May 2008

Joe Balyeat Writes About Consensus; Earth Flattens.

May 21, 2008

The very independent right wing Montana blogs are all aflutter today about Joe Balyeat’s latest foray into a subject he knows little about. This time it’s two subjects: global warming and compromise. Balyeat, writing in the Montana Standard, wants us to believe that he believes deeply in compromise on the subject of energy independence and [...]

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Where is the year 2000 media now?

May 18, 2008

The not-so-liberal media is a tired topic on left-leaning blogs, but it strikes me as more important this year than ever before with John McCain finally getting his shot at the White House. The media seems to be very charmed by him as he proclaims straight talk from a teleprompter. This clip, however? Quite striking: [...]

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The Fiscal Conservatism of Dennis Rehberg

May 17, 2008

We all know that Dennis Rehberg has done very little in Congress. When his own chief of staff identifies congratulating the Carroll football team and recognizing the anniversary of Billings as major achievements, it’s clear that Representative Rehberg is hardly earning his salary as a representative of Montanans. On the other hand, Representative Rehberg is [...]

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Senator Baucus: Ahead of the Curve on Health Care? I Think He’s Already Struck Out

May 11, 2008

Senator Baucus certainly deserves credit for one thing. Being able to make this remark to a reporter about increasing access to health care without bursting into laughter must have taken a remarkable degree of self-control: “I want the Finance Committee to be ready, to be ahead of the curve,” he said. “That’s why I’ve begun [...]

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Investing in Quality Education

May 10, 2008

If for no other reason than to enjoy the inevitable torrent of scathing comments that will no doubt soon appear, you might enjoy a little piece I wrote about education funding appearing in today’s Billings Gazette. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]

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The Unfair Scrutiny of the McCains Goes On

May 8, 2008

Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I found this NBC interview of Cindy McCain to simply be too much. How can we ask the spouses of candidates to undergo grilling like this? No one deserves to face questions this challenging: “What drives you to reach out to do so much? Adopt a child, reach out to [...]

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And They Say I’m Not Ready to Be Governor? Part Two

May 6, 2008

Roy Brown’s at it again. There are a wide array of skills that Montanans should be able to expect from candidates for governor, from two of which Senator Roy Brown seems to lack: a) reading comprehension and b) a basic understanding of how the state’s budgeting process works. In today’s papers, he offered an embarrassing [...]

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