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This weekend brought assorted topics: A personal story forced a decision about what an unborn child is. The Frank Williams story exposed a different social caste in Rhode Island A police union story brought up the question of who or what runs a town. A lawyer-convict story made us wonder whether there might be more.…
With a few exceptions, it was a weekend of two political events. Of course, there’s the Republican Northeast Conference, which I liveblogged here, here, and here, with the following video footage (thus far): The first evening brought introductory remarks, including from RIGOP Chair Gio Cicione and Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont. Governor Carcieri kicked off…
Well, I’m off to the Republican National Committee Northeast Conference in Newport, but Bill Rappleye just stopped by to interview me about the survivability of unions in Rhode Island. Watch for the segment on channel 10 on either the five or six o’clock news. I’ll keep an eye out for online video.
I’m hearing that Matt Allen will be discussing the content of today’s vlog during the 7:00 hour (although he just said it may move to the 8:00 hour). I’ll be listening and will probably call in to expound (unless the conversation captivates me, as often happens). Listen on 630AM/99.7FM or stream online on WPRO’s Web…
This weekend was dominated by the healthcare debate, particularly Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s controlled version of the town-hall meeting, which I liveblogged and videotaped. The casual viewer will see that Kennedy’s expressed fears about political violence had no proximate basis. Which would seem to match a sort of meta-rhetorical theme, in that specifics of the Democrats’…
I’ve just received word that I will be allowed to do my liveblogging, YouTubing thing at Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s limited-attendance healthcare forum, on Saturday. We can then compare and contrast the candidate, audience, and message with State Representative John Loughlin’s healthcare town hall meeting in Tiverton on Wednesday.
Our content, this weekend, seems like a reverberation of thought from Labor Day, because most of the posts are somehow related to working. There’s the state worker so out of touch as to whine about being called “nonessential.” There’s the carpenter and blogger worrying (some would say “whining” here, too) about the financial ramifications of…
Anchor Rising is on the Matt Allen show tonight from 8-9 PM. Tune in to here Justin, Andrew and Monique “get violent” (heh) with Matt. Matt doesn’t usually take calls during the Violent Roundtable, but feel free to comment here!
Schedule accordingly: Andrew, Monique, and I will be joining Matt Allen for his Violent Roundtable tonight on 630AM/99.7FM WPRO.
The big news of the weekend, I’d say, was the continuing ability of opposition groups to generate large protests, the Providence version of which Monique and Andrew attended. The Providence Journal, disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, thought something else was most worthy of its attention. Word came of economic solvency being an issue for Rhode…