A Hale and Hearty Welcome
Thursday, January 29th, 2009To former Montana First Lady Betty Babcock, who is blogging at 1st Lady Insights.
Archive for January, 2009
To former Montana First Lady Betty Babcock, who is blogging at 1st Lady Insights.
At Long Last, A Bleg
Saturday, January 17th, 2009Somehow, Doug beat me to the punch on my own bleg, but for those of you who are interested in "Frozen Sprouts," I am participating in the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics here in Montana. If you have a dollar or two to spare, you can pledge here. Anything helps, and everything ...
I Felt A Great Disturbance in The Force
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009As if 900,000 bosses cried out in unison and said, "FAIL" Let's face facts gang, if any one of Max's 900,000 bosses had "forgotten" to pay taxes, the IRS would have all their assets, and they would be in prison. But if it's someone who's the next SecTreas? "I believe that these errors, ...
With Rights Come Responsibilities
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Naturally, there’s a hue and cry of ‘voter suppression’ over Ted Washburn’s bill to roll back same-day voter registration in Montana. I guess I don’t have really strong feelings about the bill, or same-day registration except for this: Proponents of same-day talk about the importance of the right to vote, ...
I Couldnt Agree More, Senator
Friday, January 9th, 2009I heard an excerpt from this speech given by Senator Jon Tester yesterday. It's not in the story, but when you hear the full version of this paragraph, Tester also thanked the families, friends, and communities of outgoing National Guard troops. He noted that when 229 men and women answer the call ...
Quick Thought on EFCA
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009So, if the codified union thuggery, known as the Employee Free Choice Act [ . . . ] Pardon the interruption, but I'd be hard pressed to find another bill that is any more misnamed than this one. From now on, I'm going to refer to it as the Slavery ...
Struck My Funny Bone, It Did
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009On the way home, I had the local radio station1 on, and was listening to the afternoon news. They had a fluff piece about Senator Baucus, and his starting his 8,423rd year in the Senate. The thing that made me laugh was how he talked about his job being the best in ...
Thoughts from a Social Media Expert™
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009As I'm seeing more and more people take to things like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc., I'm also seeing a lot of self-proclaimed "social media experts." When you check up on them, it looks like they've had a blog for all of 18 months and a Facebook and MySpace ...
Private Catholic College Tries to Remain Catholic. Outrage Ensues.
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Really I only point out this story over at Left in Western PA to point out the irony of someone chastising a private college for a supposed First Amendment violation. For review, the first five words of the First Amendment are: "Congress shall make no law". Can you find the relevant ...
And So It Starts
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009First, I'll thank Craig for letting me guest post on the venerable MTPolitics. The 61st Montana Legislature hadn't even convened before the hyperventilating started by some of the regulars over at Left in the West. They want to make the Government force you to stay married. Even if--say--your spouse used your ...
Coincidence? I Think Not.
Monday, January 5th, 2009So, yesterday in Helena it was a balmy 13 degrees (Fahrenheit) at our house. Today, it rose into the 40's. Today was also the first day that the legislature convened. I find it hard to believe that the two are unrelated.
Life, Liberty and Property Now Officially in Danger
Monday, January 5th, 2009The Legislature opens its biannual session today. With the House and Senate very equally divided, I'm rooting for the side of gridlock in which very little gets done. Some GOP legislators have entered the blogging fray at Rotunda Report. I'm hopeful that it will be a true blog with lots of ...
