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Uninsured Story Project: Dear Mr. Minnick

How could someone say no to health care reform? "I think they never had to make the choice between seeing a doctor and putting food on the table," replies Margaret......
The MountainGoat Report - 8:42 p.m.

The gang that couldn't shoot straight

Speaking of alternative realities, my weekly fix of Frank Rich got off to a chuckle with his mention of "the new right-wing noise machine" (and "crackpot hit squad") Keep America Safe, "invented by Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz and the inevitable William Kristol." If Kristol were on The Simpsons he'd be Troy McClure, the man you may remember from such brands as Ahmed Chalabi and Sarah Palin. (...
Fort Boise - 5:47 p.m.

BOI Airport Admits Parking Not Needed

Boise Guardian - 4:01 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BOI Airport Admits Parking Not Needed

Nice little Q&A by Tim Woodward in the DAILY PAPER Sunday. Seems the Boise Airport didn’t really need the $29 million five story parking garage stopped by the GUARDIAN editor five years ago. In fact, there isn’t even demand for a surface lot that cost just $2 million or so to build. [...] Related posts: Does Boise Parks Violate Parking Lot Law? State Workers Targeted B...
Boise Guardian - 3:43 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Mikhail Gorbachev, on Russia's future

The man elected as General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Communist Party 25 years ago looks back at perstroika lost , and forward. He casts blame across the political spectrum, and accepts his own share, for "acting too late to reform the Communist Party," and "too late in reforming the union of the republics," and the ultimate sin, losing sight of the economy "in the heat of political batt...
Fort Boise - Sat 9:28 p.m.

Last thought on standard time

Jeanette's looking through Chinese Writing: an introduction by Diane Wolff, and came upon this statement, "built in" to their language, but sounding profound in ours, because we keep the atoms so distinct: the character for "brain," combined with that for "heart" form the character for "think." ...
Fort Boise - Sat 9:28 p.m.

The stain on professional journalism

The advent of the Fox News slogan of "Fair and Balanced" was perfectly tuned to the Bush / Cheney era, with its Orwellian initiatives of "Healthy Forests," "Clear Skies" and the "war is security" depredation of our military strength. (Just one short century between "speak softly and carry a big stick" and "fire, ready, aim!") Howell Raines is wondering why the mainstream media haven't "...
Fort Boise - Sat 9:28 p.m.

Thanks for the memory

Jeanette interrupted me just now, saying "I've got a present for you..." It was a postcard, from the New York City Transit series Poetry in Motion © , in cooperation with the Poetry Society of America, 1996, excerpting Edna St. Vincent Millay's 1922 poem, " Recuerdo ." In 1996, the tease of EXCERPT might have sent you to the New York City Library or something (on the subway, hopefully...
Fort Boise - Sat 12:40 p.m.

Leonine and lamby by turns

March came in gently, but it's roaring through the midsection. Winds forecast to gust over 40mph this afternoon, after snow down to Boise's elevation (at least) overnight. Sunshine now, and the temps forecast to be over 60 in a couple days! What's not to like about springtime in the Rockies? I've got a tennis match scheduled in... 45 minutes. Should be interesting. [It was, wild and windy....
Fort Boise - Sat 12:40 p.m.

Idaho Steelheading Adventures, Part II: Fishing Etiquette

Idaho Steelheading Adventures, Part I: We're All Bozos on This Bus is here. Part II Steelhead mornings are for fishing, and vocal communication is generally frowned upon. This lack of conversation is due to ruffled feathers from the drive up and the fact it's 6:00 a.m. Our heads feel like Tony Dogs in Martin Scorsese's film "Casino," right before Nicky Santoro gives the final turn of ...
New West Boise - Fri 5:29 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

TGIF Tunes

Gary Allan performing "Life Ain't Always Beautiful." ...
Political Game - Fri 3:29 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Avimor Faces Dismal Future

The Avimor planned community along Highway 55 north of Eagle has been full of hype, but little else and today things took a turn for the worse. A GUARDIAN contributor with good sources offers this: “It is true that Avimor’s parent company SunCor Development is up for sale but has not yet changed hands. In fact, the [...] Related posts: Avimor Future Looks Bleak “Non-Partisan...
Boise Guardian - Fri 3:29 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Avimor Faces Dismal Future

Boise Guardian - Fri 2:41 p.m.

Liquid Lunch Creates Ada Job Openings

Ada County has a couple of openings in the Development Services Division, thanks to the “at will” employment policy. Word on the street is a building inspector and Planning and Zoning administrator were AWOL from the office at mid afternoon Thursday. Seems they visited a nearby watering hole during duty hours and are no [...] No related posts....
Boise Guardian - Fri 1:42 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Liquid Lunch Creates Ada Job Openings

Boise Guardian - Fri 1:14 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Private Concessionaire: We Aren't Trying to Take Your Land

Editor's Note: Two weeks ago I posted a hard-hitting column about recreation fees leading to privatization of our public lands and how the Forest Service facilitates the process by turning over management of so many campgrounds and other recreation areas to private concessionaires. After this commentary went online, I was contacted by Warren Meyer, who runs one of the major companies involved in p...
New West Boise - Fri 1:00 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

You Don't Say

"I suspect that I will be as the vote gets closer. But I’m reasonably set in my ways ." -- Congressman Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) speaking to Erika Bolstad of the Idaho Statesman on whether or not he has been spoken to by Democratic leadership regarding his upcoming vote on health care reform. Reasonably set in his ways? And "hell is just a sauna"... ...
Political Game - Fri 12:26 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Labrador Becomes First Latino to Preside Over Idaho House

Continuing a process begun with Representative Margaret Henbest, D-Boise, in 2008 of inviting retiring members of the Idaho House to serve as Speaker for part of the day's session, Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, handed the gavel to Representative Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, who is leaving the House to run for Congress. And in keeping with other "firsts," such as Henbest's first woman...
New West Boise - Fri 12:26 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

The challenge

It’s gotten a good deal of attention in Idaho, some in Washington and a little in Oregon. But from any of those angles, Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter’s “Love Letter to Our Neighbors” merits a little thought. The core of it is business solicitation, specifically going after businesses in Oregon and Washington which are seeing their [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Fri 10:48 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

It's all a misunderstanding

It's dated as news (posted Feb. 24, before Coulter had been released from jail in Haiti), but Timothy Egan's take on the missionary impulse , that "lingering personality disorder of Western culture" makes interesting reading. "[T]he curious case of Laura Silsby raises questions about cultural imperialism: what makes a scofflaw from nearly all-white Idaho with no experience in adoption o...
Fort Boise - Fri 9:28 a.m.

