-- The story about the RI State Police, the state DOT, and the distribution of adult-themed e-mails -- although overplayed on the front of today's ProJo -- was made for the Follies. Like we in the news business say, Rhode Island is the gift that keeps giving.
-- I agree with those who call it a mistake to include North Providence public safety personnel in that community's 9/11 Memorial. As Justin writes at Anchor Rising,
In what sort of environment could anyone possibly find it acceptable to place the faces of two local (and living!) officials on a monument to others who died heroically in a distant city?
-- Andrew Meyer, the Florida student who got Tasered during a John Kerry speech in Florida, although perhaps annoying and self-centered, deserved a lot better. Dan Kennedy has a good take:
It's kind of astounding to hear Kerry droning on while the student, Andrew Meyer, is screaming from the electric shocks.
Meyer was being an obnoxious jerk, but I didn't realize that was a criminal offense. As for Kerry — wow, talk about clueless.