Monique Chartier
[See my post for a recitation of events and Andrew’s post for a description of bill procedure and why democracy within the Capitol is too often considered a “parliamentary trick” by leadership.] This is the question that I asked the office of the Senate President four times over the course of three days last week:…
Under Marc’s post, Joe Bernstein points out that RI needed E-verify Yes, it does. Present tense: it needs e-verify. Jobs are the single biggest enticement for people to come here – here to the United States and here to Rhode Island – without respect for the law. This was clearly demonstrated when our economy tanked…
Monty Perelin at American Thinker observes Wait, stop the Economics. There has been a terrible mistake. From the timeline of the “Maynard Keynes” website. [H/T Jill Fallon at Estate Vaults.] Over lunch at the Bank of England [in April, 1946], Keynes tells Henry Clay of his hopes that Adams Smith’s “invisible hand” can help Britain…
… unlike the continued gushing of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, Glenn Beck and Pat Gray do an excellent job breaking down how this moratorium is a wild overreaction on the part of the president and how he may not intend to “let this crisis go wasted” but use it to pass Senator Kerry’s…
… of course, Katrina was not Bush’s Katrina. The only “serious” criticism that could be leveled is that he failed for several days to read the minds of a Governor and a Mayor who couldn’t stop sitting on their hands long enough to pick up the telephone and ask for help. But I’m risking an…
Question for State House observers: is it true that this is the first time that a bill has been pulled after it was scheduled for a hearing? House Speaker Gordon D. Fox decided Monday that Rep. Peter Palumbo’s controversial Arizona-style bill on immigration will not be heard this session. “The speaker opposes this and feels…
When it was pointed out to Connecticut AG Richard (this space deliberately left blank) Blumenthal that newspaper articles had picked up and repeated his lies, thereby unwittingly contributing to his stolen valor, Mr. Blumenthal indignantly replied that he could not keep track of all news reports about himself. Not so fast. An editorial in Wednesday’s…
(… the AZ law before commenting on it). H/T NewsBuster’s Noel Sheppard. On a slightly more serious note, Rep Peter Palumbo’s bill to bring the “Arizona” – aka, the US federal – immigration law to Rhode Island will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee late Thursday afternoon.
Kerry King, who ran for Lieutenant Gov in 2006 (handy dandy info courtesy Andrew), sent out the following announcement a couple of hours ago. Kerry King cordially invites you to his announcement for candidacy for a State General office on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm, at the Crowne Plaza Inn, Warwick, RI. King…