Pass the envelope, please
The first group of nominees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame was announced yesterday, and it's an impressive bunch. Twenty-five people were nominated in five categories - arts and entertainment, historical, enterprise, sports and general. Two of them have Shore-area ties - Bruce Springsteen and Bud Abbott. Springsteen was one of just two musicians on the list. Frank Sinatra was the other. Bud Abbott was born in Asbury Park and he and his partner Lou Costello used to perform at the Convention Hall.
Most of the nominees are New Jersey natives, but anyone who has lived in New Jersey for at least five years is eligible. There will be 10 to 15 people selected for the first class of inductees. The public will get to vote for their top choice in each category. The winner in the public vote will automatically be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Hall board may induct one or two others in each category. Here's the full list: http://www.njhalloffame.com/bestandbrightest.htm
What are your choices in each category? Here are mine: Arts and Entertainment, Frank Sinatra; Enterprise, David Sarnoff; Historical, Thomas Edison; Sports, Althea Gibson; and General, Harriet Tubman.
Most of the nominees are New Jersey natives, but anyone who has lived in New Jersey for at least five years is eligible. There will be 10 to 15 people selected for the first class of inductees. The public will get to vote for their top choice in each category. The winner in the public vote will automatically be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Hall board may induct one or two others in each category. Here's the full list: http://www.njhalloffame.com/bestandbrightest.htm
What are your choices in each category? Here are mine: Arts and Entertainment, Frank Sinatra; Enterprise, David Sarnoff; Historical, Thomas Edison; Sports, Althea Gibson; and General, Harriet Tubman.
posted by Randy Bergmann at 11:07 AM
5 Comments:
Althea Gibson in the sports category??? Is she your Affirmative Action pick? She must be if you picked her over the likes of Yogi Berra, Bill Bradley and Vince Lombardi?
when I saw the likes of ex-gov Jim McGreevy on the committee I knew this was a farce,perhaps even a joke ,like most of New Jersey
I wouldn't say New Jersey is a joke. The problem with the state is the scapegoating by the populace, blaming the system. One could take responsibility to actively seek to gather support for changing the "system", but it is obviously easier, to sit on the internets and complain, using the "system" for a scapegoat. (i.e. This is America, your are the "system", so the responsibility for failure is as much individual, as systemic).
Mr. Bergmann, I only have issue with one of your choices, Thomas Edison, who is, in my opinion, a borderline fraud, considering his treatment of Nikola Tesla, and his dismissal of Tesla's work, to the aid of his own public image.
Mr. Edison should be regarded with infamy and repudiated, not rewarded and idolised.
Mastriani..."scapegoating by the populace"...LOL yeah your right BUT when the state can change your vote and change the outcome of a vote (as was done in the Freedhold school elections 2003) you don't stand a chance of getting the corupt out of office ..... In case you don't know it VOTERS cannot get any referendun on the ballots ....where is Tim McVeigh when you need him he was never of scapegoating
Oi! You're not a conspiracy theorist are you? Please say no.
Certainly there is some truth to what you say, under the premise of standards of human behavior. Mind you, there is no need of taking the commentary as pointed at an individual particularly.
Can't get a referendum? Right here we have one (1) disgruntled "lou". I'm not certain the exact number of citizens in New Jersey, but let's say that 70 percent of those citizens are "disgruntled lou's". Now that 70 percent says, "Time up Corzine, and we're paying a visit."
Stuff the capitol of the state with 70 percent of its populace, disgruntled and requiring immediate action, stopping traffic, impeding basic business function, causing health and safety concerns ... and "voila" ... sheer force of human body mass says, attention would likely come your way.
There is always a means and method, the question is always the same: Are you willing to take the responsibility to carry through with the action?
Tim McVeigh is an example of the worst type of scapegoating: departure from reality. No offense, but find a better hero for your cause.
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