Archive for June, 2011
by jhwygirl Dear Montana Legislators that voted for SB423: You should be utterly embarassed by the court’s assessment of your ability to grasp the very documents you were sworn to uphold when you swore your oath of office. I’m talking about the U.S. Constitution and the Montana Constitution. Frankly – this bodes quite well for [...]
by problembear thanks judge. that third branch of government finally brings some sense into the moronic marijuana wars in this state by smacking down several key provisions of the poorly written law passed by idiots in our last legislature. judge reynolds recognizes the reality of providing for those patients suffering from the effects of chemotherapy [...]
By Duganz If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and read Matt Taibbi’s new piece on Michele Bachmann. What it outlines is the divide of our times, a divide that runs directly into one of the great Three Things We Must Never Discuss. For those of you who don’t know what those are, they [...]
by jhwygirl Seems everyone is getting on the bandwagon of revenue increases these days – you’ll recall the Senate recently voted to kill ethanol subsidies (we’ll see where the tough-talking House goes with that one…), then GOP leaders in the Senate started talking publicly of revenue increases. Is that pure BS talk? Certainly some say [...]
by lizard When greed is the number one driving force, everything else takes a back seat, including, it would appear, preparing for cataclysmic disasters like floods and tsunamis when you’re running a nuclear power plant. Here’s Joseph Giambrone from an article put up at Counterpunch today. When I wrote last week about the Nebraska reactor [...]
By CFS We all know that corn ethanol takes away resources from growing food, but by how much might astonish you. According to author Alexis Madrigal in his book Powering the Dream, USDA statistics from 2010 show that fully 1/3 of the United States corn harvest went into our collective gas tanks. That 1/3 of [...]
by jhwygirl Mainstream media will be all a-buzz with deficit/raising the debt ceiling talks this week, so don’t expect too much coverage on two bills that are of major interest to progressives (like me). On Tuesday, Ms. Kris Carpenter, Founder/CEO, Sanctuary Spa and Salon in Billings will testify before the Senate Committee on Finance on [...]
By CFS Twitter and Facebook are increasingly becoming a part of people’s daily life and when it comes to politics, social media is an indispensable tool for organization, spreading information, and connecting people of like-minded attitudes. But few politicians are actually making good use of these new tools. Rather sadly, many politicians are using the tools to their [...]
By JC He of the recently brain-swollen, having returned from their pilgrimages to NN11, pulled out of a thread here to regroup his attack on all things 4&20. Yes, the hall monitor of LitW has resumed his attacks on the writers here in full force, this time taking on jhwygirl and lizard directly, and the [...]
By Duganz So, I spent three weeks on the Big Island recently (ain’t rich; family live there so it was just a matter of tickets), and while living in paradise I learned these things about my likes and dislikes. I think it says a lot about me: Don’t like the reggae Love parasailing Love snorkeling Love [...]
by jhwygirl Please consider this an open thread. A new study shows that the death penalty costs $300 million per person. The main drug used in lethal injection is no longer in production in the U.S. That means that no state can obtain the drug legally. (with a hat tip to Steve Dogiakos) If you [...]
by lizard May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. —Edward Abbey Labels kinda suck. I mean, what the hell is a nature poem anyway? To say the poems I’ve selected for this week’s LWPS are nature poems really limits [...]
by jhwygirl …because it will happen.
by jhwygirl Seems the Billings School District 2 Superintendent Keith Beeman has figured out a way. The Billings Gazette reports Beeman sent an email to trustees on June 18 requesting one-on-one meetings to present information “we are not ready to share with the public.” One-on-one meetings. It’s almost like something out of News of the [...]
by jhwygirl ‘Cause I’d find that real funny. Especially given that they titled the thing “An Act Establishing the Montana Marijuana Act” when it established nothing and instead destroyed the 2004 citizen’s initiative that brought medical marijuana to Montana. Medical marijuana advocates have sued the state, challenging the new law as unconstitutional and without merit [...]
by problembear might as well put it to good use shining it on some cockroaches…… this republican moron out of nowhere wants to represent montana in congress do i sound irritated about ignorant prejudice rearing its ugly head in montana? how about this teaparty moron obsessing about killing homosexuals? the whole state should make sure we [...]
by lizard I got a bit of help with a foul mood I’ve been nursing this week from Adrienne Rich, a phenomenal poet. This shot comes from a poetic series called USONIAN JOURNALS 2000, published in her 2004 collection The School Among The Ruins: Early summer lunch with friends, talk rises: poetry, urban design and [...]
by problembear this really grinds my gears ….. i realize these idiots have the right to assemble. i realize these asswipes have the right to free speech. i realize that they have the right to live here……. but i also realize that i have similar rights that enable me to do as much as i can [...]
from jhwygirl – I’ve talked in the past about a “value-added” economy, meaning one where raw materials are added to in value. This is where jobs and revenue are created. It would be my preference that we focus our economic growth policies (regulatory and tax) on the “value-added” side and not the extraction of raw [...]
by jhwygirl Congratulations are in order for Starla Gade, newly elected chair of the Missoula County Democrats. I happen to know Starla and she is a wonderful progressive and extremely effective organizer. I expect great things. In fact, I’m sure of them. This month’s meeting – the Missoula County Democrats Central Committee Meeting – appears [...]
by jhwygirl In Washington, at least. And some of the biggest players, too – Sen. Lindsay Graham? Sen. Tom Colburn? Will we see sacred cows fall? Graham cites ethanol subsidies, and calls for ending “…a bunch of other subsidies that go to a few people” and put(ting) the money “back into the federal treasury” for [...]
by jhwygirl Thought I’d update a post I did last week, given that the Senate took another vote on ending ethanol subsidies – this one an amendment from California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. A 73 – 27 bipartisan vote moved forward a repeal of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, to be included in the Economic [...]
by jhwygirl Montanan’s – and the world – first found out about Rep. Denny Rehberg’s push for “hard science” about two weeks ago when he pushed for an amendment that would require “hard science” before the FDA could enact regulatory controls. Rehberg’s amendment passed. Whee for him, right? And screw the health of Americans….Rehberg was [...]
By CFS Dave Stromhaier gave made his official announcement that he will be seeking to take Denny’s former Congressional seat yesterday morning at Missoula’s Farmer’s Market. If you feel the need to become more informed about Dave and his campaign platform, go check out his campaign website www.strohmaierforcongress.com, follow him on twitter with @davestrohmaier or @DaveForMontana, or watch the below video of his announcement speech.
by lizard Love poems. When I hear that term, part of me cringes. Sickeningly sweet sentimental Hallmark verse quickly comes to mind. Bah, say us modern cynics who keep our romanticism safely caged up, stashed away. But love poetry is doing just fine, because love is a force that will outlive the crude urge to [...]
By Dave Strohmaier Posted by CFS As you may have heard, I’m planning on rolling out my congressional campaign at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, down at the Missoula Farmers Market (North Higgins). I value 4&20 as a forum for Montana and national politics, and wanted you to be the first audience where I [...]
by Lesley Lotto So he went and did it. Caved to the pressure of the masses who said, “you must resign” because he let his third leg do the talking. For shame. I’ve been privately hoping Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York would stay in office. It seemed that things quieted down quite a bit [...]
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