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RHODE ISLANDERS FOR IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT
R.I.I.L.E.
February 2010 – Issue 10-02
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SILENCE IS CONSENT - LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD
Recently the President said: “Let’s start thinking of each other as Americans first.” WHAT?? American citizens have consistently called for joining together AS AMERICANS. It is the government that organizes people to divide against each other based on their differences to create a POWER force to get what they want. The President and Congress say they hear us now? DON’T BELIEVE THAT FOR A SECOND. They may “hear” us, BUT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF “LISTENING.” They have their plan; they have their super-majority; and they intend to keep going to fundamentally change America BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. The benefit of the doubt is gone!
To quote Lord Acton (also quoted by Sen. Whitehouse in his oratorical rant), “Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power--power sufficient to interfere with property” – and - “Liberty consists in the division of power. Absolutism, in concentration of power” – and - “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” America’s two-party system was designed and intended to defend against absolute power. The super-majority, in Washington and Rhode Island, is absolute power, and absolute power is tyranny.
The election to fill the Senate seat in Massachusetts was important--not because a Republican was elected, but because 1) it helped restore some party BALANCE in Congress, and 2) it broke the “entitlement” barrier of family members or other “ordained” successors keeping a stranglehold on THE PEOPLE’S SEATS IN GOVERNMENT. Elected officials are way too comfortable with their “authority,” and Rhode Island must do its part to bring back the balance for the survival of our state and our country.
Fundamentally changing America means destroying our form of government to create a different form of government. Every special interest group working for fundamental change supports illegal immigration and lobbies Congress for AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS because illegal immigration, alone, will overwhelm and ultimately destroy the existing systems of government—health care, unemployment, education, housing, banking, manufacturing, all welfare systems, etc.
Putting a new face on the Super-Majority. The Democrat party has divided into factions—Blue Dog (considered “conservative” Democrats) and Progressives (even more liberal than “regular” Democrats). Although most visible in the Democrat party, Progressivism is in all political parties and at all levels—federal, state, and municipal. They don’t waste their time going after Republicans because there aren’t enough Republicans to worry about. The target is their own party, and the goal is to eliminate all Democrats who do not share their ultra-liberal, far-left ideology of fundamentally changing America.
The Clintons and Progressives.
At the Netroots Nation convention in 2009, keynote speaker Bill Clinton told an audience of Progressive bloggers and activists that the nation has “entered a new era of Progressive politics” that could last for decades if Democrats can pass ambitious measures such as health care reform and climate change. “We have entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, can last 30 or 40 years,” he said. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26100.html According to their website, Netroots Nation amplifies Progressive voices by teaching more effective use of technology to influence the public debate and includes progressive organizations and
politicians who use new media technologies to communicate with their constituents. Read more at www.netrootsnation.org At a 2007 Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton was asked: How would you define the word “liberal,” and would you use this word to describe yourself? Her answer: I prefer the word “Progressive.” I consider myself a “modern Progressive.” I consider myself “a proud, modern, American Progressive.” See the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2oOoCdFblc
Congressional Progressive Caucus. Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ) is co-chair with Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA), of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). Vice Chairs: Reps. Diane Watson (CA, Keith Ellison (MN), Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX), Mazie Hirono (HI), Dennis Kucinich (OH), Donna F. Edwards (MD), and Alan Grayson (FL). 2009 House members, 81; Senate, Bernie Sanders (VT). List of CPC members at http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=166&ParentID=0&SectionID=4&SectionTree=4&lnk=b&ItemID=164 Rep. Grijalva’s website is http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/
The CPC--largest caucus within the Democratic Caucus--“reflects the diversity and strength of the American people and seeks to give voice to the needs and aspirations of all Americans and to build a more just and humane society” and promotes a strong, progressive agenda, “The Progressive Promise—Fairness for All.” The CPC is committed to helping progressives, both inside and outside of Congress, work together more effectively, in order to bring all of us closer to making good on The Progressive Promise, working together to build a strong progressive network throughout America and beyond. http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=2&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=2&SectionTree=2
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=5&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=2&SectionTree=5
Website for the Progressive Promise
The RI Chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America strives for Progressive change in the state of Rhode Island and this great nation by working within the Democratic Party, reminding them that they are the party that represents the people not the elites, and by working outside the party through coalition building to achieve collective mutually beneficial goals. Read more at www.ripda.org
A Boston Phoenix article refers to the Progressive Caucus in the Rhode Island General Assembly as “a loose assemblage of 12 to 20 lefty legislators centered in the House” and ready to move from agitator to insider. The death of Rep. Thomas C. Slater and the decision of Rep. Elizabeth M. Dennigan’s to run against Langevin dealt a blow, but the article portrays Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed as “shaping up as a friend to progressive legislators.” Under fire are the Democrats who are more focused on helping fix budget deficits than supporting Progressives who want to “expand the state's safety net” (spend even more money on entitlements). The Progressive Caucus has assured their moderate and conservative colleagues (Democrats) that it will not back challenges to sitting legislators—preferring, instead, to protect its own and recruit candidates for vacant seats. "I would not appreciate one of the Neanderthals backing someone else in my district," said State Senator Charles Levesque, a liberal Portsmouth Democrat, making affectionate reference to his more conservative colleagues.