Bryan Fischer: No Longer Master of His Domain

Before fleeing Idaho for more fertile ground in the national spotlight, Bryan Fischer, formerly of Idaho Values Alliance infamy, was more than than happy to hijack the tea party movement.......
The MountainGoat Report - Fri 7:29 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

If he doesn’t

UPDATE He has: Otter filed for re-election this (Friday) morning. What follows may still be food for thought, though. This post may be rendered useless speculation tomorrow or next week, and odds are it will be. Can’t help posting it, though, just because it seems to shine some light on a political dog that didn’t bark [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Thu 5:44 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

And candidates trickle in

Monday was a deluge, the rest of the week a trickle, in Idaho candidate filings. That’s not unusual; the pace doesn’t ordinarily pick up again until near the end, which is a week from tomorrow. No posts on this the last couple of days because there wasn’t a lot to say – the fitful filings have [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Thu 5:24 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Voter ID is “a Lot to Have to Go Through for a Constitutional Right,” says Judge

Cross-posted to Project Vote’s blog, Voting Matters Although the 2008 presidential election showed unprecedented increases in turnout from underrepresented citizens, their rates of voter registration and participation were still well behind the electorate in general. As we approach election season, this pattern may only continue. Instead of taking steps to improve the administration ...
DailyKos (Idaho) - Thu 4:45 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Emergency Texters, A National Issue

Boise Guardian - Thu 2:15 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Idaho State Affairs Committee Passes 'Conscience' Bill

After two days of testimony, mostly in opposition, Idaho's House State Affairs Committee voted to pass this year's version of the "conscience" bill, which lets medical professionals such as nurses and pharmacists refuse to perform medical actions or fill prescriptions that could cause an abortion--as well as emergency contraception--or hasten the end of life. The bill has already passed ...
New West Boise - Thu 1:22 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Rocky Mountain Bird Conservation More Critical Because of Climate Change

Land birds found throughout the Rocky Mountain West need human help. Dr. David Pashley, Vice President of American Bird Conservancy -- the nation's leading bird conservation organization -- cautioned today that as climate change impacts are increasingly felt throughout the United States and beyond, conservation efforts affecting birds will take on a doubly important role in protecting not only b...
New West Boise - Thu 12:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Emergency Texters, A National Issue

The Idaho House of Representatives is about to consider a “no texting bill” that passed the Senate Wednesday. Interestingly, we don’t see any exemptions for coppers and firefighters. The Fed transportation people, AAA, and just about everyone who has watched a car weaving slowly down the road agree that reading and writing on computers while [...] Related posts: BFD Ambulance Issue Probably N...
Boise Guardian - Thu 11:45 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

This Hobson guy, crying Wolf!

I saw "Hobson's choice" in print for the second time in a couple days and I was wondering where that expression came from when I saw that today's was Rick Hobson, joking with his own name in a letter to the Statesman . In his case, the choice was posting the names of successful Idaho wolf hunters on his blog . (Sadly, the pun doesn't really work; the original Hobson's choice, "a free ch...
Fort Boise - Thu 10:55 a.m.

No Child Left Behind, Unless They Can't Keep Up

Today marks the end of Week 1 of MontCAS testing at Missoula public schools. Montana Comprehensive Assessment System is a series of standardized tests administered each spring under the heinous, deceptively-named No Child Left Behind program implemented by Congress in 2002. You would think from the very title of the program that the federal government will be providing assistance to lagging or und...
New West Boise - Thu 10:34 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Boe Not Seeking Re-election

On the heels of Ruchti's announcement that he would not be seeking re-election, Rep. Donna Boe has announced she will not be running again for the District 29 seat she has held for fourteen years. In a statement released to the local press , Boe said it is time for new blood representing Bannock County. She continued, "[w]ill I miss the Legislature? At times. However, it is time to m...
Political Game - Thu 9:08 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Mallard Fillmore

I torture myself daily by reading "Mallard Fillmore" in the Statesman. It's put on the opinion page along with "Doonesbury," the idea being to counter the supposedly liberal Doonesbury. Well, there's certainly no question that MF is conservative. A big difference, other than the political viewpoint, is that DB has story lines and jokes that are often funny. MF is just pretty much an unrelenting s...
IdaBlue - Thu 8:03 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Cashing in on "public service"

The Bush-Cheney Alumni Association (you think I'm making that up? No, really .), for its second act of communication to me is touting Karl Rove's book just out. The first act was a message to offer me a chance to opt out; as ever, the team is happy to assume that silence equals assent. In my case, I did make the decision to act by not acting, and see what they had to say. So stand back for ...
Fort Boise - Thu 8:03 a.m.

Harry Reid, the New Public Lands Enemy No. 1

UPDATED Friday, March 12, 1 pm: I used this headline once before when writing about Mark Rey, former Bush Administration Undersecretary of Agriculture and boss of the Forest Service. Prior to Rey's Reign of Terror, California Republican Congressmen Richard Pombo held the honor of being the biggest enemy of public lands. Voters booted him in 2006, but he's back, running for Congress again this ye...
New West Boise - Thu 2:08 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Glenn Beck is coming after ME now

Will this man stop at NOTHING?! This CNNBC news report has the details from the broadcast of Le Bebe-Homme Pleurant. (Sorry about the volume too loud and the lame controls on the Flash... this is the best I could do. Thank me for not embedding. And if you're on Facebook, go ahead and accept the login thing. What's the worst that could happen? Ok, well, he could come after you, too.....
Fort Boise - Wed 5:49 p.m.

A successful non-profit

Fort Boise - Wed 12:24 p.m.

Salazar Says Feds Aren't Poised for Western Monument 'Land Grab'

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says talk of his department creating new national monuments in Montana and other Western states was just "brainstorming." The issue became big news after after an internal memo about the subject was leaked last month, setting off alarms in many, if not all, Western congressional offices and certainly across the Rockies. Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg is even ...
New West Boise - Wed 11:28 a.m.

