Category: Conrad Burns
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Trying
I remember when Sen. Conrad burns tried to fix the jurisdictional issues that plague American Indian reservations and was completely shut down by the Indians and the Democrats. Now the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/28/news/state/60-sexassaultpanel.txt">Democrats are talking about trying to fix the problem</a> in the same way they fix all problems, throw money at it.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Committee members,…
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Ethics
Wouldn't the ethical thing to do for the man who beat Former Senator Burns be to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/08/news/state/18-tester.txt">return the money or donate it to charity</a> instead of waiting to see if the donation was "legal" or not? I mean one of the big issues in that campaign was shady campaign contributions and Senator Tester really…
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Knowledge
Don't you just love when people bring up a subject that you are not real sure why it's important. <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2795-Good-News-Or-Not.html">Cliff Mason</a> questions my knowledge of firefighting as compared to Conrad Burns knowledge of firefighting in relation to my memories of a large fire on my place and what triggered those memories.<br />n<br />nWell Cliff…
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Be A Man
Sen. Burns needs to suck it up and act like a man, not a whining little baby.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/15/news/state/30-burns.txt" >Burns says media dishonest to him</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>He stopped only briefly to chastise Montana reporters, saying he was "taken advantage of."<br />n"Look you guys, I hate to tell you this, but I don't have anything…
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Much Ado About Nothing/Something
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/31/news/state/65-tester.txt">Unlicensed Tester butchered neighbor's animals, wasn't cited</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester never had a state-required license for the butchering business he ran at his Big Sandy-area farm, but state records show an inspector visited the shop, but did not cite Tester for breaking the law.<br />n<br />nTester cut meat on an…
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Fiscally Responsible, Not
In Montana's Senate Race, Jon Tester keeps portraying himself as fiscally conservative and wanting to balance the Federal budget. He continually blasts Sen Burns for cutting taxes and spending money that the country doesn't have. Now Tester has all kinds of ideas on how to spend money, extending CHIPS to all children, but I have…
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Sen Burns Delivers
A big part of Sen. Conrad Burns re-election campign, is how he delivers money to the state with his senority and how if Tester were elected, it wouldn't happen. So, how is Conrad's latest effort to bring the bacon home going?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://deltafarmpress.com/news/060925-disaster-bill/" >Senate leaders turn back Conrad disaster bill</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The third time…
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A Day Late
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/01/news/state/25-burns_z.txt" title="Foot In Mouth Yet Again">Burns' fire request comes late</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns urged <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> to declare a fire state of emergency Thursday and activate the Montana Army National Guard for firefighting – more than a month after Schweitzer had already done so.<br />n<br />nIn a brief letter faxed…
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Implosion
It sure looks to me like Senator Burns is trying to lose this election.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082201082.html" title="Free Registration Required">Comments Haunt Another Senator</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In a moment of unusual candor for a veteran senator fighting for his political life, Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) offered this blunt self-assessment a few months ago: "I can self-destruct in one…
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Chewing On The Wrong People
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/27/news/local/45-burns.txt">Burns criticizes firefighters, says they didn't heed ranchers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Republican Sen. Conrad Burns chastised a group of firefighters over the weekend for doing a "poor job" dousing a 92,000-acre blaze near Billings, a state report shows.<br />n<br />nBurns and the firefighters – members of the Augusta Hot Shots from the George Washington and Jefferson…