(Moderator’s note: this piece is reposted with permission of the author from the blog Montana Maven’s Opinions Worth Ropin’ )
see:  http://montanamaven.com/
Okay, Gail Collins beat me to it. Just when we Montanans were
getting over being made fun of on The Stephen Colbert Show (see:
wrinkles on a dog’s balls jury dodger Montana Man Is Colbert’s Alpha Dog
get [...]

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Get your protest shoes on!
At noon on Friday, June 5th, protest rallies will be held at Baucus field offices throughout the state to call for REAL health reform: a single-payer health plan.  Senator Baucus has offices in both Bozeman and Billings.  Let’s pick one and bring a big contingent of protesters from Livingston.
The intent [...]

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The public is invited to join a town hall discussion about programs within
the federal Recovery Act (aka Stimulus Package) that focus on clean energy jobs. Panelists from
the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and Sen. Max Baucus’s office will help
answer questions about the energy programs that are available, how to access
program funds, and how the [...]

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The United States does not have a health care system.  We have a hodge-podge of plans for different segments of the population and a general assumption that commercial health insurance is the only way to afford health care.  Health insurance is NOT health care.  40% of the people in this country have no health insurance.  [...]

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Please take note:   The reading and book signing with Elsie Fox will be at the Murray Hotel at 6:30 instead of the Library.  Please mark your calendars.  This event is not to be missed.  Click on the listing on the events calendar for more information.

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Senator Tester\’s Field Director for the Bozeman region will be available to constituents in the West Room downstairs in the City/County Complex in Livingston on Tuesday, May 19th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.  Stop by and give your senator’s staff an earful!
If you are not able to attend this constituent outreach but would still like [...]

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Baucus Healthcare Plan: Arrest Doctors, Nurses
posted by JOHN NICHOLS on 05/13/2009 @ 3:12pm
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Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, the insurance industry-friendly Democrat who is managing show hearings on healthcare reform, has come up with a novel way to express his commitment to care for the almost 50 million Americans who have no healthcare and roughly [...]

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Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama

By Pepe Escobar, Tomdispatch.com. Posted May 13, 2009.

Nothing of significance takes place in Eurasia without an energy angle.

As Barack Obama heads into his second hundred days in office, let’s head for the big picture ourselves, the ultimate global plot line, [...]

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The Livingston Food Pantry of Park County
invites you to an evening at
Northern Pacific Beanery
108 West Park Street, Livingston
Thursday May 28, 2009 at 6:00 P.M.
Dinner will be served by Food Pantry board members
and volunteers and accompanied by
*LIVE ENTERTAINMENT*
ALL TIPS GO TO
LIVINGSTON FOOD PANTRY
so fill your pockets with cash and be a generous tipper!
The board member, volunteer, [...]

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HEALTH CARE FROM THE HEART: A READER’S THEATER OF COMMUNITY VOICES
Location: Bozeman Library Community Room
Description: Join SEIU (Service Employees International Union) for a Special Evening to Share Stories and Solutions to the current health care crisis!
Featuring Live Jazz with Steve Hulse & MJ Williams
Refreshments will be served
Tuesday, June 9th   7- 9 PM
Bozeman Library Community [...]

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