Praise for Montana’s latest Iraq casualty, Kyle Bohrensen.
Max Baucus reverses course on fast-track trade authority for the President; he now opposes it. Good move, Max!
Max also drives bill through the Finance Committee that allows the government to negotiate prescription drug prices for its Medicare patients. Good move, Max!
Max states his position on Iraq to MontanaFem. Can anybody decipher the email?
The Great Falls Tribune comments on the national scrutiny Max is receiving as chair of the Senate Finance Committee. As is the usual style for these things, the paper’s editorial board urges Max to…well…it doesn’t really make a statement at all.
Unlikely allies: the Good Guv and the state GOP is worried about the Senate Democrats’ spending increases in the state budget.
Jeff Mangan thinks the Good Guv’s stream access amendment is unconstitutional.
The Notorious Mark T thrashes Roger Koopman (“…his presence in Helena is lice on the body politic…”) but endorses Koopman’s desire for an inquiry into intellectual diversity on campuses, only not for the reasons Koopman does…
NorthWestern tries to buy its way into PSC approval of its sale to an Australian company by offering to move its headquarters to Montana.
The Boise Weekly scoops the world’s press with his coverage of Idaho Governor Butch Otter’s trade mission to Cuba.
The Republican presidential candidate with the best record on the Second Amendment is a Western Democrat.
Jon Stewart evaluates the Republican presidential field.
Couric goofs again. This time about Obama. Another case of plagiarism, this time from a right-wing blog?
The only type of scandal currently missing from the Bush administration is a sex scandal. That’s about to change.
Oh, the irony! Conservative groups sue the FDA for politicizing the agency!
Ex-DoJ official, Kyle Sampson, caught with his rhetorical pants down. Um…why would you lie so blatantly to a Congressional committee? Do these *sshats think they won’t get caught?
More prosecutor purge news from Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, DoJ 5th-amendment taker, Monica Goodling, is considering trading immunity for testimony. Ooo, that can’t be good news for the Bush administration.
As you might imagine, troops are not exactly thrilled by their tour extension.
Speaking of extending the troops’ tours, Bush’s strange about-face on the issue is for one of two reasons: (1) he has no idea of what’s going on in the war; (2) they were saving the announcement for political reasons, and the news was leaked.
Glenn Greenwald: “So apparently, the American Founders risked their lives and fortunes in order to wage war against Great Britain and declare independence from the King — all in order to vest “near dictatorial power” in the American President in all matters of foreign policy and national security.”
Lee Iacocca: “Throw the bums out!”
Jon Stewart comments on Iraq, the President, funding, and the War Czar.
Colbert suggests a candidate for War Czar: Donald Rumsfeld.
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April 13, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Don’t see how you got that out of that.
April 13, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Don’t see how you got that out of that.
Um…I’m sorry, I don’t follow. Refernce, please!
April 13, 2007 at 10:46 pm
thanks for the linkage!
April 14, 2007 at 7:31 am
You said that I “[endorse] Koopman’s desire for an inquiry into intellectual diversity on campuses, only not for the reasons Koopman does…”
Not so at all. What I endorsed what teaching of critical thinking skills at all levels of education, and about the nature of propaganda itself, as a means of arming our kids against propaganda, public relations, and the military. In no way do I favor witch hunts, which is what Koopman is all about.
At the risk of stating the obvious, I must also add that the phrase “lice on the body politic” was how Koopman described the legislature in his first term. Check it out here.
April 14, 2007 at 11:50 pm
another interesting take on “happiness” Jay.
http://montanalibertyproject.blogspot.com/2007/04/happiness-update.html
from Cato, no less.
April 15, 2007 at 6:00 am
http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=wherehavealltheleadersgone
Here’s a link for ya, Lee Ioccoca on where have all the leaders gone? Dunno if you’ve linked it yet, but it’s good.
You’ve always got two or three good stories in your links thanks for all the work
April 16, 2007 at 11:57 am
Thanks, Noodly. You might like the Political Theory Daily Review in my blogroll; they’ve got great links I always steal from.
And, yes, the Iacocca link is in this post!
April 16, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Jay: I went through the essay et al., and arrived back where I’d started (the Cato bit, was more to cast doubt on the happiness relationship) which in any case doesn’t really impact my original position, because it’s not known, really.
http://montanalibertyproject.blogspot.com/2007/04/happiness-again.html
Oh, I bet you could’ve predicted that I’d disagree with Baucus’s new trade position. I think he’s been betooled, more than had a real policy change.
http://montanalibertyproject.blogspot.com/2007/03/socialists-aim-at-montana.html