July 2010

Missoula Superintendent Gets 10% Raise

July 16, 2010

One clear lesson from the recent economic downturn seems to be that it’s always better to be at the top of the heap when hard financial choices are being made. While school districts across the state have been cutting programs and laying off teachers because of budget difficulties, there always seems to be enough money [...]

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Fox Family Values

July 15, 2010

I’ve spent more time today watching clips from Fox News than any sane person should (Sorry, Mr. Beck, that was a cheap shot), and have been particularly drawn to the breathless coverage on America’s finest news program, Fascists and Friends. Given the breathless attention they’ve given to the “poor family values” on display in Helena [...]

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It Appears I Was Wrong About the Health Ed Curriculum…

July 15, 2010

Had I only known that it was a United Nations campaign to destroy America. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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I Think Apple Just Saved Me Some Money

July 15, 2010

There’s nothing quite like that sick feeling in your stomach when you notice an unauthorized charge appear on your bank statement. Immediately, you think, even if I get this taken care of, it’s going to involve trips to the bank, phone calls to the far reaches of the Asian sub-continent and perhaps weeks without access [...]

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Shouldn’t a Congressman Be Smart Enough to File a Public Records Request?

July 14, 2010

The more the story about Dennis Rehberg’s lawsuit against the City of Billings and its firefighters gets developed, the more clear it becomes that the Prince of the Rimrocks and his wife are incredibly dishonest and/or profoundly stupid. From the outset of the story, Rehberg has been claiming that he filed his non-lawsuit because the [...]

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Boycott Money!

July 14, 2010

Okay, maybe it isn’t time to go all Bill O’Reilly on CNN Money, but really? A list of the best 100 small cities in the United States doesn’t include any in Montana? Idaho Falls, Idaho? Fort Collins, Colorado? On further thought, I’m fine with the list. I’m fairly sure I don’t want someone who’d rather [...]

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New Blog Project

July 14, 2010

While five years and 1300 posts at this site may have given the impression that my only passions in life are mocking Dennis “The Prince of the Rimrocks” Rehberg and tweaking the local newspaper, education and the ongoing debate about education reform has always been of great interest to me and I’ve wanted to do [...]

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The Prince of the Rimrocks Keeps Talking (Updated with More Pure Dumb)

July 13, 2010
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With all the digging Representative Rehberg has done lately, perhaps he could have dug a fire line while he was out battling the blaze with the Billings Fire Department? “This has absolutely nothing to do with the firefighters,” the Republican congressman said. “I trust you, I believe in you, I respect you. I would not [...]

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