Category: Montana Politics
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The Budget, Jon Tester, And The Truth
<a href="http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75033">Tester Would Boost Budget by $89.4 Billion, Burns by $1.2 Billion, NTUF Study of Candidates' Platforms Shows</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As Montana Senate candidates Jon Tester and Conrad Burns court voters down the final campaign stretch, taxpayers can look to their platforms for real distinctions: that's the assessment of a study released today by the non-partisan…
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Sheriff’s Election
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/26/news/state/25-sheriff_x.txt" >Big Horn sheriff candidates defend records</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Big Horn County sheriff candidates Lawrence "Pete" Big Hair and Debbie Uffelman Winburn are battling not only for the job but also against questions that they aren't qualified to serve.<br />n<br />nBig Hair is accused of improprieties as a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer. Winburn is…
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Dinosaur
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/23/news/state/23-power.txt" >Governor announces multibillion dollar transmission line</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>, joined by industry executives, announced plans Monday to build one of the longest electricity transmission lines seen in the West in 40 years _ a line that would carry "green" energy to big energy markets thousands of miles away.<br />n<br />nThe governor,…
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Access Restrictions
I've heard rumors for quite a while now that to approach the Governor of our fair state, Brian Schweitzer, it is necessary to go through his brother. I never heard the name of this brother but I have heard that it is necessary to be very careful what you say because if he takes exception…
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Excitement
The large majority of left facing blogs in Montana are near orgasm over the news today.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/19/news/state/26-tester.txt">Leaders promises Tester a seat on appropriations</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate say they will give Jon Tester a seat on the influential Senate Appropriations Committee as soon as they can if he beats Republican…
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Confusion Reigns
I first see a headline to a story in the Gazette.<br />n<br />n<strong>Panel OKs treating 2 coal types alike</strong><br />n<br />nThis seems to indicate that,<br />n<br />na.) there are two different types of coal,<br />n<br />nand <br />n<br />nb.) they will be treated the same.<br />n<br />nI scratch my head and start to read the…
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She’s Right
As I was listening to the Montana Senate Debate last night My Darling Wife made a very good observation.<br />n<br />nMDW: You know hon, you can't change your vote so why are you listening.<br />n<br />nShe was right, as usual. My Absentee Ballot is all ready turned in so even if something major happened, I…
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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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I Will Say it Again
The question I posed over a year ago is still not answered, what makes Gov Schweitzer and his sycophants ever believe the environmental groups are going to allow coal production of any kind in the state of Montana?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1167-Question-As-Yet-Unanswered.html" >Question As Yet Unanswered</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Every time I read a story about <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov.…
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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…