Archive for May, 2010
by problembear i know i haven’t posted in awhile and i have tried to stay away but Mt initiative I-164 is just too important to ignore. if we are to get this citizen’s referendum up for a vote this november we have until June 18 to do it. if you are reading this and if [...]
by Pete Talbot The federal deadline for the final campaign finance reports before the primary election was yesterday and there are some interesting numbers. In the congressional contest, the far right and the far, far right did pretty well. Of course, Republican incumbent Dennis Rehberg has an obscene amount of net receipts: $913,941. Next up [...]
by jhwygirl Found this New York Times article interesting for a few things it mentions. The China government – who usually suppresses these worker-centric protests – is letting this one roll. Why? Because “without higher incomes, hundreds of millions of Chinese will be unable to play their part in the domestic consumer spending boom on [...]
by jhwygirl Montana Conservation Voters recently sent out an email that all but reverses their previous (disappointing) stance of not endorsing in Montana’s hotly contested Democratic and Republican primary races for the U.S. House of Representation. MCV’s email highlights Tyler Gernant’s strong stance on helping bring Montana new jobs through support of sustainable clean energy. [...]
by jhwygirl Via The Clark Fork Chronicle, news comes to us that the Mineral County Sheriff’s race is heating up with one of the candidates – Ernie Ornelas – saying that he would not enforce federal laws. He cites the United Nations Small Arms Treaty as one he has problems with: “The U.N. can pass [...]
by jhwygirl Gernant’s been at testing the waters and campaigning now for more than a year, and as we near the less-than-two-weeks before the primary election (Tuesday, June 8th!), it’s television ads that make-up some of the last efforts to reach voters that a candidate may not have reached over the last 10 months. For [...]
by jhwygirl I’m not saying anything more than go read it at Pogie’s.
by jhwygirl Yellowstone Kelly has a post up at Left in the West, aptly titled Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine, which reports on Secretary of State Linda McCulloch’s travelling the state with Governor Brian Schweitzer and her own entourage comprised of her top 3 staffers (and yes…who is in charge when she’s [...]
By CFS “We are the army out to free men!” – Sheriff Richard Mack “I just want to get back to building an army and preparing for a revolution.” – Schaeffer Cox “While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.” – Vladimir Lenin That last [...]
by jhwygirl May 25, 1961: I believe we possess all the resources and talents necessary. But the facts of the matter are that we have never made the national decisions or marshalled the national resources required for such leadership. We have never specified long-range goals on an urgent time schedule, or managed our resources and [...]
by jhwygirl Apparently, Dennis McDonald and Melinda Gopher didn’t bother with replying to Don Pogreba, author of Intelligent Discontent. Sam Rankin at least called Don and told him he wouldn’t be “speaking until after the primary.” And kudos to Pogie for sending out a questionnaire. It’s a lot of work (I’ve done it in the [...]
by jhwygirl MDOT refused to extend the 30-day public comment deadline on the environmental assessment written by Exxon/Imperial Oil for transport of its oversized Korean-built Canadian tar sands equipment, despite a wealth of public comment requesting just that – some of which came directly from the City of Missoula City Council. And despite the fact [...]
by jhwygirl It’s not just a cultural Montana thing – and I do believe the general attitude towards drinking here in Montana is something that can be ascribed to a culture attitude here in the state – it’s a systemic failure. How is it even possible that someone could be arrested for DUI twice in [...]
By JC It seems that Montana’s junior Senator and Banking Committee member, Jon Tester, has been resorting to some two-stepping to add to his double-speak with his newest routine with Wall Street Lobbyists. Despite Jon’s contentions that he is doing what is best for his Montana constituents, it seems that a series of votes on [...]
By CFS The above video was shot during Saturday’s Liberty Convention 2010 brought to you by Celebrating Conservatism and shows the crowd taking the Oath Keepers oath.
By CFS I counted 52 participants at the Liberty rally kicking off the Liberty Convention 2010 event this weekend. I’m sorry to say that it was much less eventful than I thought it would be and the enthusiasm level of the people in the demonstration was poorly lacking in energy. No crazy signs appeared… the [...]
Consider this an open thread on the Liberty Convention, the Ravalli County group Celebrating Conservatism, and the Tea Party movement By CFS Today sees the start of the Liberty Convention 2010 being held at the University of Montana and organized by Mona Doctour of Celebrating Conservatism. It kicks off today with a rally down at [...]
by jhwygirl Here you go, smokey – here’s some of that irony I was talking about. Remember just a few months ago when the Good Gov was blocking payments to Sen. Greg Barkus’ friends – $600,000 in state money to clean up environmental contamination on a site that Swank bought at a discounted price knowing [...]
by jhwygirl Flathead Beacon reports: Well well well – fresh on the heels of Tuesday’s anti-incumbent fueled primary elections elsewhere in the U.S., Flathead County Republic Chair Ava Walters gave Mark French an endorsement that would of had 10-year congressional alumni Representative Dennis Rehberg bragging: “I find Denny Rehberg makes a great politician and certainly [...]
By CFS Missoula is a fine city… a city I’m proud to call home because of its culture, people, neighborhoods, beer, scenery, architecture, etc. I am one of those many thousands of people that are not “native” but were attracted here over the last three decades because of how great the Missoula lifestyle is and [...]
by jhwygirl Indulge me. My musical awakening (I won’t fully admit the years here) was filled with an varied spectrum of music, including Neil Young, The Byrds, The Who, AC/DC and Black Sabbath. I think that it was superb guitar that drove my fandom – and living in a big city, I saw literally hundreds [...]
by jhwygirl The Missoulian article got nary a comment, but the lively Billings Gazette (this is a shorter article) garnered a few. The Great Falls Tribune still has the meatiest piece up, and since it will be lost to its archives, has been pasted up here, in the interest of public information. Virtually all of [...]
by jhwygirl That’s what many said to the State Land Board (and to 3 of its 5 members, Governor Schweitzer, Secretary of State Linda McDulloch and Auditor Monica Lindeen) before then went ahead anyway and approved the Otter Creek coal leases. Not before – let’s not forget – a poorly orchestrated show between Governor Schweitzer [...]
By JC It’s been a while since I’ve put up a new piece of Blackbirdabilia, but I came across a nice ditty from Silly Wizard tonight as I was perusing the more obscure corners of my iTunes library. I ran across this great tune, as I was listening to some songs I had learned years [...]
“Rehberg has shown to be diligent at one thing–avoiding accountability. “ –Melinda Gopher, candidate for the Democratic House nomination By JC Well, it was just a matter of time until Melinda Gopher unleashed part of her strategy to unseat incumbent Denny Rehberg for Montana’s lone House seat: attack Rehberg’s vulnerability created by his drinking [...]
by jhwygirl Montana Conservation Voters came out a while back with some of its endorsements in contested races. Pete has reported on this in the past…so I hope I’m not stepping on any toes… MCV had some trouble, it seems with many of the races – a failure to endorse in the congressional race is [...]
by jhwygirl No one is responsible for anything any more. That’s from guest host on tonight’s Rachael Maddow Show Chris Hayes, Washington editor for The Nation. He listed off all kinds of ‘passing the buck’ blame games, from 9/11 (Bush passing the blame onto everyone but his own administration) to Katrina (Mayor Nagin blaming everyone [...]
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