Category Archives: politics

YOU BET I WOULD by Peter Nolan Smith

November 18, 2017 – 1:10 am

During our 2009 trip through the American Midlands filming Barry Flanagan statues Brock Dundee and I detoured from our route to meet Colonel Rockford Ret. in Iowa City. The three of us began the evening at a sports bar. The bartender had just returned from his third tour in Iraq. We toasted his return with […]

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President Fatso

June 7, 2017 – 1:50 am

# 45 XXXXXL won the 2016 Electoral College, because at people i America decided that they wanted one of their own in the Oval Office. I recently mentioned my theory to my older brother, who replied that fat comments were not appropriate. “I’m more than chubby.” “But you’re skinny in comparison to Trump.” “Agreed. Maybe […]

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Defeat Of Humanity In Montana

May 26, 2017 – 11:33 pm

I like Montana. Evel Knievel came from Anaconda. The speed limit was once ‘whatever is reasonable and proper. Bars give drinkers ‘take-away’ cups. Chico Springs is one of my favorite places in the world. Ms. Carolina liked drinking there. She sat well on a horse. Unlike me. But I extensively searched the Internet for a […]

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One Seat At A Time – Rob Quist

May 25, 2017 – 2:29 am

Rob Quist, a cowboy banjo player, has the lead in a run for a vacant congressional seat representing Montana. The DNC ignored his campaign, preferring to back special interest politicians. They lost in the primary and still they refused to support a man from a Cut Bank ranching family… to until he beat their flunkies. […]

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100 Days Of Trump

April 30, 2017 – 3:51 pm

Donald Trump has been president for over 100 days and 45 extolled his accomplishments to a faith crowd in Harrisburg Pa. over one-hundred miles from Washington. The appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court pleased his constituency and he deluged the government with over 200 executive orders bypassing Congress, however his first attempt at […]

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