Archive for August 28th, 2009
by JC Yes, this is the Rehberg crash scene. Click on the photo for a larger version. — Update: Doug points us to an update at the Flathead Beacon. It appears that some of the injuries are more serious than initially reported. I took an early “stable” report to mean that everybody was doing ok [...]
by Pete Talbot Came across this photo at Daily Kos. It’s the recently deceased Sen. Edward Kennedy in Miles City riding a bronc. Here’s some background.
by Pete Talbot Montana’s lone U.S. Representative was hospitalized in Kalispell after a boating accident on Flathead Lake near Big Fork, the AP reports. Details are sketchy but apparently state Senator Greg Barkus was also involved in the accident. And while I vehemently oppose both Barkus’ and Rehberg’s political philosophy, I hope their injuries aren’t [...]
Jay Stevens Jhwygirl brought up tort reform yesterday as a possible salve for rising health care costs, and quoted Governor Dean as saying it wasn’t in the bill because reformists didn’t want to fight too many enemies, including trial lawyers. Probably what’s more likely is that Dean knows tort reform is bogus, but acted friendly [...]
Jay Stevens Well, Left in the West is down…Soapblox problem, apparently…they’re working on it (I hope). In the meantime, here I am! (Update: Turns out it’s not a Soapblox problem, but just that LiTW needs to update its DNS record…anyway, meet you over there in 5 days…) Tester grows opaque over health-care reform and the [...]