Archive for October, 2008
by problembear studs terkel, personal hero, voice of the working man and woman died today. iconoclast, enemy of the aristocracy and defender of the poor. rest easy studs- we’re on the job. “i want people to talk to one another- no matter what their difference of opinion might be.”-Studs Terkel
by jhwygirl For those of you who don’t live in town and haven’t seen the recent Missoula Independent, they’ve put out their election picks for 2008. Few surprises in there – but there is one that absolutely perplexes me (and I’ll leave it at that) – and it looks like I’m not the only one…check [...]
by jhwygirl So I figure I’m doing at least that by posting this here. Forwarded to me by one of Missoula’s finest…..Thanks!
by problembear it’s amazing to watch the republican party strangle itself by stepping into the coils of it’s most far right wing lunatic fringe. i am an independent who has almost always voted democrat, and i am usually not a very political bear but this year seemed to be too important to just stand on the sidelines and [...]
by jhwygirl I just got polled by Rasumussen. I have a land line, but I use is almost exclusively for internet. Anyone who knows me that needs to reach me uses my cell phone. If that land line is ringing, I can darn well bet it’s someone I don’t know. That being said, the thing [...]
by jhwygirl When they’re Sarah Palin and the voters are your supporters. Now, Ashville North Carolina isn’t exactly redneck country…which might explain the (not) obvious excitement over a live performance of Redneck Woman by country star Gretchen Wilson.
Via Missoula’s Choice 2008, the University of Montana School of Journalism online publication covering both local and statewide candidates. by Will Melton Michele Landquist is running for Missoula County commissioner because she has “witnessed citizens walking away after participating in the public process feeling distraught, as though their concerns, opinions and ideas were being heard [...]
posted by jhwygirl Note: I supported Michele Landquist in the primary, and I will cast my ballot for her in the general. I believe our Board of County Commissioners needs change, and someone who will question the establishment. Michele Landquist will do that. Michele has billed herself as the non-partisan candidate. I believe her when [...]
by problembear this week i got angry by talking over coffee with Norma who owns a beauty shop in a small town in Montana. she tells me that the small business administration turned her down for a small loan to enable her to hire two more people to help with her work load. Norma is a single parent [...]
by jhwygirl Not where you want to be in the last days of a presidential campaign. A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of [...]
by problembear my friends, in these turbulent times we desperately need more comedy and one of montana’a finest comedians Greg Keeler is going to be giving a reading at 1:00 pm today at the 2008 Montana Festival of The Book. He will be reading with Tim Sandlin and Luke Warm Water in ballroom D at [...]
by jhwygirl Today’s Missoulian brings us the story of an amazing young man who has provided inspiration for a hell of a lot of people, making an amazing amount of friends along the way. I’ve learned along my path that there are a tremendous amount of things in life that simply aren’t fair. When I [...]
by jhwygirl Google and the National Writing Project has put together a website which is a collection of letters written by students to our presidential candidates. The letters are a collection of thoughts and questions regarding issues that are important to our youth – our future. Pretty neat. It’s called Writing Our Future. On that [...]
by Pete Talbot Check out this superbly produced video on voter suppression here in Missoula. Hat tip to Missoula Red Tape.
by jhwygirl Seriously? This is just plain funny. OK….this one, as Lizard said, is ALSO just plain funny….
by problembear as the recession advances into fall, food banks accross America are struggling to find enough food to provide emergency relief to increasing crowds of clients. NPR covered this tonight on All Things Considered. as unemployment increases it will only get worse. wherever you live- do what you can. ways to help: donate food if you [...]
by jhwygirl New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped in to put a halt to the golden parachute bonuses and other compensation by AIG to its executives and former executives. He has also hinted that he might take steps to recover payments that have already been made once they received federal bailout monies. Paulson [...]
by jhwygirl Certainly regular readers will remember my outrage here last year regarding the bison slaughter in Montana, outside of Yellowstone National Park, all in the the name of managing brucellosis. There are 9 previous posts, which you can get to by simply putting “brucellosis” in the little nifty search we’ve got over there on [...]
by Jay Stevens Whoo-whee! You just can’t make this stuff up! A 61-year-old Silver Bow County woman got into a tussle with an aggressive deer after it attacked one of her poodles. Carol Lince says it happened Monday at her home about 35 miles southeast of Butte. She says she let her three poodles outside, [...]
by jhwygirl As reported by Missoulian reporter Chelsie Moy. Later hours (until 7 p.m.) begin today, and even one Saturday, with hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this upcoming Saturday. Early voting is returning some crazy numbers, with nearly 1/3 of all currently registered voters having cast their ballots. That is just amazing. Makes [...]
by jhwygirl I don’t know – this one kinda leaves me scratching my head. If you see a green camouflaged Humvee driving around – this one has a green canvas top – give local law enforcement a call, will ya? Seriously – Halliburton hasn’t stolen enough of the taxpayer’s money? If this one was armored [...]
by Pete Talbot Stang out Judy Stang (S.D. 7) is ending her write-in bid and throwing her support behind the Democratic candidate, Paul Clark. This is good news. Ms. Stang lost a tight primary race to Mr. Clark and then filed as a write in. She has since withdrawn her write-in campaign, which had the [...]
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