Rep. Arthur Handy chairs the RI Progressive Caucus (comprised of both the House and Senate): Reps David A. Segal, Christopher M. Fierro, Raymond J. Sullivan, Jr., Edith H. Ajello, Scott J. Guthrie, Edwin R. Pacheco, and Sen. Joshua Miller, among others. The article mentions the “Progressives’ ties to Majority Leader Gordon Fox, heir apparent to be Speaker, and that keeping faith with the man who would be speaker could mean committee chairmanships and other leadership positions that would give liberals (Progressives?) a POWER beyond their numbers. The article also refers to a new generation of voters with live-and-let-live views that will come to maturity at the ballot box. Read the entire article at
http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/88120-state-house-status/
Published on Progressive States Network (http://progressivestates.org) State Legislators for Progressive Health Care Reform--Sign the Letter! Forty-two RI General Assembly members signed a letter supporting “Progressive” health care reform. Names are on the list below and published on the Progressive States Network. The Phoenix article referred to the Progressive Caucus as “a loose assemblage of 12 to 20 lefty legislators centered in the House.” Are these listed legislators part of the Progressive faction or not? If they are, they should declare themselves. If they are not, they should say
so. The voters have a right to know the ideology and intent of the officials they elect. View the list at http://progressivestates.org/print/23009
Rhode Island. Reps: Ajello, Almeida, Azzinaro (Member, Health, Education, and Welfare Committee), DaSilva, Dennigan, Diaz (Secretary, Health, Education and Welfare Committee), Ferri, (Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee), Fierro, Gemma (Member, Health Care Oversight; Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight), Giannini, Guthrie, Handy (Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee), Hearn (Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee), Peter Martin, McNamara (Chair, Health, Education and Welfare Committee; Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight), O’Neill, Pacheco, Amy Rice, Michael Rice, Deb Ruggiero (Member, Health, Education and Welfare Committee), Segal, Serpa, Shallcross-Smith, Sullivan, Walsh, Weed, Williams. Senators: Crowley, Devall, DiPalma, Gallo, Goodwin, Jabour, Levesque (Member, Health and Human Services Committee), Lynch, McBurney, McCaffrey, Miller (Member, Health and Human Services Committee), M. Teresa Paiva Weed (Senate President; Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight), Perry (Chair, Health and Human Services Committee; Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight), Pichardo (Secretary, Health and Human Services Committee; Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight), Tassoni (Member, Health Care Oversight Committee). http://www.progressivestates.org/node/24198
America--a democratic republic--of, by, and for American citizens--through their duly elected representatives. WE are the government, but we are in the way, and we will be plowed under if we allow it to happen. President Obama’s words: “We are five days away from fundamentally changing America.” The super-majority, one-party rule, and the scenarios set up to bypass the Constitution are steaming toward that end. He (a Constitutional lecturer) looks at the Constitution as “a charter of negative liberties” that “doesn’t say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf.” He believes that the civil rights movement was “so court focused” that “there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalition of powers through which you bring about redistributive change.” http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/10/obama_2001_scrap_the_constitut.html
Our founding fathers laid out the government’s responsibilities and specifically reserved everything else for the states--ALWAYS WITH THE CITIZENS IN CHARGE OF THE OFFICIALS THEY ELECT TO “REPRESENT” THEM. The civil rights movement belonged in the courts—it was a LEGAL issue. The President is saying that because the courts—as we know them—will not allow attacks on the Constitution, his form of government will work around the Constitution, through organized groups, using raw POWER to get things done. Government has already taken control of huge areas of our economy, and ramming health care through will give absolute control over our lives to the government. The tentacles of that bill and the interpretations the “new” government will attribute to “health” will engulf every aspect of our lives. “Redistribution” is: American citizens lose everything; government controls everything.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Journals10/HouseJournals10/Hjournal1-19.pdf Rep. Rod Driver introduced an amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives to require that a committee hearing and an up or down recommendation be given to proposed legislation within 30 days of the introduction of that legislation. This would eliminate the all-too-common committee option of having a bill “held for further study,” which, in effect, means that the bill will never be heard from again. It’s safe to say that the majority of new bills are “held for further study,” but mostly for political reasons--not merit or actual “study.” The amendment failed with 30 Yeas and 33 Nays. YEAS - 30: Reps Azzinaro, Corvese, DaSilva, Driver, Edwards, Ehrhardt, Flaherty, Gemma, Giannini, Guthrie, Hearn, Lima, Loughlin, MacBeth, Malik, Marcello, Menard, Messier, Newberry, Pollard, Rice, A., Savage, Schadone, Trillo, Ucci, Walsh, Wasylyk, Watson, Williams, Winfield. NAYS - 33: Speaker Murphy, Reps Ajello, Baldelli-Hunt, Caprio, Carnevale, Carter, Coderre, Costantino, Fellela, Ferri, Fierro, Fox, Gablinske, Gallison, Handy, Kilmartin, Martin, Mattiello, McCauley, McNamara, Melo, Naughton, O'Neill, Pacheco, Petrarca, Rice, M., Ruggiero, Segal, Serpa, Shallcross, Silva, Slater, Vaudreuil.
