Archive for May, 2009
by jhwygirl Monday night’s city council meeting brings the much talked about and much debated vote on banning the use of a cell phone when operating a motorized vehicle. The motion on the agenda (the results of this Wednesday’s Public Works Committee vote) is to deny the ordinance. The issue was prompted by Ward 1′s [...]
by Pete Talbot First this Mark your calendar, folks. As part of a statewide and national campaign, there’ll be a rally at Sen. Baucus’ Missoula office at 280 E. Front St. on Friday, June 5 at noon. Here’s a note from Montanans for Single-Payer, the organizer of events across the state: ” … as [...]
by problembear the people are in a pretty ugly mood these days regarding health care reform as evidenced by the vehement local rejection of the baucus plan, so montana’s republicants thought they would strike while the iron was hot and came out yesterday with their recycled vote suppressor champion jake eaton and a handful of brain-dead zombies [...]
by problembear are you listening senator baucus? can you hear the far-off rumble of discontent? it is getting louder every day. i can hear it in people’s comments when they stand up in missoula montana and begin to question the leaders of both parties in government about the direction this country is going in, [...]
by jhwygirl I must say I’ve been remiss in my normal scrutiny of city council’s doin’s – for some time now – but I did happen to catch the ‘comments from council’ portion of last Monday’s public hearing, and I was left wondering a couple of things… There were some comments criticizing the anonymous zoning [...]
by problembear i am proud of missoula montana today…. our senior senator’s staff got an earful today in missoula about how angry people are about the health care insurance industry. we told max that we are tired of the games, the lies, the cheating and the complicated rules designed to keep us from getting [...]
by problembear it turns out that my work day schedule which involves providing necessary supplies to a non-profit serving the needy will not permit my attending the so-called listening session at 10:00 am tomorrow (tuesday) at St Patrick’s hospital in Missoula by senator max baucus’s aides…. so i hope this testimony will be entered [...]
by problembear gettysburg address image courtesy smithsonian archives Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so [...]
by problembear just thought it would be nice for the country to take a little break from that war-mongering and sabre-rattling of yours… and while you are enjoying that nice big cup how about a little enhanced interrogation? and bring your sick little friend rush over for a twofer…..i’m real curious about how long a [...]
by problembear Bill Moyers Journal on PBS aired an indepth look at single payer last night. (update) since this program aired bill moyers has a poll on the obama/baucus health reform plan up on his website. you can watch the program if you missed it and vote here. they also have an easy [...]
by Pete Talbot (Update: a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at the University Congregational Church, 405 University Avenue. A reception will follow.) Well into his eighties, Doug Campbell spoke truth to power. He died on Tuesday at 93, on his own terms. He and his wife Alice were progressive [...]
by problembear perhaps if we put this in words you can understand; in corporate-ese… the board of directors held an election last november and your ceo was replaced. your side of the room lost mr. cheney. we took away your keys to the white house and congress, had the marines escort you away and yet [...]
by jhwygirl Disgusting. Shameful. Reprehensible. Montana’s complicity in this is beyond any possible justification. I don’t know how to express more disgust. Montana Department of Livestock officials are in full attack mode at Horse Butte this week, “managing” bison, and the Buffalo Field Campaign has several videos exposing the reprehensible activities of these state-paid officials [...]
by jhwygirl From today’s speech: The era of apologizing for Republican mistakes of the past is now officially over. Really? “Era of apologizing”? Someone, please – when did I miss this? We have turned the corner on regret, recrimination, self-pity and self-doubt. Whaaa? Still missing that “regret, recriminatation, self-pity and self-doubt thing… We are not [...]
by problembear i did today. and if you are one of your credit card companies better customers (always pay on time, keep your balance low) you will get it soon too….isn’t this fun? guess this is how they show us their gratitude for bailing them out…. of course they are just trying to make [...]
by problembear or perhaps more correctly; why does the leadership in the democratic party cross the aisle on health care? what happened to their victories this fall?- the house, overwhelmingly democratic. the senate will be a super majority soon. the presidency? what more courage do they need to at least take a good honest and legitimate look at [...]
the S.O. in front of jd’s (formerly Katy’s)Wildlife Sanctuary bar in Bynum by problembear one sad note of our annual trip along the front and the hi-line was discovering that katy of the world famous katy’s wildlife sanctuary bar in bynum has passed away. may heaven be as fun and inviting as you always [...]
by problembear max baucus’s inept and sorry spectacle in his handling of his finance committee’s hearings on healthcare served to galvanize supporters of single payer universal health care (the majority according to all the polls i have read). his blundering laughter and arrogant statement that “we need more police” while doctors and nurses were led [...]
by jhwygirl Morning walk with dogs Air wafts with scent of fruit trees Lovely day today
by jhwygirl Please consider this an open thread. Shameful. Tax soda pop for healthcare? I’m fine with it. New Urbanism is really old urbanism….building walkable communities rather than strip mall highways. This video, winner of The Congress for New Urbanism CNU 17 video contest, explains it all. The Thursday grand opening of the new Cabela’s [...]
by problembear and the lying liars who lie….health insurance industry lobbyist groups renege on promise to lower costs of health care. matt singer posts a fine piece at litw today…thanks matt. max- CAN YOU HEAR US NOW???
by jhwygirl Funny that the other name many use for Montana is Montucky. Poisonous gas = CO2 From McClatchy, Kentucky passed (in a 2007) a bill which included $1.5 million in funding for experimental drilling to see if underground storage of CO2 was a viable possibility. Sure it is – with both Illinois (it doesn’t [...]
by jhwygirl Bunk the West addresses yet another Republican hypocrisy. Don’t miss it.
by jhwygirl NationalJournal.com did up a nice piece, with interview, about congressional candidate Tyler Gernant’s use of the Kindle (an wireless electronic reading device) in his campaign. Gernant recently announced the release of his policy papers – which can also be obtained on his website at www.tylergernant.com – in electronic format for Kindle download at [...]
by problembear congratulations on being selected as one of eight honorees at tonight’s YWCA Missoula’s Salute to Women dinner and awards banquet! (the S.O. required me to use capital letters for Ana’s post, but don’t get used to it folks- special occasion!)
by problembear nice to know some people are paying attention. unfortunately, it appears that the link to montanans for single payer website that is linked to in the editorial above is broken. you can access their website here; http://montanansforsinglepayer.org/
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