Archive for August, 2008
by jhwygirl I’ve suspected as much for the last eight years (at least). From the New York Times: “I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary, throughout our convention if necessary, to act as Americans not Republicans, because America needs us now no matter whether we are Republican or Democrat.”
by jhwygirl Maverick McCain seems to think they should. Just how much of a “maverick” is McCain? Just how much “in control” is he of the party? How beholden is he to Republican party interests (like having a convention party over the interests of an impending national disaster)? As Gustav nears the coast, it is [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz Let’s see, a Governor who wants to end wasteful government spending; a former star athlete who’s a cheerleader for increased natural resource extraction; an outsider placed in a position of power; an anti-choice, anti-science Christian who promises reform; a small businesswoman, devoted wife and mother fond of poufy hair and interesting eyewear; [...]
by jhwygirl Seems little Trig has been a very very busy little boy: Scrubbing his mom’s Wikipedia entry. And example of “Young Trigg’s” edits? How about adding a Weekly Standard article, titled “The Most Popular Governor” while removing citations to a Wall Street Journal article titled “Alaska’s Palin Faces Probe”? Here’s a good before and [...]
by jhwygirl Oh, it’s a common topic on blogs across the U.S. – knock on the main-stream media for not covering this, not covering that, or not covering this enough or not covering that enough. But it’s a two-edged sword – and I and others have said that without newspapers, we’d not be able to [...]
by jhwygirl Hypocrisy, now, from the Republican presidential candidate. Thought we only got that from the Bush Administration! McCain has touted his experience over Obama’s supposed inexperience since it was clear Obama was a force to be reckoned. So now he picks Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his VP choice. No Washington experience….not much experience [...]
by jhwygirl It was news when Obama’s daughter turned 10 back on July 4th, in Butte – but it seems Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is trying to deflect any stories about his 72nd birthday by announcing Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential pick. Now, why would Republicans try and ignore their chosen one’s [...]
by jhwygirl BWAM and several local groups including the Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation (MIST), Mountain Bike Missoula, and Missoula in Motion have come together to plan a family-friendly festival in celebration of non-motorized transportation. The event starts at noon, at Caras Park, and goes until 8 p.m. A great kick-off to what is going [...]
by Rebecca Schmitz That John Kerry who was breathing smoke and fire from my television last night–where the hell was he four years ago?
by Rebecca Schmitz Okay, forget all the whining below. Someone with a sense of humor at Slate is covering the convention on Twitter. Perhaps there is a reason to look forward to St. Paul.
by Rebecca Schmitz Last night’s television coverage of the convention reminded me once again why I don’t watch network TV: none of the big boys, even my home slice Jim Lehrer–Jim Lehrer!, bothered to completely cover our Governor’s speech. I started the evening with Jim and his crew of blowhards analysts. (I kid about the [...]
by jhwygirl Each morning, we can all get downtown via free shuttle buses being provided by the city for all delegates and press and people in limbo, like me. I still haven’t written about yesterday’s ride – but I thought I might write about today’s. I mentioned this morning, the delegates are getting pretty comfortable. [...]
by jhwygirl Those were former nine term Congressman Pat Williams’ words this morning, when he, too, spoke about the importance of this upcoming presidential election. Pat followed Senator Baucus, who spoke extensively about the same, and time was running short, but those 10 words alone say so very much about not only the election, but [...]
by jhwygirl Look for the Good Gov to speak tonight around 8:20 – 8:40. Following him will be Senator Hillary Clinton. Jag, we hear, won’t be there. He doesn’t fly commercial. Maybe our delegates should throw some stuffed animals up there on stage. If anything, Brian can take them back to Jag as a peace [...]
by jhwygirl Well, if you read Jay’s FUBAR post, you know I didn’t get my Monday credentials to get onto the floor with Montana’s fine delegates. I walked more than 35 city blocks yesterday in search of the darned thing – and now know that at one point I was in the right place but [...]
by consonant girl Thanks Indy! Ed Tinsley’s blog is up at the Billings Gazette. If you forget that first link, go to the main page, search for that “blog” tab at the top of the page, the DNC will pop up when you get there, and there you go! You’d think with Montana’s delegates front [...]
by jhwygirl No surprises there, I guess….but honestly, what a shame. Seems Montana GOP can’t play fair or nice – just dirty – especially when it comes to JP Pomnichowski. Kent, a poster, gives us some news on a push poll he received Saturday morning. Obviously JP Pomichowski of Bozeman is a threat, because they’ve [...]
by jhwygirl I’ll be crossposting these DNC bits at LiTW – because, after all, I wouldn’t be there – hell, I might not even be blogging – if it weren’t for those guys. Yep. Blame it all on Matt and Jay! Well, folks – made it here in one piece. Tired but happy, and well [...]
by jhwygirl Posting has been light for me – apologies. Housesitting in the Bitterroots put my priorities elsewhere, and once I got back into town, I had to begin the preparations for a week at the DNC. Shakespeare & Co.’s Emily posts her thoughts and recent experiences with healthcare – and along the way, recommends [...]
by jhwygirl ‘Cause we got trolls. heh, heh…. I’ve said it before – and I’ve admittedly stole the line from Jay – but keep it coming. You aren’t doing your team any favors.
by Pete Talbot KECI’s weatherman, Mark Heyka, claims that the August Singularity is “poppycock.” Just because every year about this time the temperature drops and it rains and then it gets warm again (for awhile) he says it isn’t a singularity. Sounds like a singularity to me. And it’s a harbinger of things to come. [...]
by Pete Talbot Recent news from two of the biggest players who do business in Montana gave me pause: are stockholders and boards of directors becoming enlightened? First was the story that a group of Plum Creek stockholders was urging management to abandon the shady talks that Plum Creek has been holding with Ag Undersecretary [...]
by jhwygirl The shame brought to us by the Bush Administration never ends, does it? First, a review of some of my outrages – because this isn’t the type of stuff you “move forward” on: More Shame From the Bush Administration More Disrespect for the Troops from the Commander-in-Chief Symbiotic Relationship of Bush Administration and [...]
by jhwygirl Benson’s Farm is finally finally open! They promised us fans, weeks ago, that their veggie store would be open “mid-August”. For many of us, I think we believe that was last week – as I stopped by every day after work, hopefully pulling into the parking lot, just wishing that they would open. [...]
by jhwygirl The building, silly wabbits! Bids are due by Friday for the City Hall building, which has been appraised at $1.68 million. It’s been years since I’ve been in it – 2003? 2002? – but at that price, it seems like a steal. Backs up on a residential neighborhood – if my memory isn’t [...]
by Jay Stevens Patia and Rebecca go to the opening of Hooter’s, Patia writes it up over at New West, and all h*ll breaks loose in the comments. Besides finding the column an inspiration to write Penthouse-letter-quality softcore Hooters porn, commenters used the space to point out that anyone who mentiones Hooters’ prime attraction (tits [...]
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