Welcome to the Montana BLM

I call this file "tidbits", updated 01/15/2006
As a Whistle Blower, I help keep BLM mgrs in Montana "honest"
just my way of saying "Thanks!" (see start.html for details)
If it wasn't for folks like former BLM DSD Janet Singer, you probably wouldn't be here...

Look for more "tidbits" in 2005; and until the US Department of the Interior puts its'
Montana Dakotas BLM house in order, revealing bits of insider information
will continue to become public knowledge.

*Due to the continual increase in this record
I have curtailed this file to more recent "tidbits"
and in other areas of the web pages I will be archieving
items such as previous smt calendars and the 1998 Employee
Survey slides for example; if you need something that is
archieved -- just email me for a copy

For all previous "tidbit" entries (such as Ethics violations
Funds Diversions, Discrimination, Articles written by former BLM'ers etc.)
click these links (Large Files!)... WhistleBlower 2000
WhistleBlower 2001
WhistleBlower 2002
WhistleBlower 2003
WhistleBlower 2004
WhistleBlower 2005

Look below - New entries, added weekly - since 5/1999 to current ...Enjoy!

*The old web page (http://www.mcn.net/~gferren) is no longer being maintained.

Welcome to 2005! and the Battle for Truth and Justice continues...
BLM managers, brown-nosers and throne-sniffers, yes that's me looking over your shoulder ;>)...
and you do live in glass houses...I'll make you famous ;>)

A recent email Reply from Congressman Denny Rehberg
"I am committed to ensuring the solvency of our Social Security system,
and am an original cosponsor of the Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act,
which passed the House in the 107th Congress.
The bill will prevent the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare
hospital insurance trust funds from being used for any purpose
other than providing retirement and health security.
The Lock-Box Act also requires that such surpluses be used to pay down the national debt

until such time as Medicare and Social Security reform legislation is enacted."

In the News:
In case you missed this one, BLM Impounds Liddle Cattle for Grazing Trespass (BLM - MT)
Forest Service Mgmt "Streamlined"
New Rules Issued for Nat'l Forests (FS)
No Nat'l Historic Site for Sand Creek Massacre (NPS)

The Halliburton Wars:Your Sons and Daughters Continue to Die for Oil
Army Seeks to Save War Torn Marriages, Reverse High Divorce Rate
Sutton:"Awful" is the new "Great"

Welcome to Amerika!, or Vee Shall Rule the Vorld Yah!...
"Conservative" Students Only Want Half the Story, Seek to Silence Teachers
Newmont Denies Pollution Charge, After Discharging 33 Tons of Mercury Into Air
Denver EEOC Office and FOIA

The Rape'ing of America
Ousted Head of Fannie Mae to Draw $114K Month for Life Pension

Welcome to Montana!
Listing of FW&P's Proposed License Increases for Montana Residents

or drive up to Moore and shoot a free elk?...sounds good to me...
Time to Close Game Farm "Loopholes" (I143)
Montana Outdoor Radio Show, Statewide Hunting and Fishing News

(Posted 01/03/2005)

When the Russians had "secret" police, it was a bad thing...
"The names of the law enforcement personnel have been removed from these documents.
Exemption 7(C) of the FOIA similarly protects law enforcement records where disclosure
“. . . could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
Withholding the names of law enforcement personnel is in line with several court decisions where the
identities of law enforcement personnel were exempt from disclosure.
The harm in releasing this information is that members of the public could use this information to harass
these officials in the conduct of their official duties and in their private lives."
...I seriously doubt that any terrorists will attack these LE folks for their body armor and automatic weapons ;>) ...
List of BLM MT Employees - dtd 10/2004

Sage-Grouse Remain off Endangered Species List...this from Senator Conrad Burns;
"This is great news, and I applaud the effort of all those that have been working hard
to manage the sage-grouse in our state and across the country."

In the News:
Feds to Keep Grouse Off Endangered Species List (Interior)
Norton Services Energy Industry at AZ Resort
Colorado Business Groups Sponsors Energy Retreat at AZ Resort
Feds Asked to Stop Wolves from Chasing Elk (FWS - WY)

wolves, hurry over to YNP, there's still a few, oops fewer, elk left for you to eat ;>)...
Wolves Killed After Multiple Cattle Deaths (FWS - WY)
BLM Asks Hunters to Return Elk Radio Collars (BLM - WY)
State Finds More Than 150 Unpermitted CBM Facilities (CBM - WY)

Halliburton Wars:

US planning next invasion/occupation?...
Report:US Conducting Secret Missions Inside Iran
Congress Expects Another $100 Billion Military Request for Iraq Occupation
US Soldier Gets (6) Months for Drowning Iraqi Prisoner
US Chemical Weapons(WMD)Disposal Program to Face Funding Cuts

just when you think you've heard it all, you realize the military really is insane...
Pentagon Considered Plan to Initiate Enemy Homosexuality with Chemical Warfare
US Erodes Global Human Rights
Human Rights Watch Says US Has No HR Credibility


or just fear over another M Moore video of a Presidential egging???...
Inaugruation Fear in DC
Shades of Janet Singer!
Shades of Neal Bush!
White House Caught Paying for Propaganda
2nd Bush Admin:Airlines Still Hemorraging Billions

FDR's Grandson Protests Ad Used to Push Privatization of SS
SC:Sentencing System Unconstitutional, Federal Judges Err
Arrested for Telling Lawyer Jokes, Only in Amerika ;>)
Pair Arrested for Telling Lawyer Jokes
Sutton:The Religious Right Attack

Welcome to Montana!

Legislative bills proposed to raise resident hunting/fishing licenses:HB172, HB176
call your legislator(s) at 406-444-4800,(406)444-3064, or send an email via the 2005 session link below...
2005 Legislative Session

Lobbyists Outnumber Legislators in Helena
MT Republican Legislator (Alan Olson R-Roundup) Pushes Bill to Fund Energy Development for Energy Companies Benefit
NorthWestern Energy Pulls Pensions from Former Workers

some think the new gov has failed his first test...
Bison Hunt on Hold
Schweitzer Fears Outcry Over Bison Hunt
Pat Williams:Legislature Should Heed Voters

(Posted 01/16/2005 appended 01/25/2005)

Busy time of Year! Lots of LTE's (see billingsnews.com) and Commentary!

