January 2006

See, the terrorists are like…

January 29, 2006

I humbly propose that this is the worst editorial ever written. Thank you, Daily Inter lake. You’ve made my week. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Questions for the Democratic Candidates Seeking to Replace Burns

January 29, 2006

Just about two weeks ago, I sent out a list of questions to the Democrats seeking to replace Conrad Burns in the Senate. We, like a lot of Montanans, are trying to figure out which candidate we should support and work for, but would like to know what the candidates believe on the issues. Thus [...]

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Thumbs Up to Functional Illiteracy

January 27, 2006

The IR continued its hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and deep analysis of the issues with this week’s “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” editorial. Among the four topics covered in the space of good paragraph was this gem: Thumbs down to the results of a study that found most college students nearing a diploma are unable to handle many [...]

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Republicans Criticize Lindeen on Ethics

January 27, 2006

Another sensible idea from the ever-consistent Montana GOP. It seems they are concerned about the ethics of Monica Lindeen because she had the audacity to vote on a bill related to Internet service providers while serving in the Montana legislature. Lindeen, you see, the Republicans argue, should have put her investments in a blind trust. [...]

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Denny Rehberg and the Meth Problem

January 25, 2006

Denny Rehberg was in town today, touting his support for a nonsensical proposed extension of the Patriot Act that would ‘help fight meth.’ There are a number of problems with this proposal. First, doesn’t it demonstrate that the USA PATRIOT Act has become cover for anything the federal government or an individual member of Congress [...]

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Baucus the Bold is Back!

January 25, 2006

After somewhat suprisingly (to me, at least) announcing his opposition to the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, Max Baucus came back to his comfortable center-right positioning today, announcing that he isn’t sure what he thinks about the NSA domestic spying scandal. According the the Billings Gazette today: Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said [...]

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Rick Santorum and the Sinruds

January 25, 2006

Wulfgar introduced us all to the plight of the Sinrud family, for whom two days of Legislative service was as hard on a family as serving in Iraq. America’s most theocratic senator, Rick Santorum, wan…

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Burns on the Issues

January 24, 2006

David, over at the Billings Blog, notes that the Senator for the Saginaw Chippewas, has updated his campaign page. What bold stands has the junior Senator taken? On Iraq:Shortly after Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) deposed Saddam Hussein’s regime in April 2003, the Bush Administration linked the end of U.S. military occupation to the completion of [...]

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