March 2008

Hate’s A Lot Easier in the Abstract, Isn’t It?

March 16, 2008

I’ve been meaning to comment on this story in the Billings Gazette for the past day, but have found myself pretty busy working on another project or two. It’s a story about the recent detention of a Chinese restaurateur in Columbus and the response of a large group of people from the town who want [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Secretary of State in Action

March 14, 2008

Maybe it’s time for a change in the Secretary of State’s office. Mesaros said the term limits issue with his candidacy didn’t come up until Feb. 29, when it was mentioned by someone attending a campaign fundraiser for him in Helena. Mesaros notified election officials in the secretary of state’s office the next week, and [...]

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They Said It, Not Me…

March 12, 2008

Responding to Roger Koopman: Rep. Tom McGillvray, R-Billings, chairman of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, was highly critical of Koopman’s effort in an e-mail to some lawmakers last week obtained by Lee Newspapers State Bureau.“To expect every party member to goose-step to one person’s philosophy is idealist, wrong and what cults are made of,” McGillvray [...]

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Roy Brown and Steve Daines on Education: Tackling the Important Issues

March 11, 2008

I’d like to encourage those of you considering voting for Roy Brown to read his issues page on education. It’s certainly enlightening. In a sea of platitudes and general observations, he offers one concrete proposal for Montana’s schools: Roy will urge the Montana High School Association (MHSA) to establish tournaments of champions, so athletes in [...]

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Hunt Versus Rehberg: Day 1, Support of the Military

March 11, 2008

Over the next few days, we’re going to offer some comparisons between Dennis Rehberg and Jim Hunt in the race for Congress, beginning with the military. Representative Rehberg Talks about supporting the military and the importance of national service. Raised goats, rather than serve. Talks about supporting veterans, but the record suggests otherwise. Representative Rehberg [...]

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Your Republican Scientists in Action: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

March 10, 2008

You know, I have a lot to be thankful for, but this evening, I think I am most thankful that the anti-rational zealots running the Republican Party weren’t in power when scientists discovered that diseases could be controlled by the judicious use of vaccines or that water could contain deadly microbes and needed to be [...]

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Pogreba/Neiffer announce their bid for governor…

March 9, 2008

HELENA, MONT. – Teachers Don Pogreba and Jason Neiffer announced today at an impromptu press conference in a Mexican restaurant in East Helena that they will, indeed, challenge Brian Schweitzer for the Democratic nomination. “We think the state is going in the right direction,” Neiffer noted over a cold Diet Pepsi, “but we also feel [...]

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What do Max Baucus and the IRS have in common?

March 9, 2008

What do Montana’s Max and the Internal Revenue Service have in common? They are both spending public money to tell me something beat to death by the media. The same day I received a full color postcard from Max (“Prepared, Published and Mailed at Taxpayer Expense”) talking about the economic stimulus package, CNN is reporting [...]

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