By Cowgirl, on January 31, 2011, 12:42 pm |
If you listened to the Montana GOP’s S.O.T.S. response, or spared yourself 20 minutes of head-pounding boredom and read this weekend’s Chuck Johnson article about it instead, you’ll find that Republican legislators are profoundly lacking in confidence.
While Schweitzer and …
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By Cowgirl, on January 29, 2011, 10:41 am |
The black helicopters are circling this session, especially around the tin-foil bedecked head of one T.E.A. Party Republican, Rep. David Howard, who (mis)represents the voters of the Park City Montana area, House District 60.
Howard bills always draw the craziest …
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By Cowgirl, on January 28, 2011, 7:34 am |
For Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, Montana’s millionaire Congressman was one of the few members of Congress who thought it best to sit with his right-wing buddies instead of reaching across the aisle.
Look closely at this photo, …
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By Cowgirl, on January 26, 2011, 10:55 pm |
Montana’s TEA Partiers seem obsessed with making Montana into the mecca for right-wing nutters.
The legislature is no exception. The same day that the state TEA Party Republicans pushed a radical Arizona-style immigration law, they embraced the “birther” …
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By Cowgirl, on January 26, 2011, 6:14 am |
The Billings Gazette reported this week that the bill by Secretary of State Linda McCulloch to allow for statewide voting by mail is advancing with bipartisan support. But one Republican who voted against the proposal was Derek Skees (R-TEA …
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By Cowgirl, on January 25, 2011, 6:40 am |
More connections between the legislative philosophy of Derek Skees and Rick Breckenridge (R-TEA Whitefish Kalispell, the major sponsor of the conference that featured white supremacists neo nazis and militia leaders are reviewed at the Flathead Memo, with video.
And over …
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By Cowgirl, on January 23, 2011, 3:38 pm |
Montanans are watching as the budgets for public school classrooms and care for the elderly and disabled are slashed even as the state has a $300 million surplus. As the Missoulian reports:
“This is really unnecessary,” said Rep. Trudi
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By Cowgirl, on January 22, 2011, 11:10 am |
The Montana Legislature has not brought us much in terms of wisdom and enlightenment, but so far, it has been…entertaining. Here are some highlighted stupid quotations said during the business of making Montana law. Vote for your favorite or add …
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By Cowgirl, on January 20, 2011, 12:09 pm |
During the 2010 campaign, when Derek Skees (TEA-Whitefish Kalispell) was confronted by the press about his attendance at a conference that featured white supremacists neo nazis and militia leaders, he brushed it off and said he had no idea …
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By Cowgirl, on January 19, 2011, 7:49 am |
The values that the Democrats and Republicans are talking about this session should lead to some common ground:
Governor Schweitzer is focused on higher paying jobs. So are Sen. Carol Williams of Missoula, the Senate Minority Leader, and Rep. …
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By Cowgirl, on January 18, 2011, 6:14 am |
An interesting letter to the editor in the Billings Gazette this week asks about the conflict of interest incurred by state Senator Jason Priest, Montana’s own crony capitalist. Priest is sponsoring a bill that could reap financial benefits for …
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By Cowgirl, on January 17, 2011, 7:25 am |
Can be found here. So funny.
Sen. Hinkle has other crazy bills this session. Lots of others.
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By Cowgirl, on January 16, 2011, 10:26 am |
The Billings Gazette reported this weekend that most Republican lawmakers opposing federal health reform are also signing up for government health plans.
What they didn’t report is this interesting exchange between Sen. Kendall Van Dyk (D-Billings) and Sen. Art Wittich …
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