The Social Injustice of Corn Ethanol

June 26, 2011 in Common Sense, Culture, Economy & Business, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Montana, Politics, Taxes, Transportation

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 [...]

Billings Business Owner to Testify at Senate Finance Committee in Washington

June 26, 2011 in Ethics, Immigration, Montana, Taxes

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 [...]

Social Media and Montana’s Road to 2012… or… Your Doing it Wrong!

June 26, 2011 in 2012 Election, Culture, Dave Strohmaier, Denny Rehberg, Jon Tester, Montana, Montana Democrats, Montana politics, Montana Republicans, Steve Daines

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 [...]