Archive | June, 2006
Some Suggestions for The American Values Agenda
In the spirt of bipartisan cooperation, I have decided to offer a few important ideas to the Republican House leadership to complement their critical “American Values Agenda“, an agenda that tackles the most important political issues of the day, including protecting the threatened freedom to display the flag and the almost extinct public expression of [...]
Continue reading...Butte on the Daily Show…
27. June 2006
When Butte, Montana is on national television, it’s always worth a view. In case you haven’t seen this, it’s now posted on the Daily Show site. Enjoy.
Continue reading...You know, the people’s business
27. June 2006
So, I am sitting in a hotel room doing a little work with C-Span on (yeah, I am that guy) and I am listening to Representative Mike Conaway from Texas talk about a bill to force every member of Congress to read the Constitution every year. Called the AMERICA Act (”A Modest Effort to Read [...]
Continue reading...Faux News and Irony: Strangers
27. June 2006
One of the brightest stars in the Faux News universe offers up this gem today, in reference to the New York Times actually informing the public: As for the lead story, there’s no doubt that it was The New York Times’ perceived anti-American bias. It may seem like a complicated debate to some, but to our [...]
Continue reading...The IR On Its Debate Coverage: We Rock!
27. June 2006
Okay, I lied. The Independent Record posted an editorial (link added) this morning congratulating itself and the rest of the media in Montana for their coverage of the Tester-Burns debate. Basically, readers should apparently be thankful for the incisive coverage that included such critical analysis as: Republican Burns said Tester has a ‘‘liberal mind,’’ and has voted [...]
Continue reading...Final Debate Wrap Up
26. June 2006
I promise…no more writing about the debate after this. The Helena IR has a poll up, asking which candidate won the debate. It looks like the GOP has already started flooding the results, because there is no way that anyone thinks Burns won. No way. The Hill has a wrap up, that is pretty superficial. [...]
Continue reading...Cold blue shift for Bush…
26. June 2006
For the visual among you, the 911 Archive has a constantly updated map that shows Bush’s approval rating after the 2004 Election. Note the blue color…
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- Tester-Burns Debate
- A Somewhat Cynical Observation about Mansfield-Metcalf
- Montana's Max: Nutcakes!
- Dennis Rehberg: Master of the Oblivious
- Off to See Hillary and Obama
- Idaho Anti Wolf Coalition Falls Short (21)
- Blogs and the Media: Kemmick and Crisp (17)
- Tester-Burns Debate (14)
- The conscience of a liberal: why I am considering abstaining in the Iraqi War Referendum vote... (14)
- The Religious Right's Trump Card Exposed (13)
- Why Does Jake Eaton Want to Disenfranchise My Students?
- The Sorry State of Politics Practiced by the Montana GOP and Its Surrogates: A Soccer Story
- Questions and One Thought After the GOP’s Last Day
- Fixing Failing by Predetermining Passing
- Rehberg’s 14 Minutes and the Media’s Response: Which Was Worse?
- Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
- DHS now officially seizing and searching laptops
- NorthWestern Energy makes me sick
- I just lost my appetite
- McCain confuses Somalia and the Sudan
28. June 2006
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