Category: Montana Politics
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Do What You Are told
We now see how Democrats in Montana truly think. They will force you to do "the right thing" whether you want to or not. The headline of the article sounds very benign but you read the article and some of the things in it scares the shit out of me. When did the Government get…
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Free Speech, Or Is It?
I thank <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/">Craig</a> for bringing <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/24/AR2007102402337.html">this</a> to my attention. It appears that the University of Montana has limits on the amount of money a student can spend on a campaign for student government offices.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) allocates student activity fees, which are public funds, and…
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Told You So
I told you the other day that <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2898-Nothing.html"><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> knew he couldn't help</a> the Morgans and <a href="http://karbonkountymoos.com/">Karen</a> but just didn't want to tell them to their face. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/08/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">Today's article about the situation</a> just confirms that.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Bridger ranching family that had to slaughter all its stock because of a…
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Fixing The Playground
There was a couple of interesting articles in the Gazette from the recent conference at the Burton K. Wheeler Center at Montana State University which looked at the recent Legislative session and how to avoid the problems faced.<br />n<br />nThe <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/02/news/state/20-rancor.txt">first article</a> started out by talking about term limits and annual Legislative Sessions and…
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Nothing
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/03/news/state/23-ranchers.txt">Herd gone, ranchers turn to governor In wake of brucellosis case, Morgans appeal for help</a><br />n<br />nWhat does the Governor say?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"We'll find out what's available to make you whole," he said at the end of the two-hour meeting. "We'll look into it. We'll ask some questions."</blockquote><br />n<br />nWhy hasn't the Governor asked…
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The Right Thing
Well, I see Sen. Jon Tester can <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/11/news/state/16-tester.txt">do the right thing</a> after being <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2844-Ethics.html">slapped around</a> for considering not doing the right thing. He can learn after all.<br />n<br />nI make no comment here about this Hsu person, his donations, or any other people involved in the controversy. I just thought that Tester should…
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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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Not Right
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/05/news/state/21-emergency.txt">GOP-led chamber may pass emergency fire bills, then adjourn</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>House Republican leaders are working on a plan to freeze the Democrat-controlled Senate out of the special legislative session that begins today and guarantee that only GOP-backed firefighting bills end up on the governor's desk.<br />n<br />nHouse Speaker Scott Sales, R-Bozeman, confirmed that he…
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Blame Game
When <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> announced a special session to pay for the fire fighting costs this year, the Montana Blogs started up. Depending on which blog you read, either the Republicans or the Democrats were to blame for this and that was the end of the story. As normal I didn't believe either side…
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Politics
Matt over at Left in the West <a href="http://www.leftinthewest.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=883">asks a question</a> of the Montana farm and ranch community about some editorials that are running around. Since i can't comment at Left in the West i would leave my thoughts here.<br />n<br />nFirst we have Rep. Kendall Van Dyk giving us his opinoin that <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/topic/article/montana_stockgrowers_association_misses_mark_on_rural_values/C37/L37/">the…