Politics

  • Who is Judge Don Molloy?

    Ralph Maughan

    Best known for ruling on the wolf, judge is concerned about the disappearance of concern for the common good- This is a interesting and lengthy bio of Montana’s best known federal judge. Who is Judge Don Molloy? By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer I certainly agree with the Judge on his greatest concern. It…

  • Idaho county declares disaster over wolves

    Ken Cole

    Trouble is, there’s no disaster of any kind- Idaho County declares disaster over wolves. By Jessie Bonner and John Miller. Associated Press Writers This backcountry county wants the governor to declare a disaster, but they seem to have no information about anything terrible going on. Seems to me like a gross misuse of the process…

  • Alan Simpson, Social Security, and the Welfare Barons of the Livestock Industry

    Brian Ertz

    President Obama’s Deficit Commission is co-chaired by Alan Simpson, a Wyoming rancher, who has used some pretty strong language critical of social programs’ cost to tax-payers. Bill Willers points out how Simpson’s own favored past-time enjoys the massive cash infusion of a significant wasteful government program that produces little to no public value at the…

  • Western Watersheds court victory opens up ranchers names to public

    Ralph Maughan

    No more hush, hush on who has grazing permits on your public lands- Most people are amazed that the BLM won’t tell them who holds the almost free grazing permits they issue on the public land of the United States, but Western Watersheds and Wild Earth Guardians, represented by Advocates for the West have just…

  • Why are wolves accepted in the Great Lakes, but not the Rockies?

    Ralph Maughan

    Brodie Farquhar looks at the striking difference in his article in New West– Here it is: Wolves in the Midwest vs. the West. What’s the Difference? Us. By Brodie Farquhar. New West. 9/13/2010 “In the Great Lakes, where there are more wolves, the animal’s not the lightning rod it is here. Blame the media and…

  • Feds Again Delay Long-overdue Protections for Montana Grayling

    Ken Cole

    For Immediate Release, September 7, 2010 Feds Again Delay Long-overdue Protections for Montana Grayling Helena, Mont.— In response to a lawsuit brought by conservationists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today determined the Montana grayling, a fish in the salmon family, warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act, but that such protection is again precluded…

  • Billionaire brothers are funding climate change skeptics and Tea Party

    Ralph Maughan

    The very rich funding political causes is not new, but the billionaire Koch Brothers are finally getting much deserved publicity- That money is the “mothers milk of politics” is well known, but the identify of the mothers often isn’t. In recent years the role of really rich people funding their causes has mushroomed.  Rightwingers will…

  • Tone down the rhetoric: Ranchers will still get money for livestock losses

    Ralph Maughan

    Defenders of Wildlife answers Butch Otter’s “political grandstanding”- The writer of the Defender’s response is Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife. Ranchers will still get money for livestock losses. Rodger Schlickeisen guest editorial in the Idaho Statesman. I can’t help but compare Otter’s red-faced response on this relatively small amount of money to his…

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Edward Abbey

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