What former BLM managers do...
Dave Mari of Lewistown, Montana, was the lucky Grand Prize winner!
FedEx® delivered an early Christmas gift for Dave Mari!
He was the big winner in the Hampton® Get Out and Play sweepstakes!
The original prize was a convertible, but Dave chose the $30,000 cash option.
(We think it might have had something to do with the snowy Montana winters.)
In an unusual coincidence, he was actually heading to a Hampton Inn® to celebrate
a friend's going away party when he received the news!
As soon as Dave arrived at the hotel, he spoke with the General Manager,
our own Dustan Williams, to confirm that it was the real deal.
Indeed it was . . . 100% official!
Dave often stayed with the Hampton hotel brand while on business trips.
While traveling, he was a frequent guest at the Hampton Inn in Billings, Great Falls,
and Helena, Montana. Since his retirement last July, he still stays with the Hampton
hotel brand for his personal travel.
So what's he going to do with all that money?
"We might take a big trip or invest the money. And we'd definitely like to be able
to give a little to our children too."
Congratulations, Dave! Have fun spending (or saving) your winnings!

US Attorney files response to my appeal, pretty much makes my argument for me...
note that 99% of the time, the Agency (Solicitor/US Attorney) will wait until their
due date, as in the above instance, and then request an extension(which is routinely rubberstamped/approved).

In the news:
BLM Makes Plan for ATV Use Area (BLM - MT)
FWS Expert Sees Need to Protect Grouse (Interior-FWS)
Controversy Over CBM Survey Results
CBM Case Before Judge; Expansion Based on Bad ES, No Public Comments(BLM - MT)
BLM Approves Fidelity CBM Expansions (BLM - MT)

being fired for "poor performance" after going public...
WhistleBlower Had Been Promised Bonus for Performance

Nat'l Guard Wants to Offer $15K Bonuses To Stem Falling Enlistment Rates
Media Training Now Required for Iraq Bound Soldiers
Veteran Town
Report:Iraqi "Security Forces" Commit Arbitrary Arrests/Torture
What is Wrong With Torture
British Soldier Regrets Abuse Silence
Iraq:This Election is A Sham

Inauguration:Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless
True AXIS of Evil is Poverty,Pollution, Study Says
ConocoPhillips Reports $2.4 Billion 4TH Quarter Profits

and if (1) shoulder fired missile brings down a US flight...it all goes in the toilet...
Airline Losses Expected to Top $5 Billion
$368 Billion Budget Deficit Not Counting "War" Costs
1600 Pennsylvania Meets Madison Ave

Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Found in Goat (France)
Elk Found Near Rawlins with CWD
CWD Found Near Elk Mountain (WY)


might be a good time for these about to be unemployed folks to assume ownership of the mill...
Lumber Mill in Eureka to Shut Down - USFS Refutes "No Timber" Claim
Wash State Company Applies to Operate Copper and Silver Mine South of Libby

(Posted 01/28/2005)

BLM/US Attorney replied to my Appeal to 9th Circuit last week...
my reply to that in the mail yesterday...

Is it breaking the "glass ceiling", if you do it on your back
looking up at the ceiling while being banged like a drum? ;>)

In the News:
Norton Wants to Keep Water Disputes Out of Court (Interior)
Anderson Resigns as Head of BIA to Build More Casinos (Interior)
CNGA Attempts to Rebut NPRC Report on CBM Water
WORC Report:O&G Well Inspections Found Inadequate (BLM - MT)

Halliburton Wars:
Israelis Shoot Another American Peace Activist
Bush Royalty and Condi Loyalty
$9 Billion Unaccounted For in Iraq
Halliburton Proves Expensive for US Taxpayers
Iraq War Boosts Halliburton Profits
Army Will Pay Full Contract Amount to Halliburton
Voting Problems in Iraq
Kevin Sites BLOG

still "buying the farm" in America...
Proposal to Boost Military Death Benefit Payment to Families

Exxon Reports Quarterly Profit of $8.4 Billion in 4th Quarter
Gov't Computer Blunders Frequent & Costly
Exec Faces Uphill Battle in Lawsuits Over Anonymous Web Attacks
US Horse Meat Gets Top $ in Europe
US Prisons to End Boot-Camp Program

Reclaim Democracy - MT Website
Big Brother is Watching, Even in Montana ;>)

talk about a growth industry...
State Plans to Add 2,000 More Inmates to Prisons

there's some money in it for Max Baucus...
Gas Drilling Begins on Flesher Pass

the people of montana should own and benefit from all montana resources related to power generation...
PSC Against State Plan to Finance Power Lines

(Posted 02/04/2005)

Reply to US Attorney (9th circuit appeal 04/05)

Quotes from gov't employee evaluations ;>)

In the News:
New BLM Mgmt Plans Would Open (8) Million Acres to O&G Development
BLM Won't Change Wyoming Wild Horse Mgmt
BLM to Release Great Divide Basin Plan

state lands - approx $2 acre (grazing)(ag land at $15 acre), Indian land at $15 acre, private land > $15...
BLM Announces Grazing Fee Increase on Public Lands
Survey of Grazing Programs in Western States (1996)
CRS:Grazing Survey
Annual Report:2004:MT Trust Land Mgmt Revenues
MT Land Board Meetings Minutes
CBM Backers Don't Like CBS 60 Minutes Report
Latest Indian Trust Case News
PEER Latest News, Gov't WhistleBlowers etc

New Deputy Nat'l Security Advisor, Former Iran-Contra Figure
The CIA and Nazi War Criminal Connection
Report:Unqualified US Medics Carried Out Amputations at Abu Ghraib
More Horror Stories Out of Guantanamo, Torture & Abuse
Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion$
Americans for Fair Taxation
Central Bankers Warn US Over Deficits

more US $Billions flow South from legal (and illegal) immigrant workers...
Wire Transfers to Mexico Hit Record
Be Careful of Those French School Kids King George (Bush)!

gets 15 day notice before any "investigations", anti-union Wal-Mart...
Wal-Mart Pays to Settle Child-Labor Violations


it's called egov...information is collected on you by your gov and distributed to you via a 3rd party...if you pay!
Driving Record Search
Your Montana "EGOV" portal
The People Behind EGOV
FS to Close 100 Miles of Roads (MT)
Mine Execs Indicted in Poisonings (Libby MT)
Plum Creek - New Chairman, Profits

What if...the people, the community, owned these businesses?...think about it

a misrepresentation of facts?, if the business is viable will excuses continue or will the workers take the bull by the horns??...
Another Dark Day...Another Montana Town

should it be right? or legal for foreign corporations to own American companies?...
Company Based in Norway Buying Butte Silicon Plant

(Posted 02/13/2005)

In the News:
Norton Visits Yellowstone (Interior)
Interior IG Finds Agreement With Rancher Flawed (BLM - WY)
BLM Says Threat of Litigation, Not Wildlife Concerns, Stopped Blackleaf EIS for RMF (BLM - MT)
Feeding the Treasury From Public Land Sales (BLM)
Bush Budget:Tongue River CBM Water Monitoring Funding To Be Cut
Agency IT Security Improves Only Slightly (Interior)
Federal Computer Security Report Card

Records and the FOIA
Constitution.org - John Wolfgram on the Judiciary
Welcome to the Constitution Society
Constitution of the US


little is said about the $Billions/$Trillions Being Spent on "Defense"...
To Get A Picture of the Extent of the Federal Deficit
Thousands Attend Slain American Nuns Funeral

Gallatin NF Travel Plan Will Cut Vehicle Access
State Subsidizing Wal-Mart Payroll - SB272
Bill Would Penalize Slow Judges - HB602
House Endorses Bill for MT Taxpayers to Pickup Mine Cleanup Costs

Rep D Rehberg's Horse Sh** Spiel on Iraq

(Posted 02/18/2005)

In the News:
Judge Says BLM Study Inadequate (BLM - MT)
Interior Dept Rebuts Criticism (Watson)
Interior Dept Rebuts TU
Interior's IG Blasts BLM Deal With WY Rancher - Faults Cherry and Solicitor (BLM - WY)
Latest on Indian Trust Case (Interior)
Judge's Plan for Indian Trust Fund Money Accounting Back On
LCV Criticizes Mining and Ranching Lobbyist Myers, Former Interior Lawyer
MT's 2005 Legislature Unlikely to Pass CBM Regulation Legislation

Prisoner of Conscience Released from Prison
Noam Chomsky:The Future of Iraq and Results of US Occupation
Count of Casualties in Iraq
Army Misses Recruiting Goal
Aljazeera Web Site


as water resources decline, food grains produced will also decline...
The Global Economy Effect:China Drives the World Market Now, And Will Impact US Food Prices in the Future
Bush's Uncle Profits From Company's Iraq Contracts
Bush Congress Brace for Battle Over CAFTA
Latin America Leadership Moves to the Left, More Progressive than US?
The White House and the Fake Journalist
White House Deceptions
Beyond Contempt - Child Protective System v Family Rights

MT Congressman Burns Under Fire for Diverting Tribal School Money to Wealthy Indian Tribe
Burns Linked to Funds Going to Rich Tribes
State Senate Kills Lawyer Bill - Favors ABA Status Quo
Montana's Reliance on Federal Dollars - 49% of State Budget
The Effect of High Priced Energy on Montana

the people of Montana must own their energy resources...first the buffalo hunt, now energy...you are letting Montanans down Brian...
Schweitzer Has Grave Concerns About State Owning Power Lines
Number of Wolves/Packs - 2004

(Posted 03/03/2005)

"We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as long as we remain honest
-- which will be as long as we can keep the attention of our people alive.
If they once become inattentive to public affairs, you and I,
and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all become wolves." --Thomas Jefferson.

"I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon
constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me,
these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women;
when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;
no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.
While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.">--Judge Learned Hand

"You may think the Constitution is your security -- it is nothing but a piece of paper.
You may think that the statutes are your security --they are nothing but words in a book.
You may think the elaborate mechanism of government is your security --
it is nothing at all unless you have sound and uncorrupted public opinion
to give life to your Constitution, to give vitality to your statutes, to make efficient your machinery."--Justice Charles Evans Hughes

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against
the dangers of good intentions.
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern.
They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."--Daniel Webster

We hear Fran Cherry took the poison pill and retired after the IG report (see above link); Clarke lets Cherry take the heat...
playing politics in BLM is like wading in the croc pit at feeding time ;>)

In the News:
ACLU Files Lawsuit Over BLM Land Lease to Mormon Church
ACLU Sues Over Mormon Lease

appears feds are acquiring land?...but what happened to those 3 million acres of public lands? that disappeared since 2000...
Wyoming Senator Proposes Legislation to Limit Federal Land Ownership
Public May Get Sold Down The River on BLM Land Swaps (BLM - CO)
Drilling Plans for Red Desert Protested (BLM - WY)
Norton and The 1002 (Interior)
Bison Range Employees Given Removal Notices (USFWS - MT)
CBM Wells Worry Ranchers in Montana (BLM - MT)
Court Rules on CBM Taxes (CBM - WY)
Lawsuits Against BLM Cause CBM Uncertainty (BLM - WY)
Energy Development in Western Wyoming Fragments Habitat
GAO:Ban on Feed Linked to Mad Cow Not Being Enforced

US Playing Kurds and Shiites Against Sunnis
US Forces Wound Freed Hostage in Iraq
Italian Journalist Rejects US Account of Killing
Italy Asks for Truth and Justice
Report:Scores of Prisoners Die in US Custody in Iraq/Afganistan
Deadly Incidents Involving US "Friendly Fire"
US Allies in Iraq See Deaths from US "Friendly Fire"
Landmine Use Persists Despite Treaty
Military Reports Difficulty with Recruitment Because of US Deaths in Iraq
US Misses Reimbursement Deadline for Soldier Purchased Iraq Armor
Coalition of Willing No Longer Willing
BlackWater Security Consulting

The Selling of America:
US Trade Deficit Hits Record of $665 Billion in 2004

service industries or servant industries?...
Republicans Kill Effort to Raise US Minimum Wage
Republican Senate Blocks Minimum Wage Increase
1.1 Million File Bankruptcy in 2004 - Trend of Past 4 Years Continues
Gas Shortage? - Exxon Mobil Posts Record Profit - $25 Billion in 2004
Where Does All This Money Actually Go?

Indian Gambling Interests Funded DeLay's $70,000 Trip to Britain
DeLay Lashes Out Over Report of His Corruption
US Gives Cold Shoulder to Treaties
Keep Gov't Open - OPEN Act of 1995
Gov't Documents Are Harder to Get Under Bush Admin
OSC Moves to Dismiss/Purge All Pending WhistleBlower Claims

The National Security Archives
FOIA Request to FBI Made in 1981 Still Not Honored
NSA's Internet Wiretapping and the 4th Amendment
War Department Citizenship Training Manual
Colorado Seeks to Curb Services to Illegal Aliens
The Doctrine of Nondelegation
Grizzlies Encroaching on Polar Bear Country

Under "radar" Coal Mine Stirs Montana/Canada Border Feud
Ignore Box Store Tax Scare Tactics
Brian Shakes Up Montana Republicans

(Posted 03/16/2005)

Hummm...yep, people might actually expect to get Justice...one way or another...

Chicago Sun Times Chief judge calls for more security March 17, 2005
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter
Calling the Feb. 28 Lefkow family slayings an "assault on the law," Chicago's chief federal judge
said Wednesday all judges now need to try to anticipate how litigants will react to their rulings.
In a State of the Courts address before the Federal Bar Association in Chicago,
Chief Judge Charles Kocoras singled out those people who file their cases pro se,or without an attorney.
"It is no longer going to be enough to determine the correct legal answers to a myriad of disputes;
it will often be necessary, especially with pro se litigants,
to attempt to divine how they may receive our rulings," he said.
Kocoras' comments came after admitted gunman Bart Ross killed the husband and mother of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow
in her North Side home after she ruled against Ross in his medical malpractice lawsuit.
Ross killed himself near Milwaukee last week and left a suicide note confessing to the murders.
Kocoras called for increased security measures for judges,
adding some jurors might feel unsafe deliberating certain cases.
A Look Behind the Attacks on Our Civil Justice System

In the News:
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (RAT)
Rat in the News
Despite Opposition Forest Fees "RAT" Passes

Service or Fire Fighting?, your choice "...when they're out on fires, their regular work doesn't get done."...
Federal Employees May Be Required to Perform Fire Duty
Freudenthal Asks BLM to Clarify Drilling Agenda (BLM - WY)

Program on US International Policy Attitudes
Alaskans Wary of Vote on Oil Drilling
An Open Letter to Alaska Senator Ted Stevens
Users Find Federal Web Sites Less Satisfying
Gov't Employees Suspected of Falsifying Nuclear Site Study
Inquiry Begins Into Validity of Data About Nuclear Dump's Safety

US Army Asks For Longer Enlistments as Recruitment Numbers Fall

at least they aren't just killing Americans...
Israeli Officer Who Killed UK Journalist Faces Minor Charges

God's "chosen" continue to persecute Nuke Whistle Blower...who do you suppose gave Israel those nukes?? ;>)
Israel Nuclear WhistleBlower Vanunu Indicted

Wal-Mart Pays $11 Million Fine for Using Illegal Immigrants to Clean Stores
Over 10 Million Illegal Aliens in US, and Growing!
Corporate Suicide Watch - Nominate Your Employer?

Montana - Martz joins Board of Taser International? (practice dummy??) ...nuf said ;>)

(Posted 03/23/05)

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done,
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
August 2026: There will come soft rains By Ray Bradbury *

In the News:
Marty Ott Embraces RAT (BLM - MT)
MT State Legislators NOT Embracing RAT, HB13 House/Senate Resolution
Judge Refuses to Close CBM Hearing (BLM - MT)
Forest Service Jobs Leaving Montana - Directed Reassignment
Review:USFWS Bungled Florida Panther Needs - Whistle Blower Fired (Interior)

GOP Memo on Value of Using Terri Schiavo, "...this is a great political issue..."
Ethically Bankrupt DeLay Plays Hardball and Gets Whacked
Peremptory Mandamus
Example of Peremptory Mandamus
Recent Supreme Court Decision on Age Discrimination
Supreme Court:Title IX Protects WhistleBlowers
An Exhibition That Does Little More Than Salute the Flag
America A "Sham Democracy"
Our Deteriorating Democracy

As US Presence Increases in S America, Venezuela Buys 100,000 AK-47's
US WMD: Start of Nerve Gas,Chemical Weapons Destruction at Pine Bluff AR
Army Expects to Fall Short of Recruiting Goals - March/April
Army to Attempt Patriotism Pitch to Boost Falling Enlistments
Investigation:27 Iraqis and Afgans Murdered in US Custody
Army Won't Prosecute Soldiers in Prisoner Murders
Reservists Fight in Iraq

Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for Radical Changes
Scientists Paint Grim Picture of Earth's Future - More Than 50 Dead Zones
UN Study:Earth's Health Deteriorating

Welcome to Montana!

this one should fall under "cruel and unusual punishment" for the 17 yr sentence - Miles City - Judge "make 'em Pay" Day...

many don't know that the attorney representing this woman has had complaints filed for failure to adequately represent her appointed clients...
High Court Upholds Conviction of Miles City Woman Sentenced to 17yrs For Fight with (5) Police Officers
State of Montana V Pittman
When You Are On the Bottom, The Only Way to Go is Up - Montana Wages

lottery for big game permits...perhaps residents should start pushing for subsistance hunting rights?...
Republicans Use "Silver Bullet" on Hunting Bill (HB235/SB77)
Martz's Buddy in Kyrgyzstan Flees As Corrupt Gov't Overthrown

(Posted 03/31/2005)

Latest News from Class Action case... before the 9th Circuit for over a year now...
the Court has affirmed Interior/BLM's Right to Practice Discrimination(age & sex discrimination, race and gender discrimination in hiring)
and the dismissal of the case by the Montana Court;
by denying me the right as Class Agent to represent the class of present and future employees,
in effect, an Agency circumvents discrimination laws by removing an employee,
their status then as a non-employee limits the "protections" ;>) from discrimination
and the Agency is free to continue to discriminate, to destroy careers, to do personnel "business as usual"
My purpose is to make this information public knowledge and I have done so (and will continue to do so).
This example gives credence to the "Bright Shining Lie" that is America
Appeal for Ninth Circuit Rehearing

In the News:

but Marty...we already pay for your Agency and our public lands...
are your saying that Interior/BLM can't do the job with the $Billions$ you already get?...
Montana BLM Director Marty Ott Does OP-ED to Endorse RAT (BLM - MT)

Drilling for O&G Sought in Wildlife Mgmt Area (BLM - WY)
BLM Will Sign Flawed RMP (BLM - CA)
Judge Allows Limited CBM Drilling, During New ES (BLM - MT)
Energetic Fighter in Trust Fund War
FBI to Investigate OSC, Corruption & Cronyism
Your Future As a Civil Servant:New Personnel Regulations

US Funded Iraqi Television Program Accused of Human Rights Violations - Torture, Forced Confessions
US Troops Shoot CBS Cameraman
Cheap Immigrant Labor Subsidized by US Taxpayers
Aljazeera English
Children Starving in New Iraq
Original Axis of Evil:Colonialists

National Geographic:Animal-Human Genetic Crosses Spark Controversy
Taser's Safe?:Report Cites 103 Taser Related Deaths
ANWR:O&G Drilling Footprint
World Bank Warns US to Cut Deficits
Profile:Paul Wolfowitz
DeLay's Dirty Dozen
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics:Tom DeLay

New West - News

but there is no (real) energy shortage...a real energy shortage is when your money can't buy the product...
so it's more of a money shortage...when more money magically turns on the lights...and energy companies make record profits...
Western Gov's Push New Power Grid
Montana Legislature Condemns Patiot Act

sounds familiar...like a Canadian Project in Montana to dig a gold mine in Yellowstone NP...
Canadian Company Starts Drilling Near Lincoln (Baucus Connection)

I always wonder when you will get tired of being sheep and cattle for these people...
Republicans Dictate that the Poor Shall Stay Poor in Montana & Kill Minimum Wage Bill
Raise in Minimum Wage Fails on Party Line Vote
Montana Courts

(Posted 04/11/2005)

The Spring Turkey is in the freezer. ;>)

In the News:
First Time Under New Law, Six Wild Horses Slaughtered (BLM - Congressman Burns)
BLM Extends Comment Time on Natural Gas Wells (BLM - WY)
Drilling Where Antelope Play (BLM - WY)
BLM Favoring Industry By Shortening Time to Protest O&G Leases (BLM - WY)
Groups Seek Advance Notice on BLM O&G Lease Sales (BLM - WY)
Soil Studies for CBM Effects
Latest on Indian Trust Case - Interior Faces Court Action for Insecure Computer System
Supreme Court Lets Stand Lower Court Ruling, Mismanagement of Trust Funds (Interior)
US FS Employees Sue FS Over Logging in Oregon
FS Money Being Diverted - Recreation Sites Face Closures
Pushing the RAT:For Sale FS Property, Recreational Areas
States Tell Congress to Kill RAT

The Debt-Peonage Society
Senate Votes to Boost Social Security for Best Off
Union Files Labor Complaint Against Wal-Mart
Economics Catering to the Wealthy Hurting West
Expert Says Real Estate Speculation Risky Business Now

The National Security Archive
Nuclear Plants Not Keeping Track of Radioactive Waste
Chinese Village Riots Over Pollution (Environmental Racism)
Chinese Farmers Riot Over Crop Poisoning
UN Says Colombian Human Rights Situation Critical
Human Rights Group Wants Probe of Senior US Officials
New Republican Committee Chairman Energy Industry Ally (Smokey Joe Barton)
Energy Firms Get Tax Break, ($88.9B)Subsidies While Making Record $Billions in Profit
Industry Friendly Energy Bill is Passed by House

your bills & taxes go up and your standard of living as a nation continues going downward as your children become cheap labor...
Inflation Outpacing American Wages

US Troops Learn Lessons Well from Israeli Advisors - Suppression & Propaganda Techniques
Copter Carrying US Mercenaries Shot Down in Iraq
Minuteman Project Embarrasses US Border Patrol

Equal Access to Justice Act
DeLay Seeks to Divert Attention From Unethical Acts, Attacks Federal Courts
Prospective Juror Fined for Yawning
US Crime Rate Drops, Prison Population Soars in 03/04

Keeping Secrets:MT Senator Refused Access to Corporate Tax Records

(Posted 04/25/2005)

"The rain it raineth on the just/And also on the unjust fella/
But more upon the just because/The unjust has the just's umbrella." Lord Bowen

In the News:
Interior Faces Another Disconnection Order Over Failing IT Security (Indian Trust)
Interior Halts Sale of Wild Horses (BLM)
BLM Generating Permits Faster Than O&G Industry Can Drill
Norton Disappoints Wyoming (Interior)
Wet Winter Doesn't Douse Water Wars (Interior)
BLM Drafting Travel Plan for Trail Use Near Helena (BLM - MT)

FS Destroys Land Deal Records
Comments Sought on CBM Discharge Permit
Prospect of Mine Worries Alaskans
US Retailers Struggle Through Spring

European Council Says US uses Torture
US Agents Attend "Grilling" ;>) of Bin Laden Lieut

in the spirit of nazi germany's youth programs...
Students Getting Cash or Prizes for Informing on Classmates

Civil Rights Commission Closes 2 Regional Offices
Genetic Mingling Endorsed (Animal/Human Crosses)

The DC Lobbyist & the Thanksgiving Deer (Burns)

(Posted 05/07/2005)

Been moving these last couple of weeks, new address is 25 cabin city loop Haugan MT...

Mineral Independent published my spring turkey hunt article this past week...

In the News:
Tribe,NPRC Seek Injunction to Stop New CBM Approvals (BLM - MT)
Anderson Denies Request for Injunction in CBM Case, 9th Circuit Gets More Business (BLM - MT)
BLM Opts to Close Some Trails to OHV (BLM - MT)
Lewistown Residents Fight BLM Logging Plan (BLM - MT)
NM Gov Calls for Wilderness Protection for Otero Mesa Grassland (Interior)
IG Gives Interior an "F" for Computer Security (Latest on Indian Trust Case)
Drilling Near Radioactive Cavity Called Risky Business (CO)

Meager Chinook Run Leaves Fishing Industry High & Dry
UN Report Says World Biodiversity Declining
$Billions Being Spent to Cleanup America's Waterways

Halliburton Wars (Iraq/Afganistan):Protesters Make Noise at Halliburton Shareholder Meeting
British Lawmaker Tells US Senate Iraq War is a Farce - US Puppet Gov't Installed in Iraq
Saudis Spend $Million+ Lobbying Congress to Limit Liability for MTBE Additive
Fed Gov't to Pay Hospital Bills for Illegal Aliens - $1Billion

Report:Muslim World Largely Anti-American, Anger at US Foreign Policy
US Soldiers Parents Critical of Army Coverup of Friendly Fire Death

Freemasons and Montana History

what's not mentioned here is that Jean Johnson is MOGA's mouthpiece, Montana Outfitters and Guides Assoc...
HB172 - Increases Fees to Hunt

(Posted 05/25/2005)

Since moving to the new place, I've been a little busy...

Whistleblower Protection Voted Down
Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., announced he would introduce legislation to provide all
federal employees, contractors and private sector workers who report homeland or national security flaws,
threats to public health and safety, violations of laws, or waste, fraud and mismanagement with improved
whistleblower protections. An amendment version of Markey's legislation has already failed on a vote at a
markup of the Homeland Security Authorization Act.
Under Markey's bill, if the Department of Labor fails to act on a whistleblower's case within six months,
he or she would have the right to bring a case in civil court, and if successful, be entitled to compensatory
and punitive damages. For more on this story, see the May 9, 2005, issue of Federal Employees News Digest.

About the same time that I am in the news with a hunting article,
checkout the Big Sky Outdoor News and Adventure - June issue - my smiling face on the cover ;>)
there is an article in the BG on Janet Singer...
"I loved the BLM, but I was missing something."
"Prefers the company of women (and young girls it would seem) to men"...