Hundreds of bills are introduced at every session, but 1) not all proposed legislation merits being drafted into a bill, 2) some bills cannot be enforced because there is no available personnel or agency to enforce them; 3) many new bills add, delete, or “fix” parts of already existing legislation, and a good portion of those bills are necessary because the legislation was not properly prepared the first time.
The RI General Assembly’s super-majority reflects the federal government’s super-majority in self-importance and disdain for the voters--NO TRANSPARENCY OR HONOR IN RHODE ISLAND EITHER.
A perfect example is the E-Verify legislation—a major issue for the safety and sovereignty of our state and our country, for the laws of the United States, and for the respect and well-being of American citizens and LEGAL non-citizens. The House passed this legislation in 2007, 2008, and 2009—but the Senate decided that it be “held for further study” IN ALL THREE YEARS, AND IT NEVER CAME OUT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE. That is abuse of power, and it is cowardly to hide behind that power.
In 2008 the House passed E-Verify 52 to 17. YEAS: Speaker Murphy and Reps Amaral, Baldelli-Hunt, Brien, Carter, Church, Coderre, Corvese, DeSimone, Ehrhardt, Fellela, Flaherty, Fox, Gablinske, Gallison, Gemma, Giannini, gorham, Jackson, Kennedy, Kilmartin, Lally, Lewiss, Lima, Long, Loughlin, Malik, Mattiello, McManus, McNamara, Melo, Menard, Mumford, O'Neill, Palumbo, Petrarca, Picard, Rose, San Bento, Savage, Schadone, Scott, Serpa, Shanley, Singleton, Story, Trillo, Ucci Vaudreuil, Watson, Winfield. NAYS: Reps Ajello, Almeida, Caprio, Costantino, Dennigan, Diaz, Ferri, Handy, McCauley, Pacheco, Rice, Segal, Silva, Slater, Sullivan, Walsh, Williams.
In 2009 the House passed E-Verify 38 to 33. There was an election in 2008—more Progressives in office. YEAS: Speaker Murphy and Reps Azzinaro, Baldelli-Hunt, Brien, Carnevale, Carter, Coderre, Corvese, Edwards, Ehrhardt, Fellela, Gablinske, Gallison, Gemma, Jacquard, Kennedy, Kilmartin, Lally, Loughlin, MacBeth, Malik, Marcello, Mattiello, McNamara, Menard, Naughton, Newberry, Palumbo, Pollard, Savage, Schadone, Serpa, Shallcross-Smith, Trillo, Vaudreuil, Watson, Williamson, Winfield. NAYS: Reps Ajello, Almeida, Caprio, Costantino, DaSilva, Dennigan, Diaz, Driver, Ferri, Fierro, Flaherty, Fox, Guthrie, Handy, Hearn, Lima, Martin, McCauley, Melo, O'Neill, Pacheco, Petrarca, Rice, A., Rice, M., Ruggiero, Segal, Silva, Slater, Sullivan, Ucci, Walsh, Wasylyk, Williams.
To his credit, Rep. Jon Brien has--AGAIN--introduced E-Verify legislation, House Bill H-7296, to ensure that every person working in Rhode Island is in our country LEGALLY. RI unemployment hovers at 13%! By refusing to enact this legislation—IT IS ALREADY FEDERAL LAW—the General Assembly encourages and enables illegal immigration. Every illegal alien working in Rhode Island takes a job away from a LEGAL worker. House Labor Committee members will decide whether or not to send this bill to the House floor for a vote: Corvese (Chair), Coderre, Edwards, Fellela, Gablinske, Guthrie, Kilmartin, Loughlin, McCauley, Shallcross-Smith, Vaudreuil, Williams, Winfield. Clerk is William Souza, 222-2587.
American citizens are educating ourselves politically because we can’t believe what we hear or read, or even what we see The human brain sets us apart from all other forms of life because we have a higher purpose, and our democratic republic gives us the freedom to control our own lives toward that purpose by being responsible for ourselves. If you depend on government to “take care of you,” you serve the government’s purpose—not your own. If you care about “human rights,” you cannot possibly justify giving up those rights to government control.
Make your own choices when you vote—THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. But do it as an EDUCATED VOTER, asking the right questions, demanding answers, and unseating elected officials WHO HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA. Make sure you know who you are voting for. Your life, as you know it, depends on it.
R.I.I.L.E. meets the first Wednesday of every month at the Pawtucket Library, 13 Summer Street, Pawtucket, at 6:30 p.m. Please help us save Rhode Island.
SILENCE IS CONSENT - LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
Executive Director Terry Gorman
Director Karin Gorman
Writer/Contributor Kathleen Gudaitis
Editor Karin Gorman
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