Quote of the Day

"Despite Rex's fringe status, Idaho Democrats (actually in sheer numbers a fringe party themselves) and the media never tire of attempting to tie him to mainstream Idaho Republicans, and those Republicans continue to dismiss him as a crank." -- Bill Croke in "Tyrannosaurus Rex," an article for The American Spectator about Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell and his fring...
Political Game - Wed 9:05 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Ravings of a Lunatic

Apparently, in the nether regions of Glennbeckistan there's a commie or Nazi hiding under every bushel and churches who do good works, you know helping the poor, the afflicted, the......
The MountainGoat Report - Wed 8:45 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Montana Book Awards, "Obit" on Stage, and More

It might not be spring yet, but it sure feels like it here in Colorado, where our piles of November snow have finally started to melt and some crocuses are peeking out of the ground.  With the change in season comes a bunch of regional book awards and event announcements: • Stories on Stage, a Denver theater company that presents literature through performances by professional actors, will ...
New West Boise - Wed 7:24 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Boise Joins Growthophobe Movement, GUARDIAN Offers “Back Story”

In a brilliant act to cut development in the Foothills, Team Dave has apparently seen the light and joined the GUARDIAN GROWTHOPHOBE movement. Boise City Council Tuesday made public the purchase of Hammer Flat – a 701-acre wintering range for mule deer, elk and antelope in east Boise – using funds generated by the [...] Related posts: GUARDIAN Offers Yet Another Transit Plan ...
Boise Guardian - Tue 11:26 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Boise Joins Growthophobe Movement, GUARDIAN Offers "Back Story"

Boise Guardian - Tue 11:07 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

School For Pregnant Teens Cheaper Than Welfare?

We’re going to take a big step and post the following information which comes from Andy Hedden-Nicely, a one time Democrat politico for the U.S. senate, and one time founder of the Boise WEEKLY. As with any one-sided post from outside the GUARDIAN fold, we will gladly accept opposing views of approximately the same [...] Related posts: We Are In Midst Of Economic Civil War Luna Seek...
Boise Guardian - Tue 10:40 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

School For Pregnant Teens Cheaper Than Welfare?

Boise Guardian - Tue 9:41 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Ruchti Not Seeking Re-election

Both KPVI and the Idaho State Journal reported today that Representative James Ruchti will not be seeking re-election to the Idaho House. Ruchti was first elected to the House from District 29 in 2006 when former Rep. Elmer Martinez, a fellow Democrat, decided not to run again. Prior to his run for the House, Ruchti served as the chairman of the Bannock County Democratic Party. Since Ruc...
Political Game - Tue 8:28 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

City of Boise Acquires Hammer Flat, Conserving 701 Acres of Wildlife Habitat

Mayor David Bieter and the City Council today announced the purchase of Hammer Flat -- a 701-acre wintering range for mule deer, elk and antelope in east Boise -- using funds generated by the 2001 foothills serial levy. The Mayor and Council approved the $4.1 million expenditure at a special council meeting today at City Hall. "Of all the incredible land acquisitions made through the Foot...
New West Boise - Tue 1:40 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Western Politics: "Cowboy Ethics" an Official Wyoming Law?

New West Boise - Tue 12:06 p.m.

Bruneau Dunes Could Be Abuzz with ATVs

During the Vietnam War an Army officer explained a village had to be burned “in order to save it.” Idaho Parks Director Nancy Merrill finds herself in that same situation today as she considers allowing dune buggies to chew up the tallest free standing sand dune on the continent to possibly make a few bucks to [...] Related posts: Who Can Drive Safely AND Text? What To Do With The Big Hou...
Boise Guardian - Tue 10:43 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Sage Grouse Misses ESA Listing By A Feather

New West Boise - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bruneau Dunes Could Be Abuzz with ATVs

Boise Guardian - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

ID: And they’re off

Some of them, anyway. This is the first official day of campaign ‘10 in Idaho, because it’s the first day candidates were allowed formally to file for office. (In Oregon, they’ve been doing it since last fall.) A good many of them did that on Day 1, but the deadline for filing isn’t until a [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Mon 5:45 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Release: Boise Will Celebrate With Olympic Silver Medalist Jeret "Speedy" Peterson on Satu...

New West Boise - Mon 5:08 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Quote of the Day

... "I would like to thank what [ The Blindside ] is about for me which are the moms that take care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from. Those moms and parents never get thanked. I, in particular, failed to thank one. So… if I can take this moment to thank Helga B. for not letting me ride in cars with boys until I was 18 because she was right. I would’ ve done what she ...
Political Game - Mon 3:01 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"Black Sheep" Finds Her Place as a Wyoming Shepherd

New West Boise - Mon 3:01 p.m.

Utah Gets Uppity

New West Boise - Mon 3:01 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

First Grilling of the Season

New West Boise - Mon 3:01 p.m.

Dark night of the nation's soul

Fort Boise - Mon 3:01 p.m.

All Public Records Should Remain PUBLIC

Boise Guardian - Mar 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

All Public Records Should Remain PUBLIC

Freedom of Information in Idaho is being attacked by some of the people who have taken an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of Idaho–coppers. The police bill approved last week by the senate state affairs committee would allow police, prosecutors, and prison guards to conceal their private phone and home address numbers [...] Related posts: Court Rules Against Boise City In R...
Boise Guardian - Mar 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Mayor Hotline February 20 – 26

Boise Guardian - Mar 7 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Rezoning: Not for the Faint of Heart

New West Boise - Mar 7

Another power source

As energy providers look around for new sources of electric power – wind gaining special popularity in the Northwest – here’s one that could be highly useful and available all over the region: Tapping into methane gas found at landfills, and converting it into energy. The Kootenai Electric Cooperative, based at Hayden, is planning to use methane [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Mar 6 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Free PopSci!

Fort Boise - Mar 6

Obama... it's OK to be American again

Fort Boise - Mar 5

Do They Endorse Violence?

