John DePetro’s disdain for undocumented workers
When six-year old Derrick Johnson was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Andres Morales, the community mourned a tragic death. There is no question that the terrible event was an accident, Morales had no intention or wish to harm the boy. Perhaps the accident was preventable, perhaps not, but the case has [...]
DePetro, Carcieri, Healey in East Greenwich tonight
I saw my ideological nemesis and neighbor John DePetro on Main Street here in East Greenwich the other day. “What’s going on, John?” I said to him. To which he replied, “I have nothing to say to you.” Then he added as he walked away, “I’ll see you in court.” I’m assuming he means for [...]
On Stage Together: Carcieri, DePetro, Healey
What do former Governor Don Carcieri, Rev. Bernard Healey and John DePetro all have in common? The three biggest enemies of civil liberties in Rhode Island? Three people only popular on WPRO? Three people who progressives wish kept to themselves? Even more precisely, these three pillars of Ocean State conservatism will be appearing together, on [...]
Conservative Hate Radio Falls Out Of Fashion
Will Rhode Island soon hear a kinder, gentler WPRO? Probably not, but Lew Dickey, CEO of WPRO’s Atlanta-based parent company Cumulus, is hinting that we might start hearing less about Republican politics and more about the Red Sox baseball. “We’re seeing a shift in spoken word radio from political-based talk over to sports,” Dickey told [...]
Web Editor Dee DeQuattro Is Leaving WPRO for ABC6
WPRO digital reporter Dee DeQuattro is leaving the station she is suing for a new job on December 21. On January 2, she starts as the assignment editor for ABC 6 and ABC6.com. She’ll also do a morning TV spot and keep her own political blog in her new position. “I’m excited to pursue a [...]
Daily Show Declares ‘War on Christmas’ a Joke
Sometimes only the court jester can successfully call out the king for wearing no clothes. While Fox News, John DePetro, Bishop Tobin and Rep. Doreen Costa are hardly still royalty in post-tea party America, John Stewart can still shed some sanity on their completely fabricated and self-indulgent “war on Christmas.” After all, I’m certain the [...]
In EG, DePetro, RI Future’s Hometown, It’s a Holiday Tree
The decorated tree in front of East Greenwich Town Hall, like the one on the State House rotunda, is called a holiday tree, reports East Greenwich Patch. “Was this a Christmas Tree lighting?” wrote editor Elizabeth McNamara. “Not according to the notation on the town’s calendar, which referred to a ‘holiday tree lighting.’” Ironically enough, [...]
Chafee Takes On O’Reilly, Defends Religious Freedom
Earlier this week I criticized Gov Linc Chafee for not taking on John DePetro, whom we all knew was champing at the bit to spew his annual holiday hate about all things secular – most specifically the dead fir tree in the State House serving as a yuletide decoration. Tonight Chafee did me one better, [...]
Chafee: RI Should Honor Religious Tolerance
After unceremoniously flipping the switch, Governor Chafee said he is surprised Rhode Islanders aren’t more supportive the state’s long history of religious freedom and tolerance but said he’s surprised more of the local media isn’t focusing on how those values contrast with controversy over the holiday tree. “I’ve been surprised there hasn’t been more respect [...]
Holiday Tree Debate About Freedom, Not Christmas
Let me be clear about something: just like every other reasonable Rhode Islander, it matters very little to me what the state calls its seasonal decorations. That is not at all why RI Future has dedicated so much space to this issue. We’re revisiting this topic so often because WPRO, one of the most influential [...]
Fact Checking DePetro
John DePetro is spreading holiday lies again this year. Yesterday he falsely claimed a “flash mob” he organized last year did not interrupt the Children’s Choir when they began singing “O’ Christmas Tree” to drown out the kids who were singing “Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas.” Video, taken at the scene, proves otherwise. Also keep [...]
Will DePetro, Tobin Incite Holiday Hate This Season
I’m a little disappointed that Gov. Chafee is attempting to sidestep a skirmish with John DePetro and Bishop Tobin. Call it a holiday tree and let these two continue to alienate themselves from mainstream Rhode Island by acting like dogmatic religious bullies out of touch with the concept of equality. Last year, Tobin likened Chafee [...]
John DePetro, Psychic Readings and Catholicism
The catechism of the Catholic Church is quite clear on the matter of communicating with the dead. On the official Vatican website under the heading “Divination and Magic” is the clear Church teaching on the matter (emphasis mine): 2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the [...]
Progress Report: GoLocal Goes Loco; DePetrogate; KKK History in Smithfield; Go Shaw’s; Bad News for Middle Class
GoLocal goes loco in its ‘Who’s Hot and Who’s Not’ feature this week. Who do they think is hot? Anthony Gemma. What? I have to believe someone hacked into their story and is playing a prank on them, and us. I think I’ll stick with the more credible evaluation of Gemmapalooza done by the Providence [...]
Progress Report: Congrats to Shaw’s Market; DePetro, Gemma; 38 Studios and the State; Improving Rail Service
Three cheers for Shaw’s Market in Barrington. The grocery store told the Town Council last night that it would voluntarily stop using plastic bags, according to Linda Borg of the Providence Journal. I can only assume they decided doing right by the town and the environment wasn’t as much of a hardship on their business [...]
DePetro Courted CoWorker While Defending Christmas
The first time WPRO’s John DePetro propositioned a co-worker who filed a sexual harassment suit against him was in a bus on the way to a rally to defend Christmas at the State House, according to an amended complaint filed today in Superior Court. According to the complaint, the bus – like the Barrington vacation [...]
Progress Report: Victory Day; Narragansetts; Paul Ryan
Happy Victory Day, Rhode Island. We make our case to change the holiday’s name here. And here’s another story that points out some reasons to do away with the holiday. This, by the way, wouldn’t be a bad tradition to replace Victory Day with. I’m often confounded with how the conservative media works, as some [...]
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