Archive | October, 2007
Things Have Never Looked So Bad When They Look So Good
I think the Democrats are going to lose. Not the 2008 election, but the 2012 election. It seems as if the corporate news analysts who pull the strings in our deceptively free and democratic society have painted this instant in world affairs as a unique opportunity for a Democratic victory. Maybe so, but only in [...]
Continue reading...Fall is Definitely Here
20. October 2007
I did something a little crazy this weekend and took a vacation, and decided to wander on a few roads I’d never been on before. In the process, I saw some really delightful signs of fall, and even experienced my first bit of snowfall this season. I’m not much of a photographer, but with Montana [...]
Continue reading...Branding Helena, Part Two
17. October 2007
I need to get an imaginary job, like being a person who helps cities brand themselves. I mean, it can’t be hard. Somehow, Helena should brand itself as “The West’s Learning Center for the Arts.” If that won’t pack the tourists in, then what will? If only a brochure touting that incredible option had been available [...]
Continue reading...An IR Editorial…correct?!
17. October 2007
I am not used to the Independent Record challenging local Helena schools, even though it seems their place to at least question problems and issues (you know, being “the media” and all) but I was pleasantly surprised this morning to read their editorial. Despite the law allowing alternative scheduling, taking away classroom time, whether it is [...]
Continue reading...Newsflash: GOP Candidate for Governor Has Raised ZERO Out of State Funds
13. October 2007
Seriously, Erik Iverson is supposed to revitalize the Montana Republican Party? With garbage like this?: "The governor has spent the last three years courting wealthy Democrat elites from all around the country," said Erik Iverson, chairman of the state Republican Party. "We’ve got a governor who puts self-promotion and campaign fundraising ahead of doing what’s right [...]
Continue reading...Your Democratic "Leadership"
12. October 2007
Why did so many people work so hard to bring a Democratic majority to Congress? Certainly not for Nancy Pelosi: "Look," she said, the chicken breast on her plate untouched. "I had, for five months, people sitting outside my home, going into my garden in San Francisco, angering neighbors, hanging their clothes from trees, building all [...]
Continue reading...The Kids Are Alright, Tom
10. October 2007
If there is anything I hate, it’s self-satisfaction of baby boomers who wistfully wonder why young people aren’t as noble and politically involved as they remember themselves being. The spectacle of a smug middle-aged influence peddler condemning young people for being insufficiently engaged in the very political process he and his generation have rendered largely [...]
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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 (18)
- 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)
- 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
- Some Questions I’d Like to See Someone Ask Steve Daines
- Our Endorsements for the Democratic Primary: Bullock, Juneau, and Hunt
- Why Won’t Dennis Rehberg Vote to Support the Troops? To Protect People Who Make $500,000 a Year
21. October 2007
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