Who could vote against condemning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Two U.S. Congressmen did. One is coming to Idaho in three weeks. Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted......
The MountainGoat Report - Mar 5 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The alternate universe

Fort Boise - Mar 5

You can't learn from failures you won't admit

Fort Boise - Mar 5

Oscar Predictions For Shut-Ins

New West Boise - Mar 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Mayor Hotline February 20 – 26

DOGFIGHT WITH F-35, TRASH TALK, PHOTO OP AT REDLIGHTS, SNEAKY SMOKERS Dan Buerstetta 5473 S. Broad Wing Way Boise, ID 83716 336-4464 F-35: I attended the meeting that the government put on regarding the F-35, I’ve read articles, and I’m very much against it. I think it would be devastating for the tax base, homes will devalue dramatically with this extremely loud [...] Related posts: Mayor Hot...
Boise Guardian - Mar 5 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Idaho Awarded Broadband Stimulus Grant

New West Boise - Mar 5 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Time To Send Legislature Home

Silly season has arrived at the Idaho Legislature with the Antichrist Dems voting in lockstep against God of all things. This comes after a resolution to encourage God and English passed the House Thursday on a 50-17 vote, according to a story by AP. We actually don’t have a problem with having government business transacted [...] Related posts: Election Results Send Strong Message ...
Boise Guardian - Mar 4 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

ITD Workers Apparently Broke Secret Rules

Boise Guardian - Mar 4 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Time To Send Legislature Home

Boise Guardian - Mar 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Call of the wild

Fort Boise - Mar 4

Ramajamadingdong

Fort Boise - Mar 4

Massive fraud perpertrated on voters

Fort Boise - Mar 4

ITD Workers Apparently Broke Secret Rules

Boise Guardian - Mar 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Priorities

Money decisions are where your priorities hit the road. Talk is cheap; when you decide how money is allocated, you’re putting something closer to your true self out there. That seems to be hitting home with Idaho state Senator Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, who is a member of the legislative budget committee but not part of [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Mar 4 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

I have a dream

This is how our Idaho Republican party rolls. They take care of their own personal issues to the detriment of the people of the State of Idaho. Two examples. As Governor, Jim Risch jammed through a shift of taxes from property to sales. This was his signature achievement of his short term as Governor (or, as Geoff would say, his term as short Governor), and he crowed about it at every opportunity...
IdaBlue - Mar 4 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Karl Rove: Mr. Hindsight

Fort Boise - Mar 4

Life-form of the month: grass

Fort Boise - Mar 4

Recreation Fees Big Part of Public Land Privatization Plan

New West Boise - Mar 3

The Vote That Kills

Today the Idaho Statesman reports that Congressman Walt Minnick "would have no trouble being the vote that kills President Barack Obama's health care plan — if it still doesn't include......
The MountainGoat Report - Mar 3 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Mike Gwartney's future in state government

Fort Boise - Mar 3

And still more

Fort Boise - Mar 3

More on that Millennial quiz

Fort Boise - Mar 3

A Matter of Conscience

What Minnick said yesterday . What Minnick says today . And the IDP continues to sit quietly by while this man makes a mockery of the Party. We desperately need health care reform in this country. We aren't all covered by a public health insurance plan like members of congress and their employees and we sure as hell aren't all millionaires like Mr. Minnick. While he's holding to his "core valu...
Political Game - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Are you millennial?

Fort Boise - Mar 3

My constituents want a gamer

Fort Boise - Mar 3

Gov. Evans & the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities

The Council on Developmental Disabilities was signed into law by then-governor John Evans in 1978. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that the loudest advocate for its continued funding is Governor Evans himself. In an opinion piece penned by Evans running today in the Idaho State Journal , it ran much earlier in other papers across the state , former Governor Evans reminds readers why the Co...
Political Game - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Your Turn: Choose the Book That I'll Review

New West Boise - Mar 3

He Googled It!

As others have pointed out, in a week full of hilarity at the Idaho Statehouse, this has to be one of the most hilarious statements made by an Idaho Legislator.......
The MountainGoat Report - Mar 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Chain of command

Mike Gwartney (left) and Butch Otter at a check presentation/Office of the Governor The hottest person of controversy in Idaho right now may be not the governor, C.L. “Butch” Otter, but the director of the Department of Administration, Mike Gwartney. Though many of Gwartney’s critics evidently are missing the point: If Gwartney is rightfully controversial, then [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Mar 2 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Season Opener & the NL East

(Editor's Note: I can't seem to bring myself to work on a certain writing project and I am completely disappointed in the Idaho Legislature today as I've watched their votes grow increasingly more dumb by the hour (the voter ID bill yesterday and today's trifecta of stupidity--an unconstitutional gun law , immunizations , and Barrett's gold & silver as currency bill). When did ...
Political Game - Mar 2 - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Quote of the Day

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Political Game - Mar 2

Tempers Grow Short in Idaho Legislature

New West Boise - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Minnick Still Says 'No'

News came yesterday that Idaho Blue Dog Congressman Walt Minnick has not changed his mind on health care reform and will vote against it regardless what iteration of the legislation......
The MountainGoat Report - Mar 2 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Idaho House Passes Revamped Voter ID Bill

New West Boise - Mar 2 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Political Will and Love of Place: The West's Climate Change Secret?

New West Boise - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Locals Leave Gifts for the Garden

New West Boise - Mar 2

In Idaho, a Controversial Health Care Bill Passes Senate

New West Boise - Mar 2 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Eagle Mayor Quits Amidst Controversy

Boise Guardian - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Inconsistency in Wingnuttistan

Of course, that's nothing new. Mike Moyle's bill to require voter ID has passed the House and is headed for the Senate. I suspect it will probably become law. This statement in Betsy Russell's report is telling: Moyle said there’s no way to know if fraudulent voting is going on Or, put another way, he doesn't know that fraudulent voting is occurring. We have a bill being passed despite there b...
IdaBlue - Mar 2

Eagle Mayor Quits Amidst Controversy

Boise Guardian - Mar 2

Fewer Nukes a Step In the Right Direction

New West Boise - Mar 1

Spinning wheel

Fort Boise - Mar 1

Early spring

Fort Boise - Mar 1

Pining For the 19th Century

For members of a religious institution whose history includes persecution by tar and feather-wielding angry mobs to now be part of an angry mob calling for the persecution of others......
The MountainGoat Report - Mar 1

