Archive for June, 2010
by problembear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjQ0fUknY0 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1643/recession-reactions-at-30-months-extensive-job-loss-new-frugality-lower-expectations
by jhwygirl I am beyond disgusted with this kind of stuff. If I’ve never written to the fact that the Constitution is the ultimate law of the land, I’ve written nothing. Today I find that the MT GOP, at its most recent convention, re-affirmed its 2008 platform calling for making homosexual acts criminal. And lest [...]
by problembear in a bold move designed to make political hay out of the recession republican senators rejected the jobless aid bill tonight. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/17/AR2010061705548.html?hpid=topnews by rekindling the bush-crash and destroying the economy further, republicans are hoping that they can foment more malaise and suffering in order to cement their chances of overtaking democrats in the [...]
by Pete Talbot We’ll deal with pot first, which is being assaulted by Republicans and the media. 2008 Republican gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown had this to say about current Montana medical marijuana laws: “… and when their peers in junior high have (medical marijuana) cards, it just sends the absolutely wrong message.” Show me one [...]
by problembear HEY PAYDAY LOAN INDUSTRY……. it’s not official yet, but it looks like your days of preying on the working poor of montana with 650% interest rates are numbered…. http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_d2da1cc4-7c0f-11df-87da-001cc4c002e0.html it looks like it will be on the ballot this november. if the history of payday lenders facing ballot measures in the other 17 [...]
by problembear VS i went to my first real live wilderness hearing in 1973. it was a hearing to decide the fate of the oregon dunes natural area near florence oregon. Jim Monteith, andy kerr, tim lillebo marcy willow and i traveled from eugene to grants pass oregon. when we arrived i realized that there [...]
by Pete Talbot (When interviewed in the Missoulian years ago, 4&20 founder Jay Stevens said that to be a successful blogger, one should blog daily. Well, we’ve certainly missed that deadline. Time for this slacker to take up the slack. I have no idea where jhwygirl or JC are, which should reinforce, gentle reader, the [...]
by problembear i was asked by john adams of the Great Falls Tribune (who has done tremendous work on this issue by the way) to remove the photo of jon tester earlier today and i have complied…. in it’s place please enjoy…..jon tester on his first day in the senate learning political chicanery at the [...]
by problembear now lets get er done…. http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/06/how-stimulate-economy-one-easy-step for those of you who could use a good laugh try this…. by the way- i am still as angry as mr black is about our stupid health care bill in this country. i don’t know about the rest of you, but my health insurance costs more [...]
by Pete Talbot The numbers were already in when I arrived, late, at the Union Club. It doesn’t take long to tally votes in a primary. Tyler Gernant was there and had mixed emotions about the outcome. He did much better than he could have hoped for when he first launched his campaign, but it [...]
by jhwygirl I love it.
by jhwygirl A little over a week ago I wrote about the Mineral County Sheriff’s race which was turning strange – in my opinion – with a candidate promising to sue the county in which he was seeking a job. He also promised not to enforce federal laws. This kind of talk is dangerous. Frankly, [...]
by jhwygirl This post was updated. Democratic congressional primary candidate Tyler Gernant has gained even more momentum in the last few days with news from both ABCMontana and the Flathead Beacon that the race is too close to call. That in the context of taking on Dennis McDonald who was, much earlier this year, the [...]
by jhwygirl Even if you like coal and supported development of the Otter Creek tracts, this should cause you pause. Clean coal is a fallacy. The coal industry spends far more in dividend payments and buying bigger diesel-gobbling machinery than it does in search of technology for clean coal – and when that won’t work, [...]
by jhwygirl Payday loan lenders are fighting back, with television ads throughout the state saying “Don’t sign I-164″. The ad features one of the two brothers who own several payday loan lending places here and throughout the state – E-Z Money. I’d reckon most people would recognize their smiling faces from their television ads. I-164 [...]
by jhwygirl The energy has been high on Tyler Gerant’s congressional democratic primary campaign for weeks now. He’s out raised his other primary contenders – including the former head of the Montana Democratic Party – in the last two FEC filings. His strong position on clean energy and green jobs – along with his consistent [...]
by jhwygirl Just try and tell me it doesn’t exist…or that it’s nothing to worry about. WE have a problem and it’s time WE face up to it. It isn’t a top-down punishment-oriented solution. It’s a bottoms-up education-oriented solution too. Otherwise, all we’re doing is pushing the costs on the taxpayers in law enforcement and [...]
by jhwygirl Journalist extraordinaire Jodi Rave – who covers Native issues and the issues that affect Native peoples not just here in Montana, but worldwide – announced her new blog Buffalo’s Fire a few weeks back, kicked off for me with a post announcing that one of the most amazing social activists evah, Winona LaDuke, [...]
by jhwygirl I ruminated in a comment or two around here on how Rehberg really failed to engage in the primary. I had heard nothing of any forums – while I know that county Democratic organizations around the state held forums for their congressional candidates. It’s hard for any candidate that doesn’t really get the [...]
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