Chafees Talk Radio Ban

Chafee Wants Ad Boycott Of Talk Radio
From Rhode Island’s Providence Journal RI Gov. Chafee: Stop paying for vitriolic commentary Felice Freyer  Thu, Jan 13, 2011 When Talk Radio hosts use harshly divisive language, "The advertisers should shut them down," Governor Lincoln Chafee said this morning. Chafee said the solution to the vitriolic Rhetoric — which some have linked to the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend — is for people to stop paying for it, including not buying...

R.I. governor won't do talk radio, calling it profit-driven
Source: Associated Press R.I. Governor won't do Talk Radio, calling it profit-driven By The Associated Press 01.14.11 NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is freezing out talk-radio shows from his new administration, saying he and state workers who report to him will no longer appear on them because they're profit-driven enterprises that are more entertainment than news and are a diversion from state business. News of Chafee's policy began spreading last week, but it wasn...

America's Worst Governor
I thought for sure this title would easily go to Jerry Brown in California, but I think it will probably be won going away by former RINO Lincoln Chaffee in Rhode Island When Talk Radio hosts use harshly divisive language, "The advertisers should shut them down," Governor Lincoln Chafee said this morning. Chafee said the solution to the vitriolic Rhetoric -- which some have linked to the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend -- is for people to stop paying for it, including ...

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee Bans Talk Radio
In what could only be described as a bizarre and illogical first move as the newly elected Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee (I) announced a ban on State Employees having any contact with radio broadcasters. The move is part of a broader attack on radio broadcasters by liberals across the nation in the wake of the tragedy in Arizona. Shortly after the heartbreaking incident in Tucson, liberals across the spectrum immediately began assigning blame for it, without evidence, to conservativ...

Gov. Bans Officials from Talk Radio
(FOXNews.com) - Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Thursday defended his decision to ban state officials -- including himself -- from conducting interviews on Talk Radio, except in emergencies. When talk radio hosts engage in vitriolic political Rhetoric, "advertisers should shut them down," Chaffee said, according to the Providence Journal-Bulletin Chafee. A spokesman for the governor's office earlier said the decision is not related to the Tucson shootings and was considered before the tr...

Governor Orders: No Talk Radio
No Talk Radio. That is the order from Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, who has banned state officials from conducting interviews on talk radio, except in emergencies. A spokesman for the Governor's office says the decision is not related to the Tucson shootings and was considered before the tragedy. Some have blamed talk radio for the deadly shooting in Arizona, even though talk radio defenders say there is no evidence that it influenced the suspect at all, or even if Jared Loughner listene...

John Dingell (D-MI) blames Palin, GOP for rhetoric leading to AZ shooting. Flashback: Dingell links tea party to KKK, called rad
Curiously, Dingell said:"I saw the district of Gabrielle Giffords has a crosshairs put on it. As a lifetime rifleman and shooter, I know what crosshairs signify when you put them on somebody and I know what happened.Is he talking about Palin or Daily Kos? The liberal Daily Kos put a bullseye on Giffords in 2008 (via HillBuzz): More from Henry Payne at The Michigan View: Dingell just accused Palin as an accessory to Murder? Yawn.Dingell had previewed his comments Monday when he toured the Detroit...

Curtis Sliwa And Buddy Cianci Talk About Talk Radio On Talk Radio
Whoa, I'm having flashbacks: I lived in Rhode Island for nine years, five of which were spent as a reporter for The Providence Journal and all of which were spent with Vincent "Buddy" Cianci as mayor. I've been away from R.I. and back home in New York for almost 11 years, but I just had to share this Curtis Sliwa interview with Cianci about how Ocean State Gov. Lincoln Chafee has barred state workers, including himself, from appearing on Talk Radio. It's a fascinating deci...

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee Orders State Workers To Stay Off Talk Radio
Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has ordered state workers not to appear on Talk Radio.  (h/t TALKERS) Chafee will continue to talk to reporters from local stations and the nonprofit local NPR affiliate, Michael Trainor, a spokesperson for the Governor, told the newspaper. Trainor explained that the governor wants to avoid “Ratings-driven, for-profit programming.” “We don’t think it is appropriate to use Taxpayer resources” to pay State Employees to appe...

DUPNIKS DUPLICITOUS DIATRIBE
In the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s tragic shooting at the Tucson shopping center, the one person that citizens would expect to focus on a quick response to the violence, conduct a thorough investigation, and focus on finding the culprit is none other than Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.  Certainly, this occurred within his jurisdiction, therefore his office is the primary Law Enforcement agency to deal with this crisis.   Jared Loughner’s actions, the takin...

UPDATE: RI GOV. CALLS FOR AD BAN ON TALKRADIO...
When Talk Radio hosts use harshly divisive language, "The advertisers should shut them down," Governor Lincoln Chafee said this morning. Chafee said the solution to the vitriolic Rhetoric -- which some have linked to the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords over the weekend -- is for people to stop paying for it, including not buying books from people who use such language. Chafee made his comments in response to reporters' questions after a meeting on Health Care. He noted that he had been...

A Climate of Slander
Jan 24, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 18 • By THE SCRAPBOOK Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Liberal pundits suffered a psychotic break last week, metaphorically speaking, of course. When a gunman opened fire on Representative -Gabrielle Giffords and a crowd that had gathered to hear her speak in Tucson, they were certain that Conservatives must, somehow, be to blame. So the liberal intelligentsia rushed to erect a gallows in the public square (metaphorically speaking, a...

Air Raid (REPOSTED): Why Conservative Talk Radio Succeeds More Than Liberal Talk
EDITOR’s NOTE: This post was mistakenly deleted so it is being reposted. Air Raid by Peter Funt During a recent Radio Interview I was asked why it is that conservative broadcasters are so much more successful than their progressive, or liberal, counterparts. The question was particularly intriguing considering its source: the host of a progressive Radio Show in Central California. In terms of audience size, the canyon between right and left on radio’s political spectrum is huge. Top co...

R.I. Gov. Chafee Has it Right: A Welcoming Immigration Policy Contributes Much to U.S. Competitiveness and Prosperity
NAFSA’s senior adviser for Public Policy, Vic Johnson, comments on the NAFSA blog today about how Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee overturned an Executive Order that would have caused troopers to get involved with Immigration enforcement.  Gov. Chafee said, “My view is that Rhode Island can grow economically by being a tolerant place to do business. The immigrant-rich areas, I want to see them prosper.” In his post, Vic commends the Governor: “Anti-immig

NOM Launches $100K Campaign Against Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee
NOM is pouring big bucks into their video attacking Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee. The local chapter of the National Organization for Marriage is launching a $100,000 TV advertising campaign aimed at defeating the legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. The first TV ad scheduled for airing on Tuesday will challenge "Governor Lincoln Chaffee's claim to have a mandate to redefine marriage,'' according to a news release issued by the group that misspelled new Governor Lincoln D. Cha...

The War on Christmas Lives On: Resolution to Ban References to Holiday Tree
It’s never too late (or too early?) to fight the “War on Christmas,” even in January. Five Republican members of the Rhode Island State House have introduced a resolution to protect the name of the Christmas Tree by preventing the state from using terms such as “‘holiday tree’ or other non-traditional terms.” The First Amendment Center first reported on the efforts of the five legislators to make sure that Rhode Island’s State Employees don’t...

Ethics measure bites utility chair
And so now Amendment 41 comes full circle for PUC chairman Ron Binz. Ron Binz The Denver Post’s business section reported this morning that a former State Senator has filed ethics complaints against Binz and Matt Baker, another member of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, over trips they took that were paid for by outside interests. Binz was the treasurer of the group led by now-Congressman Jared Polis that put the ethics measure on the ballot in 2006. Voters approved Amendment 41...

Governor plans 5 percent cut in allocation for public schools and higher education
Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a letter to State Employees that Furloughs resulted in poor Customer Service. Carson City -- While Gov. Brian Sandoval doesn't recommend cutting School Teacher and college Professor salaries, key members of his administration said Thursday he intends to reduce what the state spends on Public Schools and Higher Education by 5 percent. That leaves it up to School District trustees and the Board of Regents to decide whether to cut employee salaries or find other sources ...

R.I. Governor Chafee says advertisers should shun divisive talk radio
PROVIDENCE — Taking his criticism of Talk Radio one step further this week, Governor Chafee on Thursday called on advertisers to stop supporting Talk Radio that is divisive. “Those that pay — the advertisers — should shut them down,” he said to reporters following an unrelated event Thursday morning in downtown Providence. “My view is that these people don’t even believe what they are saying, but they are making money off it. They’re selling this d...

John Dingell (D-MI) blames Palin, GOP for rhetoric leading to AZ shooting. Flashback: linked tea party to KKK, called radio talk
By now, many have already seen this Dingell diatribe on the floor of the House via TPM: Curiously, Dingell said: "I saw the district of Gabrielle Giffords has a crosshairs put on it. As a lifetime rifleman and shooter, I know what crosshairs signify when you put them on somebody and I know what happened.Is he talking about Palin or Daily Kos? The liberal Daily Kos put a bullseye on Giffords in 2008 (via HillBuzz): More from Henry Payne at The Michigan View: Dingell just accused Palin as an acce...

The "Gumpian Reality" of the left
Posted by Guest Blogger Locutisprime. In the midst of all that has followed since last Saturday's shootings in Tucson, much has been said as it concerns the attacks on Talk Radio, Sarah Palin and supposedly incendiary Rhetoric from the right, but little has been said to address the outright idiocy and danger in the responses of many on the left. "The shooting is cause for the country to rethink parameters on free Speech, Clyburn said from his office, just blocks from the South Carolina ...

Near-blizzard hammers Rhode Island
Governor Chafee shovels his sidewalk at his East Side home on Barnes Street in Providence following a news conference at the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A long-winded northeaster roared up the coast Wednesday, creating blackouts, canceling some buses, crippling service at T.F. Green Airport and keeping most government offices and shops closed. The near-blizzard and its battering winds unloaded 7.5 inches in Middletown to 21.7 inches in North Foster, accor...

Dem #3 Jim Clyburn: Sarah Palin too stupid to know what;s going on in AZ shooting. Also, Reading the Constitution provoked murde
This from the same guy that said “We must spend our way out of this Recession”. Brilliant!: More here (via memeorandum): Clyburn: Palin intellectually unable 'to understand what's going on here'. More from The Jawa Report, Ben Smith, Weasel Zippers, Patterico's Pontifications, Gateway Pundit and JammieWearingFool. Clyburn's hatred for Palin has been well documented going back to 2008 when he first heard of her: Rep. Jim Clyburn Equates Palin with Quayle as McCain's VP But then this...

AROUND NY
ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo will rescind raises for 28 Top Officials in the State Police, an administration official said Friday. Cuomo said Wednesday he learned of the raises -- which totaled $600,000 -- with "shock and surprise" and said Wednesday he would "review" them in the context of the Budget. The State Police Laid Off 40 screeners at the Capitol around the time the raises were approved last year, by acting-Superintendent John Melville. Cuomo has nominated Joseph D'Amico to replace him. ...

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: 'Doing the people's business while living within the people's means'
This is the season for State of the Whatever speeches, when elected officials are required to report to a joint session of the legislature and voters on, well, the state of whatever they are running. We will, of course, have full coverage here of President Obama's State of the Union address on the evening of Jan. 25, including the full text as always. But in coming weeks we've also decided to publish here some select State of the State addresses by the nation's Governors, the polit...