What are Senate Republicans Thinking?

I've heard that about Lewis too... (0.00 / 0)

that "he's a reasonable guy."

But my dealings with him on his bizarre plan in SB 34 to give MT counties the right to declare federal National Forest lands in our state "decayed" so MT counties could march in and start logging gave me a distinctly different impression.

He didn't want to talk with the USFS's leading home protection expert. Strange, don't you think if his bill was truly about keeping people safe from wildfire?  He didn't want to listen to science or the facts concerning timber sale lawsuits? Strange, don't you think if you're going to blame everything on a handful of lawsuits from enviros?

Nope, he just wanted to openly violate the US Constitution and keep the MT lumber industry running on illegally cut wood from national forests! Luckily, SB 34 was killed in a house committee after passing out of the Senate 42-7.  

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by: Matthew Koehler @ Tue Apr 07, 2009 at 13:30:55 PM UTC

I have determined that this year... (0.00 / 0)

the Senate is just the crazy chamber. The house passed a modest 3% increase in per-pupil entitlements for public schools, the Senate committee cut that to 1%. The senate has attacked  children's health care but wants to free up regulations for horse slaughter. These people are not right in the head. If Democrats let this go during the next election... if we do not tie every republican candidate and incumbent to these absolute loons, then we need to give up and go live in the woods smoking our weed, wearing mumus and living our hippie-dippy lifestyle... because that is what we will be if we let these people keep coming to power.

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by: alexrosenleaf @ Tue Apr 07, 2009 at 14:01:30 PM UTC