Archive for January, 2009
An Open Letter to Sen. Claire McCaskill
Friday, January 30th, 2009Sen. McCaskill,
Thank you for proposing the law to restrict executive pay on CEOs receiving TARP funds. I’m encouraged that the U.S. Congress is now finally starting to understand how greedy and manipulative the banking and finance industry is.
You spoke from the Senate floor, saying “I don’t think any of us thought these guys were this [...]
Health Care Now
Friday, January 30th, 2009By Paul Krugman, The New York Times.
The whole world is in recession. But the United States is the only wealthy country in which the economic catastrophe will also be a health care catastrophe — in which millions of people will lose their health insurance along with their jobs, and therefore lose access to essential [...]
Political Trivia
Friday, January 30th, 2009By Bob Benenson, CQPolitics. Posted January 29, 2009.
Which is the most strongly Democratic state, according to a Gallup poll?
a) Vermont
b) Massachusetts
c) Rhode Island
d) Hawaii
Answer: c) A poll released Wednesday by the Gallup organization showed that Rhode Island was the state with the biggest gap — 37 percentage points — between those who favor the Democrats and those who [...]
RIPDA Statewide Chapter Meeting, January 28
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009The RIPDA is having its next statewide chapter meeting and we encourage everyone to attend to discuss the following:
Review of the PDA National conference in DC
How to Respond to Governor Carcieri’s proposed budget
Organize for a Forum on Guaranteed Universal Health Care
This will be a brainstorming session, so we need as many minds as possible there [...]
State Representatives – 2009-2010
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009State Representative
Home Phone
Work Phone
E-Mail
Edith Ajello
274-7078
751-5100
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Governor Carcieri’s Horrible Plan
Saturday, January 10th, 2009“Good evening, my fellow Rhode Islanders…”
With these words, Governor Don Carcieri started his address to the state on Wednesday night. With these words, he spoke to all of us about the profound difficulties our small state is experiencing. With these words, he offered his disastrous solutions:
Changing the retirement age of all municipal and [...]
W. and the Damage Done
Thursday, January 8th, 2009By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant, Salon.com
After a couple of presidential terms, mismanagement in every area of policy — foreign, domestic, even extraterrestrial — starts to add up. When George W. Bush entered the White House in January 2001, he inherited peace and prosperity. The military, the Constitution and New Orleans were intact and the [...]
9 Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009By Deepak Chopra, AlterNet.
You have been elected by the first anti-war constituency since 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected after promising to end the Korean War. But ending a war isn’t the same as bringing peace. America has been on a war footing since the day after Pearl Harbor, 67 years ago. We [...]