Sorry about the absence, but I generally don’t announce when I am leaving town for a few weeks. We visited my family in Georgia for a week or so and then spent a week or so in Florida. We had a very good time. It is always good to see [...]
Sorry about the absence, but I generally don’t announce when I am leaving town for a few weeks. We visited my family in Georgia for a week or so and then spent a week or so in Florida. We had a very good time. It is always good to see [...]
I’ve been kind of kicking back for a couple of weeks or so, not posting much and paying attention to even less, but occasionally some things cross my screen that I simply can’t ignore. Things like a couple of news releases, both issued by the Wilderness Society.
The first concerns BushCo’s [...]
I watched an interesting discussion last night between journalists Bill Moyers and Jane Meyers, author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals. There’s a full transcript of the interview here.
I am struck by something deeper going [...]
Is this what McCain means when he explains the SURGE? Maybe next time he will not complain while standing in the “cheese” section of a super mart. The only question would be – Do you want some cheese with that whine?
Lets see. McCain gets a crowd of 1 (plus [...]
John McCain and the Republican party is toast! McCain is hollering that Obama is getting more news coverage than he is and that in fact is true. Given the fact that ONE (Yes 1) reporter and his cameraman was in New Hampshire upon his arrival speaks VOLUMES as to how [...]
Back in February, I wrote a post called C-44 Basics. Well, last night I had a request in the comments section to be a part of the opposition to C-44 from Senator Jerry O’Neil:
Cece, Would you like to be involved with my opposition to C-44 which will be published [...]
I have been thinking over things lately, which usually spells trouble. I have taken a little time off from blogging in part because work has been pressing but also in part because I have been wondering “Why is it I do this?” This pondering has brought me to a single [...]
In a strong show of unity, the leaders of the G8 nations came together in unanimous agreement to do absolutely nothing about climate change. They decided that while it might be nice to reduce emissions by mid-century, nothing as drastic as actually doing something about it needs to happen right [...]
There’s often talk on this blog on the importance of participatory democracy, the sacredness of the vote and the vitality of our deliberative system. I am an idealist, but I’m also 58 years old, and so have learned a thing or two about “us”. I look at our political campaigns, [...]
Following the BIG money being paid to athletes, CEO’s etc., talk show hosts are fast becoming among some of the highest paid individuals and are in a league all by themselves these days.
Word has it that Rush Limbaugh has inked a deal for $400 Million dollars to remain on [...]
I just wanted to use the word trounce, but the margins are high. According to Rasmussen, Obama is beating McCain 48 to 43 in Montana.
This is big news. Mathew Yglesias discusses how this could be really big for the Democrats downstream on the ballot and has the [...]
Last week we talked about the nuclear option as a way of dealing with the energy problem. While the poll showed broad support for the nuclear option, the reasoning was not reflected in the comment section. In the end, their were enough strong arguments against increasing nuclear generation to [...]
Yesterday’s IR had a piece on a ‘controversial’ applicant pre-screening test used in the Helena school district. The cause of ‘controversy’ is that the goal of the test is to build a profile of the teacher’s style and disposition as opposed to knowledge or grasp of the subject matter:
It’s [...]
Today, a whole bunch of mucky mucks got together and took I-159 off the ballot at 11Â am.
They tried to make it look nice; I am here to tell you the truth.
They asked the Secretary of State and Election Officials to stop counting the over 30,000 signatures voters’ signatures to qualify [...]
Many of us believe that there is a serious problem facing this country: fossil fuels. Gas and diesel at not the only problems. According to Dr. John Deutch, co-chair of “the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary study ever conducted on the future of nuclear energy,”
“Fossil fuel-based electricity is projected to account [...]
Anyone who knows me personally will know that I am a bit of a linguistics enthusiast. I love languages and their expressiveness (though I often butcher our own). This has led to some of the best things in my life, including my career choice (software is all about the expressive [...]
Talk about some folks who ate a steaming bowl of stupid for breakfast.
Opposition to offshore drilling — once ironclad in places like California and Florida — has begun to soften. Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida on Tuesday eased his opposition to new energy exploration off the coast.
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Everything is just crashing in on me right now, and the last thing I have time for is political analysis. Although, I have to say Progeba and Neiffer are defeated by people who’s agenda is to pray for the state? Ouch. And how sad for the people who voted for [...]
You’ve no doubt heard by now that Dennis Kucinich recently introduced 35 articles of impeachment against GW Bush, and spent several hours doing so. That’s 35 good, legal reasons to impeach the head of the rogue administration we’ve lived under for over seven years now. Speaker Pelosi squirmed uncomfortably through [...]
Tim Russert one of the best (in my opinion) newsman who died this past Friday will be a void in the news and politics overall. I got up this morning to hear that he is no longer with us. WOW how short life really is. Meet the Press just will [...]
Referring to Michelle Obama as Obama’s ‘Baby Mama’ went way to far. A ‘baby mama’ is generally used to refer to the unwed and unaffiliated mother of one’s child.
The fact that this is ‘journalism’ brings a little vomit up in my throat.
