There was lots of news to sift through after a busy week/weekend….so in no particular order- here is this week’s Political Trough. Daines renews call for VA Secretary Shinseki to resign. Did the VA lose a bunch of records from Kalispell, Montana? The endorsement roundup in the US House race. Schweitzer is back with Bill Maher on HBO. Car Read More…
The Wall Street Journal looks into new fracking techniques being offered up by the industry. That story is below. But first- could we see a new oil refinery in Montana that could serve the Bakken oil fields? The Wolf Point Herald has this: The former Kenco Refinery east of Wolf Point, now closed 29 years, Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
While out-of-state funded environmental special interest groups are launching a fear campaign against the idea of transferring some federal lands into state hands, the idea appears to be gaining momentum in Montana. The Daily Inter Lake notes that the state legislature has even been holding interim committee meetings in Helena. Meanwhile, backers of the proposed Obamacare Medicaid expansion Read More…
That didn’t take long… Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is already attempting to walk back his defense of the VA Secretary, as AmericaRisingPac.org reports: While your tax dollars will apparently go towards helping Brad Manning receive his sex change hormone treatments…the federal Department of Justice apparently has no plans to prosecute the federal employees who allegedly created a Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Stopping the Keystone XL pipeline ensures more railroad tank-car spills, as Terry Anderson with the Bozeman, MT-based PERC writes in The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, an effort to build an oil pipeline to Canada’s east coast gains ground. Those stories are below, but first- I figured this might catch your eye: “Ron Burgundy” is Leaking Oil (h/t Politico’s “Morning Energy”) An oil well near Read More…
While your tax dollars will apparently go towards helping Brad Manning receive his sex change hormone treatments…the federal Department of Justice apparently has no plans to prosecute the federal employees who allegedly created a secret waiting list, allowing at least 40 veterans to die while awaiting VA care. I noted in an earlier post how Sen. Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
This past Thursday on Montana’s only statewide radio talk show, “Voices of Montana,” I relayed the sad news that David Berg passed away. As I mentioned on the show, I didn’t get the opportunity to know David Berg too well- but I do know that the show would not have the reach that it has Read More…
Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) seems to already have his mind made up that a Missoula homeowner who shot a German exchange student is guilty of homicide charges. The former Governor, eyeing the Democratic primary for the White House in 2016, also bashed the National Rifle Association, calling the NRA the “National Republican Assembly.” Here’s the video Read More…
Here’s your weekend wrapup before you take off to enjoy a weekend in Montana- in no particular order… Here’s a suprisingly balanced report on the Missoula shooting from The New York Times: In Youth’s Death, Some See a Montana Law Gone Wrong Teenagers call it garage hopping. The goal was to sneak into an open Read More…
While a scandal within the Department of Veterans Affairs deepens, appointed Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) appears to be covering for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. Also from Washington, the Keystone XL pipeline fizzles yet again, as Democrats block a vote in the US Senate. Here’s the latest from Fox News First: VA SCANDAL DEEPENS Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki Read More…
President Obama, rallying the party’s financial faithful in Hollywood, basically said that a vote for embattled Senate Democrats- like appointed Sen. John Walsh (D-MT)- is a vote for him. The LA Times has this: President Obama raises money for Senate Democrats in Bel-Air “We get this downward spiral of even more cynicism and more dysfunction, Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Did prosecutors at the Missoula County Attorney’s office get a heads up before an Ecuadorian exchange student apparently left the country? If the term “garage hopping” means that this same Ecuadorian exchange student admitted to robbing, or attempting to rob, several Missoula, Montana homes- will the student be travelling back to the United States in order to Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported an interesting story earlier this week: Nighttime helicopter flight rescues hiker from Bridger Ridge Around 3:30 a.m., a Summit Air Ambulance helicopter spotted the man’s headlamp along the Ridge in the area of Sacajawea and Naya Nuki peaks. The helicopter touched down on the mountain and flew the hiker down Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
A compromise on fracking may be in the works in Colorado. The GOP primary will set the tone in the 2015 legislature in Montana. RightNow Technologies founder Greg Gianforte hits it out of the park with his commencement speech (much to the chagrin of the protest-hoping media). And, Westerners fear another federal land grab. That and Read More…
Print View Aaron Flint posted on May 05, 2014 15:51 :: 1115 Views In case you missed it, a Democratic legislator from Missoula took to Al Jazeera TV to question Montana’s gun laws. Meanwhile, Democratic US Senate candidate Dirk Adams (D-MT) said the shooter of a 17 year old German exchange student should be “put through the woodchipper.” VIDEO: Missoula Dem Read More…
Does he have any ties to Montana? Did he graduate from a Montana university? Those were some of the questions I had when I heard that the former Chief of Staff at US Central Command (CENTCOM) was travelling to Montana. Major General Karl Horst (US Army, Ret.) was the keynote speaker for the commissioning ceremony at MSU-Billings ROTC. So why did the Read More…
For those of you who missed the recent “Voices of Montana” featuring Lt. Col. Oliver North (USMC Ret.), he’ll be the keynote speaker at a Montana Family Foundation event in Whitefish on May 15th. On Friday, he previewed his talk in Whitefish, and also gave us his reaction to the latest Benghazi news. Click here to listen Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
For those of you who have been telling me how much you’ve appreciated the coverage of the Big Sky Honor Flight trip to Washington, DC….here’s another great story- a World War II Big Sky Honor Flight veteran who died less than 8 hours after the incredible homecoming arrival at the Billings airport. Here’s an excerpt from Cindy Read More…