Tagged: bat-crap crazy

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Here We Go Again

Mass starvation and disease. A total collapse of society. Bands of wild people running around in the wilderness, post-apocalypse. This is not a description of the North Country from “Game of Thrones,” or a scene from Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.”

No, this is what’s coming to Montana, and very soon. It will have been brought on by the reelection of Obama and the “Marxist philosophy that has infected the American soul.”

And this vision of our immediate future doesn’t come from some mentally disturbed militia organizer who lives in Alaska or the Klondike. They are the writings, in fact, of the chairman of the house judiciary committee of the Montana state legislature.

That’s right, apocalyptic TEA Party visions have gone mainstream in the GOP.

Krayton Kerns, in a recent series of blogs, says that the November 6th election results have brought on the imminent collapse of society, because of “food stamp dependence” and “government control” of the country. “Misery and starvation will run rampant,” he says. He says Republicans are as much to blame as Democrats, and that while most Republicans in Montana’s legislature

“identify themselves as small government conservatives, yet their voting records reveal they have joined the Democrats in advancing the principles of Marx.

But there is good news: a new race of people will be born from the ashes, wild folk, off- the-grid types. Kearns, says:

Out in the hinterlands will be small bands of God fearing families who can fend for themselves—the self-reliant ones who can raise food and use cook stoves.

These creatures, he says, will repopulate and regenerate America, thus effecting a Rebirth of the Nation.

So it looks like Bat Crap Crazy 2011 was only the beginning. There is much more fun awaiting us in 2013.

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 10:08 pm

These Women are Concerned

The Concerned Women for America carpet-bagged through Montana today. A bus tour for the right-wing group stopped in Helena and other Montana towns following stops at Chick-fil-A restaurants and “parking lots near Chick-Fil-A”s in states with targeted U.S. Senate seats.

For those not yet familiar with this world-class organization, these women are concerned about some very important stuff, including United Nations conspiracy theories and promoting voter suppression/voter ID laws. Governor Schweitzer vetoed the voter ID law passed by the “Bat Crap Crazy” legislature during the last session, saying the law would have placed an “unnecessary burden on low-income, elderly, disabled and student voters.”

According to the watchdog group Right Wing Watch, the Concerned Women for America are also concerned that LGBT people hate American democracy and that President Obama wants communists to control America’s children. They also support laws that make it illegal to be gay and opposed the Violence Against Women Act.

In Helena, the bus of out-of-staters was met by local citizens who reminded them that this election is really about is jobs and the economy.

We do know however that at least one local Montana right-winger showed up: TEA Party legislative candidate and Concerned Man Mark Perea, who is pictured here. Mr. Perea is campaigning against Sen. Christine Kaufmann, D-Helena. The Billings Gazette has more.

Posted: June 14, 2012 at 9:07 pm

A Wingnut and Prayer

Joe Balyeat has resigned from the Bat Crap Crazy Legislature to become the new leader of the Montana TEA Party. The Washington D.C. TEA Party booster club Americans for Prosperity has struggled with keeping and finding leaders since it started meddling in Montana politics in 2009. Now, the group has quietly instated its fourth new leader in less than three years. Henry Kriegel, Jake Eaton, and Scott Sales, have all come and gone, making the organization less about pretending that the TEA Party is a grassroots phenomena and more of a contest to see who can be America’s Next Top Crackpot. So Joe Balyeat it is.

Balyeat’s first acts as the new TEA Party leader include sending out a robo-call on behalf of TEA Party Dennis Rehberg, which can be heard here. A leaked photo of Balyeat’s remodel of the TEA Party offices can be seen below. (Don’t tell anyone where you got this, I don’t want AFP to know I have a tipster on the inside.)

Montana Cowgirl Blog readers know Joe Balyeat well. For some reason, however, the TEA Party’s official biography of Balyeat does not mention that he’s the author of “Babylon: The Great City of Revelation,” (from $7.95 used on Amazon.com) which attempts to make the teabaggers’ case that if Christians don’t get involved in politics, “not only will hell prevail against us, but abortionists and homosexuals and humanists and pornographers and tin-horn TV networks will as well.”

Shortly after Balyeat’s world class work of non-fiction was published, Balyeat became vice-president of the Christian Coalition of Montana. This was the group that fought to uphold Montana’s unconstitutional law that actually made it illegal to be gay in our state. When a Montana court struck down the law making it illegal to be gay in the 1990s, the Christian Coalition was outraged, saying that the law making gay people illegal was “a necessary health and safety statute.” Balyeat is also known for introducing a bill to require creationism to be taught in schools. His bill failed in committee even though Republicans controlled the legislature by a wide margin.

Balyeat’s TEA Party bio doesn’t mention Balyeat’s attempts to declare war on Montana voters with a myriad of failed and legally flawed ballot initiatives. In 2006, Balyeat was behind the infamous ballot initiative scandal in which three initiatives were stricken from the ballot after a judge cited “pervasive fraud in the signature gathering process.” (CI-97 would have arbitrarily limited state spending, CI98 allowed for recalling judges for any old reason, and I-154 would have made governments pay corporations if they passed consumer health and safety laws which the big wigs claimed limited their profits.) This year, the courts rejected two more of Balyeat’s ballot measures: to restrict the ability of every Montanan to vote in all Supreme Court justice races and to gut the Montana budget with a tax give-away to big corporations.