In the News:
InterAgency Effort Over L&C Dies Quiet Death (BLM-MT)
How a Plan to Preserve Florida's Everglades Turned Into a Financial Boondoggle (Interior IG Report)
IG:Interior Overvalued,Overpayed Florida Land Rights
Interior's Plan to Eliminate Brucellosis in YNP Area
9th Circuit Overrules MJ Anderson, CBM Projects Frozen (BLM-MT)
Fidelity Wants to Keep Drilling (BLM-MT)
Wyoming Likely Unaffected by Montana CBM Ruling, Fidelity Whines Over Ruling
CBM Water Discharge Stir Up Public (BLM-MT)
New Restrictions Proposed for CBM Water Discharges (MT)
Decision on New CBM Water Discharge Restrictions Delayed Until Late July
Northern Cheyenne Oppose CBM Permits, CBM Waste Water
Tribal Leaders Pursue Trust Reform (Indian Trust Case)
Latest on Indian Trust Case:Interior Internet Connections Still Put Trust Data At Risk
Judge Says BLM Violated NEPA (BLM-MT)
Lab WhistleBlower Beaten
FS Tweaks(RAT)Pay to Play Fee Program in Northern Region
A Look at FS Outsourcing

The Answer to Military Recruiters
White House Downplays Report on GuitMo Quran Abuses
US Contractor in Iraq Accuses Marines of Abuse
Former Soldiers' Pictures and Stories from Iraq Prompt Investigations of Abuses
Columbia Begins to Question Immunity of US Soldiers From Prosecution for Misdeeds
Army Headed for Recruitment Shortfall, Already Missed Feb,Mar,Apr,May
Army Bonuses for New Recruits May Go to $40,000
Full Coverage Iraq

Agency Delays Publishing Scientific Paper Over Fear of Bioterror Attack
Bush Misleads US into Iraq War for Halliburton $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Profits:The Secret Downing Street Memo
Watchdog Faults Mis-Management of Iraqi Oil Wealth
Foreign Corporations Spend Big to Influence US Environmental Law
AI Slams US in Annual Human Rights Report
Are Conservation Groups Complicit in Corporation Role - CAFTA Fight
Effects of Genetically Modified Corn:Health Fears Rise Over Study of GM Food
Solar, Wind Energy Fail Exxon Profit Test

Alaska Wilderness League
Rafters and Landowners Fight Over Rivers in Colorado
Graham Faces Storm Over Filibuster Deal
Supreme Court Justices Make A Little $Gravy$ On the Side
Move to End Public Funding for PBS,NPR
The Downing Street Memo or How to Sucker a Nation

Welcome to Montana!

and I remember an article when he was running for election that said he was worth $5 million...
Montana's Representative in Congress Doing Well, Wealth Listed at $55 Million
Natural Gas Producer in Montana (Devon Energy Corp) Accused of Cheating on Royalty Payments
MT PSC Member (Who Voted for Deregulation) Enjoys Trip to Hawaii!

(Posted 06/19/2005)

Summers here; relatives visiting, some fishing, work on the new place, etc...

Congress spends only $2 million annually on the 2,700 (FUDS) Formerly Used Defense Site properties, whose total cleanup cost is $19 billion.

In the News:

computer data security, don't need that ;>)...
This is What You Get! Way to Go BLM/Interior!

NV BLM State Director Bob Abbey Retires
Wyoming to Benefit From $26.2Billion Interior Dept Funding Bill
O&G Drilling Has Effect on Pinedale Mule Deer (BLM - WY)
Anschutz Sells $300Million of Pinedale Gas Field
BLM Approves O&G Exploration in Red Desert (BLM - WY)
CO Senator Allard Suggests Lease for Widow (Interior)

Indians Offer to Settle Indian Trust Fund Lawsuit
Cobell Works to Raise Profile of Indian Trust Lawsuit
Judge Condemns Interior Dept Over Indian Trust Fund Mismanagement
Congress May Settle Indian Trust Case Lawsuit
Indian Trust Legislation Promising
Negotiation May Resolve CBM Impasse in Montana (BLM - MT)
NPRC Offers Compromise in CBM Case
Dispute Over Public Lands Access to White Mtns (FS/BLM)
USF&WS Reinstates Whistle Blower
Study Shows Many Civil Servants Are Looking to Leave
BLM Publishes Final EIS on Changes to Grazing Regs

Mexico Fails to Be PC

in the spirit of more American jobs going South and to increase the US and foreign supply of cheap labor...
Senate Approves CAFTA
Scientists Report Warmest Ocean Temperatures in 50 Years
Foreigners Buy Up American Real Estate
Judge Grants Immortality to Presidential Privilege

Marines Accused of Cold Blooded Murder of Iraqi Student
Iraqi Journalist Killed by US Troops
Experts Looking for Secret US Torture Facilities
ANG Misses Recruiting Goal Again, On 9 Month Losing Streak
Pentagon Outlines Cases of Abuse at Gitmo
11 American Soldiers Charged for Assaulting Detainees

Potential $300Million Workers Comp Fund Disaster (MT)

(Posted 07/16/2005)

Why Lee Atwater apologized when he was dying in 1991-- he wrote in LIFE Magazine
Lee Atwater's strongest regret was about the mean spirit of the Republican era he helped create.
"My illness helped me to see that was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart,
a little brotherhood.... The 80's were about acquiring -- acquiring wealth, power, prestige.
I know. I acquired more wealth, power and prestige than most.
But you can acquire all you want and and still feel empty....
It took a deadly ilness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country,
caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.
I don't know who will lead us through [it], but they must be made to speak to this spiritual
vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul."
"Lee Atwater's Last Campaign, "LIFE (February 1991).

“….agents, servants of a Government and a society whose existence and strength comes from…..constitutional safeguards,
are serving law when they respect, not override these (constitutional) guarantees.
The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot thus be converted into a crime”,
the federal court opinioned in Miller v. U.S. 230 F2d.486 at 289.
“There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of his exercise of Constitutional rights”,
it was held in Sherar v. Cullen 481 F2d 946.

