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March 8, 2007 in Links

A DC-insider profile on Jon Tester’s…hair.

In other Tester hair news, his flattop apparently gained control of our nation’s capitol.

John Adams on Jim Elliot’s state senate resolution against fast-track trade authority.

Helena mulls over a pair of Iraqi War resolutions.

Peggy Miller’s dream of making Missoula energy independent sounds pretty cool. Is this model for thwarting climate change?

The Missoula Independent calls for the state senate to protect same-day voter registration.

The Clark Fork Chronicle mulls how they used to do budgets in the Montana legislature…

Playing games with Montana’s budget might impress a few conservatives, but Shane thinks it doesn’t serve anybody, and calls for communication, compromise, and transparency.

As predicted, Rick Jore refuses to support Republicans’ budget bills. On to Plan B. Wait! There is no Plan B!

Jeff Mangan basically lays out the strategy Democrats should use to win the Battle of the Budget: work with moderate Republicans. Bingo.

Texas Republicans get it: social programs are actually popular with voters.

Mark Green explains why his family bought Air America: “Because if progressive values were a stock, now is the time to buy.”

One of Israel’s core problems is the fact that religion and state are not separated.

For example, for the religious zealots that wield disproportionate power in Israel, zionism is messianism, which means Israel is Judiasm…and any opposition to Israeli policy isn’t just opposition to the Israeli government, isn’t just anti-Semitism, but goes against God.

Julie Fanselow makes some compelling arguments on why Barack Obama would make an excellent president.

GOP leaders knew about the conditions at Walter Reed but did nothing, for fear of embarrassing the Army.

Dan Froomkin trashes his own organization, the Washington Post, over its condemnation of the Libby conviction.

And, of course, Jon Stewart’s take…

We’ve heard about the prosecutors the Bush administration purged. What about their replacements? There’s at least one complete d*uchebag.

GQ — GQ! — impeaches Dick Cheney: “Over the past six years, as the country has spiraled into military misadventure, fiscal madness, and environmental meltdown, the vice president has not merely been wrong about the issues; he has been duplicitous, deceitful, and deliberately destructive to the American democracy. These things can no longer be denied by rational minds…”

Thomas Friedman has found a new fall guy for the Iraq War: you.

Colbert suggests an alternative to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

On the rise of philosophy blogs…