876 Registered: 8-2001 |
ajc, Listen here boy-o...I'm mighty sick of your attitude buddy. You make me madder than a politician with a broken golf club. Time for you to get a check-up from the neck-up mister. Take my advice pal and stop bashing Nancy and Lester. If you know so much why don't you run for Township Committee? Hmmmm? Run along and don't let the door hit you on the way out fella. Regards, Sir Arthur Curry, Esq. | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 421 Registered: 8-2003 |
Nice try at spin, Aquaman, but, as usual, you fall way short of the mark. It’s quite clear that was writing about trees, which is hardly racist unless one of candidates is, say, a mesquite bush. I also noticed that it took you over 48 hours to come back with your preposterous accusation to me, even though you made a couple of other unrelated posts in between. What’s the deal? Look, mate, I expect preferential treatment in this little exchange of ours. Are going cold on me, or were you just slow on the uptake because my post was so dazzling and disarming? And finally, I replied separately to your comment in French. As nearly as I can tell, I was the only poster (not necessarily reader) who knew what that idiom means. It was not, of course, insightful or relevant (like most everything else you post) , but I did understand the words. | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 877 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bottomline: You wrote: "I was looking forward to seeing you and the rest of your campaign team swinging through my neighborhood someday soon." You were referring to the monkeys, liar. Trees don't "swing". Monkeys do. I will find out more about you, bottomline. Since you failed to apologize for your racist comments, I will make it my business to root you out and expose you for the shameful comments you made about [my] or anyone's campaign team. You can admit you were wrong and retract your comments about Aquaman "spinning" things, or you can expect a rash of ••••. How's that for a prompt reply? | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 48 Registered: 4-2006 |
Tom Reingold- Thank you for your support. Maplewood is a great town that will be even more attractive with some commercial ratables, i.e. Springfield Ave. and whatever. Now if you can only do something about those people who refuse to park within the parking space lines in Maplewood Village ( anti-authoritarians from Park Slope?), it would be utter heaven. | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 422 Registered: 8-2003 |
Aquaman, My intent was to reply to, and make fun of, your original comment about “tree-based information conduits”. My immediate reaction to that phrase was to picture someone or something inhabiting the trees. Indeed, when crafting my reply, I had first found a picture of Tarzan. Then I found the monkeys and decided they were sillier. My goal was to insult the intellect of Sir Arthur Curry, Esq., the ersatz campaign manager here on MOL. If instead I inadvertently offended anyone because my post was perceived as racist, I am truly sorry. That was never my intent, nor is it my nature. - Tom Carlson | ||
| Aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 878 Registered: 8-2001 |
Tom Carlson, Well, I dare say, that's more like it. Somehow, I don't think you would think it's nice to depict anyone as monkeys, arborial or terrestrial. There's a long ugly history of certain ethnicities "jokingly" referred to as lesser primates, and you should have been sensitive to that. Tarzan, I agree is less silly than a pack of cute prehensile tailed gibbons. But you could have google "trees" and found many more arborial species to choose from. Like the Brown Tree Snake - (not-so-silly), the Tree Frog - (more funny than silly) The White-Tailed Hawk - (not silly at all), the Three-Toed Sloth - (silly and funny), the Red-Tailed Squirrel (very silly), the Red Headed Woodpecker (best choice). Your exhaustive explanation aside, your humble apology is accepted. Would you like to host a coffee? | ||
| Joan Supporter Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 7314 Registered: 5-2001 |
Factvsfiction: What you may perceive as being bickering and contention can also be viewed as a strong interest in local government on the part of many of Maplewood's citizens. This close scrutiny of our candidates as well as our elected and appointed officials is one of the things which has helped to keep our local government effective and responsive. I agree that other towns in the state could learn from our example. Aquaman: I am still waiting for an answer to my question regarding your candidates' platform(s). This is the third time I have asked what is in reality a very softball question and one which should be central to the subject of this thread. Assuming that you want the readers of this thread to support your candidates rather than the incumbents, you are going to have to give us some solid reasons for doing so. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 51 Registered: 4-2006 |
Joan, yes Maplewood is the bomb. Please get the New Yorkers to park within the lines though. That is what is bringing Montclair down. And yes, NO more nail salons! Maybe Mr. Aquaman can use his influence on this point. Good campaign issue. | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 423 Registered: 8-2003 |
I already plan to host a coffee. Would you like to attend? I'll bet you could think up some interesting questions for the candidates. P.S., My “exhaustive” reply was about half the length of your comeback. Since you’ve been critiquing my posts, perhaps I could offer some editing help with yours. We could pare your tomes down and make them much more punchy. Why don’t you e-mail them to me in advance, and I’ll make sure they say exactly what you want. In fact, you could give me your MOL password and I’d post them up for you. One stop shopping. | ||
| marian Citizen Username: Marian Post Number: 798 Registered: 9-2001 |
I still want to know if Aquaman is really Vic DeLuca in pseudo disguise. (What is with those eyes? They are freaking me out, Man!) -Marian Raab | ||
| Bob K Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 11329 Registered: 5-2001 |
The truncated picture sure looks like Vic, but to be honest Aquaman is not smooth enough to be Vic. Maybe he just stole Vic's eyes, kind like a really bad horror movie. LOL I always thought Gibbons were apes, not monkeys. However, not being a biologist I stand ready to be corrected on that point. The "monkey" picture is a little like referring to Marlon Brownlee as an "articulate black man", which was discussed in another thread.. No offense was meant, but someone might take offense. On a biggie scale, no more than a "2". | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 424 Registered: 8-2003 |
Marian and Bob, Aquaman regularly changes his MOL picture and has displayed photos of many local people, albiet some of them from high school days. His previuos picture was of Fred Profeta, but it was displayed in inverse video (negative). The picture below and to the left is the one that Aquaman actually used in his posts for several weeks, the one on the right is the same image but transformed into a positive.  | ||
| steel Citizen Username: Steel Post Number: 1041 Registered: 2-2002 |
I do not believe that Aquaman is a waterboy. I would strongly suspect that Aquaman is carrying water only for himself. I would also say that his suggested slogan, ""Nancy and Lester, what's the harm?" is a pretty funny line. I also refuse to give up the following phrases or terms when found to be useful: Monkey business Monkey trial Monkey see, monkey do. Ape sh_t Bunch a monkeys Grease monkey and when absolutely necessary: "Spank the monkey" http://www.addictinggames.com/monkey.html |