Fraud Alert To Educators–Xpress Flex

Boise Guardian - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Fraud Alert To Educators–Xpress Flex

Boise Guardian - Mar 1 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Idaho Steelheading: We're All Bozos on This Bus

New West Boise - Mar 1 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Off the Rez: Toni Jensen's "From the Hilltop"

New West Boise - Mar 1

Tar & Feathers of the Tea Party

For some time, the discourse emanating out of the local tea party crowd has teetered on the edge of rationality. The more vocal members of the Pocatello Tea Party have written screeds in the local paper, the Idaho State Journal , and many of those columns have subsequently been posted on the ISJ "blogs" that serve as the online home to op-eds previously submitted and printed. Over the last y...
Political Game - Mar 1 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Quote of the Day

Broke the ring around it I can't think about it I can barely start to even wrap my head around it Waters rise around us Sinking ships around us I can't believe she even found a way inside to drown us I'm not so sure anymore what's next Or if there's anything left for us What will we find inside of the wreck Yeah we both know it's all just washed away Where do you go and what do you do All you ...
Political Game - Feb 28 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Things I Read Today

First up – Frank Rich’s op-ed at the New York Times. The title says it all: ‘The Axis of the Obsessed & Deranged.’   Oh, come on – you know Idaho is represented.  From 1996 by Timothy Egan, NYT. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 10— She says Westerners are at war with the Federal Government, believes that white [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 28 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Another Sunday’s ‘The Amazing Race’

This has to be the most boring ‘The Amazing Race’ I’ve yet to watch.  There doesn’t seem to be any kind of human connection between the teams.  And brains – are we short of thinking power this time around? The moms are out.   Those cowboys are just too shrewd.  And there’s still a couple of assholes [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

No Emission Tests For Canyon Traffic

Boise Guardian - Feb 28 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

No Emission Tests For Canyon Traffic

Boise Guardian - Feb 28

Idle Coppers Copy Canyon Commishes

Boise Guardian - Feb 28 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

'Conscience' Bill Passes Idaho Senate

New West Boise - Feb 28

Idle Coppers Copy Canyon Commishes

Boise Guardian - Feb 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bust the Trusts

Fort Boise - Feb 27

10 militia reasons

Not to harp too much on the Pocatello Tea Party, but this one was not to be missed. The headline was “Ten Reasons Why We Need a State Militia Now.” Here are the ten: Attacks by international “terrorists” Invasion by illegal immigrants Infusions of illicit drugs Depredations of criminal enterprises organized and operated [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 27

Smorgasbord Saturday

Did you know that there is a Peeps Diorama Contest ? Not only is there such a thing, this year will be the fourth annual contest! Seriously. I couldn't make this up if I tried. As a follow up to Thursday's post regarding an ISU campus protest, I wanted to point out two articles running at KPVI (the local NBC affiliate) regarding the protest (" Students Upset Over Proposed Tuition Increase " and ...
Political Game - Feb 27 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Biting off one’s nose

There are plenty of people in this country who are here illegally, and one effective way to get a handle on that would be to block their employment. So how far should legislators go in that direction? In Idaho, there’s House Bill 497, backed by Representatives Phil Hart and Raul Labrador, and its statement of purpose [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 27 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Your incredibly shrinking fringe benefits

Fort Boise - Feb 27

Health Care's Clash of the Titans

Fort Boise - Feb 27

Unimaginable

Fort Boise - Feb 27

Sour grapes from the heads of the House

Fort Boise - Feb 27

Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.

An Alice Cooper classic (sort of). ...
IdaBlue - Feb 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Blixseth's Fate in a Judge's Hands

New West Boise - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

One more patent: 7,658,736

Fort Boise - Feb 26

Reconciliation

Fort Boise - Feb 26

Talk turkey about health care reform

Fort Boise - Feb 26

Caught In the Idaho GOP 'Wonderland'

Miffed that they don't have supreme authority over every state government employee salary or retiree pension, Idaho Republican legislators are proving once again that local control is best, 'cept when......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Report: Energy Efficiency Could Earn Idaho, Montana Families $300

New West Boise - Feb 26

An Interview with Brian Hart

New West Boise - Feb 26

We Are In Midst Of Economic Civil War

Boise Guardian - Feb 26

We Are In Midst Of Economic Civil War

Boise Guardian - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

ISU Campus Protest

PRESS ADVISORY Contact: Diana Painter E-mail: paindian@isu.edu For Immediate Release ISU Students Protest Proposed 9.9 Percent Tuition Hike POCATELLO-- Over 200 of students protested in front of the Idaho State University’s Administration Building holding signs and chanting to demonstrate their anger over the proposed 9.9 percent tuition increase ISU recently submitted to the State Boa...
Political Game - Feb 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Dry times

Time to prepare for breaking out the D-word? The northwest’s snowpack seemed to be in pretty good shape two to three months ago. Less so now, and in places it could get pretty parched. Only one spot in the Northwest has higher than normal accumulated precipitation: The Olympic peninsula (at about 151%). Other than that, it’s [...]...
Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

But wait, there's more!

Fort Boise - Feb 25

Pass the popcorn

Fort Boise - Feb 25

National Park Gun Law Still a Yawner

New West Boise - Feb 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Blixseth Fraud Trial: Court Seeks Assets, Answers

New West Boise - Feb 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

"Let Me Be Brave"

Outdoor Idaho will be re-airing their program "Let Me Be Brave," chronicling the story of four Special Olympics Idaho athletes who competed in the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Idaho. The documentary follows four athletes, Reuben, a snowshoer from Boise; Alicia, a snowboarder from Caldwell; Juli, a skier from Rupert; and Robyn, a floor hockey player from Ontario, Oregon. ...
Political Game - Feb 24

Can't a Guy Get a Little Compassion?

Idaho Governor Butch Otter says his job isn't any fun. He says it's tough making cuts to state government and he deserves some compassion for doing it. Really. He said......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

A Kinder, Gentler Idaho Governor?

New West Boise - Feb 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Does Legislative Leadership Keep Off the Pounds in the Panhandle?

