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Check out our new multimedia piece about wolves in the Northern Rockies: http://tinyurl.com/3tyd65 |
The Democratic energy bill that passed the House last night would lift the moratorium on oil shale development. Bad news for the West? |
According to ARG, Montana is back as a swing state at 49% McCain, 47% Obama. And New Mexico is looking solidly blue at 51% to 44%. |
Lipstick on a Cheney: Our editor's take on why Sarah Palin won't win the West. At www.hcn.org. |
Ron Paul is now on the ballot in Montana. Any chance that he and Bob Barr will be big enough spoilers to deliver the state for Obama? |
The Colorado oil and gas commission is dropping winter habitat protection from the new drilling rules. Industry scare campaign a success. |
Greyhounding back to Colorado. Doing the trip by train would mean riding to the Pacific and back. We need a national infrastructure upgrade. |
Got banished from the Congressional suite to the nosebleed section. From way up here, the prospect of a McCain presidency seems a bit le ... |
Cindy's talking in front of an image of a big honkin' Arizona rock. How's that for Western? |
They're passing out signs that say 'Peace.' This may not be a particularly Western comment, but that's just fucking absurd. |
Just scored a sweet clean coal hat. I hereby take back all my elitist comments about CO2 being bad for the planet. |
The national Republican Party just canceled a $2.3 million ad buy for the NM Senate race. Apparently they've given up on beating Tom Udall? |
clean coal cronies at the RNCnot quite sure what makes coal clean: http://gristmill.grist.org/... |
Palin's speech: rural white identity politics at its best, or worst. Will it work in the West? |
The drunk spouses of various Republican members of Congress think that Palin's pretty funny. |
'Apparently her town isn't cosmopolitan enough for Obama.' - Guliani, in one of many asinine moments |
'Clean coal's like clean diesel. It's an oxymoron.' - another great T. Boone Pickens quote |
Good rundown on the envirol record of McCain's Veep pick Sarah Palin, check this out: http://gristmill.grist.org/... |
Senator Jim DeMint of SC confirms: the Palin pick has really energized the global-warming-is-a-myth right. |
'I don't think Washington is lying about energy. I don't think they know anything about energy.' - Boone Pickens |
