From the category archives:

Rhode Island

Patrick Kennedy at His Whiny Best

March 10, 2010

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At least his dad was a drunk — what’s his excuse?  … Oh yeah…

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The Central Falls Precedent

February 24, 2010

I lived in Rhode Island for about 24 years.  I can say without hesitation that Central Falls is one of the worst square miles one could find outside of Detroit.  One doesn’t drive through it… you find ways to drive around it!  OK, that’s a little exaggeration (nothing in the developed world is nearly as [...]

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They Don’t Call It Road Island for Nothing

December 30, 2009

According to Forbes Magazine, Rhode Island leads the nation in . . . safe driving.  Be sure to check out the next issue of Forbes Magazine for their feature on Hawaii’s reaction to the news that they lead the nation in annual snowfall.

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Patriots Mascot Caught in Sex Sting

December 12, 2009

Apparently, not just Tiger Woods pays for sex nowadays!  As it turns out one of the guys who acts as the “Pat the Patriot” was picked up with 13 other people in an undercover sex sting in Rhode Island.
Until last November there was a loophole in Rhode Island law which allowed for prostitution… only if [...]

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Ayn Rand on Socialized Health Care

October 8, 2009

Upon discussing Atlas Shrugged with my father a few weeks ago, he spotted an editorial in the Providence Journal (the local Rhode Island paper slowly dying like the rest of the MSM) which spotlighted Rand’s book We the Living from 1936.  Well, the article said that a 1942 movie on the book exists and only recently on DVD format.  [...]

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Congratulations Elisabeth!

August 10, 2009

Congratulations to Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the birth of her third child yesterday (not the child pictured above)!  She’s by far the classiest gal on “The View,” articulate, talented, passionate, conservative, and she’s from Rhode Island which make her sentiments even more amazing! 
Being conservative and from Rhode Island is kind of something all us contributors at AOR know about [...]

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Brown University Rejects Columbus, Loves Self

April 8, 2009

After a student petition and recent activism, Brown University (the Ivy League’s version of a ”safety” school) has officially renamed Columbus Day on its calender to “Fall Weekend” through a faculty vote.  This kind of politically correct nonsense is to be expected from such a liberal school, which needs a little intellectual diversity in their History Department. 
I [...]

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Job Fairs at Strip Clubs — Gotta Love Obamanomics!

March 23, 2009

Everybody in the Rhode Island area has either heard of or been a client of the Foxy Lady — a place of ilrepute in the midst of a town called Providence, known for all sorts of things including a “Legs and Eggs” special, while being as classy as Southern New England can do a public strip club.  [...]

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Former RI Senator Claiborne Pell Dies at 90

January 2, 2009

Meaning no disrespect, but when I heard about the passing of former Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell yesterday, I had absolutely no idea he was still alive until then.  The former six-term Senator served from 1960 to 1996, so he was always old to me, and since moving to NJ seven years ago I just assumed [...]

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Rogue’s Island Strikes Again with Even Higher Taxes

December 7, 2008

I couldn’t resist commenting on this latest scheme out of my former home state, the dying State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations! 
Because the Democrat-controlled state legislature is invested so heavily in buying the votes of their constituents through the welfare-state socialism and corruption which has dominated Lil’ Rhody for decades, they simply cannot “cut” any program whatsoever.  [...]

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Top Colleges For Conservatives

June 27, 2008

While perusing the Corner earlier today, I was pleased to see that All American Colleges has published a guide for the top 50 schools for conservatives, old-fashioned liberals, and people of faith. I was even more pleased with the cover. I know many of you will agree.

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No Water for The Witch as Some Republicans Play With Fire

March 4, 2008

Earlier tonight, I had a discussion with Sal in which he informed me that a conservative we both (and many of you) know and respect actually cast a ballot for She Who Must Not Be Named. I know Rush Limbaugh and other influential conservative suggested that Republicans do just that, and I know that [...]

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The Obama Endorsement: Chafee Is As Chafee Does

February 14, 2008

Once upon a time, many thought that the sole purpose of this website to bash Lincoln Chafee and with good reason. All three of us are conservative Republicans who were born and raised in Rhode Island, and we were naturally disgusted with the leftist leanings of our former Senator. After siding with the [...]

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Ride The Corkscrew Again . . . Almost

February 8, 2008

This one’s for the Rhode Islanders. Like me, many of you have fond memories of Rocky Point, that cheesy amusement park from yesteryear. We will never taste chowda and clamcakes in the World’s Largest Shore Dining Hall, spit on the fat lady in the House of Horrors or be drenched by flume bacteria [...]

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Liturgical Dance

January 22, 2008

Sal, you would know better than anyone.  Please tell me that this liturgical dancing didn’t actually happen where it looks like it happened.

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Lincoln Chafee Leaves the Republican Party

September 19, 2007

Without too much fanfare, Rhode Island’s favorite ex-cokehead Republican, Lincoln Chafee, decided to bolt the party last “June or July.”  Saying, “It’s not my party anymore,” begs the question: when was it ever your party?  He’s currently unaffiliated, but that isn’t much of a change either.  He was the definition of a RINO which is what [...]

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Deadly Mistake at Rhode Island Hospital

August 24, 2007

An 86-year-old brain surgery patient, whose name is yet to be released, eventually died Saturday of a botched operation.  The nurse practitioner didn’t specify which side of the patient’s brain needed to be operated on, but the doctor went ahead anyway, on memory of an old CT scan.  Once he realized his mistake he began to work [...]

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Oscar the Cat

July 26, 2007

I don’t really like cats, being much more of a dog fan.  I’ve only met a few cats that I genuinely like.  To me, they seem very self-interested, using you for food and warmth and tend to get used to you more than truly like you.  Dogs are pretty dumb comparatively, but they love attention and show [...]

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Rhode Island Sailors Missing!

May 10, 2007

This just in from Virginia:  four sailors hailing from Rhode Island are still lost at sea this evening after possibly being hit by Tropical Depression/Storm Andrea, forming ominously off the Carolina coast this week.  Representative Patches and Jack Reed (a short Senator) have been haranguing the Coast Guard to step up efforts to find the Rhode Islanders [...]

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