Anyway, it seems Balyeat’s former pursuits weren’t wacky enough so he went looking for another fringe cause. He definitely found it in Americans for Prosperity.

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 12:01 pm

GUEST POST: Thank You Montana Democrats for Standing Up for Montana Voters

Back in 2004, voters overwhelmingly passed I-148: the Medical Marijuana Act. Appealing to both Montanans’ libertarian character and progressive view on rights, it passed with 62% of the vote — a twenty point landslide victory. And that was that, or so people thought. Then the “Bat Crap Crazy” legislature showed in 2011 with their War on Voters.

Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed their attempt to directly repeal medical marijuana, so they used SB 423 to overturn the will of the voters through a stealth repeal (that became law without the good guv’s signature). The constitutionality of this legislation is currently under review by the Montana Supreme Court after it was blocked by a lower court.

Regardless of the how the Supreme Court rules, voters will get their say this fall with IR-124, an initiative referendum that puts the legislature’s attempt at a stealth repeal of Medical Marijuana to the voters.

That’s the history you need to know to appreciate the leadership by the Montana Democratic Party’s Platform Convention last weekend. In a move meant to stand up against the War on Voters and highlight the compassion of Montana Democrats, the delegates added Medical Marijuana to the party platform.

This is going to be a big issue this election season and the leadership of Montana Democrats is much appreciated.

Because of how a referendum campaign is worded, a “no” vote on IR-124 is a vote to defend the will of the voters on Medical Marijuana, a “yes” vote is a vote to uphold the “bat crap crazy” legislature’s stealth repeal of the will of the voters.

I hope you’ll stand proud with Montana voters and Montana Democrats and defend the right to Medical Marijuana this fall.

Bob Brigham is an advisor to Montana First

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 7:28 am

National Suicide

A group of America’s most far-right activists are pushing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to do away with our union as we know it--a constitutional amendment that would allow states to nullify federal laws by a vote 2/3 of state legislatures. Montana State Senator Jason Priest (R-Red Lodge) is one of the movement’s leaders.

The concept of nullification was a key feature of the most extreme legislature in Montana history–nearly a dozen bills to declare federal authority “null and void” or unenforceable in Montana were introduced by Republicans during the 2011 session. However, Democrats and moderate Republicans joined forces to defeat the nullification bills time after time. Governor Schweitzer called the bills “anti-American.”

Montana State Senator Jason Priest (R-Red Lodge) is listed among the dozen or so supporters of the amendment.

Priest says:

“Montanans are a liberty-minded people and I will proudly sponsor the Article V application for the Repeal Amendment in the Montana Legislature to send a clear, strong message to Washington that we are a sovereign state withMontana-made solutions to today’s challenges.”

Priest has drawn national attention before. Speaking to group of Tea Party followers, apparently unaware of a running camera, Priest said,

“I live in Red Lodge where I’m that guy that nobody agrees with, and I don’t mind. I have to talk to them about things that are important to them in ways that aren’t offensive to them. That’s a good lesson to learn. I would rather tell them they’re insane… Is that camera on?”

Priest made national news for posting comments to Facebook using gay innuendoes to argue his dislike for paying taxes. In that posting, Priest wrote,

“Keynes was a big homo if he’s fondling your balls it probably means you’re getting a reach around which is way better than what Obama is giving America. We are all getting the dry thumb.”

The amendment is expected to be announced today. It will be interesting to see what Rehberg‘s position will be. Will he support the dissolution of the United States as we know it, allowing his affair with the TEA party to cloud his judgement? Or will he abandon his key constituency – the hard-right wing of the GOP?

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 5:04 pm

UPDATED: Clothing Line Mocking Montana Legislature Debuts Online

Job creation at last? The designer behind a new line of haute apparel has drawn her or his inspiration from the Montana Legislature.

Although Montana legislative session is winding to an end, (if only the GOP would stop taking vacations and just get their job done and over with), the fun of ridiculing them needn’t be over. If you act quickly, you can get your Montana Legislative Session gear mocking GOP legislators online today.

The T-shirts and tote-bags are inspired by some of the most outrageous and most hilarious moments of the Montana legislative session, including, Republican Rep. Ken Peterson’s infamous speech reminding his colleagues that he still sees legal opportunities for harassing gay Montanans…

…and, Governor Brian Schweitzer’s statement on Fox News that the TEA Party Republicans in the Montana Legislature are “Bat-Crap Crazy”

UPDATE: Designers behind the new clothing line have already expanded to feature t-shirts, trucker hats, and even infant wear with a design featuring the popular VETO brand. –The design even pokes a little fun at the pointless “Code of the West” GOP legislative leaders seem obsessed with passing. These will probably sell fast.

The shirts and tote-bag are all available in non-black, so TEA Partiers like Nevada candidate Sharron Angle need not worry about wearing the color of Satan.

(For your convenience, a guide to Jesus-approved colors can be found here.)

It only takes five or six hours of work at Walmart or some other non-union chain store to afford one of these great shirts, which must be made by somebody, and therefore must create jobs. So “Get yours today!” Or maybe just visit the site–even if you don’t buy a shirt or two (for the gift of the century,) be sure have a laugh at the expense of the dumb.