[...]Is there light at the end of the tunnel? American politics is getting really interesting and with all the clamor of politics these days what is surely coming (sooner or later) will be the extension to the Clinton dynasty in American politics. When? – Oh let’s say by the year [...]
I spend an inordinate amount of time wrestling with concepts of the free market. I understand the basic concepts here: the market will make the best decisions concerning the market’s best interests and government should be relegated to a policing role. Cool. I like that concept because it is [...]
Forty years ago everyone was thinking it but no one was saying it. On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy won the DNC nomination. He had said that things were changing and that in forty years a black person could even run for and win the presidential nomination.
Fast forward forty [...]
It has been quite a while since I have posted here, but I wanted to stick to one site for a while and see how things went. The truth is that, while having my own site is always nice, there is something great about Netroots that I lack at Rebels [...]
With all of the coverage of political elections and the folks who are wanting us to vote for them take a moment to pause and “remember” what I and others like me did so many, many years ago that have framed what and who I will support in the 2008 [...]
After Obama’s stunning victory in Montana yesterday, I could not help myself. For some background, see this post on Andy Hammond: Professor Chaos and then go over and read some LOL Cats.
You will recall that Andy had it set in his [...]
Well as promised, I am going to tip my hand before I actually go to the booth and cast my votes tomorrow.
Lewis and Clark Library Levy. FOR. The levy will actually decrease the amount of voter approved taxes that are currently being paid, and will increase the hours of the [...]
This post has been a long time coming, I wanted to be sure that I did it right and not in the heat of debate. It all started a few months ago when Craig wrote a post about a college course on white privilege. While there was much snark [...]
The following is a guest post from Denise Juneau, Democratic candidate for Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. This post is part of a series designed to allow our readers to get to know Montana candidates and should not be construed as an endorsement.
Montana schools have [...]
The following is a guest post from Steve Bullock, Democratic candidate for Montana?s Attorney General. This post is part of a series designed to allow our readers to get to know Montana candidates and should not be construed as an endorsement.
The experiences we have shape the values we [...]
I got a phone call the other day from the Bozeman Obama rally; Leslie was her name (I think). And it was cool. She left me a great message. And it is a real example of what grassroots change is all about.
Yesterday I got a call from the Obama [...]
Forgive me, but this whole thing is fascinating. The Presidential Primary has been a roller coaster ride. And we all have our picks, everyone knows who they want to write down on the ballot, enough said.
TIME BOMB 1: Anyway, I decided to go trolling to see what I could find [...]
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
I don’t write much here at Netroots. My son and I run a website called Piece of Mind where we do light traffic and where I can lecture the tides and piss in the wind all [...]
Jim Hunt is running a true and hard campaign - a simple google news search for “Jim Hunt” or even “Denny Rehberg,” will result in a surprising number of hits. What I am most taken by, however, is that most of the hits come from small town newspapers, which is [...]
The following is a guest post from Mike Wheat, Democratic candidate for Montana?s Attorney General. This post is part of a series designed to allow our readers to get to know Montana candidates and should not be construed as an endorsement.
The primary election is upon us [...]
in case you missed it, Colby did some fantastic live blogging from the Obama speech in Bozeman tonight. Pretty good work from a cell phone!
[...]I was living in CA back in 2000, when Californians voted:
“only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California”
You can bet that I wasn’t one of the votes for that change to the Constitution (Proposition 22). In fact, I was hanging out with some friends [...]
The following is a guest post from Denise Juneau, Democratic candidate for Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. This post is part of a series designed to allow our readers to get to know Montana candidates and should not be construed as an endorsement.
U.S. Representative Dale Kildee [...]
I have to admit, when local educators Don Pogreba and Jason Neiffer announced their candidacies for the highest positions in the state, I wondered what sort of a gimmick it was. I mean, while they are really well respected bloggers, they hardly fit the criteria of the traditional gubernatorial [...]
Gubernatorial candidate Don Pogreba wrote an interesting opinion piece on education funding in the Billing Gazette. While Don and I don’t agree on everything, I think he generally nails the issues surrounding education dead on. This piece being no exception, Don manages to distill the debate that is [...]
Dear Readers: Every once in a while, I need to vent.
Today is just such a day.
To anyone that thinks political blogging is easy, try it out for yourself, you will be quickly dissuaded. I personally put my own opinions, thoughts and analysis out there on a several-times-a-month basis for public [...]
This one has me a little confused. If anyone can offer some clarity, I would appreciate it:
Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Wednesday the state has agreed to buy Helena’s 1960s-era shopping mall as the site for a $40 million history museum, but only if supporters can raise $13 million in [...]
Will someone please tell Senator Clinton? The race is run, you did well but it is time that we all move towards winning the Whitehouse in November. It over. Its done.
[Update]: Pete points out in the comments that we can tell her until we are blue in the face and [...]
Unless you don’t follow politics, you know about the McCain/Clinton plan for a gas tax holiday. The basic idea is that to reduce the pain of the annual summer gas price hike these two candidates propose that federal gas taxes be suspended through the summer months. At first, this [...]
My name is Matt Cohn and I 