so what this is not news get a life.

You can't really blame him. All of the plane travel stumping for Romney and then touring parts of the Middle East has to have some serious jet lag on a person. A quick shot of some 5 hour energy and I'm sure he'll be right back to calling the opposition numbnuts and hacks. He's just recharging his batteries.

Like you wouldn't notice this guy sleeping at a concert...LOL!!!

Leave him alone, he was just taking a little fat nap.

aka: catching 40 oinks

I'm in no way a Christie fan but having worked all day and then going to a nighttime show with Sting and Further , I have dosed off. Hey, we're old, man. Get a brew or two in us and it's relaxing time. If you don't know where I'm coming from then I guess you're not working too hard.

What shocked me more wasn't the dozing, but the fact that he is a Springsteen fan... the Boss is all about fighting for the working class, just listen to his music over the past 30+ years---ummmmm, last time I checked the Gov wasn't exactly in that corner!!!
PS--didn't Bruce actively campaign for Obama last time around?? Now THAT would make sense!!

Dude, I once fell asleep at a Public Image Limited/Sugar Cubes/New Order show. I had worked the night shift the day before and had very little sleep that day. Christie falling asleep on the BOSS is news...WHY???

Christie has done enough damage to New Jersey. Leave the White House alone.

How dare the working class stand up for themselves and form unions. Unions are evil organizations, they're commies, un-American and pro terrorist. Obey the top 1 percenters, they know what is best, they are the job creators, they must not be taxed. Just bow down and worship them and wait for the wonderful trickle down effect. (sarcasm alert). Wing nuts really hate unions, they want workers to be disenfranchised, pliable peons, disposable and less than minimum wage.

Unions lost their grip on business years ago...they ARE organized bands of shake-down artists...I've dealt with them AND busted them out of my business because they are just greedy and stupid and they DON'T take care of their members any better than a good company already does.
As far as Bruce is concerned...he's just a singer in a rock and roll band!...The Gov. has much bigger fish to fry than worry about going to his 128th Bruce concert...I'd say I'd had enough after oh....maybe one! LOL

How is this news? If he wants to pay to sleep in concerts that is his business. What should be talked about is how Christie thinks Creationism should be taught in Public Schools and how he does not believe in evolution.

VTPat

9:06 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thanks Joe R! their own words are enough!

VTPartners,

Vermont is so strange. Bernie Sanders. Pat(leaky) Leahy. & VTPat.

Ohmigod, I thought a well-educated man such as our governor knew creationism is junk science. Evolution is more than a theory, it is a proven theory. Creationism is based on unproven theory developed 2600 years when people thought the world was flat and they knew no better.
To teach creationism in New Jersey schools is to give New Jersey students a second class education. And at what we pay in taxes, New Jersey students should be getting the very best of educations. I would never have thought a progressive state like ours would sink to the educational standards of a school in Alabama or Georgia.

Gravity is a theory too. And gravity has less evidence than evolution. A theory can be likely given enough evidence even if it cannot be proven outright.

Creationism has no evidence. To teach it in schools would be like teaching alchemy in schools because it too is a theory with no evidence, based on illogical beliefs.

Ric
9:50 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
theory
[thee-ur-ree, theer-ee]
noun, plural theories.
1.
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Eistein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.

Ric,

Atheism
the absolute denial of the existence of God. — atheist, n. — atheistic, adj.
[from French athéisme, from Greek atheos godless, from a-1 + theos god]

@David I agree live and let live. But when kids are taught false theories in school and forced to study them that is a different story.

"the existence of god is supported by the majority". How does that make it a fact? The majority used to think the Sun revolved around the Earth and that the world was flat. As Richard Dawkins said "Democracy is fine for politics and policy, but it is no good for science". The majority can believe what they like but that does not make it a fact.

@David
I am not claiming to be more intelligent than anyone. I am just saying I have seen no evidence for creationism. While Evolution is basically so well backed up I would be comfortable calling it a fact. I would say somebody who makes claims that a God hand crafted me, and that I have to abide by a strict set of rules that were written by a Bronze age God has to show evidence of that to make such a claim. The bible is not evidence.

