Left in the West - Recent Comments

There are readers

Rob Kailey — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:33:37 GMT

But it's doubtful any would care about a blackout on this site. That's a fact of blogging, not of agreement.

solidarity

coppertop777 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:26:15 GMT

It may be a bit late at this hour, but I'd suggest this site be blacked out today, in solidarity with the anti-SOPA efforts of Google, CraigsList, Wikipedia, etc. Or am I wrong in assuming that most readers here are in agreement on that issue?

WOW!

Larry Kralj, Environmental Rangers! — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:04:45 GMT

Dr. Pastord Revrearend Chucky "cheesey" Bulbdim and his inbred followers have been BUSY little racist beavers! Too funny. And sad. It's really sad to see a dude like the Revrearend who SHIRKED his duty back in the 'Nam days try to make UP for it by being a giant horse's ass. Sad, so sad. But HEY, that dufus has to live with the fact that he MISSED his chance at glory when HIS generation went off to WAR, REAL war, not his goofy made up shit! Now, he's embarrassin' himself with all his war talk. How does he live with himself KNOWIN' that he's simply a laffable buffoon?

Sorry, Bulbdim, but you MISSED your chance, dude. Sad to see a dude who's trying to make up for a piss poor past. Pathetic really. He had his chance, but he wimped out.

PLE

coppertop777 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:35:00 GMT

I've often wondered whether these types of groups tend to locate in such northerly areas, close to the Canadian border like they do in Idaho. Clearly, they like being in non-diverse, right-leaning areas. But I wonder if it's also because they anticipate needing to flee into Canada someday?

Blogging/ Parcheesi

Eric Coobs — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:15:31 GMT

But you only vote once every couple of years, and maybe a little oftener for bond issues -

Plus, I seem to remember that playing parcheesi there were 'safe' squares where you couldn't be set back - no such thing as a safe haven on the blogs -

Blogging is more like that old board game little kids play - Candyland - little reading or counting required - LOL

Game/Set/Match

Eric Coobs — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:58:55 GMT

I guess we'll see how the court cases come out - but as of today, the Obama regime is holding all the cards.

That was the spirit behind the 'Sheriffs First' bill last year, that would have required the Feds to check in with the county Sheriff before raiding MM caregivers, but I suspect that the Obama regime would have ignored that law also.

Good thing women and African Americans disagreed with you

montanafesto — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:33:48 GMT

Eric, seriously? This argument is over, huh? Federal changes generally happen after local/state level reforms force them. Perhaps you can relate to this example: federal healthcare reform. Is the argument over because the federal laws changed? Nope. In fact, several STATES are suing the federal government and judges have ruled parts of the law are unconstitutional. This argument is not over, not by a long shot

(note: Prohibition of alcohol required a constitutional amendment.)

Already there are 16 states with state medical marijuana programs and 6 additional states are pending. There is soon to be another round of indictments as well as a trial of one who was raided in March- many of the people included in the indictments as well as that trial are very sick people. At least two of them have been near death in the months after the raids. We will hear accounts of evil organized criminals committing the horrible-sounding acts of "money laundering" and in federal court, caregivers defense of being state compliant is inadmissible. Of course "conspiracy" will be involved as well because by definition, all caregivers are also conspirators.

These people are our brothers and sisters, many of whom have serious health problems. Those who don't are providing a much appreciated and risky service for our ill. 62% of Montanans approved the use of medical marijuana. Our legislators and elected officials have ignored the will of the people and should be held accountable.

Already in the works.....

montanafesto — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:40:41 GMT

The Montana Coalition for Rights is proposing a change to the Montana Constitution that would require lawmakers to send their suggested changes back to the voters for another vote. Currently it is far too easy for the Legislature to change an initiative that takes hundreds of hours in signature-gathering just to qualify for the ballot.

The ballot language is expected back from the AG office this week and petitioning will commence soon. The following link features its president, Nathan Pierce in a spirited debate with Speaker of the House, Mike Milburn. http://www.beartoothnbc.com/fe...

MM - quite a saga

Eric Coobs — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:32:39 GMT

The voice of the people will be heard, and sadly, it isn't going to make a difference either way.

The Federal Govt, headed by the Obama regime, has already shut down the MM industry in Montana by attacking both the MM users, and the caregivers.

The caregivers are rightly afraid that on any given day their door will be kicked in and their lives will be ruined.

The MM cardholders can expect to be gone after with the same diligence, especially after the ATF letter last week that turned any MM users with guns into criminals, and this being Montana, I'd guess high percentages of them are gun owners.

So until the Federal laws change, this argument is over.

Civics 101

coppertop777 — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:42:28 GMT

It seems like we should have some type of rule making it harder for the legislature to do away with laws passed by referendum. When a majority of the people speak DIRECTLY on an issue, shouldn't that be considered more sacred than a typical law passed by a small group of so-called "representatives" who claim to speak for us?
This time around, Schweitzer vetoed the total repeal bill. But we can't always rely on that type of safety net.
Shouldn't it be harder for the legislature to negate the will of the people?

Ant that's really the bottom line.

coppertop777 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:34:14 GMT

It doesn't matter what position Denny takes, and it doesn't matter whether he's consistent. Unless he comes out as a gay, flag-burning, abortionist, he can frame virtually any position as being consistent with conservative values. Or, at the very least, he can spend enough money to distract voters from his record.

I meant to say . . .

Turner — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:34:15 GMT

that Ryan's voucher plan would kill Medicare and that his "sunsetting" (leading to privatization) of social security would kill it too.

