Archive | August, 2007
Let ‘Em Burn!: John Sinrud on Wildfires
A reader sends in this link starring Representative Sinrud (R-Bozeman) and featuring his comments about the need to fight fires. {youtube}9VNPpHGwc24{/youtube} Is it too late for the Republicans to consider a Burns-Sinrud ticket for the governor's race?
Continue reading...The Hardliner: Montana’s Worst Blog Gets Even Sadder
31. August 2007
I don't mean to judge the good people at The Hardliner, as I understand that laying down astroturf, most likely at the Montana Republican headquarters, is pretty challenging, but you have to be one pathetic blog to block visitors who disagree with you. The other day I posted a comment on the site, suggesting that the [...]
Continue reading...Undertip? Make Sure Your Waitress Doesn’t Blog About It
31. August 2007
The critics of blogging may be right: there may be too many people writing blogs if you can’t go out to dinner without having your server blog about your tipping habits. However, in this story in the Consumerist it seems like the customer deserved it.
Continue reading...The Sins of Socialism?
24. August 2007
Jonah Goldberg strikes again , reminding us that envy, a deadly sin, is in fact bad. After accomplishing this difficult intellectual task, he makes a real leap. He calls socialism "the ideology of envy", which thus, apparently makes it ungodly, a system to be rejected by true Christians of God's Country (America, if [...]
Continue reading...Sign of the Apocalypse
23. August 2007
Remember back in the good ol’ days when people were expected to be minimally capable of independent thought and action? This news item, from Education Week, suggests that those days are long gone: School buses across New Hampshire are getting safety upgrades designed to prevent children from being left behind. A new device installed in the bus sounds an alarm at [...]
Continue reading...Branding the Democratic Party: A Cynic Is Amused by the Irony
23. August 2007
Not more than eight hours after I posed a criticism of Helena's focus on branding itself, I received an e-mail from James Carville asking me to do the same thing for the Democratic party. He writes: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is launching a campaign to find the bumper sticker slogan that will carry us through the 2008 elections. It'll [...]
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