Archive for May, 2006
In a recent Lee Enterprises poll, Tester pulled into a virtual tie with primary rival, John Morrison, 41-42%, a difference that falls within the poll’s six-point margin of error. According the poll, Paul Richards won 2% of polled votes, and missing-in-action man Kenneth Marcure pulled down a point. (Is there a weirder candidate than Marcure? [...]
The rumors are true. Tester supporters everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief.
Um…so…there’s no connection between Iranian Badge author Amir Taheri and neocons? So…Taheri being invited to the White House in the capacity of an “expert” is just a coincidence… “Electoral College reform gains steam.” Why do Californians love Democracy? Barak Obama likes bloggers. Is he running in ’08? Firedoglake has an excellent post up about unions. [...]
Clemens to the Astros? Say it ain’t so, Rocket! I’ll believe it when it hits the wires. Why would he do such a thing? Seriously? Who cares if the ‘Stros play in his home state. Houston sucks! It’s polluted. It’s dull. There are way too many conventions. The Bushes consider Houston their political capitol. The [...]
Interesting article in today’s Gazette: “Montanans like state’s direction, not country’s.” It’s an analysis of the recent poll that shows Sen. Burns’ approval numbers are plummeting while Gov. Schweitzer’s numbers are rising. (Funny how some of these newspaper articles are like blog posts, aren’t they?) When it comes to judging the direction of our nation, [...]
Matt Singer makes a plea for Tester on the Daily Kos, urging us to donate to his campaign. Good advice, Matt. If you want to see an honest, competent politician win an election for a change, drop a sawbuck into Tester's hat. Joshua Micah Marshall weighs in on the Iranian Badge story and Amir Taheri: [...]
The Inland Northwest Space Alliance (INSA) story gets more convoluted. You remember the story: INSA is (was supposed to be) a non-profit working to spur space technology industries to start up in Montana. Instead, it seems Burns and his staffers used the group to…well…give money to out-of-work staffers and their family members. It's currently under [...]
Now comes a discernible change in the Curious George series with “Curious George Flies a Kite.” First, it's a much longer book than the others – a whopping eighty pages. Next, the language bumps up a notch; instead of “This is George. He's a monkey,” suddenly it's “George is a little monkey, and all monkeys [...]
USA Today is as mad as h*ll and isn’t going to take it anymore! Well…maybe they’re just mildly irritated. But they’ve come out swinging against Congress in the wake of the standoff against the FBI’s search of Rep. William Jefferson’s office. Now we know what it takes to make Congress mad enough to stand up [...]
Apparently there is a psychological experiment unfolding at my house. It involves two full-time agents of the malicious researcher – let’s call them X and Y – and a subject, who feels very tired and beaten down today. The experiment seems to involve breaking down the subject by attacking his capacity to operate under stressful situations [...]
Christy Hardin Smith agrees with me about Congress’ standoff against the President. It seems like they’re finally getting it. Digby chimes in. Congress acts against unwarranted eavesdropping! Specter and Feinstein submit a bill that bars using any federal funds for NSA activity that doesn’t comply with FISA! Congress avoids a showdown with the administration…but if [...]
Some weird things (reg. req'd) going on in Washington DC. In yesterday’s post I jokingly said that Congressional Republicans are finally standing up to the Bush administration – not over important Constitutional matters like domestic spying, torture, or the war – but on an FBI search of corrupt Representative William Jefferson. But it does look [...]
I got called out by Mike for noting that the Iranian Badge story was a hoax in yesterday’s “Links…” post. Apparently it makes me a “cretin” and “anti-semetic.” I suppose The Jewish Week’s account of the story also makes its editors typical Jew-hating SOBs and “comrades” of Islamic terrorists. This is probably a bad time [...]
Joe R visited my post on the sleazy personal lives of famous Republican lawmakers and upbraided me for ignoring our Governor's trip to Iraq, which apparently he saw as a grandstanding maneuver while the state was going to h*ll. His shrill histrionics were amusing. Schweitzer is, if anything, competent and well-liked, and he – along [...]
I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to go numb with the revelations coming in about the Bush administration’s spying schemes. Who are they spying on? Everybody. How are they doing it? You name it. Tom Tomorrow nailed it in a May 16 strip. First it was the revelation of the unauthorized overseas phone [...]
Uh oh. Morocco downs the US in a pre-World Cup “friendly.” Um. And we’re going against the world’s second-ranked team in the first game? Of course the US squad is ranked fifth, which tells you something about the ranking process. It appears the Iranian Badge Story was planted by neo-cons to whip us up in [...]
I saved the best sleaze-news for today, which should once and for all determine which political party is superior. I don’t mean politically or philosophically, of course. I mean style-wise. You’ve got two Presidents. Each of whom has a brother. The first brother was Attorney General for his brother and a front-running Presidential candidate before [...]
There’s an interesting interview in The Hill with Bob Keenan, who claims he’s running against Boss Hogg Burns because he’s “his friend.” “It was as much a service to the Republican Party and to Conrad, that he not just slide through a primary and have the kind of polling numbers that he has,” Keenan said. [...]
National Geographic has a feature on World Cup soccer! Yipee! I can’t wait! Hero Jean Rohe appears on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Public Citizen – Congress Watch put out a report (pdf) on lobbyists who contribute the most money to Congressmen, and the Congressmen who take their money. (Conrad Burns makes all the lists!) Speaking [...]
Unlike my “creeps,” 4&20 heros say smart things. Some even stand up and speak the truth directly to the faces of those in power. Enter Jean Rohe. You, like me, may have tuned your radio to NPR this weekend and heard some of the raucous commencement at New York’s liberal college, New School, when John [...]
It’s official. I’m publicly endorsing Jon Tester for Senate. I’ve been fighting making a “4&20” endorsement because I like much of what Morrison has to say on health care, I liked the way he carried himself at the Missoula debate, and I think – barring questions of ethics – he’d have a good chance to [...]
Matt Singer has the new Jon Tester ad. Nice job on the ads, Tester. Anybody have a link to the new Morrison ad that features his children? I’ve got a few things I’d like to say about that… Guess who voted for making English our “national” language? “Democrat” Max Baucus. I expect this kind of [...]
Today’s creep, David L. Green of Missoula, is admittedly a minor one. Contrary to Dave Budge’s assertions that I’ll label anyone a “creep” who’s “not of his ilk on the reproductive rights issue,” I reserve creep status for…well…creeps, people who are close-minded, bitter, and who work to stir up hate or violence. Let’s look at [...]
Matt Singer links to Jon Tester’s health care plan. If you’re a Montana voter, go read it. New West’s Pete Talbot tells of an encounter with a number of trial lawyers reluctantly supporting Morrison. Ugh. So Morrison has all the money because he’s a vindictive SOB? You know…I like that Morrison makes health care his [...]
A while back, Dave Budge drilled into a post I wrote about a recent proposal by Sens. Clinton and Reid to reduce the number of abortions Americans have by providing more access to family-planning services, thus reducing unwanted pregnancies. The eloquent title of Budge’s work sums up his message: “Getting off at the public trough.” [...]
Pentagon probe shows that US Marines killed Iraqi civilians “in cold blood” in Haditha. Is this the next My Lai? The Mystery Pollster analyzes the NSA polls. Apparently the WaPo’s poll was…hasty. The most resent, Gallup, poll finds that a majority dislikes the NSA’s data mining. Additionally those that are following the issue closely are [...]
John at Blogenlust is dead on with his comments on President Bush’s proposal to use National Guard troops to patrol the US – Mexican border: With the caveat that I know very little about the National Guard and its training, it would seem to me that rotating that many troops in and out of the [...]
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