Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of 
The great state of New Jersey - the Garden State - is on the lookout for a new state slogan. This, of course, has become the butt of many jokes as Jersey has long been. The jokes practically write themselves.
New Jersey: What are you lookin at?
New Jersey: Fugetaboutit
It all reminds me of an old Robert Wuhl bit about the New Jersey legislature actually considering a bill that would have made Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run the official state anthem. That would, he noted, be the very first state anthem with the word "suicide" in it. "Baby this town rips the bones from your back" - tourism is gonna soar.
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There was an internet list of fake state tourism slogans a while back. Maybe NJ could take the one proposed for Indiana, to indicate the many exciting tourist possibilities:
"Indiana. Bring a book."
Posted by: Jeff Hebert | November 15, 2005 12:36 PM
New Jersey: Good Enough for Sinatra
New Jersey: Now Terrell Owens Free!
New Jersey: Bah...Who Are We Kidding?
Posted by: Dave S. | November 15, 2005 1:06 PM
New Jersey: Birthplace of the mullet
New Jersey: Where the official state fabric is spandex
Posted by: Ed Brayton | November 15, 2005 1:38 PM
New Jersey: Close To New York; Far From California
New Jersey: It's Not That Bad. Really.
We could go on all day... *L*
Birthplace of the mullet? Holy Larry Fortensky, never knew that.
Posted by: Dave S. | November 15, 2005 2:06 PM
New Jersey: An Olfactory Experience
Posted by: oolong | November 15, 2005 4:05 PM
http://www.teetastic.com/new_jersey.html
Posted by: tim | November 15, 2005 6:12 PM
New Jersey: More Street Cred Than Old Jersey
Posted by: Doctor_Gonzo | November 15, 2005 8:21 PM
New Joisey: We got your state slogan right here!
Posted by: Raging Bee | November 16, 2005 8:17 AM
Common, youse guys, New Jersey was a fine place for my brother and I to be raised. Things have chaged since then, I admit, but they still have the toll booths on the NJ side of the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, 'cause they can't trust New Yorkers with the money.
Menlo Park, NJ was the home of Thomas Edison's laboratory, so my idea for a state motto would be:
"New Jersey: Where Bright Ideas Originate"
Posted by: Bill Ware | November 16, 2005 12:05 PM
New Jersey: Pay no attention to those muffled screams coming from the trunk of the car.
Posted by: Ed Brayton | November 16, 2005 12:18 PM
How about "New Joisey: whose bright idea was this?"
Posted by: Raging Bee | November 16, 2005 2:09 PM
A Jeopardy clue last night reminded viewers that at the geographic center of New Jersey is the place that was made famous by Orson Wells so long ago, when he literally scared the holy turd blossoms out of the state's population by reporting on the invaders from Mars. Thus one could appropriately claim New Jersey: A Home only Chicken Little Could Love.
Posted by: spyder | November 16, 2005 5:27 PM
New Jersey: A Place Where New Yorkers Take Refuse
Oops! I meant Refuge!!
Posted by: Bill Ware | November 17, 2005 11:24 AM
New Jersey: where Martians go for fun!
Posted by: Raging Bee | November 17, 2005 11:33 AM
science give us best technology for the progressing of our country........
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