# "Get the Hell off Island Beach State Park" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 5, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536 "2017-07-05T13:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/41 "2017-07-06T15:34:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > SNL is on hiatus until the Fall. By that time, most people who aren’t in NJ will have forgotten about this. And Bobby Moynihan will be gone, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/42 "2017-07-06T16:13:23Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > -Screwing people out of planned holiday getaways/vacations/plans. Check. The hell with them. > -Threatening to arrest people, IN. THEIR. HOMES. if they do not vacate. Check. Only a handful. Who cares? > -Throwing in overtime pay to insure these things happen. Check. Not my problem. > -Making it more difficult for beach/shore businesses to actually DO business on the busiest holiday of the Summer season. Check. They’ll forget after awhile. > -Appearing as a power mad asshole, giving double middle fingers to everyone I’m not related to. Priceless. Alright. I’m starting to understand the outrage. It’s far worse than I realized. Especially the part about kicking people out of _their own goddamn homes!_ :smack: Fuck that Guy! Just think- He could have been our President! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/43 "2017-07-06T17:14:32Z")
Crazy question. Why does the governor get a state-paid vacation home? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/44 "2017-07-06T18:19:57Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Crazy question. Why does the governor get a state-paid vacation home? Why not? If he was actually doing a decent job, it would be fair enough compensation. Its a small state and Trenton to the Shore is not far. Trenton on the other hand, well it kind of sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/45 "2017-07-06T18:50:40Z")
And of course, on vacant weeks, most of the year, they could allow other State workers from Sanitation men to Vehicle inspectors etc. to have the run of the place by themselves with their families if any, as a gesture of solidarity. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/46 "2017-07-06T18:51:39Z")
At least list it on VRBO and make it pay for itself. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/47 "2017-07-06T20:36:10Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > No. If things were different, things would be different. People chose to act as if the NJ Legislature or the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey doesn’t exist. Their choice. Haters gotta hate. You’re seriously doubling down on defending Christie? I guess I knew that when you Republicans pledged your soul to your dark master you incurred some unpleasant obligations, but Satan is kind of pushing it here. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/48 "2017-07-06T21:02:18Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > You’re seriously doubling down on defending Christie? > > I guess I knew that when you Republicans pledged your soul to your dark master you incurred some unpleasant obligations, but Satan is kind of pushing it here. This feels like it’s the kind of thing the government uses to test us. Like, if anyone defends this on a message board, they get put on one of those depopulation lists, or something. Just don’t engage. There is _no point_. No matter how fucking abysmal, horrendous, or evil the actions of any given republican is, regardless of how _without reason_ those are, the best you can expect out of this fucko is radio silence. Just ignore him. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/49 "2017-07-07T04:40:24Z")
Yeah, **doorhinge** has something seriously wrong with him. If the Republicans do it, it’s perfectly okay. He’s incapable of seeing any situation where they are in the wrong, and can’t (or pretends he can’t) see any hypothetical that might cause him to reexamine his worldview. Ever heard the phrase “don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining?” He rolls up his pants legs, and wades through the puddles, sailing a little boat made of newspaper, until it disappears into a storm drain. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/50 "2017-07-07T18:02:54Z")
If anyone’s interested in a fun day-by-day summary of what happened: [Egos, revenge & secret deals: The inside story of The Jersey Shutdown, 2017 - nj.com](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/egos_revenge_secret_deals_the_inside_story_of_the.html) It seems like the photo of Christie on The Beach definitely helped … by making the Democrats that were siding with Christie uneasy about continuing to side with Mr. 15%, as he did everything he could to go down in flames. That said, like all politics in NJ, no one really comes out of this one without looking like an ass at times. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/51 "2017-07-28T17:19:05Z")
Meanies! Before you critize him, think of the [children](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/nj/chris-christie-beachgate-internet-memes-outcry-family-20170728.html)! ☹ > [@](#): > > Gov. Christie says the outcry over his decision to take his family to a beach closed during the state government shutdown, which launched a thousand Christie-in-the beach-chair memes on the internet, upset his children “more than anything else” in his 7 ½ years in office. Can we get a collective, “Awwwww”. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/52 "2017-07-28T17:27:24Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Meanies! > > Before you critize him, think of the [children](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/nj/chris-christie-beachgate-internet-memes-outcry-family-20170728.html)! ☹ > > Can we get a collective, “Awwwww”. How about a “tough shit”? Hiding behind the kids now? Oh please. Cry me a river. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/53 "2017-07-28T17:36:22Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Hiding behind the kids now? How many kids does he have? He wouldn’t be able to hide behind just one or two. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536/54 "2017-07-28T20:41:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How many kids does he have? He wouldn’t be able to hide behind just one or two. He will need a LOT of them, won’t he 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-hell-off-island-beach-state-park/790536.md?page=2)