And yes I understand that evolution and creationism are not incompatible there could be a God that designed evolution. But once again I go back to nobody has ever provided any kind of evidence of God.

That said, I don't care what people believe or don't believe. As a constitutionalist I believe if religious freedom and public expression. But I do care what my tax dollars are wasted on. Creationism should not be taught in government school as a fact. If you want that go to a Christian school.

Creationism and Intelligent Design are not even junk science, they are garbage. Funny how the social Darwinists hate Darwin's scientific observations. Why are they so upset with Darwin but not Newton or Einstein? I didn't know that Christie was pandering to the Creationistas. Just pathetic.

Want creationism taught in schools. Fine,

But here's the rule.

You have to teach it ALL. ALL of it.

Jewish, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, American Indian, Muslim, Scientology, AND Christian.

Yup, every crazy nutty written down -passed along for generations "so it has to be right" story. Line them all up.

How's that sound?

Home school your children and that will should assure that they learn only what you want them to believe. Just make sure they never have access to the news, INternet, or anyone outside your clan...

Concert was boring. Dont blame him.

Springsteen is nothing more than a bad Bob Dylan impersonator! Anyone who would waste a dime to see him live needs their head examined!

Bruce doesn't exactly fight for the working class. What he is, is an example and an inspiration for those who are struggling to make ends meet. For those of you who know anything about Bruce know that he grew up in a working class family, was unpopular in school, and had a bad relationship with his father. Despite all the odds being against him, he did what he loved: he wrote music. Eventually, on the verge of being dropped by his record label, he wrote his breakthrough album Born to Run. The rest, as they say, is history. Bruce, whether you like him or not, went on to become one of the most successful rock artists of all time.

Yes, over time he has earned a lot well-earned money and is no longer a working class citizen. He lives a very comfortable life and can probably afford anything in the world he wants. However, his writing still reflects the struggles of the working class. Listen to his latest album, Wrecking Ball. The first five songs on the album alone are all about the struggles of working class citizens during the recession.

So while he might have earned some success in his life, he grew up in a working class family and that part of his life still has a large impact on him and his writing. It is in this sense that he is considered a working class hero.

Like him or not, you can't deny his history or his success.

Dylan...did you cut and post your comments from a Springsteen press kit of album liner? He is a fake and fraud. He pretends to be for the little guy while working with scalpers and concert promoters to rip off his own fans....fact not opinion!

The best thing we can do is boycott his performances and ignore him!

Dylan...did you cut and post your comments from a Springsteen press kit or album liner? He is a fake and fraud. He pretends to be for the little guy while working with scalpers and concert promoters to rip off his own fans....fact not opinion!

The best thing we can do is boycott his performances and ignore him!

I wasn't trying to glamorize his success. I'm simply saying that he managed to achieve success far beyond his working class family. And if he can do it, so can other working class folks. There's no denying there was a stroke of luck in his case. Had Jon Landau not seen him perform live, Bruce might not've gotten anywhere. But he did. And once he got signed to a record label, he worked diligently to stay there. Watch clips from the making of Born to Run. He and the band would literally spend days in the studio working on one part of one song. He wanted to make sure every single note was just as he had envisioned.

Winston - I can't disagree with you about tickets to a Springsteen concert. Bruce's tickets do cost a fortune. However to say he is a fake/fraud is just wrong. As I said, he grew up in a not-so-comfortable life. This is a fact, if you'd read any biographical information about the man. He knows what working class people go through, and he still writes about it today. He could just as easily write about his success (and he does every now and then), but the fact that he still writes about the everyday blue-collar worker is a testament to the life he lived.

Would you please provide some examples to show why he's a fake/fraud? And don't mention ticket prices again. No one's forcing you to go to his concerts. Explain to me how he doesn't know what it's like living in a working class household or the problems they experience. I've presented my facts. Lets see yours.

Dylan...you seem to have a weird hero worship that is getting kind of creepy! The guys is a washed up fraud..."hey...man...I for the little man....oh by the way tickets are $200 and tshirts are 35 bucks...screw the man!" Quote from the Boss..

Chris I bet you have a picture of this Boss in a speedo hanging over your bed!

Bruce sucks!

Winston is the one obviously obsessed with the Boss, not that there's anything wrong with that. The mere mention of Springsteen on the Patch triggers the obsessive-compulsive disorder of Winnie in full boogie mode.

Comrade Joe..sorry to ruin your morning with facts...

In 2008, Springsteen's song "The Rising" was a staple on the Obama campaign trail, and Springsteen performed at his inauguration. He lectured the public that Obama was necessary because, "We granted tax cuts to the richest one percent ... increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of 'one nation indivisible.'"

The problem for Springsteen is he's a "first-rate tax evader." He owns more than 200 acres in Colts Neck, N.J. The taxes for his house and three acres are more than $138,000. But because of a state tax break for farms, "the Boss" grows a few (organic) tomatoes and has horses, so the tax bill on the 200 additional acres is less than $5,000.

Also, while shilling for Obama for his 2008 campaign, Springsteen set up voter registration at his concerts and encouraged his fan base to vote for Obama.

Assuming what Winston says about Springsteen is even true, is Bruce doing something illegal? The millionaire entertainer, Lou Dobbs, owns a huge estate in north Jersey and also has a horse farm. Excuse me, is it a felony for Springsteen to support Obama and to set up voter registration? Ted Nugent supports Romney. Bruce is not running for president but: The returns show that Mitt and Ann Romney, who are worth from $190 million to $250 million, earned $21.7 million in 2010 and paid a 13.9 percent tax rate, lower than that of a person earning $50,000. It's all legal but it shows Romney to be an out of touch oligarch and elitist.

Um...er...Comrade Joe....Lou, Ted and Mitt aren't writing silly protest songs complaining about how little taxes others aren't paying.

The tax break law dates back to the 60s, in the 90's when GOPer Christine Todd Whitman was first running for governor it became a big issue because she and her husband claimed the tax break for their farms.
It's not just celebrities and people who like the country who get this big break. Large corporations are holding on to cropland and hiring farmers so they can score tax breaks. So in addition to all the other tax breaks, tax abatements that last for years and sweetheart deals, corporations also get the same tax break that Lou Dobbs gets. Is Winston outraged about filthy rich corporations getting this huge tax break?

Wow, Winston/Steve and his obedient poodle engaging in juvenile name calling, I'm shocked, I'm shocked I tells you. The farm tax break law should be cut back, these rich people and corporations should be paying more in taxes. Winston wants the rich (like Bruce S.) to pay more in taxes, too. Middle of the road is a civilized decent commenter. I have to disgree about the flat tax; it's a boon to the rich and the billionaires. We need to improve the exisiting graduated progressive income tax and close the loop holes. It's ridiculous that a billionaire hedge fund manager only pays a rate of 15% on his capital gains "earnings."

I believe that the original intent of the farm tax break law was to preserve farm lands and to protect them from development. But it has become a tax dodge for rich folks like the Whitmans and for mega corporations. The law needs to be upgraded and changed so that these millionaires and billionaires like Springsteen do pay more in local and state taxes.

Why does Brooose sing songs about bad rich people who he thinks should pay more taxes while he...a rich guy...doesn't want to pay more taxes? Brooose is a typical liberal hypocrit!

What is Bruce's federal income tax rate? Is it 13.9% like Romney's? Is Bruce paying more than 15% in federal income tax? I agree, Winston, that Bruce, all the other millionaires and corporations should have their farm tax break thingie adjusted so that they are paying more. Bruce didn't crash the economic system and bring on a near depression, that was the work of the one percenters like Romney and the other economic royalists. Bruce didn't speculate with investors' money, he didn't bring on the housing bubble or create credit default swaps, he didn't tank AIG.

No....Bruce just partnered with scalpers to rip off his moron fans!

Christie is a wasteful, greedy, my way or the highway politician who will soon be out of a job in Trenton. What a clown!