Archive for March, 2007
Earlier primary approved for Montana. jhwygirl is conflicted. I think it’s a great idea. The shorter the primary, the better. Montana is the worst when it comes to taxing the working poor. Ed Kemmick speaks out against HB 340 – which would allow folks to brandish firearms in order to intimidate. (Oh, and remember the [...]
by Jay Stevens Anybody see this article filed by Chuck Johnson about the Budget Follies? “Democrats pressured to revive tax plan”? Senate Democrats decided to table Michael Lange’s education bill in committee. And Mikey was a tad upset: Furious after the Senate panel tabled his bill Wednesday, Lange stormed into Democratic leadership offices in both [...]
by Jay Stevens Jeff Mangan wrote an impassioned post imploring all corners of Montana to support Malstrom Air Force Base, now that it’s losing 50 missiles and the jobs associated with it. As an example of a corner not supporting Malstrom, he cites Missoula: …Great Falls and Central Montana has not seen support from our [...]
by Jay Stevens Talking Points Memo and the TPM Muckraker are live-blogging today’s testimony of former Alberto Gonzalez aid, Kyle Sampson, by the Senate Judiciary Committee, including video posts of key testimony. If you’re interested in the whole story, check it out. Naturally, I’m interested in testimony surrounding San Diego attorney Carol Lam’s firing, because [...]
The six eight pack reduced to four in the state Senate. Call the waaaaaaaaaahmublance! Speaking of why the House Republicans are annoying, they added “poison pills” to good legislation to ensure they self-destruct should their budget bills be scrapped. A new low, indeed. Speaking of annoying Republican legislators, state Representative and drunk driver Scott Boggio’s [...]
by Jay Stevens Talking Points Memo – the place to go for prosecutor purge information – yesterday posted on Bill Mercer’s involvement with the firing of Carol Lam, the San Diego US attorney who busted Duke Cunningham and was sniffing around Dusty Foggo, Brent Wilkes, and Jerry Lewis (the Republican Representative) when she was canned, [...]
by Jay Stevens If you have any doubt that blogs are changing the media landscape, you need look no further than…baseball. There, just as it is in politics, blogs are ruffling the feathers of the establishment. In fact, more so. Take this recent column by the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy: “Famous guest blogs in.” It’s [...]
by Jay Stevens Rightie blogger, “Jack,” over at TWW seems to be on a personal mission to prove that Jon Tester is as corrupt and hypocritical as…well…as a Republican. First he accused Tester of not posting his schedule — when he was, actually – and now it’s about starting a PAC: Jon Tester, D-Mont.,…is in the [...]
by Jay Stevens You may have seen the link, but Robert Novak yesterday opined that President Bush is isolated from his party: With nearly two years remaining in his presidency, George W. Bush is alone. In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress — not [...]
by Jay Stevens Matt Singer writes an op-ed for New West on the Montana GOP’s distrust of young voters. Singer also notices that House Republicans don’t want to help out the families of soldiers deployed in Iraq. Montana Headlines thinks the House Republicans pulled off a sweet one by getting a health and human services [...]
by Jay Stevens You know, I’ve been trashing Representative Dennis Rehberg for quite some time on this blog. I’ve accused him of cavorting with lobbyists, of being a hypocrite, of lying, using taxpayer money to campaign, et cetera & co. I admit I’ve been quite hard on the man. So I ask myself…why stop now? [...]
by Jay Stevens The New York Times today adroitly outlined the possible malfeasance of the Bush administration in the prosecutor purge. Basically in the evidence at hand, there is reason to believe that crimes have taken place. The Times: It is true, as the White House keeps saying, that United States attorneys serve “at the [...]
