Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Wealthy capitalists are threat to freedom

The game of Monopoly was invented by Elizabeth Magie and patented in 1904. She wanted to create a way to inform the average person of how concentration of property ownership and acquiring of rents over time would lead to the concentration of wealth in a few hands, with the rest …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Wealthy capitalists are threat to freedom

The game of Monopoly was invented by Elizabeth Magie and patented in 1904. She wanted to create a way to inform the average person of how concentration of property ownership and acquiring of rents over time would lead to the concentration of wealth in a few hands, with the rest …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

OPINION: Commissioners need to speak up for the people

I attended the Flathead County commissioners’ public hearing on the expansion of the Egan Slough Zoning District. The overwhelming number of citizens present at the hearing supported the expansion of the zoning district.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Liberal vs. conservative: What distinguishes them?

Before the primary election, this paper printed many letters in support of citizen candidates and most of them used words such as principled conservative, thoughtful conservative, realistic conservative, proven conservative and a real conservative. So what is a “REAL” conservative?
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Liberal vs. conservative: What distinguishes them?

Before the primary election, this paper printed many letters in support of citizen candidates and most of them used words such as principled conservative, thoughtful conservative, realistic conservative, proven conservative and a real conservative. So what is a “REAL” conservative?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: Freedom from religion is key part of U.S. law

Those who claim a special right to political power because they say their God gave it to them represent one of the greatest threats to modern-day democracy worldwide. Christian theocrats have infiltrated government and are siphoning off millions of tax dollars, and Moslem theocrats have put us in a constant …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

American people being left out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

There is a draconian trade deal being negotiated between the United States and 11 Pacific Rim Nations, kept secret from the public, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Country is exploiting workers, the true job creators

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Democrats won't privatize education

Members of the Montana Legislature have to take an oath of office before they can execute their duties: “I do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the state of Montana, and that I will discharge the duties …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Democracy or plutocracy: Your vote is important

The coming election will be an opportunity for voters to choose a candidate who believes in the principals of democracy. The choice is between a government in which political power is exercised by all the people or the elite few, a plutocracy, whereby power is exercised by the wealthy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Right wing wants to return to feudalism

The new conservatives’ rallying cry is that government is the enemy. They mistake our government for the former Soviet Union, or confuse Ayn Rand’s fictional greed and selfishness as good moral values.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Did you vote for American Legislative Exchange Council?

In 1893, after Montana became a state, William Clark and Marcus Daly ran for the U.S. Senate, but neither could achieve a majority in the State Legislature, which elected senators in those days, and Montana simply did without a senator. In 1898, masked men tried to steal the ballot box …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Did you vote for American Legislative Exchange Council?

In 1893, after Montana became a state, William Clark and Marcus Daly ran for the U.S. Senate, but neither could achieve a majority in the State Legislature, which elected senators in those days, and Montana simply did without a senator. In 1898, masked men tried to steal the ballot box …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Did you vote for American Legislative Exchange Council?

In 1893, after Montana became a state, William Clark and Marcus Daly ran for the U.S. Senate, but neither could achieve a majority in the State Legislature, which elected senators in those days, and Montana simply did without a senator. In 1898, masked men tried to steal the ballot box …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO