Comments on: The $132,000/Year Punishment

By: Guido

Guido — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:44:33 +0000

I was going to comment but I’m too busy filling out my application for employment with the Hoboken police dept.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:16:18 +0000

According to a Tampa police log, two TIA police officers responded to a disturbance call at 9:15 a.m. when Andriani, 56, who was in line for a flight to New Jersey, became irate when airline flight crew members were permitted to pass him in line…

Who the fuck do those civilians think they are? Just read an interview with Andriani:

Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then passes me in the security line for a flight to Hoboken! I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:41:17 +0000

Nice dye job on the hair. Doesn’t help really, the dude still looks like Skeletor wimpy little brother.

By: damaged justice

damaged justice — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:07:35 +0000

So this asshole who looks like a child-molesting Napoleon Dynamite takes home each and every month more for doing nothing than I make in a year, before taxes. Government really is the ultimate racket.

Sad how the “good side” is that at least now he’s being paid to sit on his ass like any other welfare leech, rather than being directly reimbursed for beating, robbing and murdering.

By: primus

primus — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:54:19 +0000

are we sure of the gender of the person photographed? Looks like a Pat.

By: Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:47:09 +0000

#10 – I had a problem with a TSA employee once, and the supervisor was some meek guy who was more interested in the situation going away. He clearly didn’t have the guts to stand up to his subordinate. Anyway, I should have followed up but didn’t.

By: efgoldman

efgoldman — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:30:22 +0000

Hoboken gets an eensy bit of a pass (but just a little) because its Frank Sinatra’s home town.
Really no excuse for this crap, though.
He’s a supervisor, so the rank-and-file union isn’t looking out for him, is it?

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:49:09 +0000

I’m guessing that the mayor and council of Hoboken thought it would cost more to fire him: if you wanted evidence that public sector unions are too strong and a barrier to reform, here is one more piece of such evidence.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:30:37 +0000

Is this guy worth 132,000 bucks of the taxpayers money?

By: Shell Goddamnit

Shell Goddamnit — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:37:42 +0000

Really, that photo looks like a mug shot taken just before the Nuremberg Trials. Man needs to update his “look” for chrissake – to something that doesn’t look like he’s about to open his mouth & demand “your papers, vermin!!”

By: Mattocracy

Mattocracy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:52:59 +0000

Could that guy look anymore like a psychopath? Agian, why isn’t Obama’s DoJ investigating this man?

By: ClubMedSux

ClubMedSux — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:45:01 +0000

Pick your poison in the “rogue cop vs. TSA” squabble.

That’s an easy one for me. While I question TSA’s policies and have doubts about the competence of airport screeners, I’ve yet to encounter one TSA employee who was belligerent to me or treated me as a second-class citizen because I was a “civilian.” I can’t say the same about cops.

By: J sub D

J sub D — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:24:45 +0000

Couldn’t wait ’til Monday, huh?

Somebody approved this and is probably still working for Hoboken, AKA America’s Favorite Vacation Destination.

By: Marty

Marty — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:03:56 +0000

to me, this guy looks typical- he just happened to be the guy ‘caught’. I’m sure he feels the pay is justified because his good name has been dragged through the mud…

By: random guy

random guy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:43:17 +0000

Why is it that white supremacists always look exactly like what you would expect a white supremacists to look like? Paler than death and about as personable. You never see one with a tan, full checks, and a smile, they always look a few nose slits away from being Voldemort.

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:38:49 +0000

David: since Andriani’s job was hanging out at strip clubs, dressing up like the Klan, and intimidating people, I am sure that there are plenty of mobsters in the N.J. region willing and able to fill that slot.

By: David

David — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:49:13 +0000

Am I correct in assuming that while Andriani is collecting 2 years salary as a “punishment’, the city of Hoboken is also paying for someone else to do his job?

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:41:26 +0000

Oh, and Radley: I know you were concerned that you looked “shifty” in your recent TV interview. You didn’t look anything like Andriani: now THAT is shifty.

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:39:28 +0000

Talking of cops and punishment…..it just snowed in Washington DC. What happened to the detective who brought his gun to the snowball fight? Any “punishment”?

By: Dan Z

Dan Z — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:38:07 +0000

I wish any job I ever had would have punished me by making me stay home and collect full pay. Thats not punishment, thats hitting the lottery.