New West Boise - Feb 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Why Cody, Wyoming is the New Literary Capital of America

New West Boise - Feb 24

FINALLY! Some News …….

It’s been over six months since Mary & Tom Woychick were driven down on Parkcenter Blvd.   Six months and absolutely nothing forthcoming.   It’s not much; it is something.  From KBOI, Channel 2 Police: Charges expected in elderly couple’s death But authorities did give a small update to the incident Tuesday afternoon. “Investigators are working with prosecutors to [.....
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This seriously old house

Fort Boise - Feb 23

Conflict of interest, and failed ethics

Fort Boise - Feb 23

Where's all that money coming from?

Fort Boise - Feb 23

Bad computer day

Fort Boise - Feb 23

Kibosh on the quash

Fort Boise - Feb 23

Morals, Schmorals

First the Cassia County Clerk was accused of grabbing a female county employee by the wrists and was asked by the county commissioners to work from home . Then that clerk, Larry Mickelsen, announced he would not be seeking re-election and would retire June 1, 2010, giving him time to get the 2011 budget process underway. Under pressure from the county Republican party, Mickelsen moved up his reti...
Political Game - Feb 23

F-35 Fighter By Unanimous Consent

Boise Guardian - Feb 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

F-35 Fighter By Unanimous Consent

Boise Guardian - Feb 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Montana's Anti-Outfitter Initiative Picks Up Heavy Duty Opposition

New West Boise - Feb 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Adventure Cycling Coordinating New National Bicycle Route System

New West Boise - Feb 23

Mayor Hotline Feb 13 to 19

Boise Guardian - Feb 22 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Boise Fire Beyond The Limits

Boise Guardian - Feb 22

Boise Fire Beyond The Limits

Boise Guardian - Feb 22

Idaho Woman Can't Watch Olympic Curling

New West Boise - Feb 22 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

A Western Legislature: Idaho's Silly Bill Season

New West Boise - Feb 22 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

You have to have authority to have freedom

Fort Boise - Feb 22

Strange bedfellows

Fort Boise - Feb 22

Mayor Hotline Feb 13 to 19

Boise Guardian - Feb 22 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

South of the border

Fort Boise - Feb 22

Junctionless transistor

Fort Boise - Feb 22

Long-term unemployment

Fort Boise - Feb 22

"Revenge of the Saguaro" Revels in Southwest Tackiness

New West Boise - Feb 22

Emissions: to test or not to test?

DailyKos (Idaho) - Feb 21

Corporate Interests

Years from now Citizens United v Federal Election Commission will stand as one of the most stunning decisions in American jurisprudence. Rescinding a century of case law, the Supreme Court has offered corporations freedom to participate in our election process as if they were individuals with votes and voices. Writing in today's Idaho State Journal on the Citizens United decision and how the...
Political Game - Feb 21

Amendment Seeks To Deny Voter Rights

Boise Guardian - Feb 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No Stopping a Runaway Train (Trolley) Enthusiast

Boise Guardian - Feb 21 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Amendment Seeks To Deny Voter Rights

Boise Guardian - Feb 21

No Stopping a Runaway Train (Trolley) Enthusiast

Boise Guardian - Feb 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Executive Bedside Table

Earlier this week in honor of President's Day, The Daily Beast released a slide show they created entitled "The Best-Read Presidents." The list is compiled of nineteen American presidents who were known for being avid readers and for having a large collection or library of books of their own. Being a reader of multiple genres and a historian interested specifically in American history, I thoug...
Political Game - Feb 20

Tinfoil hat amplifier

Fort Boise - Feb 20

Is My Dog a Candidate For Paxil?

New West Boise - Feb 20

Governor Otter, Stubborn Facts and Petard Hoisting

Yesterday Idaho Governor Butch Otter released a scathing opinion accusing the press of a lack of civility and glossing over the facts when reporting on his proposed budget cuts this......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 20 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

How many lawyers can dance on the head of a pin?

Fort Boise - Feb 20

Shortfalls, the 'Amazon Tax' and Textbooks

Idaho is no California, but there have to be Idahoans out there who scratch their heads at the thought of a state so embedded in an economic crisis not looking for revenue wherever they can find it. Though we think of revenue hunting in California as a potential marijuana-legalizing endeavor, the California Senate has passed legislation targeting sales on internet sites like Amazon and Oversto...
Political Game - Feb 19 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Ok, your turn again Mrs. Palin

Fort Boise - Feb 19

No Unemployment Concerns For Eagle Mayor

Boise Guardian - Feb 19 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

No Unemployment Concerns For Eagle Mayor

Boise Guardian - Feb 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Help for the hardest hit

Fort Boise - Feb 19

Idaho Budget Committee Balances 2010 Budget

New West Boise - Feb 19 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Candor that refreshes, or not

Fort Boise - Feb 19

Salmon on the Menu for Federal Court "Fish Friday"

New West Boise - Feb 19 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

f-35

The Idaho potentates involved in such matters have kicked into high gear in an effort to get the Air Force to site 1 - 3 squadrons of the new F-3 aircraft here. As I understand it (and admittedly my understanding is not deep or fully informed), an operational squadron could go to Mountain Home, and a training squadron could be put on Gowen field. One, or the other, or both. And somewhere along t...
IdaBlue - Feb 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

TGIF Tunes

Lady Antebellum performing an acoustic version of their single "I Run To You" last year at the Loveless Cafe in Nashville. ...
Political Game - Feb 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Idaho Budget Writers Hear From Germane Committees

New West Boise - Feb 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Mayor Hotline Feb 6 to 12

Boise Guardian - Feb 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Court Rules Against Boise City In Records Case

Boise Guardian - Feb 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Attorney General Asked To Investigate Caldwell Urban Renewal

Boise Guardian - Feb 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Mayor Hotline Feb 6 to 12

Boise Guardian - Feb 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

The New, Carbon West

New West Boise - Feb 18

FREE Insights: Environmental Myths

New West Boise - Feb 18

"No. Say it!"

Fort Boise - Feb 18

Yearning to be free

Fort Boise - Feb 18

Court Rules Against Boise City In Records Case

Boise Guardian - Feb 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Jorgenson Bill Drafted By Nativist

You had to know this was coming. The man that Idaho State Senator Mike Jorgenson (R-Hayden Lake) relied on for legal help in drafting his controversial anti-immigration bill has been......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 18 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Baucus Comes Through for Hunters on Open Fields Hunting Access Program

New West Boise - Feb 18

Divine contradiction

I see that 8 of the 10 Baptists in Haiti have been released, which is certainly good news for them and their families. That does seem to be a case of good intentions gone awry. Upon being released, they thanked God for staying with them, and for helping them get released. The basis of such a sentiment is (apparently) that they believe God is involved in and in control of their daily lives. Prais...
IdaBlue - Feb 18

Thursday Health Care Roundup

As if a more compelling reason were needed, today it becomes increasingly clear that doing nothing about health care reform is not an option, reports Talking Points Memo in, "Anthem......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Turning Back the Clock In Madison County

The definition of 'public' has long suggested that any event, service or facility is open to a diverse cross-section of the larger communities in which we live. Open challenges to the very definition of 'public' divided this country during the civil rights movement of the twentieth century. Jim Crow laws in the South restricted the very definition of 'public' by prohibiting blacks from using drink...
Political Game - Feb 18

A streetcar with no name

Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Skills Matter

This report came out a couple of weeks ago but it's worth noting here, especially given the legacy of assertion, distortion and misinformation foisted upon Idahoans with fetish-like frequency. From......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 17 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Crapo's hypocrisy

From Think Progress , Sen. Crapo is exposed for voting against the stimulous bill, yet bragging about the positive effect it is having in Idaho. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) Bragged About Job Creation, Environmental Clean Up Benefits Of Recovery Package. According to KIDK News, Senator Crapo gushed: “Approximately $400 million plus, maybe as much as $465 million will come to INL right here in Id...
IdaBlue - Feb 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Stop Kennedy Smears

For some time now, the History Channel has sensationalized the Kennedy family for the purpose of ratings, but as Brave New Films points out in this video, the History Channel will be airing a new Kennedy documentary that is ultimately destructive. Just as has been said in our recent political discourse, the far-right is not entitled to their own facts. This film surely makes the far-rig...
Political Game - Feb 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"Urban Lunch" Events Goal: Increase Creative Class Civic Engagement

New West Boise - Feb 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Attorney General Asked To Investigate Caldwell Urban Renewal

Boise Guardian - Feb 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The disenchanted

Fort Boise - Feb 17

Condemned to repeat

Fort Boise - Feb 17

It's Wallace Stegner's West, We Just Live In It

New West Boise - Feb 17

City Has Poor Record On Land Speculation

Boise Guardian - Feb 16 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Update On Desire Named Street Car

Boise Guardian - Feb 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Audit Of Caldwell Urban Renewal Imperative

Boise Guardian - Feb 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Audit Of Caldwell Urban Renewal Imperative

Boise Guardian - Feb 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Fear itself

Fort Boise - Feb 16

Economic Insecurity

From a great read today at The Treatment: Health care reform is not solely, or even primarily, about improving health. It's also about making sure that medical expenses don't ruin......
The MountainGoat Report - Feb 16

Narcissus In Winter

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 16

Quote of the Day

Political Game - Feb 16

'Meet the Press,' Idaho Style

New West Boise - Feb 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Why Must Children Be So Childish?

New West Boise - Feb 16

62 moons

Fort Boise - Feb 16

It would be best if Boehner were not there

Fort Boise - Feb 15

A Dry Spell

There's a great scene in one of my favorite episodes of The West Wing , "The Stackhouse Filibuster," where Sam is asked who his favorite writer is. Sam's response is Toby, his colleague and fellow speech writer. When pushed for an answer as to who his favorite fiction writer is, he says "you're listening to him," as Senator Stackhouse reads David Copperfield on the television near by. It's ...
Political Game - Feb 15

Idaho 'Conscience' Bill Now Specifies Emergency Contraception

New West Boise - Feb 15

Update On Desire Named Street Car

Boise Guardian - Feb 15 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Don DeLillo Stares Down the American Desert in "Point Omega"

New West Boise - Feb 15

City Has Poor Record On Land Speculation

Boise Guardian - Feb 14 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Gimme A Fucking Break

The obvious dishonesty surrounding Laura Silsby and her confederacy of dunces’ as someone labeled them, is absolutely despicable.  Nothing disgusts me more than the obvious bullshit flowing out from Central Valley Baptist. . And now this↔↔fasting.  Someone should clue these idiots in – fasting is more than just skipping breakfast or dinner. . . . . . oh [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 14

Chill, people

Fort Boise - Feb 14

D.C. connections

Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 14

#16 – The Amazing Race

Update: The first couple has already been eliminated, Dana & Adrian.  The task at hand was crossing some gorge on these teeny thin guide wires somewhere in Valparaíso, Chile.  Would’ve been my downfall that’s for sure. Too terrified of heights.  Adrian ‘fell’ off the line and, incredibly, eventually opted for another go at it with [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 14

An Olympic Tragedy

My nephew, Matt – who just turned 22 – is home after being in Wisconsin for almost two years.  He’s a little more quiet, a tad more mature, and quite a bit more focused. It’s hard to say if I’m a bit disheartened in finding this ‘new’ Matt.  This was the kid who made every attempt [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 14 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Happy Valentine's Day

Fort Boise - Feb 14

Pigs Fly in Sandpoint Bee

New West Boise - Feb 13

Kill the filibuster

Back when Republicans were threatening "The Nuclear Option" to abolish the filibuster, I was really hoping they would. You recall that Republicans were hoping to get Justices Roberts and Alito confirmed, and, anticipating Democratic objections, threatened to do away with the filibuster rule. I hoped they'd kill it because I knew one day Democrats would be back in power and Republicans would ...
IdaBlue - Feb 13

Catching up (catching my breath

Fort Boise - Feb 13

The Apparent Trap

Fort Boise - Feb 13

Idaho Delegation Fights Forest Service for Seniors, Disabled

New West Boise - Feb 13

State of confusion

Fort Boise - Feb 12

F-35 Could Double F-15 Noise Level At Gowen

Boise Guardian - Feb 12 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

F-35 Could Double F-15 Noise Level At Gowen

Boise Guardian - Feb 12 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Movies Guys Love: Pulp Fiction

