May 2006

Letters in Support of Jon Tester

May 28, 2006

A sampling of letters from around the state in support of Jon Tester: From Beau Wright, Billings Gazette: Come back, Sam Rayburn. It is hard to imagine that Washington, D.C., once played host to men of integrity and honor….ester listens to all Montanans — not just his political donors. I, for one, wouldn’t mind sending [...]

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Jon Tester’s Got the Momentum; Conrad is in Big Trouble

May 27, 2006

The latest Lee/Mason-Dixon poll is in, and the numbers look good for Jon Tester, and terrible for Conrad Burns. Tester has pulled even with Morrison, despite still having lower name recognition. Burns is losing to both Morrison and Tester, but most amazingly, seems to be barely leading Paul Richards. In a matchup between the two, [...]

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A Powerful Reminder About True American Values

May 27, 2006

The Washington Post published excerpts from a speech given by Alberto Mora, a retired Navy general who recently received a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. The speech offers a powerful reminder of what we risk as a nation when we tolerate governmental abuses in silence. It is astonishing to me, still, that I [...]

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Some Site Information

May 25, 2006

Yes, the updates have been infrequent of late. My apologies. I am learning a lesson: preparing a student film festival when your knowledge of film editing is limited to the help files in Windows Movie Maker 2 and Google is a bad idea. No film clips up yet, as I am working on permissions for [...]

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KlindtWatch: Get Some New Material, Jason!

May 22, 2006

As much as I thought of the Dennison piece about Burns’ campaign fundraising, I’d be remiss if I failed to mention that it included another worthless quotation by Jason Klindt. This time? “This may be the race that decides (party) control of the U.S. Senate,” he said. “Democrats intend to truck in a lot of [...]

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Burns: Loved by CEOs and PACS

May 22, 2006

Great piece in the IR today by Mike Dennison about where our junior Senator’s money comes from. Here’s a hint: it isn’t from Montanans. When you look at the numbers in the piece, it sure makes Conrad’s good ol’ Montana boy routine seem even more tired. So where do Conrad’s contributions come from? 83% comes [...]

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Tough Week for Conrad Burns at the Wikipedia

May 21, 2006

I happened to wander by the Wikipedia entry for Conrad Burns this evening, and it turns out that the Senator has had a pretty rough week there. He was declared dead yesterday, associated with the German Nazi party, declared Emperor of the Universe, and the ‘worst politician that America ever had.’ I almost hate to [...]

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Max Baucus: Pandering on Language

May 21, 2006

A couple of days late, but worth noting. Montana’s semi-Republican senator decided that English was threatened enough by the pernicious scourge of immigrants and rogue speakers of Igbo that it needed to be protected: The measure passed 63-34 with the GOP actually finding eleven Democrats — Baucus (D-MT), Byrd (D-WV), Carper (D-DE), Conrad (D-ND), Dorgan [...]

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