Feb

28

Montana Visitor

February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

Someone from Nebraska visited Montana and offers up some opinions; here are a few excerpts:
I try to avoid Montana in the winter for obvious reasons, however, I got sent to a small town about eighty miles from Glacier National Park, so I had to go.
I left Butte Montana, headed North to Great Falls, and wow, [...]

Feb

26

Help Busby!

February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

One of my blog-buddies in Washington is looking for some online help to get the playing field at the school in Busby refurbished:
My mother-in-law is teaching at a reservation school in Montana. They need their playing fields refurbished- and Kellogg Foods is ready to help.
Vote here for this school:
N.C.T.S. Eagles Field
Busby MT 59016
It would make [...]

Feb

21

Blewett Blowing It on BNSF

February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

Freshman MT Representative Anders Blewett is trying to make a big impact on a very huge, important issue here in Montana: amidst all the trifling talk of foreclosures, federal spending, health reform, energy, and so many other minor issues, Blewett has instead chosen to take on a huge, immense, important subject: issuing a pointless “censure” [...]

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