Comments on: Nice Langeuage http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: TMM http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1292 TMM Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:23:11 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1292 You also bring up a good point Gee Guy; as I said, I am sympathetic to his point of view, but he really wasn't thinking, as far as I can tell, about the company he was with. More importantly, I'm just tired of the state GOP drama queens. There are plenty of ways he could have expressed himself much more effectively. I find little use for swearing, not because it offends me, but because it cheapens the ideas you're trying to express. Intelligent rebuttal posited creatively seams to be a lost art, but it will convince and disarm much more effectively than any suggestion relating to placing something up another's anus. You also bring up a good point Gee Guy; as I said, I am sympathetic to his point of view, but he really wasn’t thinking, as far as I can tell, about the company he was with. More importantly, I’m just tired of the state GOP drama queens. There are plenty of ways he could have expressed himself much more effectively. I find little use for swearing, not because it offends me, but because it cheapens the ideas you’re trying to express. Intelligent rebuttal posited creatively seams to be a lost art, but it will convince and disarm much more effectively than any suggestion relating to placing something up another’s anus.

]]> By: Gee Guy http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1282 Gee Guy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:09:37 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1282 You know, a big part of the problem/issue here is the open meeting law. Caucuses <i>used to be</i> closed door strategy sessions. And, like it or not, I don't think Lange was that far out of line for a closed door strategy session. I know when my partners and I are discussing cases, the language can get pretty, shall we say, choppy. But the press insisted the caucuses be opened. And there you have it. You would think, though, that the media might have a little more institutional memory for comments like Tester's (assuming he made it.) Or is the amnesia self-imposed? You know, a big part of the problem/issue here is the open meeting law. Caucuses used to be closed door strategy sessions. And, like it or not, I don’t think Lange was that far out of line for a closed door strategy session. I know when my partners and I are discussing cases, the language can get pretty, shall we say, choppy. But the press insisted the caucuses be opened. And there you have it. You would think, though, that the media might have a little more institutional memory for comments like Tester’s (assuming he made it.)

Or is the amnesia self-imposed?

]]> By: Honor" and "dignity" according to Mike Lange « 4&20 blackbirds http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1274 Honor" and "dignity" according to Mike Lange « 4&20 blackbirds Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:15:38 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1274 [...] The Montana Misanthrope: Like it or not, sir, you are in the minority. You can throw a tantrum, point an accusing finger, and hyperventilate all you want, but doing so will not move an agenda, and it does not serve the interests of this state or your party. And just so you know, the former is more important than the latter, because it is apparent that you don’t grasp that. [...] […] The Montana Misanthrope: Like it or not, sir, you are in the minority. You can throw a tantrum, point an accusing finger, and hyperventilate all you want, but doing so will not move an agenda, and it does not serve the interests of this state or your party. And just so you know, the former is more important than the latter, because it is apparent that you don’t grasp that. […]

]]> By: Shane C. Mason http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1268 Shane C. Mason Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:08:37 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1268 In fact, I don't remember it either. Ayne doesn't cite very often, which makes it difficult to take seriously. In fact, I don’t remember it either. Ayne doesn’t cite very often, which makes it difficult to take seriously.

]]> By: TMM http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1265 TMM Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1265 You make a good point ayn, though I don't remember the quote in question (which may be a lesson for this latest fiasco). I just don't care for treating people that way, no matter who does it, let alone the political ramifications that may follow. You make a good point ayn, though I don’t remember the quote in question (which may be a lesson for this latest fiasco). I just don’t care for treating people that way, no matter who does it, let alone the political ramifications that may follow.

]]> By: ayn rand http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1264 ayn rand Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:43:59 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1264 Reminds me of last session that Sen Tester was in and was heard to say "the republicans can go to hell" at a DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS meeting. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Reminds me of last session that Sen Tester was in and was heard to say “the republicans can go to hell” at a DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS meeting. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

]]> By: Shane C. Mason http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1229 Shane C. Mason Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:49:46 +0000 http://www.mtmis.net/?p=143#comment-1229 Well said and very thoughtful. It <i>is</i> a bit much to expect that our citizen legislators all be statesmen of the highest caliber, but I <i>know</i> that there are plenty of descent republicans in the state house. It makes one wonder at their choice of leadership. Again, I don't care about left/right dem/republican in this argument: the state is far better served by having reasonable, sound leadership on <i>both</i> sides in Helena. Well said and very thoughtful.

It is a bit much to expect that our citizen legislators all be statesmen of the highest caliber, but I know that there are plenty of descent republicans in the state house. It makes one wonder at their choice of leadership.

Again, I don’t care about left/right dem/republican in this argument: the state is far better served by having reasonable, sound leadership on both sides in Helena.

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