Category: Conrad Burns
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The Feds Taking Over
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/18/news/local/70-cobb.txt">Burns backs federal aid for Cobb Field</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., announced Monday that a $500,000 appropriation to help defray the cost of rebuilding Cobb Field will be included a federal spending bill.<br />n<br />nThe proposed federal appropriation is included in the 2007 Treasury, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. If…
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Canadian BSE
I have not commented on the latest <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/05/news/state/65-mad-cow.txt">cow with <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada</a> because testing caught it and it was an older cow born before the 1997 feed ban. In a way the whole <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> thing has become a non issue to the public and with other things going…
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No Response From Jon Tester
I again post my woes about trying to get the Democratic US Senate candidate <a href="http://www.testerforsenate.com/">Jon Tester</a> to answer my questions regarding agricultural issues at the Federal level and his positions on them. The reason I bring this up again is the excellent response the <a href="http://www.lindeen.net/">Monica Lindeen</a> campaign, the Democratic candidate for the US…
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Laugh Line
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/17/news/state/25-burns.txt">Voters trust Burns, politician says</a><br />n<br />nTrust. Burns. Two words that are used in one sentence that make me laugh.<br />n<br />n<strong>I love to laugh-and I do, whenever I find something funny or have a reason to laugh. Paul Getty</strong>
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Deep Question
Is Conrad Burns really a person? Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y. is asking this question with his new legislation called the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/10/news/state/30-bison.txt">B.U.R.N.S. (Better Urban Recording Number System) Act</a>.<br />n<br />nTruthfully it is a very good question whether he is a person or not. I'm not real sure a politician qualifies for the label of person.…
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Man of This Land My A**
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/07/news/state/30-rural.txt">'Man of this land' wants to fight for rural America</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As Conrad Burns hurtles along U.S. 87 in a Chevy Silverado truck at 80 mph, he makes a grand gesture toward the miles of unbroken prairie south of here.<br />n<br />n"I'm a man of this land," says the three-term U.S. senator from Montana.…
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Excuse Me?
If Sen Burns has not done anything wrong, and was not influenced by Abramoff, and has not been contacted by the Justice Department in connection with the Abramoff scandal, why is he <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/26/news/state/40-burns-lawyer.txt">hiring a lawyer</a> that specializes in "white-collar crime, the defense of government enforcement actions, political and congressional investigations, corporate internal investigations and…
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Disgusting
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/23/AR2006042300870.html">Burns May Be Bouncing Back</a> (Washigton Post story free registration required)<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Polls here suggest that Burns, 71, a three-term incumbent who has been targeted by the Democrats as one of the most beatable Republicans in the Senate, may be bouncing back from the pounding he took late last year after the publication of…
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Elitism
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/22/news/state/60-burns.txt">Burns fundraiser to be held in Napa Valley</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Donors to Montana Sen. Conrad Burns will toast the Republican on a Napa Valley, Calif., wine tour this summer.<br />n<br />nThe July 15 fundraiser, scheduled a month after the Republican primary, is charging political action committees $3,000 and individuals $2,000 to attend.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWe wouldn't…
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Where’s the Surprise
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/18/news/state/20-timemag.txt">Time magazine names Burns one of the worst senators</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Time magazine has named Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., one of the five worst Senate members, criticizing him for his ties to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and calling his legislative record "meager."</blockquote><br />n<br />nEverybody is acting like this is a big surprise. I'm not surprised…