Venom is not a strategy

Maybe I missed something, but I really don’t understand the hate the Republicans feel for America. They obviously hate Chicago. They could hardly contain their enthusiasm when America lost the Olympics. Their party leaders are now all from hate radio/tv. Rush Limbaugh finally admitted today that he agrees with the Taliban although that’s hardly news. [...]

Another Baucus Blunder

There were a couple of good articles on Salon.com yesterday about the bizarre goings on in the Finance Committee. Alex Koppelman reminded us that Max Baucus actually supports a public option. During the hearing, Max said, “The public option would help hold insurance companies’ feet to the fire…” Yep, that’s our boy. The public option [...]

Breaking Snooze

Boy, here’s a big surprise.  Baucus Unveils Health Care Plan Without Public Option.
We’ll instead go with some kind of funky Co-op thingy that nobody really understands and can’t possibly do any good, in order to win over Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine. One single Republican vote. Oh, by the way, Snowe doesn’t want a co-op, [...]

“To da moon, Alice!”

Pennsylvania – “As of October 1, 2009 Aetna health insurance will be increasing the Aetna HMO rates in Pennsylvania“. “10.3% is the average overall increase amongst all the Aetna health insurance HMO plans“.
New Jersey – “Health insurance premiums for public employees in more than 250 school districts will rise by 25 percent next year, after [...]

Weed Killer Mine

Monsanto Corporation, the world’s leading producer of agricultural chemicals and the people who brought you such environmentally friendly products as Roundup, NutraSweet, Bovine Growth Hormone and Agent Orange, wants to gouge a new open pit, mountain-top-removal mine just yards from the Blackfoot River… No, the other Blackfoot River. The one in southeastern Idaho. The Idaho [...]

Some Summer Summit

The latest fashion in blowing off steam seems to be to hold a public “summit“. If you want to get together and bellyache about how poorly you have been treated, you hold a gripe session and call it a “summit”. I’m really not against a public display of outrage and yammering, but I’m not sure [...]

Not A Clue

You’ve gotta love these guys. There can’t be a better argument for gun control than crazy Republicans who shoot themselves in the foot every chance they get. The spectacle of conservative nutcases vehemently attacking female Hispanic Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, even though they know it will alienate every Hispanic voter and half of the [...]

Smile For The Camera

While fishing Mitchell Slough in the Bitterroot valley recently, brothers Scott and Patrick Godown, were fined $185 each for trespassing into the Union Ditch. They believed they were on the slough, but as shown by videotape they had strayed. The brothers just wanted to fish the slough to see what all the fuss was about. [...]

Parade Planning

My day is made! If you haven’t made plans for the 4th of July yet, you might want to consider a road trip to Bozeman. The Green Coalition of Gay Loggers For Jesus has applied for and received a permit to hold a parade down Main Street an hour before the planned Tea Party parade. [...]

Railroad To Nowhere

You know what would really help the endangered sturgeon in the Miles City hatchery? Maybe if we ran a railroad throught the hatchery!  How dumb can you get? The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission will vote on July 9 whether or not to allow an easement for the railroad across hatchery property.  The federal Surface Transportation [...]