"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government
is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the
stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." [Ayn Rand, The Nature of Government]

"What is clear is that this is the practice in the Orwellian world of the 'dinosaur' Interior Department,"
it said. "Tell the truth -- get punished. Tell a lie -- win a promotion, receive accolades and lucrative bonuses."
The chief information officer for the Bureau of Land Management has told a federal judge that Interior Department officials
retaliated against her after she testified about her efforts to decertify some of her agency's computer systems as unsafe from hackers.
Interior - Indian Trust Case

In the News:
CBM Drillers Going Full Throttle, But Industry Outlook Mixed
Judges Sets Bond at $1000 for CBM Appeal
Judge Orders Parties to Meet, CBM Dispute (BLM - MT)
Public Meetings Set on Supplemental EIS at Miles City BLM
CBM Water Reinjection Considered (WY)
BLM Warns Gas Drilling Could Brind Pollution to YNP and Grand Teton (BLM - WY)
BLM Confirms CBM Leases (BLM - WY)
Company Proposes Year Round Drilling (BLM - WY)
BLM Defends O&G Inspections (BLM - WY)
O&G Companies Question New Drilling Permit Application Fee (BLM - WY)
Court:Cattle Must Be Moved Off Public Land (BLM - ID)
BLM Acquires Two Crow Ranch
2 Resign, BLM Not Listening to Working Group (O&G) (BLM - WY)
Fears Over Wild Horse Roundup, Removals, Burns Amendment to Slaughter (BLM)
BLM Eases Drilling Rules to Avoid Strict Environmental Standards at Well Sites
Latest on Indian Trust Case

Phil Gill, isn't this the guy that almost got some firefighters killed in MC?...
BLM Dispatch Center Change On Time for Fire
Solicitor's Manual
A Frost in the News (not Gavin)
Federal Court Arraignments

To Use Cyanide Mining Company Takes Claim to Federal Court (I-137)
Army Cites Drop in Suicides Among Soldiers
New US Destroyer to Cost $4.7 $Billion
Guardsman Pleads Guilty to Killing Iraqi Police Officer
Military Recruiters Preying on Youngsters

Welcome to Amerika!
Ohio News Editor, Attorney Charged with Intimidating a Judge
Erie Voices
Ohio Case Showcases Judicial Tyranny At Its Worst
FAQ on American Judicial and Legal Corruption
JAIL for Judges

6 Camp Counselors Charged in Boy's Death
Infowars Tasers Archive
Environmental Damage on Earth Seen from Shuttle
Announcing An Award Winner - for American Corporate Greed

Montana Stream Access Law Still Under Attack

(Posted 08/24/2005)

A 4x5 elk, taken with bow! is in the freezer... black bear is on the hit list next...one shot, one kill!

Lots of great fishing in August, cutting winter fire wood and working on the new place, busy times!

BLM MCFO - Moving staff to justify a GS13 Minerals Chief position, having a hard time filling the position

BLM Internet Web Page is still offline, Indian Trust screw-up has 'em twisting in the wind

In the News:
BLM - Unavailable
Latest Indian Trust News - Interior Caught Destroying More Indian Trust Records
Mother Jones Article on Indian Trust Case - Code MJ9ASW to Read Full Article
Interior Defends Its Accounting Work on Indian Trust Accounts

Fidelity CBM Tour Excludes Ranchers
Groups Agree on CBM Plan (BLM - MT)
Read This Law Firms Proposal for A New Civil Service Law, "The Modern System"

Bush's Words on Iraq Echo LBJ On Vietnam in 1967
US Troops Kill Reuters Soundman, Wound Cameraman
The Rising Economic Cost of the Iraq War

Republicans Fear Gas Price Anger May Cause Political Problems
Vacation is Over - An Open Letter From Michael Moore to Our Feckless MisLeader
Welcome to Michael Moore.com!

Victims of Law - Judging the Judges - JAIL
A Matter of Justice Coalition - For Judicial Accountability and Responsibility
A Federal Judge Calls Agency Action Corrupt - FDIC V Hurwitz
VoteNoWar - Mass March on Sept 24th

Will be working on the bow hunt elk story, coming soon...
In Case You Missed My Spring Turkey Hunt Story...

(Posted 09/23/2005)

Ott has come and gone with hardly a ripple...Lemm now acting SD...and rumors of Murphy and Lonnie are going around.
I don't think the new SD will be either of these guys,
but I encourage you, as some of us already have, to write Burns,Baucus, & Rehberg
to tell 'em not only No! but Hell No! to either Tim Murphy or Tom Lonnie as Montana BLM SD
Ott Comes to Montana - Jan 2003
Ott Fades Into Sunset - "Satisfied"
Retiring State BLM Chief Happy With His Tenure
Howard Lemm
Contact Conrad Burns
Contact Max Baucus
Contact Denny Rehberg
Sample Letter re: New BLM State Director

In the News:

The Inspector General's hackers were able to again enter the National Business Center computers "without detection."
Interior Computers Hacked Again!

Bush Admin works to make it harder for whistleblowers to win lawsuits claiming retaliation..
High Court Takes Up WhistleBlower Lawsuit
Feds in Court (sample)
Contraception Begins Again on Wild Horse Herd (BLM - MT)
Wheels in Motion for Land Purchase (BLM - MT)

Iraqi Officials Sought in $1 Billion Theft
Army in Worst Recruiting Slump in Decades
Fight Militarization of Schools

Illegal Immigration Continues to Climb

their excuse...(cops) were just "stressed out", kicking the crap out of an old man cures stress?...
New Orleans Cops Face Charges in Beating
After Downing Street

State Must Compete for Top Leaders - Info on Top Salaries
FS Trys to "Spin" the News in Montana

Rehberg got $14,500 from DeLay ...urge him to return the money in order to remove any question about the nature of the contribution.
Associations with Tom DeLay create the appearance of corruption in our elected officials

(Posted 10/13/2005)

Kidney stones have laid me pretty low a couple of times this past month, but won't stop me...

In the News:
Latest Indian Trust Case News
Interior Wants Computer Shutdown Reprieve
BLM Info: Internet Reconnect Update
Interior Fights Order to Unhook Computers
MT BLM External Web Pages Back Online As Norton Avoids Court Ordered Shutdown
NC Agreement Plays Key Role in Otter Creek Coal Development
Northern Cheyenne Settles BLM Lawsuit
State Returns Otter Creek Coal Bid Application to Gustafson
Griles Still Denying Lobbyist's Had Special Access
Buyers Back Out of Deals to Buy BLM Horses

MCFO, Buffalo Office to get staff...
Former Helena Lawyer Leaving Interior: Rebecca Watson
Interior Job Goes to Wyomingite (Temp Vice Watson), Will Continue as Director of MMS (Burton)
Concerns Expressed at Panel Hearing (CBM)
Political Screening in Place for All Park Service Managers
Interior Biologists Told to Fund Raise Salaries and Research Funds
Long-Delayed Investigation of Special Counsel Finally Begins

Bush to Blair:First Iraq, Then Saudi
Trying to Find Osama in the "Heartland of Jihad"
American Deaths in Iraq: A Deadly Surge
UN Warns on Iraq Environment Fate
UN Urges Cleanup of Iraq Waste Sites

9th Circuit Court Under Attack As Republican(AK/NV) Senators Co-Sponsor Bill to Divide Appeals Court
Wal-Mart Memo, Get Rid of Older Workers
The Superrich and Their Super Planes, Penthouses at 30,000 Feet
Oil CEOs Defend Soaring Profits, Citing Weak Profits in 90's
Oil Company Execs Defend Excessive Profits to Senate
Exxon Mobil Profit $10 Billion for Quarter

End the US Blockade Against Cuba!

