US Politics

The Unhinged Right on Osama bin Laden, Redux

August 9, 2011
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Montana’s hive of conspiracy theories and offensive commentary, PolyMontana, is featuring a post that suggests the Obama Administration murdered the Special Forces members recently killed in Afghanistan. No, really. Ed Berry, the site’s peculiar owner, posted a piece from “Global Research” offering a conspiracy theory rivaling the worst of those from the 9/11 Truthers. In [...]

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Senator Baucus on the Debt Super Committee?

August 9, 2011
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The Hill is reporting that Senator Max Baucus is a leading candidate for the new, super-duper, extra-special, deficit-reducing squad created by last week’s debt deal, while the Huffington Post is saying he’s less likely to be chosen: The major contenders to be selected by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.): * Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) [...]

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The Frame of the Budget Debate

July 20, 2011

This is a post from a new contributor to the site. If any regular readers are interested in contributing content, please feel to drop me a note. –Don The frame of the budget debate should make it clear to almost anyone that neither side can be trusted to represent the interests or needs of the [...]

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A Sellout’s Manifesto Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Party

July 14, 2011

Let me begin by positing a radical thesis: the act of supporting a Democratic candidate, even one who occasionally disappoints, or the act of questioning an element of progressive orthodoxy (a fascinating concept) does not make a person a corporate tool or party shill. In fact, today,choosing to support the Democratic Party is the best [...]

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President Obama, Do The Right Thing and Protect Social Security

July 8, 2011

If we learned nothing from Harrison Ford in the past few decades, it’s that one can never negotiate with terrorists. Someone needs to send President Obama a copy of Air Force One or Patriot Games immediately—before he negotiates away a bedrock component of economic security for millions of Americans. President Obama is apparently not only [...]

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Liberals Love America, Too: A Message for the Fourth

July 4, 2011

I’m never going to enjoy a Toby Keith song about America, nor demand that my neighbors “love or leave” this country. It’s unlikely that I will ever refer to an American media outlet as traitorous, or demand that we build a fenced wall between the United States and Mexico. I don’t believe that, this, or [...]

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Matt Taibbi’s Take on Michelle Bachman

June 22, 2011

It’s always refreshing to read Taibbi, because, unlike much of the political press, he’s willing to tell the truth about candidates.  His piece about Tea Queen Michelle Bachman is just brilliant. He describes Bachman as well as anyone ever has: Michele Bachmann, when she turns her head toward the cameras and brandishes her pearls and [...]

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The CCC, Grandpa and Me

June 22, 2011

I had the opportunity this past weekend to finally visit the Lewis and Clark Caverns in southwest Montana and couldn’t have enjoyed the experience more. The caverns are both a natural wonder and a testament to the energy and drive of a country that was willing to put its young men and women to work [...]

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