From The “I Wish I’da Written That” Files
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Do yourself a favor, and read this from the state's best concrete blogger. Well said, sir. Well said.
Archive for the ‘Blogosphere’ Category
Do yourself a favor, and read this from the state's best concrete blogger. Well said, sir. Well said.
The Law, Censorship and Anonymity Podcast
Sunday, April 27th, 2008If you caught the recent edition of Small Town, Long Streets," you got to listen to Gregg Smith and Jeff Mangan talk about, among other things, openness in government. If you enjoyed their conversation, you also know that they have been doing their own podcasts. Their latest edition ...
On Public Pools
Monday, April 14th, 2008A few days back, Andy Hammond had this post about the public pool getting ramrodded in Missoula with promises of rainbows and sunshine, and then quelle surprise!, fees are going up! And the people who got it ramrodded are the ones who are most peeved. Who could have seen that ...
Good On Ya, Young Lady!
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Our good friend Carol at Missoulapolis got one of her posts picked up by John Derbyshire at National Review. Good on ya, Carol, and a good catch to boot. Get rid of fractions, indeed.
Bet Your Bottom Dollar You’ll Lose The Blues
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Sometimes with this hobby, the damnedest things happen. A little over 6 months ago, I cobbled together some code to aggregate posts from the Montana Dextra blogs, along with a blogroll utility. It's nothing real special. If a spit 'n duct tape programmer like me can put something together, it can't ...
Hypothetical Question
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008The situation(s): You're a sinestra blogger(s) who had it "on good authority" that an indictment on charges of bribery and corruption was due any day for a Senator who has now been fully exonerated; or a reporter who carried water on these charges without bothering to do any ...
Welcome to ‘08
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008And so far, let me just say that it's very much like '07, except for maybe the weather which, so far, is on the uptick, but there's a lot of year left. I like the arbitrariness of January 1. There's really no rhyme nor reason why this day should ...
[craig@mtpolitics]$ cat /dev/random
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Here are just some bullet points -- one-liners, if you will -- that have been bouncing around in my cruller as of late: Has anyone had success with pithy blog entries? Anyone? Lots of folks drag out Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about liberty and safety, especially as regards things like the ...
Cheating Just a Little
Sunday, April 1st, 2007I know Lent isn't over yet, but Sundays are technically Feast Days, so I'm within the rules here, I think. If not, when I get sent to Dante's EZ-Bake, I'm sure the least of my transgressions will be "Blogging during Lent." At any rate, if you are reading this in an aggregator, ...
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, or the Day After President’s Day
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Whatever you want to call it, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. See ya April 8th.
A Parable, Kinda Sorta, or Maybe an Allegory
Sunday, February 18th, 2007This can probably be taken a dozen different ways. Take what you will from it, and make of it what you will. Once upon a time, there was a small town nestled in the mountains. The people who lived there were, by and large, simple. Which isn't to ...
Senate Lobbying Reform bill could silence the Blogosphere
Thursday, January 18th, 2007According to the statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, "Congress to Send Critics to Jail", regarding legislation currently being considered by Congress to regulate grassroots communications: "In what sounds like a comedy sketch from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, but isn't, the U. S. Senate would impose criminal penalties, ...
Reminder
Monday, January 15th, 2007This might cause an infinite loop of pingbacks, but Shane has put up a reminder that there are still a couple of weeks left in the blogosphere fundraising effort for the Montana Food Bank Network. There have been just a handful of donations, yet we are close to $2000 with just ...
Two Sides to Every Story
Friday, January 12th, 2007I read a piece not too long ago from one of my dextra friends talking approvingly about the return of the peace sign to Missoula. (I thought it was Steve, but I couldn't find a post about it. If it was you, sorry!) Anyway, I remember it from my ...