Welcome to Montana!
Judge Hears Arguments in Cabinet Mtns Wilderness Mine Case
Potential State Pension Shortfalls Rise to $1.4 Billion
Legal, Opinion: "Each Individual is the Sovereign of his or her own body"
Advance Directives for Medical Care

(Posted 11/12/2005)

Welcome to Amerika!
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this month affirmed it's decision to allow Interior and the BLM
to practice discrimination: Interior's policy of discrimination in the form of race and gender preferences in hiring can continue
and the practice of age and sex discrimination against white males (over 40) - as documented against BLM Montana managers is evidently moot.
The Courts argument to the Class Action filing - if an employer removes an employee, the former employee no longer
has standing to bring any class action discrimination claims to court - even if the former employee files the class action
EEOC discrimination complaint while still an employee and the EEOC renders a decision that the complaint can go to court.
Guess what employers will do in the future when faced with class action discrimination complaints...
Still believe in truth, justice, and the "American" way ;>)

In the News:
Partial List of Lawmakers Who Intervened After Receiving Money from Lobbyist Abramoff - Interior
Comment Period on Proposed CBM Rules Extended (MT)
Wyoming Gov Seeks to Add 50 Staff for CBM Enforcement Efforts
BLM Pushes to Increase Gas Development, Waives Big-Game Winter Range Closures (BLM - WY)
House Bill Would Sell Public Lands at Low Price
Rehberg May Support Bill to Sell Public Lands Cheap

Iraq: Empire Building & The Halliburton War!
House GOP Seeks Quick Veto of Iraq Pullout

more and more like vietnam...picture little girl running, screaming, flesh burned from her body...
US Defends Use of White Phosphorus in Iraq - "Shake & Bake"
Iraq Gov't Slow to Deliver on Investigation Results:Jail Inmates Tortured, Shiites Executing Sunnis
US Military Paying to Secretly Plant Stories in Iraqi Press
Iraq Veterans Against the War


taxpayers to pickup huge bill for corporations dumping employee pension plans...
Gov't Pension Agency Reports $22.8 Billion Pension Deficit for 2005
Reports: Oceans, Greenhouse Gases Rising Faster
Scientists: Key Warming Ocean Current Slowing Down
ID Senator (Craig - R) Doesn't Like Message: Kills Funding for Scientific Agency, Payback for Electric Utilities Donations
Can Taxpayers Really Afford Wal-Mart?
Defense Contractor Wilkes Spends Big on Key Lawmakers & Bush

Welcome to Montana!
Project Reveals Dark Part of Montana's Past: Montana's 1918 Sedition Act

the legacy of our so-called "Legislators" and energy deregulation in Montana...
High Power Prices May Cost Butte Plant Expansion
Schweitzer Impressed by Proposed Troy Silver & Copper Mine - Jabs Idaho Gov
Montanans Income Rated in Bottom 5 States

(Posted 12/01/2005)

Another Corrupt Gov't official takes a fat retirement check and rides away free and clear...

Larry Hamilton's Retirement Party
Please join as we say goodbye to Larry Hamilton.
His retirement party will be held on Friday, January 27, 2006 in Boise, Idaho.
See attached flyer for further details.
Cards, letters and pictures will be presented to Larry in a memory album.
BLM - Office of Fire and Aviation 208-387-5443

State violates US Constitution, must pay $200K (Vermont)...
State will pay court protester $200,000

Federal employees and Congress members who are convicted of white collar crimes would forfeit their retirement benefits
if the Public Trust and Accountability Act is passed by Congress and signed into law.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., would amend Title 5 of the U.S. Code to strip
government employees of their retirement benefits if convicted of laws that violate the public trust
or fiduciary duties. That would include bribery, embezzlement and perjury.
Terry stated, “Without the trust of the people and accountability for actions, the government
cannot work.” Currently, Title 5 only denies benefits to individuals convicted of violating national security laws, such as treason.

12/15/2000...Conrad Burns stubbornly refuses to return a dime of the more than $136,000 in cash from indicted crook Jack Abramoff.
“Conrad Burns should follow the example set by Senator Dorgan, who did the honorable thing and returned the tainted money,” said Montana Democratic Party Chair Dennis McDonald.

12/7/2005...Foreign workers continue to take American Computer Jobs...
Computer jobs for FOREIGNERS in US = H - 1B Visas
"At the same time, at least 463,000 H-1B workers are employed in the United States, and some estimate twice that number.
H-1Bers who are hired by universities and other "exempt" institutions are not in the count.

Last Post for 2005, See You in 2006!

In the News:
Interior HQ Modernization Making Agency Workers Sick
OSHA Will Not Conduct Inspection of Interior HQ
Latest News on Indian Trust Class Action Lawsuit
Retired Park Mgrs See Danger Signs in Bush Policies (NPS)
WhistleBlower Files $2.2M Claim Against NPS
Pollution from CBM Plan Worries WY Governor (BLM - WY)
BLM O&G Lease Auction Nets $10M (BLM - WY)
Parcel on Wyoming Range Leased for Energy Development (BLM - WY)
PEER:Gov't Watch: BLM
Abbey Goes After WhistleBlower (BLM - NV)

Italy Issues Warrant for CIA Team, 22 Agents
Cover-up "Probe" of CIA Kidnappings aka Renditions

WhistleBlowers Get No Help from Bush Admin (OSC)
GAO Report Blasts U.S. Special Counsel (OSC)
Expose Exxon
Eagle Forum
Bush On the Constitution:"It's Just a Goddamned Piece of Paper"
Effect of World Trade; Cheap Labor, Dollars & Death
American Boomers to Get Shafted on Pension/Retirement Plans, Health Benefits

Welcome to Montana!
Incentives to DirecTV = $22K per, Jobs Created = $19K per (Missoula)
Burns Met Abramoff Team, Took "Donations"
Burns Needs to Use Common Sense, Give the Money Back
Sign the Petition, Tell Burns to Give Back the Dirty Money

Republicans make move to sell your public lands...
Congress Should Strike Public Land Grab from Bill
Lawmakers Disagree on Effect Changes to Mining Law Would Have
Alliance Opposes Mining Law Changes Selling Public Lands

(Posted 12/30/2005)