Archive for August, 2006
Shane’s debut post at Left in the West covers my coverage of the Independent’s blogger article. Singer’s post title pretty much sums it up. “Conrad Burns: Dumb or Racist? Take Your Pick.” The answer, of course, is “both.” A smart racist keeps his yap shut. A dumb “non-racist” blathers about, oh, his fantasy baseball team. [...]
Great letter in Tuesday’s Missoulian from Cascade Tuholske (great name!) on the Montana GOP’s use of 9/11 imagery for political purposes: Using 9/11 for political gain despicable I felt compelled to write after visiting the Western Montana Fair and walking through the commercial building. I was passing by the Republican booth when the large photos [...]
Hey! Look who’s handsome mug graces the cover of this week’s Missoula Independent! The feature story’s not bad, an introduction of the bloggers to the Independent’s readership. I like this line. It’s spooky: The scene looked more or less like any other late-summer lawn party: children played soccer in the yard while adults milled around [...]
Has anyone been over to the website of Americans for Limited Government recently? There’s a little surprise: Meet Howie Rich! The picture alone is worth a blog post. Previously the Manhattan real estate developer and hidden funder of Montana’s trio of terrible initiatives – 154, 97, and 98 – was about as camera-friendly as a [...]
Seattle P-I columnist Joel Connely on the anti-incumbency feeling sweeping the nation and featuring Conrad Burns and Jon Tester. Speaking of corrupt incumbents, Bill Frist is in Montana to stump for Burns. Matt Singer on Kendall van Dyk and HD-49. He needs support. The tale of another corrupt and incompetent Bush appointee. He sure knows [...]
So the NRA is supporting Conrad Burns by hosting fundraisers across the state. (Sorry, no link. I just know these things, heh heh. It’s part of being a Montanan.) For many of my out-of-state readers, some of whom are “coastal elites,” this is a big deal. Montanans love their guns. (Note that I’m pretty “squishy” [...]
Anyone see the Gazette report on the Senate race? It’s mostly fluff, the kind of piece newspapers do to keep the non-political junkies abreast of the race, a quick summary of how excited Democrats are of the race and some random GOP speaking points tossed in. The interesting stuff lands at the end of the [...]
Boss Hogg pens an amendment that prohibits public access to national park forest land. Cece’s got a hot rumor about Davison…remember it’s just gossip, people! But good gossip… Global warming makes wildfires worse. Ken Camp meets Jon Tester in Seattle. Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski challenged initiative funder Howie Rich to a debate, only Rich chickened [...]
Here’s an easy issue to take sides on: genocide. Right? I mean, who’s for genocide? Okay, people like bob t. Maybe I should have said, what reasonable person is for genocide? But believe it or not, not all American lawmakers are eager to end genocide, especially the slaughter taking place in the Darfur region of [...]
Hey! Look at that! Montana politicians are scrambling to donate the campaign contributions received from conman and Burns ex-fundraising chief Pat Davison. Good for them. Seems like we’ve seen this before, haven’t we? Only…one name kinda sticks out from the others, doesn’t it? Okay, so it was only a grand or so…but why is Pat [...]
Matt Singer on CI-154 and unions. Shane Mason mulls over the House race and comes up with some more reasons to vote for Monica Lindeen. Motto calls on the Montana GOP to denounce CI-97. Meanwhile, Hart Williams posts on the Daily Kos about Howie Rich’s activities in Nebraska. Kossak Sandlapper riffs off of Rich’s claim [...]
Hm, what’s going on over at INSA lately? Well, director Milt Datsopoulos says INSA is going to hire an outside auditor to go over the non-profit’s books. “I wanted some answers and I thought it was important to get an outside expert’s view,” Datsopoulos told the Missoulian.”I think that people who contract with us and [...]
As my regular readers no doubt know, I am a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell. I quoted him liberally concerning the ineffectiveness and harm of using racial profiling for airline screening – in which Gladwell made the point by talking about our prejudice against dog breeds. Well, he’s also a crack observer on our system’s [...]
One of the fun things about playing fantasy baseball is getting to know random players very well. If it weren’t for fantasy, I’d probably know everybody who played for the Red Sox, and nobody else. And the most interesting guys aren’t the fantasy mainstays – the A-Rods, Pujols, or Big Papis. You just plug those [...]
Donnie Daniels of Lovell, Wyoming, supplies us the goods today: We’re at war, and judge doesn’t get it In reference to the Tuesday, Aug. 22 Gazette opinion, I can’t believe it. How can The Gazette possibly believe that a liberal judge like Anna Diggs Taylor can be right in her ruling that the warrantless surveillance [...]
Wulfgar! has an excellent summary of the blog buzz (as of 6pm last night) surrounding former Burns fundraising chief Pat Davison’s recently exposed fraudulent activities. There are some ideas I’d like to highlight. First is from Western Democrat’s Ken Camp, who wonders how much of the funds Davison raised for Burns were fraudulently acquired: I [...]
I’m growing tired of rushing to correct Denny Rehberg’s every public statement. It’s tiresome. It’s bothersome. Why can’t Montana’s Representative just say what issues and policies he really supports instead of masking his voting history under a load of liberal rhetoric? Like his campaign flier, paid for by my tax dollars. Or his July guest [...]
So you probably heard the news over at Left in the West already, but Conrad Burns’ fundraising chief, Pat Davison, is accused of fraud. Basically he bilked a couple of families for more than a million dollars. Now, to me, that means Burns’ incoming campaign money might be tainted. I mean, if the guy in [...]
Liberal Wacko on Rehberg, Shane on Monica Lindeen. WesternDemocrat on the importance of state-level races, and the Western Republican defections. Kossak moonboots on the Moonies’ Korean anti-press smashup. Or check out John Gorenfeld’s blog, which tracks the Rev. Moon’s activities in the U.S. Lizzie on the first anniversary of Katrina. Never forget. Jon Stewart on [...]
So, here it is, a breakthrough in stem-cell research that allows scientists to harvest human stem cells without destroying embryos: Under the procedure, a human egg and sperm are combined in a laboratory dish and grown for two to three days, producing a cluster of about eight to 10 cells. One of the cells is [...]
Great letter in the Missoulian today on our state’s sole Representative, Snidely Whiplash written by Susan Edwards of Missoula: It’s time to come home, Denny Former Congressman and presidential candidate Pete McCloskey urged his fellow Republicans to vote Democratic this fall: “I have decided to endorse every honorable Democrat now challenging those Republican incumbents who [...]
So I pointed out how ridiculous some of Burns Vote Smart answers were…Shane points out the lies…so, let me get this straight. This survey is supposed to help educate the voter? Do you prefer a candidate who doesn’t fill out the survey, or who lies on the survey? Speaking of how new development can negatively [...]
Today the Billings Gazette offers up two guest editorials on CI-154, one “representing” each side of the debate. Actually – and the quotes may tip you off – I found Terry Anderson’s defense of CI-154 to be maliciously misleading, confusing, and…well…bad. Budge should have written this thing. At least he admits it’s a regulatory-takings initiative, [...]
Liddy Dole is back! What is this…her third swing through the state? Of course, her continued appearances on behalf of Burns only reinforces the fact that no respectable conservative will be seen in public with our junior Senator. Don’t hold your breath for John McCain. Forget about Mitt Romney. Rudy Giuliani? Not on your life. [...]
There I was, providing a possible reason why Tester wouldn’t want to fill out his Project Vote Smart survey, when I suddenly realized the best way to explain the danger of the checklist-nature of the survey is to use an example! Lo! Imagine my joy when I realized that Senator Conrad Burns had filled out [...]
I admit I didn’t watch the most recent Bush press conference – I generally avoid any direct contact between the press and the President as it’s usually more bewildering or ridiculous than informative – but a couple of reactions to the meeting caught my eye. First was Eugene Robinson’s WaPo column, in which he expresses [...]
After some prodding, the notorious Ts – Mark and Steve – have started their own blog, “Piece of Mind.” Turn the tables and go give ‘em h*ll in the comments! Colby has also created a blog for reasoned debate between liberals and conservatives. Good luck! Wrong Dog’s Shane Mason sticks to the GOP over their [...]
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