The Budget Follies: Senate Democrats to the rescue! Matt Singer mulls the budget impasse. HB2 looks like it’ll come back, with permanent property tax relief…for big out-of-state corporations? Montana Headlines hands out useful advice for state legislators while serving their terms. Jeff Mangan doesn’t even know what a “progressive” is anymore. (And secretly fears that [...]
by Jay Stevens The Missoula Independent profiled Bill McKibbon, who’s coming to town Sunday, March 25. Pretty much, I agree whole-heartedly with McKibbon’s vision of a “deep, durable” economy. Basically, the premise is that our economy, based on provide consumers with bigger, faster, cheaper products isn’t making us any happier. The problem, as he puts [...]
by Jay Stevens Sidney Blumenthal has an excellent summation of the prosecutor purge and the White House’s involvement in the scandal. It’s definitely worth a read. Here are some highlights: An internal e-mail, dated Jan. 6, 2005, and circulated within [the White House legal counsel’s] office, quoted Rove as asking “how we planned to proceed [...]
by Jay Stevens As you know, I’ve been hammering away at Dennis Rehberg for lying about the availability of his schedule, and praising Tester for following through on his election promises, and posting his. Rightie Montana Headlines agreed that Rehberg made missteps in the affair, acknowledged that Tester’s schedule is, in fact, readily available (barring [...]
Republican legislator Scott Boggio booked for a DUI, with an alcohol blood-level content of 0.14, nearly twice the legal limit. He was out joy-riding with fellow GOP legislator, and Yellowstone County DUI task force member, Elsie Arntzen. Shane sees a lesson about this year’s House Republicans in the DUI affair; Ed Kemmick thinks legislators should [...]
by Jay Stevens Tyler Owen of Cato Unbound wrote an interesting article recently claiming that libertarian ideals are responsible for bigger government: Those developments [brought about by libertarian ideals] have brought us much greater wealth and much greater liberty, at least in the positive sense of greater life opportunities. They’ve also brought much bigger government. [...]
Dennis Rehberg and the other House Appropriations Committee member vote against properly equipping US troops headed to Iraq. (Pogie’s take.) Jeff Mangan comments on the Good Guv’s energy bill… The Great Falls Tribune questions carbon capture, which lies at the heart of the Guv’s coal-to-gas scheme. Democrats, wingnuts band together to defeat House Republicans’ education [...]
by Jay Stevens Tired of the Bush presidency? Angry with the administration’s indifference to the US Constitution and the freedoms found therein? Would you like to see some justice meted out to amoral *sshats who used their sacred government positions to further the political agenda of the Bush administration? Well, now’s your chance to help [...]
Recently Spokane’s Spokesman Reivew profiled Helen Tester, Jon’s mother, and matriarch of the Tester clan. She’s a strong personality, a mensch, and an example what quality people Montana produces. Unfortunately, the newspaper put the article behind its firewall (certainly not a way to win readers) so I was unable to link to it or quote from [...]
by Jay Stevens You’ve probably read about it – oh, everywhere – but it’s the four-year anniversary of the Iraq war. (Congratulations, Bush administration! Here’s wishing you no more!) The first thing to do is think of the servicemen and –women in Iraq. We should all remind ourselves daily of what they’re going through, and [...]
Moorcat‘s wife, Brittney, announces his her candidacy for a Dillon council seat! This should be fun to watch! I bet she’s looking for a little help, too… Brian Schweitzer unveils his energy plans; Jeff Mangan applauds the bills and calls the Good Guv a master politician. Hey! I missed this: the Good Guv was on Charlie [...]
by Jay Stevens Montana Headlines yesterday responded to the “Where’s Dennis?” project, brushing it off lightly: So, a few folks made it their mission in life to call the Rehberg office daily to ask for a schedule, and have made much about the fact that they haven’t received a copy. Rehberg of course should simply [...]
by Jay Stevens So Pogie finally got a little media buzz going in his quest to wrest a schedule from Representative Dennis Rehberg’s office, courtesy of the Missoula Independent’s John Adams. Don Pogreba of IntelligentDiscontent.com says he’s made more than 20 phone calls and visits to Rehberg’s various state offices but has yet to see [...]
by Jay Stevens Oops. The House Republicans have sure made a mess. I touched on this a little in earlier post, commenting on the GOP’s plans to trim $3 billion in funding for the elderly, children, and the mentally ill. But things got worse since. They’ve trimmed the state Health and Human Services budget to [...]
by Jay Stevens Before I jump into the subject, here’s the disclaimer: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. As is his bent, the Notorious Mark T recently defended Mr. Nader from a spurious blogo-attack on the man’s motives, in which Nader was called “a deluded Leninist megalomaniac who preferred to lead the country closer [...]
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