Ryan very well might lose to Zerban in 2012. That would really be sweet!

So Ryan's voucher plan wouldn't kill Medicare?

Turner — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:22:53 GMT

Rich: Of course it would. Only a teabagger would say otherwise. More lies.

As if...

Rich — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:35:27 GMT

Guess it's inconvenient to mention that it's been 800 days since the Democrat Senate voted on a budget bill than wasn't some form or another or a CR. Shame on Tester and Baucus for not standing up to (insert boogeyman here).

Paul Ryan kill-Medicare. Jesus, Singer, one might have thought moving to the big city would make you grow up a little bit, try something new. What's the matter, if you can't sell the goods in Portland of all places, you're leaving the door open here in MT. The Ryan plan is not about "killing Medicare," and you damn well know it. Meanwhile we'll wait for Obama, Reid, or Pelosi to present a plan of their own.

I see, over at 4& 20, that Denny was endorsed by Citizens United.

Turner — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:27:39 GMT

So he doesn't have to worry much about the positions he takes. He has enough money coming in from the big corporations to swamp the media, and low-information voters, with lies.

This story is too complicated for the media, Matt

pete talbot — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:08:11 GMT

You're talking subcommittees, bill markups, lining up votes, tea party v. establishment repubs, etc. -- won't fit neatly in a one-column, four paragraph story.

Although I've had some issues with the blogosphere lately, this is one area where the blogs can excell: bringing multi-layered stories to the public that the media won't touch.

Say What ?

Eric Coobs — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:49:53 GMT

Obama is devoted to Obama Rob -

That's one of the reasons Obama got jap-slapped by the voters in New York & Nevada special elections yesterday.

Rehberg's Vet Problem

coppertop777 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:33:31 GMT

Hopefully Rehberg's Vet Problem will rub off on all the Republicans running for his old House seat. Not that it would matter much, as the Democrats running this year all seem like the typical sacrificial lambs for that House seat. Except for the new entrant, Rob Stutz. Seems like he might have potential. Does anyone know about him, other than what's on his website?

Conservative propaganda

montanafesto — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:58:27 GMT

Sorry, Rob; I realize my comment really has nothing to do with the point of your post, but I have been biting my tongue about this site for months. The first post I read over at TSP- after weeks of enduring their absolutely ENDLESS self-promotion via Twitter and Facebook, was when Jon Tester "ran over" a GOP staffer. I must have watched the video a dozen times and still, I wasn't able to understand where this "vehicular assault" came in. I don't defend Jon Tester very often, but this sort of tabloid-style journalism doesn't help conservatives in the least.

Here's an example "

..... Reardon is not only Lynch's successor and the new director of the MT DOT, but he is also a campaign contributor to Attorney General/maybe gubernatorial candidate Bullock. As our State's chief legal official, Attorney General Bullock, has already violated Montana campaign law, and now it seems that even as he is running his illegal campaign for "a State office"...."

Frankly, I can't stand Bullock and I'd celebrate him losing any election, but Galik dismissed the GOP's complaint against Bullock and to call his campaign illegal is ... questionable, but not surprising.

I've complained about Cowgirl as much as other conservatives, but the site can be entertaining and even informative. Yes, many of the posts are seriously reaching- like "is Rick Hill a Muslim?", but compared to TSP, I'd take Cowgirl any day. In fact, I do. I have visited TSP only a handful of times and was not impressed.

Thanks to you all for the kind words....Montanafesto has come a long way since its creation- nearly a year ago- and we too considered selling ad space at one time, but we decided that the only likely takers would be politicians and canna businesses. If we were being paid by politicians, it would be difficult to avoid biased posts, there would always be some sort of feeling of obligation and ass-kissing just isn't how we roll. I'd be shocked if TSP was ever critical of a republican.

TSP bloggers boast constantly of their views and self-promote more than any other site I've seen. I've seen links to the very same story posted over and over on the twitter and Facebook news feeds. I've never seen another blog do that- we certainly don't; and we have great consistent readership anyway. I'd applaud the boys for getting in the game, but I've yet to read one original thought over there and the site isn't even entertaining. Sorry boys.

Dour? I prefer....

Larry Kralj, Environmental Rangers! — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:10:08 GMT

constipated looking... and evil, like the dick, cheney. Pink, twisted, ugly, doughy, soft, sick, evil bastards. And if I might, I must tell a true story here.

My wife is a nurse. And as a nurse, she's seen it all. Well, one night while working the night shift, two of her co-workers, a CNA and another nurse, came to her in an extremely panicked state. What happened to them was incredible, and very, very interesting.

They had been tending to a dying patient, a no goodnick fellow who had murdered someone. He had a guard by the door even though the dude was dying. Well, JUST before this moron passed, these two folks were tending to him. And here's where it gets really bizarre.

Just before dying, this guy's physiognomy began to change...BEGAN TO CHANGE, into something evil, vile, demonic looking! Now remember, these are folks who are USED to seeing people die all the time, and they BOTH saw it, and were so frightened by the changes in this guy's appearance that they could not go back into the room! The CNA ever refused to go back into a dying patient's room ever again after that incident! Needless to say, they had witnessed something horrific!

Well, I'm not suprised. You see, sometimes, a person actually GETS the face they deserve! I would LUV to see the dick, cheney's face upon dying as he meets his Satan! You can see indications of evil in his face now. But just imagine when he goes!

So, don't be too suprised as to how these folks look. They get the face they deserve.