New West Boise - Feb 12

Anti-statism

Fort Boise - Feb 12

Pro-statism

Fort Boise - Feb 12

TGIF Tunes

Political Game - Feb 12

Debut Novel Revisits 19th-Century Idaho Murder Mystery

New West Boise - Feb 12 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Some of the hostages freed

Fort Boise - Feb 11

There's a train a-comin'

Fort Boise - Feb 11

Words Matter

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 11 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Idaho Dems Respond to Health FreeDumb Bill

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 11 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Palin's fake glasses

I've written before that I suspected that Sarah Palin's glasses are just glass, and have no real correction. I think she wears them to give herself a bit of gravitas. Our society tends to view attractive women only in the context of their looks. Most folks do not look at an attractive woman and think "I bet she's really smart." So, I can understand her wanting to be taken seriously. Anyway, look ...
IdaBlue - Feb 11

As Your Senator, Here's How I'd End the War over Wilderness

New West Boise - Feb 11 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Quote of the Day

( Editor's Note : Make no mistake, there's a political message in the words of Noah Webster, hardly a man that invokes partisan bickering among Americans today. Continuing where I left off yesterday...) "However independent each state may be and ought to be in things that relate to itself merely, yet as part of a greater body it must be a subject of that body in matters that relate to the whole...
Political Game - Feb 10

Famed Polar Explorer Brings Mission, Amazing Photos, to UM

New West Boise - Feb 10 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Bryan Fischer Makes 'Hatewatch'

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 10 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

More Legislators Question Idaho Education Network

New West Boise - Feb 10 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Report: Local Planners Key to The Intermountain West Coping With Climate Change

New West Boise - Feb 10 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Temple Grandin's Life Story Hits the Small Screen

New West Boise - Feb 10

Seems like a good idea

New Mexico might be moving its bank accounts, and the money in them, to local banks and credit unions. Putting that money in local financial institutions will allow them to lend locally, and will also help them survive these tough times. How about if the super-majority in the Idaho legislature considers something similar? That would be a more fruitful use of time then trying to keep minorities ...
IdaBlue - Feb 10

The Idaho Health FreeDumb Act

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 9 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Dear Who: I Think Your Time Machine's Busted

New West Boise - Feb 9

Quote of the Day

"What, it will be asked, must the states relinquish their sovereignty and independence, and give Congress their rights of legislation? I beg to know what we mean by United States ? If, after Congress have passed a resolution of a general tenor, the states are still at liberty to comply or refuse, I must insist that they are not united ; they are as separate as they ever were, and Congress is me...
Political Game - Feb 9

Stanley Fish on the First Amendment

Fort Boise - Feb 9

The nature of the protest

Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 9

Wingnuttism rears its ugly head

House Majority Leader Mike Moyle has introduced a bill to require photo ID in order to vote in Idaho. Such a move is typically associated with racist efforts to keep minorities from voting, and is a favorite cause of the most far-right wingnuts around the country. I'm especially dismayed that the House State Affairs Committee voted unanimously to introduce this bill. Unanimously. So, in additio...
IdaBlue - Feb 9

Truck, meet loophole

Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 9

Questions Arise on Idaho Education Network

New West Boise - Feb 9

Inside the action

Fort Boise - Feb 9

Mayor Hotline Jan. 30 to Feb 5

Boise Guardian - Feb 9 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

A Fresh Perspective From the Intermountain West

New West Boise - Feb 9

Thinking about primary season

Fort Boise - Feb 9

Mayor Hotline Jan. 30 to Feb 5

Boise Guardian - Feb 9

Holt Prairie Saga Continues in "Eventide"

New West Boise - Feb 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Wyoming School's Anti-Hate Program Reveals Intolerance

New West Boise - Feb 9

ACHD To Install New Style Left Turn Signal

Boise Guardian - Feb 8

ACHD To Install New Style Left Turn Signal

Boise Guardian - Feb 8 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Boise Pays Off In Bum Taser Case

Boise Guardian - Feb 8 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Boise Pays Off In Bum Taser Case

Boise Guardian - Feb 8 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Lying Liars and the Lies They Tell

“Most of these children’s parents died in the earthquake just a few days ago” CBS had video of a bit the interrogation ‘after having attempted to cross the border’ in Port-au-Prince of those 10 Americans Baptists from Idaho. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ “We simply wanted to help these children. We did not understand all your rules.” Mmhmmm . . . . Filed under: [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 8 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Want to be an Outdoor Writer?

New West Boise - Feb 8 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

R.I.P. John Murtha

John Murtha has died at the age of 77.  For all his foibles and faults, he was a stalwart opponent of the Iraq war, and champion for the people of his district in Pennsylvania. Update:  Only Dave will know!   Filed under: Congress, Politics Tagged: John Murtha ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 8

Colorado Rancher Says Wolves May Have Arrived; Welcomes Their Return

New West Boise - Feb 8

Where Have All the Ski Bums Gone?

New West Boise - Feb 8

The wrong way to reform Congress (and the federal budget)

Fort Boise - Feb 8

Pastor Jean Sainvil = Keyser Söze?

Update:  When this first broke there was misspelling of the pastor’s name, Jean Sanvil, who helped the Americans pick out ‘orphans’ now in Haitian custody. Pastor Jean Sainvil (aka Keyser Söze)…..  found this video of the good pastor on blackamerica.com this morning, Monday, Feb. 8th  – Tom Joyner’s show. [Originally this was thrown together when the story [...]...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 8 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

An Interview with T.C. Boyle

New West Boise - Feb 8

The Palin Plan: Simple As That

The MountainGoat Report - Feb 8

And What the Hell, Sarah?

. . . . . . . Sarah, whatcha looking at there? . . . . Like others have speculated, it seems Ms Palin most likely knew the questions which were to be asked. And this is the woman John McCain unleashed on America without any apology.  The only thing that has carried this woman anywhere is her looks. Straight up.  Looks and white [...] ...
Left Side of the Moon - Feb 7

Super Bowl highlights

Fort Boise - Feb 7

My Thoughts on Boise's Trickster

Left Side of the Moon - Feb 7

About those jobs

Ridenbaugh Press (Idaho) - Feb 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks