Best MT Political Posts of 2011 from Other Blogs

It’s time to honor the top political posts of 2011 from other Montana political blogs.  Here are the 2011 award winners.

Flathead Memo

Sometimes a picture says it all.   James Conner of the Flathead Memo is not just a great …

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Top Ten Cowgirl Blog Stories Part II

Hard to believe 2011 is almost over. As a way to celebrate the past year, the Cowgirl Blog is counting down the Top Ten Cowgirl Stories of 2011. Pasted below are #8 through #4.  Coming up next will be top posts …

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MSNBC: Fox Says Muppets are Brainwashing Kids

Fox News is ranting this week that the muppets are brainwashing kids, MSNBC reports this week.

The villain in “The Muppets” is Tex Richman, an oilman who wants to tear down the Muppets theater in order to drill for

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Republican Calls for Less Food for Montanans in Need

Happy Holidays from TEA Party Republican State Representative Tom Burnett, of Bozeman.

To celebrate the spirit of the season,  Burnett has penned a bizarre 53-page treatise on his beliefs that we should cut food for needy families. In “Hunger

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A Brief History of the 2016 Presidential Election

I got this from a tipster last week.  It’s an in-depth, day by day simulation of the 2016 election season, all the way from Iowa and New Hampshire through the entire primary season through the convention, all the way to …

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Political Quick Hits: Helena City Races

Commenters here have pointed out that write-ins will be accepted in the the Helena Citizens Council election.  The Helena Citizens Council is an advisory council to the Helena City Commission.  Matthieu Oppedahl, Jessica Peterson,  Kim Abbott and Michael

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Helena IR Kowtows to the Chamber of Commerce, at the Expense of Credibility

The Helena IR is not known for its editorial page excellence.  After reading Pogie’s analysis of the IR’s city council endorsements here, I can’t resist adding a couple of points.

It’s hard to get information about city council races, which …

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What You Won’t Read in the Tribune About the Great Falls City Commission Scandal

Here in Helena, we think our city commission is embarrassing because they want to ban both cell phones and hands-free devices.  It turns out we may not have it so bad.

The city of Great Falls just paid a cool …

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Delusional

In its ever-delusional idea of its own moral authority, Montana Roman Catholic Bishops are hosting a conference on “abortion, ‘assisted-suicide’ and euthanasia,” the AP reports today.

As you probably already know, 34 Montanans have recently filed a lawsuit against the

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This is Why Young Women Rock

You know when you have to go to the hospital that it isn’t going be cheap, but what you probably didn’t know that hospitals charge the highest prices to those who can least afford it.  That’s why it’s so great …

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Some Exciting Facts about Montana Cowgirl Blog

There’s been discussion here and elsewhere, lately, about blog traffic in Montana.

My loyal readers (except Skees and Deschamps, perhaps) will be happy to know that Montana Cowgirl is the most widely read blog in Montana, with almost half a …

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Colbert Lampoons Anti Family Services Crowd

How awful is the rash of anti-woman fervour we’re seeing lately over our health care.

First there was the TEA Party Republican Legislature, who tried to eliminate all funding for breast and cervical cancer testing in the state.  Then there …

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Today’s Must Read Political Blog Posts

Can be found at the Flathead Memo and the Button Valley Bugle, who both write on the impact of Lee Newspapers new requirement that readers pay for online content.

After the New York Times put its content behind a paywall

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