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Ask Cicilline Why our Tax Dollars are Going to Israel

Congressman Cicilline needs to explain giving your money away.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Congressman Cicilline owes an explanation to Rhode Island taxpayers.

While most of our larger cities contemplate bankruptcy, and citizens suffer the brunt of budget cuts, higher taxes, and slashed social programs, the congressman is lavishly giving your money away to a foreign country.

Help the Family of a Rhode Island National Guard Hero

“Actions speak louder than words”

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks.

Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters.

Dennis Weichel Reminds Us Who Americans Really Are

Dennis Weichel's heroic death brings us the other side of the story in Afghanistan.

(SALEM) - The story of Rhode Island soldier Dennis Weichel makes it easy to remember why I left Afghanistan in 2007 thinking that a lot of good Americans were engaged in that conflict.

They were there then and they are there now, as this father of three who gave his life to save an Afghan child, showed us.

RI primary Apr. 24 and a `drop-dead` deadline Wednesday, Jan. 25

I can’t believe my friends want four more years of Barack Obama.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Barack Obama escalated the war against Afghanistan. He started or continued wars in Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Colombia and… without congressional approval. He has kept U.S. military forces and military bases in countries around the world.

Obama has established the “authority” of the President to order assassinations without trial – even of American citizens.

Recently the Constitution took a severe beating in Congress as part of the `war on terror`

I can’t imagine John Chafee or Lincoln Chafee casting votes like these. Sadly, in 2006 Rhode Islanders replaced Senator Lincoln Chafee with Sheldon Whitehouse.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The Senate approved the indefinite military incarceration of suspected American citizens. No evidence, charges, trial or other aspects of due process would be required.

You might be suspected of being an “insurgent” depending on your ancestry or your physical appearance. (Recall the shameful incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II.)

Violating the Constitution on Wars and Civil Liberties

David Cicilline supports efforts to limit the war in Afghanistan, while James Langevin voted to let the war continue indefinitely despite mounting civilian casualties...

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - The last time the U.S. government obeyed the Constitution on going to war (Art. 1, Sec. 8) was on Dec. 8, 1941. Since then presidents have initiated numerous wars without congressional declarations.

Obama and Whistleblowers

As for revealing government secrets: from whom were they secrets? The fact that Americans were killing civilians was no secret in Iraq.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama advocated greater protection for whistleblowers. But now Obama seems only interested in protecting whistleblowers with whom he agrees.

A woman who revealed illegal practices by the pharmaceutical manufacturer where she worked received $96 million under the federal Whistleblower Law, but a young Army private suspected of revealing a terrible war crime has been held in brutal solitary confinement ever since by the Obama administration.

Oscar the Cat

An amazing story about a feline with phenomenal abilities.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - “There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” said Hamlet after the ghost of his father had come and gone on the battlements.

Oscar the cat lives on the third floor of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. When he arrived there in 2005, he appeared to be a typical, playful kitten. But he has turned out to be much more, mysteriously more.

Rhode Island House Members Introduce Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana

Bill would decriminalize the possession of less than one ounce and substitute a civil penalty of $150.

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - A bill to decriminalize the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and substitute a civil penalty of $150 was introduced in the Rhode Island House of Representatives yesterday.

H 7317, a bipartisan bill was co-sponsored by 35 House members and has been referred to the House Judiciary committee.