A Cry for Help

We get letters! Well, not we exactly. More like “I read the ProJo letters section and yell at no one in particular while having my morning coffee.” Close enough.
Anyway, this morning’s coffee-out-the-nose moment came via a WWII vet who related a story of how, during war time, battling the Japanese, his destroyer shot at some [...]

It’s time for my “every-three-month-or-so” apology post. I’ve been feeling a little swamped, and I do hate neglecting y’all (I’m reaching out to thems voters what gots morals there). I just haven’t been able to sit down and take some time to whip out a decent post or two these past few days, and the [...]

I would so love to go see this. But alas, i’ve got too many commitments this week; Modest Mouse tonight at Radio City, Pedro the Lion tomorrow night and Steven Wright on thursday. I hope this happens and get videotaped, and then winds up on the internets.

Texas-Sized Brother has work for you.

On Wednesday, a board member charged that the proposed new books ran counter to a Texas law banning the recognition of gay civil unions because the texts used terms like “married partners” instead of “husband and wife.”
After hearing the debate Thursday, one publisher agreed to include a definition of [...]

Today, President Bush said “We’ve worked hard and gained many new friends, and the result is now clear: a record voter turnout, and a broad nationwide victory.”
Good to know that we northeasterners aren’t considered part of the nation. Or the Upper Midwest. Ditto for the West Coast. And but for 150,000 Ohio voters, this election [...]

John Kerry concedes. I’m a little surprised, given the dim glimmer of hope they were holding on to in Ohio. Let the recriminations begin, and oh will it be nasty.
I got an email from the RI Politics listserv with the subject line “GWB = God Wishes Bush”. Another one said “Now we can safely bomb [...]

So I woke up early this morning and decided to roll out and vote. I headed over to Oaklawn school because I never legally changed by address from Cranston to Warwick. Coffee in hand I strolled in, saw no line, gave my name and was promptly told that I wasn’t on the list. [...]

Well, it looks like Don Carcieri’s gigantic magnified eyeballs weren’t enough to beat back the old guy in the URI sweatshirt. Early results show, by my count, that the makeup of the RI House will be 60 Democrats to 15 Republicans, and the State Senate will be 7 Republicans to 31 Democrats. That’s, like, not [...]

Keep your eyes on these important states at their appointed hours:
8pm EST: New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida (both time zones), Missouri, and Ohio
9pm EST: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, and of course, Rhode Island
It should be all but over if they can call winners in those states, but at 10pm EST polls will [...]

I just voted in Warwick, and man did that feel goooood. This was the first time I’ve voted in person, so I can’t compare turnout. There was a small line that moved pretty quickly. I can’t believe some of the lines they are showing on TV.
Steve at AI is blogging for the Jimmy Fund, so [...]

I just finalized my ballot. There are seven races on my card, from President down to school board. I voted for two Democrats, a Republican, a Green, an Independent and a Red Sox DH. How’s that for splitting your ticket? The school board was non-partisan (hey ‘wicks, vote Lucy Mota-Costa). Also I’m approving 9 out [...]

Remember, tomorrow, on the back of your ballot, there are 14 questions that ask for your approval or rejection. Twelve of 14 are borrowing proposals, but the first two are about the state constitution. Question 1asks whether you’d like to rewrite the constitution to add restrictions to the General Assembly, which has wielded unbalanced powers [...]