“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…

“A House committee voted Wednesday to defund enforcement of semi-automatic rifle sales reporting,” as UPI reports. Here’s more: “For more than a decade, efforts to track rifle purchases and create a national gun registry have failed to gain support in Congress, so the ATF is working to implement these regulations using rules written by unelected bureaucrats,” Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on July 13, 2011 19:12 :: 1184 Views Most of us know that these Congressional hearings and floor speeches are often used by members of both parties to merely grandstand for public attention back home.  And given the cattiness out of the press offices of Montana’s Democratic US Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on July 13, 2011 18:52 :: 1088 Views Republican US House candidate Steve Daines (R-Bozeman) has now raised roughly $600,000 in his bid for Montana’s lone seat in the chamber.  Meanwhile, one of his newest announced opponents on the Democratic side of the aisle, State Sen. Kim Gillan, says she raised nearly $30,000 out Read More…

A new report put out by the Western Energy Alliance says that by 2020 the West will produce as much oil and natural gas on a daily basis as the U.S. imports from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela, Colombia, Algeria, Nigeria, and Russia combined, with Montana playing a prominent role in increasing domestic energy security. Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on July 12, 2011 23:23 :: 1220 Views I was trying to figure out what was happening in this latest round of inside baseball between the Tester and Rehberg campaigns.  (I am away for 2 weeks in Kit Bond’s home state of Missouri, so am not able to post to the blog Read More…

After Democrats and the mainstream Montana media spent the Montana Legislative Session bashing Republicans over nullification, Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau is hoping for a way to back out of her own nullification efforts.  Huffington Post has this: When it comes to education, Montana is stuck between a rock and a hard place. 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…

Aaron Flint posted on July 08, 2011 08:59 :: 1479 Views Stop the presses.   Book the satellite truck.  Call MSNBC for a lengthy, factless tirade.  We have a garter snake down in Big Sky Country.  I say again, we have a garter snake down.   That is no joke folks.  The large, corporate, multinational environmental groups must Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on July 07, 2011 08:52 :: 1434 Views The Lee papers have a near monopoly on the print media in Montana, and, according to recent reports- they may be in trouble. According to a report by Accuracy in the Media, Lee Enterprises stock is down nearly 64%. Here’s more: Lee Enterprises and Media Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on July 07, 2011 08:36 :: 2828 Views Up to this point, it was merely speculation just how much Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) would beat Montana’s longest serving Democratic US Senator- Max Baucus.  Now, a new poll by Public Policy Polling shows Schweitzer would easily defeat Baucus in a Democratic primary.  (I am Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on June 29, 2011 14:44 :: 2158 Views Word on the street is that Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) is getting married Saturday July 2nd, and that Vice President Joe Biden, among other heavy hitters, will be in attendance.  Why not?  He is the Chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee after all.  Baucus 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…

Aaron Flint posted on June 29, 2011 08:38 :: 3076 Views As I have been hearing on the radio all morning, President Obama is already under fire for his lecture to manufacturers in Iowa where he told them to just “up your game.”  David Budge at The Electric City Weblog out of Great Falls, MT Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on June 28, 2011 14:47 :: 1081 Views So, you don’t want the oil, eh?  Maybe they should change the lyrics to the song “18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses” to “18 Wheels and a Dozen Lawsuits.”  That’s what it seems like as environmental activists in Missoula and elsewhere continue to oppose the 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…

Aaron Flint posted on June 28, 2011 09:37 :: 1466 Views Well, Al Gore and Bill Maher are blaming global warming for all the flooding.  Meanwhile, a piece in The American Thinker says the Corps of Engineers is intentionally flooding America’s heartland due to concerns from environmentalists.  First, here’s a video clip of HBO’s Bill Maher: Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on June 27, 2011 14:25 :: 1907 Views The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial, details the facts on fracking- including concerns that fracking is jeopardizing groundwater.  It’s no secret that horizontal drilling, combined with hydraulic fracturing, is the only reason the Bakken Formation oil development in Montana and North Dakota has 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…

Aaron Flint posted on June 24, 2011 14:54 :: 1109 Views The latest poll from Public Policy Polling, a democratic polling firm, shows Rick Hill with the strongest numbers on the Republican side.  Nonetheless, a liberal blog with The Washington Post says State Sen. Jeff Essmann (R-Billings) would “jump to the head of the line” if he decides to Read More…

Aaron Flint posted on June 24, 2011 14:03 :: 1076 Views This week’s “must-read” comes to us from The Calgary Herald, detailing the efforts of one Alberta, Canada rancher to keep the story of a fallen Montana military pilot alive.   If you do nothing else today, watch the below video clip.  This incredible story is Read More…